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Post by 4dogsinjersey on Oct 6, 2019 2:10:45 GMT
I must admit my addiction. The most of one engine I have is FOUR MTH PRR 2-8-2s. I have many multiples like SWs and FAs but they are for different road names.
Tom
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Post by Country Joe on Oct 6, 2019 2:15:33 GMT
I'm not sure if this counts as twins but I have a LionChief Plus Pennsy Mikado and a Railking Imperial PRR Mikado. The two engines are quite different but both are PRR Mikados. Do these count as twins? To me they are very different engines.
I have 3 New York Central Hudsons, a LionChief Plus Hudson, a Railking Imperial Dreyfus Hudson and a Railking Commodore Vanderbilt Hudson. Would these be triplets? To me these are 3 distinct engines even though they are all Hudsons.
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Post by JDaddy on Oct 6, 2019 2:39:16 GMT
That's Norm C's layout. We (Detroit 3 Railers) will be running trains at his house next Saturday.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Oct 6, 2019 9:28:04 GMT
I'm not sure if this counts as twins but I have a LionChief Plus Pennsy Mikado and a Railking Imperial PRR Mikado. The two engines are quite different but both are PRR Mikados. Do these count as twins? To me they are very different engines. I have 3 New York Central Hudsons, a LionChief Plus Hudson, a Railking Imperial Dreyfus Hudson and a Railking Commodore Vanderbilt Hudson. Would these be triplets? To me these are 3 distinct engines even though they are all Hudsons. I’m with you on this classification; they are certainly siblings but not twins in the sense I was thinking about. Nonetheless, it’s striking how many people have multiple locos of the same type. I actually have four FEF-3s but only two are identical.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Oct 6, 2019 9:35:48 GMT
That's Norm C's layout. We (Detroit 3 Railers) will be running trains at his house next Saturday. Thanks. I have seen photos of parts of his layout before. In fact, I am pretty sure that a while back, I saw a video of a Lionel Veranda Turbine running on it. That one had better smoke output than mine!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2019 12:08:39 GMT
How about Triples. It only makes sense to have doubles and triples to lash up. Three Lionel GP7, two Lionel SD70ACe and two MTH Genesis.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Oct 6, 2019 13:03:38 GMT
How about Triples. It only makes sense to have doubles and triples to lash up. Three Lionel GP7, two Lionel SD70ACe and two MTH Genesis. Speaking purely for myself, I almost always order a triple (tipple).
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2019 13:06:10 GMT
These freight diesels are all twins. All Lionel in no particular order: CN SD70M-2,SF ES44,UP AC6000,UP SD90MAC,BNSF ES44,BNSF SD70ACE,Indiana SD90MAC,NS SD90MAC,NS ES44,CSX AC6000,and Burlington SD80MAC. Looking for a CNW legacy Dash 9 to make another set of twins. may have to settle for fraternal twins for the CNW.
Gary.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Oct 6, 2019 13:09:47 GMT
These freight diesels are all twins. All Lionel in no particular order: CN SD70M-2,SF ES44,UP AC6000,UP SD90MAC,BNSF ES44,BNSF SD70ACE,Indiana SD90MAC,NS SD90MAC,NS ES44,CSX AC6000,and Burlington SD80MAC. Looking for a CNW legacy Dash 9 to make another set of twins. may have to settle for fraternal twins for the CNW. Gary. WOW yet again!!! All you guys put me in the shade. But somehow I feel, er, validated.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2019 13:21:06 GMT
I have twins, but they are fraternal. I had C&O AS-616 (powered) for a some years and saw a dummy at my LHS. I picked up the dummy, got it home and noticed it had the same number as the powered unit. The dummy is supposed to be 5564, but apparently the factory put the wrong shell on a number of these. I had to look up what "fraternal" means in this context and the result was "dizygotic" - which I won't even try to pronounce. As I started the thread I can hijack it. Like both the GG1's in your photo but what's that door at the bottom of the photo the tracks run under? Looks a bit like Train Valhalla is behind it. You guessed correctly. The Glenn Snyder shelves are mounted to the wall between the staging area and the attic layout. The photo of the AS-616s was taken where the red arrow is in this shot.
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Post by laz57 on Oct 6, 2019 14:02:19 GMT
Twins yes, Lionel FEFs, TMCC PC GG1s, triplets, Lionel Legacy BB, Quads, Lionel R&N SD38s, quints Lionel ES44Acs diecast, UP,KCS,BNSF, G.E.,CP, and lots o Lionel conventional NYC 8606.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2019 14:04:03 GMT
I have both the first issue Legacy 844s, gray and black. Here's the black version. Looking for a gray video.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2019 14:18:47 GMT
Bob, I really like your layout design. Looks like a lot of fun!
Gary.
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Post by laz57 on Oct 6, 2019 14:22:36 GMT
Oh I did forget about these triplets by MTH...
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Post by harborbelt70 on Oct 6, 2019 14:40:51 GMT
I have both the first issue Legacy 844s, gray and black. Here's the black version. Looking for a gray video. Marty, I think I have seen the video of your gray version and I could probably find it but I'll leave that to you. As it happens, I was looking for a black version of the the first issue Legacy FEF-3s 'way back when but had no luck. When a gray twin came up at Stout Auctions, I jumped at the chance to get it. It had obviously been residing in a smoky (tobacco) atmosphere but cleaned up quickly. Ol' Reliable had a hissy fit at being cloned and blew its AC regulator. I have replaced that and not downgraded these engines to 8 Ohm resistors.
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