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[icmr]

I hope you can get it fixed dingoix.



Victor

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[icmr]

I like the stamp. That sounds like a plan dingoix. I will get the GP 40 sometime.



Victor

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[Bill H.]

This fellow, you may have heard the name, was an employee of the IC.

[Anonymous]

also the female universal (which is on the shaft w/ the worm gear) has the small broken off piece of the shaft and i don't think i can get it out. I will surely try and fix this SOON. I'd expect Atlas would still have parts.- I've been searching ebay for a b-b IC GP35 like the one my grandfather painted C&NW- If i find one for cheap i'll get that instead of the Atlas GP40 DEATH STAR. I also noticed the SE SD40-2 set sells for about $60

[icmr]

Thats not good dingoix. I hope you can get a new driveshaft.



Victor

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[Anonymous]

well, bad news today- a few days ago i noticed the front truck in my U33C was falling out so i set it aside. Today i took the shell off and put the truck back in. I put it on the track and hooked it up to 8 cars. I turned up the power and she just sat there spinning. So i removed the shell only to find the front driveshaft was broken. I found the shaft and one end is gone. I removed the worm gear from the front so i can at run it but i can't pull anything. I can live w/o the U33C for a while. Next month i'll probobly get another engine anyway. I'll contact Atlas and get a new driveshaft sometime.

[Anonymous]

you could probobly find a vintage IC GP40 for a reasonable price- i got an old Atlas FP7 (also in the link) for $26 new in box- it has a HUGE motor and runs quiet

[icmr]

I like it. Thx for the link dingoix.



Victor

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[Anonymous]

check out this vintage Atlas engine http://tycotrain.tripod.com/atlashoscaletrainscollectorsresource/id6.html

[Anonymous]

i like that Genesis open hopper- i don't know how i never saw it on Athearns website- it's a little expensive but i might just have to get a few of them

[icmr]

I started planning my new layout last night.



Victor

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[icmr]

That is a very good rule dingoix. I like that grain hopper. Here's another hopper http://www.discounttrainsonline.com/dto/item141-4262.html



Victor

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[Anonymous]

there is a fair number of IC freight cars but not as many as i'd like - here's what i'm going to build up a fleet of http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/112-2055 --I'll probobly get a few 6-packs of open hoppers. Wathers has them and so does Athearn. The rule i am going to follow is "don't buy more than one of any freight car until you buy just 1 to ensure it's what you want"

[icmr]

Well I lied, reconstruction of my layout has begun.[swg] Carl, take your time. Dingoix, there are a lot of IC freight cars arent there.



Victor

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[ac4400fan]

ill get em posted sometime tonight guys ,Dingoix i love it nice buid my friend!
Carl..

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: I know how that is dingoix.

and that's just engines- don't get me started on freight cars- let's see - 20-30 Athearn covered hoppers w/ the new BNSF logo - 20-30 Atlas t-man open hoppers - 20-30 IC covered hoppers (there was a link a few pages back) 30+ Athearn well cars that i posted a link to

[Anonymous]

check out this link http://www.geocities.com/redcnic/stlarea.html here's another link- http://www.johnsmurray.com/trainphotosclass1.html if you scroll down the page you'll find IC- that E9 w/ the DEATH STAR is COOL i had no idea there was such a thing

[icmr]

I know how that is dingoix. There are a lot IC engines I want.



Victor

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[Anonymous]

CSH has lots of great train pics- i have used a lot of the BNSF ones--- the only disadvantage to modeling BNSF and IC is there is already almost 10 BNSF engines i want plus the Genesis SD70 DEATH STAR, Atlas GP40 DEATH STAR and the B-B SE SD40-2 DEATH STAR (which i'll have to find used)

[icmr]

I like it when I click to enlarge it also.



Victor

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[icmr]

Im glad you found a way to model both of them dingoix. Thx for the link.



Victor

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[Anonymous]

that is a great pic w/ engine #6066 i esp. like it if i "click to enlarge"

[Anonymous]

after finding many pics at www.caboosestophobbies.com i figured out how i can model BNSF & IC - BNSF runs through the Waterloo, IA area and an IC line was there -so on my layout both RR's can share tracks somewhere in Iowa and IC willl not have merged w/ CN. Then i can model BNSF in 2005 but still have IC. BNSF will be more prominent beacause i love modern diesels ( DASH 9, AC4400 ect.)

[icmr]

GREAT pic dingoix. Thx for posting it.



Victor

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[Anonymous]

check out this IC pic

[icmr]

Yes we do!!!!! Im glad you got the complex done. Dingoix your elevator, from what I can see, looks good.



Victor

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[ac4400fan]

Hi Guys ,,Man what a DAY!, ive been working on the layout since 9 a.m now its 9.25 P.M and still going ,im trying to accompil***he track work into the cement complex,Finalliy the com[lex is done.Now Just the track work ,,Want some so far pics?

Carl....

[Anonymous]

you can see part of the silos in my sig pic- just above the U33C- the barn shaped building and the small silo was scratch built by my grandfather a number of years ago. the building was built open on 1 side and the power pack for the inside track was in there.
near the back of this pic we see the small silo and the building where the power pack once was. the water tower is almost blocking the building

[icmr]

Yes the set is Life Like and I cant wait to see your elevator.



ICMR

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[Anonymous]

i have a grain elevator question- How are the covered hoppers loaded? also what ,if anything, spans the tops of the silos i was thinking maybe an enclosed auger and then at one end it'd go down to another buiding (so it could bring grain up and into the silos)- i was also thinking of attaching the silos to a piece of plywood painted gray (to simulate concrete)