richhotrain This has become a mystery thread. I sure would like to know more about the origin of those two locos. Rich Yes It has Rich There is no way i bought them together at the same time (As i sit here counting the hours till my next credit card billing cycle so I can buy another 99$ decoder) I've had to live with a very limited RailRoad budget for years being on Social Security The odds of finding 2 identical locos with decoders same paint scheme and different road #s used from one source at seperate times is mind boggeling
This has become a mystery thread. I sure would like to know more about the origin of those two locos.
Rich
Yes It has Rich
There is no way i bought them together at the same time
(As i sit here counting the hours till my next credit card billing cycle so I can buy another 99$ decoder)
I've had to live with a very limited RailRoad budget for years being on Social Security
The odds of finding 2 identical locos with decoders same paint scheme and different road #s
used from one source at seperate times is mind boggeling
TerryinTexas
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Randy, that for the heads up on the gears. Even though this model has a nice slow crawl through the yard, I did notice that at max voltage it is out of control. It has the scale speed of a NHRA Top Fuel car so I can understand why the gears would crack, lol.
C&O Fan Yes It has Rich There is no way i bought them together at the same time
Yes It has Rich There is no way i bought them together at the same time
Don't be offended when I make this observation, but you initially thought you bought then new. Then, later, you somewhat grudgingly conceded that you probably bought them used, but surely at separate times, and likely from different sellers. So, isn't there a chance that you bought them both used at the same time from the same seller, and have just forgotten the specifics?
Alton Junction
richhotrain Sorry if i miss led you but No i don't admit to buying them used (all though when troubleshooting anything is possible) i still contend i bought them new and at seperate times as my decoder pro entries support with seperate entry dates of more than 2 months but odds of finding paper work and boxes from 2006 are slim But i will look if nothing more out of curiosity C&O Fan Yes It has Rich There is no way i bought them together at the same time So, you cannot recall where or when you bought the two locos and you kept no record of the purchases? Do you have the original boxes? Don't be offended when I make this observation, but you initially thought you bought then new. Then, later, you somewhat grudgingly conceded that you probably bought them used, but surely at separate times, and likely from different sellers. So, isn't there a chance that you bought them both used at the same time from the same seller, and have just forgotten the specifics? Rich
Sorry if i miss led you but No i don't admit to buying them used
(all though when troubleshooting anything is possible)
i still contend i bought them new and at seperate times as my decoder pro entries support with seperate entry dates of more than 2 months
but odds of finding paper work and boxes from 2006 are slim
But i will look if nothing more out of curiosity
So, you cannot recall where or when you bought the two locos and you kept no record of the purchases? Do you have the original boxes?
If nothing else we've answered the question of which decoder was used in these
now i can sell them since i have installed TCS KAM 4s in both in order
to gain the keep alive atvantage
C&O Fan If nothing else we've answered the question of which decoder was used in these now i can sell them since i have installed TCS KAM 4s in both in order to gain the keep alive atvantage
I recently got a Mantua 0-6-0 Reading Shops switcher (which despite the end of steam was still used into the 60's - the model is close but not exact), the seller on ebay reported that it didn;t run very well on DC. When I got it, I could see inside the cab it had a DCC decoder installed. Also a few years ago I picked up my first (and only, so far) brass loco, an RS-3. It was reported as not running. When it arrived I checked it out and it turns out to have a decoder installed with CV29 set to not allow DC operation. AND it had the original motor replaced by a good can motor. It DOES need some work, whoever installed the can motor did a bodge job of rigging drive shafts, the one end works perfectly, it uses Athearn universals and shafts, but the short end had some NWSL or similar universals but a piece of square tubing the wrong side for the drive shaft - there was no fore-aft play and it would bind. I've temporarily replaced it with a piece of airplane fuel line tubing so it runs but it's still not ideal.
So sometimes when you get things on eBay you may get things the seller is not aware of - especially if they aren't mostly a train dealer. Hopefully you got a good deal, I paid less than $50 ($20 for one of them) for each of my four units, though none of them came with a 'free' decoder.
--Randy
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richhotrain Plan on looking today for boxes but more likely to catch Dust Bunnies Wouldn't a central file for RR purchases be nice I really should send in what ever warranty cards i receive C&O Fan If nothing else we've answered the question of which decoder was used in these now i can sell them since i have installed TCS KAM 4s in both in order to gain the keep alive atvantage Terry, you are right in what you say about the decoders, so we should just drop the issue about the identity of the locos and just move on. But, as they say, curiosity killed the cat. So, I persist. Let me ask you again if you have the original box and the Life-Like product number. Rich
Plan on looking today for boxes but more likely to catch Dust Bunnies
Wouldn't a central file for RR purchases be nice
I really should send in what ever warranty cards i receive
Terry, you are right in what you say about the decoders, so we should just drop the issue about the identity of the locos and just move on. But, as they say, curiosity killed the cat. So, I persist. Let me ask you again if you have the original box and the Life-Like product number.
Terry,
FWIW, it's best to put your response AFTER the [/quote]. Otherwise, it gets nestled in with "gray box" responses and looks like someone else's response.
Tom
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tstage Terry, FWIW, it's best to put your response AFTER the
FWIW, it's best to put your response AFTER the
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Thanks Tom
Close enough, Terry.
I use a database that Dave Husman developed, you can download it from the CarCards yahoo Group. It can store pretty mnuch everything, plus when you get to that point, it will generate car cards and switch lists for operation. I put eveything in there, even unbuilt kits (and usually remember to go back and update it when the kit gets built). I even added options for resistor wheels so I know which of my cars are set up for block detection and which ones aren't. If I get something oddball for a project, I put that in the notes field so if it gets set aside for a long time I don't go and sell it off on ebay as something I have no use for...oh wait, i was going to kitbash that into a Model XYZ diesel switcher. Like the MDC Boxcab track cleaner I have sitting here. I have no use for the track cleaning part. But the track cleaner versions is the only oen that came with doors in the ends, as all but the very first AGEIR boxcab had. Thus is it the basis for one of the two such locos the Reading had.
It also has places to record what you paid for the item, the present value, and you can even take pictures and load them - something I intend to work on since a copy of this file sucured in an offsite backup can be used as proof for insurance purposes should a disaster happen.