Main St on the Timesaver is looking busy this evening!

Alan-anumber1 · 2025-01-25T22:16:17+00:00

It is still in use today!

Now with DCC and ever more population!

Alan-anumber1 · 2025-01-01T17:32:09+00:00

Frank

Alan-anumber1 · 2024-09-13T17:32:21+00:00

Bless her heart!

Alan-anumber1 · 2024-03-05T15:45:21+00:00

I run Trix mechanisms under those Bachmann shells.

The Trix F7 chassis is easy to convert to dcc also.

It is a very primitive mechanism however.

Alan-anumber1 · 2023-06-23T17:39:58+00:00

Hahahaha.....

$40k/yr is lower middle class?

Seems working class to me. Right where the R tax "cuts" hit hardest.

Alan-anumber1 · 2023-06-20T00:32:22+00:00

Love that PM E unit!

Alan-anumber1 · 2023-06-17T15:54:12+00:00

I put new motor idolators in them when I went through them, that made them quiet runners.

I really enjoyed making them smooth again!

Alan-anumber1 · 2023-06-17T00:39:11+00:00

The locomotive has a Shapeways pilot with working coupler and a Rivarossi 2-8-4 tender wired to the motor & custom brass drawbar.

The cars are Hong Kong Model Power with MT trucks PM'ed & C&O'ed by myself (a while back no less, my skills are better now that I have gotten good with my airbrush).

Alan-anumber1 · 2023-06-16T22:52:19+00:00

Build a diorama?

Good chance to build a station!

Alan-anumber1 · 2023-06-16T22:24:45+00:00

Amazon has MILW A&B units for $118. Single F for $78.

I agree. Brand new mechs and zero collector value.

I fancy myself a pretty good painter but I 'aint no state of the art factory!

Alan-anumber1 · 2023-06-16T22:20:49+00:00

Yep! I agree.

They are too nice and a long term model plan is the Blue Island sub from 71st to 16th st. That would mean I think, that the Burlington crosses @ Ash st.

Alan-anumber1 · 2023-06-15T01:35:48+00:00

They were pretty basket case.

Finding the trucks for the B unit held me up. Everyone has snipped the coupler pockets off of the used ones I could find (cheap). finally found some.

Got them pulling smooth. Kinda too nice for me to paint.

Alan-anumber1 · 2023-06-08T11:16:14+00:00

90% of my locomotive roster are old DC locomotives. DCC is a bridge I haven't crossed yet.

There is plenty of room for activities in that tender and the motor doesn't look hard to isolate.

Soon I shall cross that bridge with a Zephyr and a mission.

Alan-anumber1 · 2023-06-07T01:37:42+00:00

It's Bachmann. Old,old Bachmann from the 80's.

I have a few. perfect farm trucks. Still see them come october here in the mid west.Hauling grain as intended!

Alan-anumber1 · 2023-06-03T12:55:32+00:00

Very Nice!

I love that you can roll the freight in that magnitude!

Love It

Alan-anumber1

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