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broken front pilot for a athearn ph 59

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Posted by mbinsewi on Sunday, December 8, 2013 10:28 AM

Try:  www.athearn.com

Mike.

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Posted by rambo1 on Sunday, December 8, 2013 10:27 AM

I think if I glue them together it won't look good

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Posted by yankee flyer on Sunday, December 8, 2013 10:25 AM

Athearn link worked for me, using FireFox. I did have to  go back one page because an add poped up. 

Good luck.

Lee

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Posted by mbinsewi on Sunday, December 8, 2013 10:23 AM

I have a couple of these I'm going to detail and use on commuter trains, so I've been looking around for parts too.  A few sugestions that I'm going to try:

Either you, or your LHS people give Athearn (Horizon Hobbies) a call and see if a pilot can be bought, or maybe a complete shell.  (Nothing like this is listed in their parts dept.)

Keep on the search for a complete loco on Ebay, as sometimes you can find a good deal on one that doesn't run.  ( How I found mine).

Keep on the search on the internet in general for the many different hobby dealers that carry these, and see what you can pick one for.

Try the other two major HO swap groups on Yahoo (HO Swap and HO Interchange, I think) and see what you can find there.

Try your hand at making one, using the plow to help hide any deficiencies.  (Boy I sure miss the spell checker! Even Fire Fox's doesn't work in here the way it use to)

Just some ideas.  If have any peices of the old / broken one,  your in good shape.

Mike.

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Posted by rambo1 on Sunday, December 8, 2013 10:03 AM

cacole the athearntrains is not working.

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Posted by rambo1 on Sunday, December 8, 2013 9:58 AM

sorry its ho. thanks rambo1

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Posted by cacole on Saturday, December 7, 2013 6:17 PM

What scale is this PH59?  Have you tried Athern's web site?  They have quite an extensive listing of repair/spare parts.

http://www.athearntrains.com 

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broken front pilot for a athearn ph 59
Posted by rambo1 on Saturday, December 7, 2013 10:55 AM

for the new ph59 where could I get a new pilot it is plastic and snaps in place without the plow? Should I try a hobby store or else where. rambo1...

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