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E-60CP Pantogrpahs

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E-60CP Pantogrpahs
Posted by green_elite_cab on Thursday, September 23, 2004 7:49 PM
Hello Everybody!

I would like to know if anyone sells pantographs or replacement pantographs to get rid of the plastic ones on my Bachmann E-60CP. they just don't hold anymore, and the one has been broken alot, so yeah i'm having a tough time with it. would it also be possible to make my own pantogrpahs out of thich steal wire? i'm open to any ideas

Modeling Conrail, Amtrak and NJ DOT under the wires in New Jersey, July 1979.  

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Posted by nfmisso on Thursday, September 23, 2004 8:50 PM
Atlas, the parts for thier AEM7.
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Posted by jrbarney on Friday, September 24, 2004 9:07 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by green_elite_cab

. . . . would it also be possible to make my own pantogrpahs out of thich steal wire? i'm open to any ideas

Green,
For ideas, refer to the link to the 14 articles listed in an Index of Magazines search:
http://index.mrmag.com/tm.exe?opt=S&cmdtext=pantograph&MAG=ANY
Some of these articles go back to the early days of model railroading. If you decide to follow up, the NMRA's Kalmbach Memorial Library:
http://www.nmra.org/library/
is probably your best bet for photocopies of articles other than those in MR.
Bob
NMRA Life 0543
"Time flies like an arrow - fruit flies like a banana." "In wine there is wisdom. In beer there is strength. In water there is bacteria." --German proverb
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Posted by green_elite_cab on Friday, September 24, 2004 4:04 PM
i'll look into the nmra stuff.

the AEM-7 pantogrpahs don't match my E-60CP's pantographs, so they won't work. i'm still working on it i think i'm on to a possible way to fix it.

chris

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Posted by Morpar on Saturday, September 25, 2004 12:19 AM
Please let us know what you come up with. I have a pair of the E60CF's, one with the pans gone, the other in bad shape. At some point they will need replaced/rebuilt, so I would like to be ready!

Good Luck, Morpar

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Posted by ndbprr on Monday, September 27, 2004 8:40 AM
Bachman used to have Faively pantographs in metal. They were from the Metroliners they offered years ago. I bought a dozen then but can't tell you if they still offer them or not.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 27, 2004 9:36 AM
You might want to try www.eurorailhobbies.com. They have literally dozens of different pantographs of Eurpoean manufacture on their site. One may be close to what you are looking for. They seem to be relatively inexpensive also.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 6:06 PM
Try looking on the Roco and Fleischmann websites and look at the spares pages. I know they are European but you should get a close match at a reasonable cost

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