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Posted by Darth Santa Fe on Saturday, October 20, 2018 10:02 AM

The axles are a general part, and Athearn does keep them available: http://www.athearn.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=ATHG19254

Since they fit so many models, it's easier for Athearn to not put all of that info into the title.  It could be really long otherwise!Smile

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Posted by zstripe on Friday, October 19, 2018 7:57 PM

You should be able to find what You need here:

http://www.nwsl.com/nwsl-online-catalog.html

Your loco may be listed. Helpful to know what size Yours are,My guess would be 40''/42'' with blunt end axle's.......call or send them an e-mail for help.

Take Care! Big Smile

Frank

 

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Posted by southernpacificgs4 on Friday, October 19, 2018 6:41 PM

Thank you for the information.

I went to the web site of Athearn and it seems that there are no parts availible any more for the Blue Box Athearn AMD103.

 

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Posted by Darth Santa Fe on Thursday, October 18, 2018 6:36 PM

Yes, you can change them to metal wheels by swapping the dummy wheels with Athearn geared wheelsets.  Just pop the bottom cover off, drop the old ones out, then drop the new ones in!

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AMD 103
Posted by southernpacificgs4 on Thursday, October 18, 2018 5:32 PM

I bought second hand on a model railroad expo 2 Athearn blue box AMD 103's AMTRACK N.E. corridor ; one powered( Athearn 3654) and one dummy( Athearn 3683).

The dummy has plastic wheels.

Can I replace the plastic wheels with metal wheels?

or is it better to

make from the dummy also a powered locomotive with spare parts from Athearn?

 

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