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 Posted - March 14 2021 : 04:03:57 AM
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My rendition of one of the Lincoln Funeral Train locomotives. A Bachmann piece.
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Posted - March 14 2021 : 07:08:21 AM
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Nice Chops! Y'know, someone on this forum might be willing to take the time to custom-paint and detail that locomotive, to look more accurate....
My LOTW is this LifeLike Southern Pacific "Black Widow" F7. I believe this is an uncommon scheme for LL F7's, and this one runs as good as it looks. $14 Ebay score.
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 Posted - March 14 2021 : 9:03:56 PM
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My LOTW will be my new Yellowbonnet Tyco Santa Fe C430. I got this a few days back, but wasn't really able to look at until today due to unforeseen circumstances.
I added the handrails to it, and replace a busted coupler mount, but otherwise this is gonna be a non-runner. Reason being, is I'm kind convinced this isn't something from a production run.
I've seen many, many powertorque motors. This motor has a plate made of like nylon, that I have not seen in any PT motor. This may be one of the first C430s to receive this scheme, likely in some sort of design lab. Especially considering how WHAM-O-DYNED this number got.
Considering that to make this from the Silver Red version, it only involves a color change and a different sticker. Therefore, I doubt there was any real prepod for this scheme. The catalog unit has a the properly placed number. I have no idea what this really is, but I'd like to say it's really early on in the grand scheme of this Tyco Model.
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Posted - March 15 2021 : 01:25:29 AM
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A great addition to the ATSF fleet. I've seen some of those plastic
plates with PT's. Not sure if I've seen that color scheme before on
that type of hood unit, it looks pretty darn nice.
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Posted - March 15 2021 : 8:48:13 PM
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I've seen that "whitish" looking back piece on Tyco PowerTorques before....it isn't something special, to my knowledge. Just a different material that was used along the way.
Similarly, I have a few Tyco powertorque locomotives with "gold" or brass colored pinion gears, which I believe indicates that they are first generation powertorques, though I'm not entirely certain.
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Posted - March 16 2021 : 4:09:26 PM
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quote:My rendition of one of the Lincoln Funeral Train locomotives. A Bachmann piece.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â March 14 2021Â :Â 04:03:57 AM
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Your use of a Jupiter to pull the Lincoln funeral train reminds me of Kloke Locomotive Works.
Kloke Locomotive Works used to be about a dozen miles from my home, and made two locomotives: Leviathan and York using borrowed tooling and engineering from the National Park Service's replica of Jupiter. He also made a full-size replica of the Lincoln funeral car which went on tour, sometimes with Leviathan. In short, something resembling Jupiter used to make appearances with the Lincoln funeral car.
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Posted - March 17 2021 : 12:44:43 AM
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The York. I didn't know anything about those replicas. Very exciting. As we know, this technology of the
Iron Horse was breathtaking to the people who first saw them. Abraham Lincoln, a successful Railroad
Attorney before he ran for office, was, and remained a "frequent flyer" of the rails, who traveled unknown
thousands of miles behind coal and wood burners.
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Posted - March 17 2021 : 01:43:41 AM
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does the Kloke Loco Works still exist? 
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Posted - March 20 2021 : 11:03:20 PM
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quote:does the Kloke Loco Works still exist?
Originally posted by microbusss - March 17 2021 : 01:43:41 AM
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Last I heard, no. I've also heard that Dave Kloke likes to keep busy, so who knows? He might be up to something.
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Posted - March 21 2021 : 01:46:09 AM
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quote: quote:does the Kloke Loco Works still exist?
Originally posted by microbusss - March 17 2021 : 01:43:41 AM
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Last I heard, no. I've also heard that Dave Kloke likes to keep busy, so who knows? He might be up to something.
Originally posted by scsshaggy - March 20 2021 : 11:03:20 PM
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thats sa real shame
course I'd of asked for a 3 foot 4-4-0 from him hehe
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