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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Oct 31, 2024 4:18:56 GMT
Nice station Steve & great feature Article, Congrats.
Thanks, Jim. I wasn't aware the issue had been released, but sure enough, issue 339 (Dec. 2024-Jan. 2025) was indeed out! Surprise! 
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Post by healey36 on Nov 1, 2024 16:46:48 GMT
I have a young couple with two little girls who've asked me to round up a train set for them for this Christmas. Easy enough...I started pulling stuff out of storage to make up a set. A good friend had sent me this modern era Lionel Columbia-type #1058 a while back when he downsized his collection; figured this would be an excellent place to start:  I'm amazed how quiet this thing is compared to the pre- and postwar stuff I usually mess around with. Runs like a champ, smokes, whistles, blazing headlight, the girls are going to love it! Next, some rolling stock. |
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Post by Jim Teeple on Nov 15, 2024 14:52:10 GMT
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Post by Jim Teeple on Nov 15, 2024 16:03:48 GMT
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Post by seayakbill on Nov 15, 2024 17:14:09 GMT
The UP City of Las Vegas pulling into the station. Bill    |
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Post by Jim Teeple on Nov 15, 2024 18:00:33 GMT
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Post by healey36 on Nov 15, 2024 18:05:43 GMT
I'm pulling together the last bits I need to make this set I’ve been assembling; been trying to figure out what pack to send with it. Kent Schwartz is sending me a refurbished/tested postwar 1042 that would work, but I also have a 12885 from the late 1990's that might be better, read simpler (although it's only 40 watts). I've got an oval of track cleaned up, ready to go. I remembered that I had a shell for a 6464-510 somewhere and tore the place apart looking for it. When found, I swapped it out on one of the LRRC 6464-97 cars that we have. It's a repop of the 6464-510 that came in the Lionel "Girl's Set"...figured it would be appropriate:  Could only be better if it had been pink. Got some testing to do, then we should be ready to pack this stuff up.  |
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Post by Jim Teeple on Nov 16, 2024 16:07:09 GMT
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Post by Jim Teeple on Nov 19, 2024 10:41:10 GMT
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Post by seayakbill on Nov 19, 2024 11:48:48 GMT
ETS tinplate running on the S&Y RR.  
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Post by healey36 on Nov 19, 2024 13:24:53 GMT
Excellent sidewalks Mr. Jim!
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Post by Jim Teeple on Nov 20, 2024 10:46:35 GMT
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Post by healey36 on Nov 20, 2024 13:30:11 GMT
This gunmetal 1664E has been slowly creeping toward the top of the project pile. Besides being outrageously filthy, the motor needs a complete refurbishment, including a new collector assembly (always a fun job  ):  After disassembly and a bath, probably a guts-swap with one of the other 1664 locos I have, saving the original motor for later. The 1689T tender should be a simple repaint and reassemble. I've got a few cans of gunmetal to pick from; at least one of them should yield something close. Edit :: Turns out the pick-up assembly isn't broken, the springs intact; just had to straighten a few things out and install new sliding shoes:
Has a broken eccentric, though, and that'll need to be replaced.
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