Front End Friday

[kjd]

I tried to copy a winning photo from a Trains photo contest years ago.

 

[TrucTrain55]

Teamed up for tomorrow's op session. A few more teams are back around the bend.

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I agree with Tom. Very nice pic.

 

[TrucTrain55]

Working on some Rock Island stuff. Still have to finish up the F Unit. I don’t have the bottom stripe I’ll have to get one.

 

[2Tracks]

Front End Friday, I made on time for this Friday....
I have another piece of vintage power that I had bought after gaining some experience on the 4x8 with the ATSF 5628
An AHM, (Rivarossi) made in Italy product. The end piece ID on the box is long gone. I was hoping somebody could tell me what this thing is. I believe it to be an Alco model of something, but I couldn't find the exact model.
We'll start at the front, move our way around it. This is the first time this thing has been out of the box in decades! (5 of them)
Look at the foam disease on this thing! It was almost all dissolved in the box.

No escaping the horn hooks......

 

[McLeod]

SD40-2W, CN 5272 leading a bulkhead flat car pick-up out of Blue Ridge lumber mill. The air is thick with smoke from the fires in British Columbia.

 

[TrucTrain55]

Front End Friday, I made on time for this Friday....
I have another piece of vintage power that I had bought after gaining some experience on the 4x8 with the ATSF 5628
An AHM, (Rivarossi) made in Italy product. The end piece ID on the box is long gone. I was hoping somebody could tell me what this thing is. I believe it to be an Alco model of something, but I couldn't find the exact model.
We'll start at the front, move our way around it. This is the first time this thing has been out of the box in decades! (5 of them)
Look at the foam disease on this thing! It was almost all dissolved in the box.
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No escaping the horn hooks......

That’s a scary one but I really like it thanks for sharing

 

[TrucTrain55]

SD40-2W, CN 5272 leading a bulkhead flat car pick-up out of Blue Ridge lumber mill. The air is thick with smoke from the fires in British Columbia.
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Guy. Nice capture thanks for sharing it.

 

[TrucTrain55]

Happy Friday everyone. Here’s a few off the O Scale layout

 

[logandsawman]

Staying with Northern Pacific, here is my Athearn GP-9 on my old layout. This is a vintage loco purchased on
EBAY several years ago. It is a dependable, good runner

Dave LASM

 

[Iron Horseman]

I was hoping somebody could tell me what this thing is. I believe it to be an Alco model of something, but I couldn't find the exact model.

General Electric U25C. In the AHM catalog from at least 1969 to at least 1979.

 

[2Tracks]

General Electric U25C.

LOL, I wasn't even close! My excuse is that I don't model that era.

 

[skyliner]

SP 794, a 2-8-2 built by Brooks in 1916, now on display at the former Southern Pacific depot in San Antonio, TX. Photo taken last December.

 

[Rico]

How about a bunch of front ends!
I’m still narrowing down which locos I want to hang on to, here’s the shortlist.

 

[TrucTrain55]

Nice pics on this Friday thanks for sharing today

 

[Iron Horseman]

I’m still narrowing down which locos I want to hang on to, here’s the shortlist.

Got to keep the two executives.

 

[Iron Horseman]

I was experimenting with photo techniques I got this shot. It is taken with a mirror so I could get the shot from where I could not get the camera. I then "mirror imaged" the picture with software.

 

[kjd]

Here's the D unit of an ABBA set of NP F7s I paid too much for last week. I forgot for a moment I model the BN in 1995. Oops.

It looks like it needs some MU hoses and grab irons on the nose and cab roof. It also needs lift rings, an antenna and a little MU door to viewer's left of the upper light. ESU Sound too?

 

[TrucTrain55]

Here's the D unit of an ABBA set of NP F7s I paid too much for last week. I forgot for a moment I model the BN in 1995. Oops.

It looks like it needs some MU hoses and grab irons on the nose and cab roof. It also needs lift rings, an antenna and a little MU door to viewer's left of the upper light. ESU Sound too?

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Looks pretty sweet to me I think you did great getting it just incorporate it some how or run some Northern Pacific stuff. It’s your layout have fun with it.

 

[Iron Horseman]

Here's the D unit of an ABBA set of NP F7s I paid too much for last week. I forgot for a moment I model the BN in 1995.

Is that an Athearn Genesis?

 

[kjd]

Lee, NP is my favorite "old" railroad, I also have a couple brass steamers and an RS11 built in 2001 so I could put a Soundtraxx DSD in it. So I have gone OOE, out-of-era, before. The problem is my little railroad can use 4-5 locomotives at most and maybe 30 cars. The trouble is there are around 150 locos and several hundred cars so money would be better spent on upgrading equipment already on the property, adding sound decoders, for example. They are pretty though and I do have some NP cars and caboose so.....

Iron Horseman, they are early Athearn Genesis. It looks like the current offerings come with the details I mentioned above, at nearly 3x the per unit price I paid. I think an A and B were displayed and the other two are unopened. I don't think any were run, the wheels show no wear. They are my first F units since the few blue box ones I bought for trucks and motors. They look really nice, just missing a few details. The cab interior seems to sit really high, it looks like the seat part of the seats are even with the window sills, 18" - 2ft high maybe?