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icmr
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Posted by icmr on Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:06 PM
Hows the woman?



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Posted by waltersrails on Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:08 PM
Whats this have to with this [(-D][;)]
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by icmr on Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:09 PM
Everything if it is close to saturday.[;)]



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Posted by waltersrails on Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:10 PM
ok i'll get me an athearn
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by icmr on Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:11 PM
After seeing the action on the way down there.



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Posted by waltersrails on Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:12 PM
i love wacthing the athearns in action. they are great.
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by icmr on Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:12 PM
I like seeing the UP action also.



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Posted by waltersrails on Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:13 PM
I'm a cn or NS my self
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by icmr on Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:13 PM
Along with the action in the hump yard.



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Posted by waltersrails on Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:14 PM
ok
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:49 PM
I can`t complain! I am on a very limited budget and I buy everything on ebay or at yard sales. For as cheap as possible! Them I learn how to rebuild, repair and maintain!
I recently purchased 10 buildings on ebay, 5 were nice and only needed weathering. Five were total junk, and with the advice of the wonderfull people here, and the weatherers network, I am rebuilding them!
Be happy that you can afford Athern or any new train for that matter!!!!!!
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Posted by icmr on Thursday, March 30, 2006 3:51 PM
That is a very good point.



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Posted by rockisland4309 on Thursday, March 30, 2006 4:05 PM
Wow!!! With all this talk about how bad the Athearn RTR's are I'm almost afraid to take my SD45T-2's out of their box! Is this a common problem with the RTR's or just a isolated problem with some guys? Matter-of-fact, it was the SD45T-2's which made me comeback and buy Athearn after almost 10 years of not buying their models.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 30, 2006 4:15 PM
rock, this is a VERY common RTR problem and I've only heard of ONE that didn't grind. I will never buy another RTR unless I decide to try a F7. I haven't heard of any F7s w/ the grinding motor , tho, but every other one seems to. I don't know about the new SD40 and -2. tho.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 30, 2006 4:30 PM
EVERYTHING MAN-MADE WILL FAIL AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, THEY ALL HAVE FLAWS OF ONE SORT OR ANOTHER, BUT THIS IS ABOUT LIKE STARTING A FORD/CHEVY POST.ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES AND ENJOY LIFE!!!!!!
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Posted by coborn35 on Thursday, March 30, 2006 5:45 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by rockisland4309

Wow!!! With all this talk about how bad the Athearn RTR's are I'm almost afraid to take my SD45T-2's out of their box! Is this a common problem with the RTR's or just a isolated problem with some guys? Matter-of-fact, it was the SD45T-2's which made me comeback and buy Athearn after almost 10 years of not buying their models.

I have a DMIR SD45T-2, and it does mildy grind, although it operates at slow speeds, it is a switcher, and does run fairly good on a larger layout.

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Posted by zgardner18 on Thursday, March 30, 2006 6:58 PM
You know, it’s starting to sound like we are getting a little spoiled here, or should I say lazy. Let’s take cars for example: I drive a Ford. I love my truck. Sure, it’s not a Land Rover or anything like that, but it does me fine. Some like Chevy's and some like Dodge. Some might say, “You get what you pay for." My Ford was cheep but with a little TLC this truck is going to go a long ways. I get my oil changes and engine serviced every time that it is due. Some people need to feel like they have money so they buy the BMW's and so on, but does image really matter or does the way you take pride in your procession? Atlas and Kato's are the BMWs of model railroading, if you have the money great, but for us Blue Box Athearn (Fords,Chevys, etc) guys, we know that we don't have the topline equipment but we can still make them run great. We find the tricks (I just put a K&N filter on my truck, man was that a good investment) to make them great.

I'm sick of every one saying that Athearn's crap, I know that mine are compared to others but that's not going to stop me from enjoying them.

Can't we all just get along?

PS. Disregard all of the other times that I dogged on Athearn.[:-^]

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Posted by icmr on Thursday, March 30, 2006 7:49 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by zgardner18
Can't we all just get along?




Yes, please, get along.



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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 31, 2006 10:31 AM
I'd like to point out that I love Athearn. But I will not but an Athearn RTR ever again. BB? Absolutley. Genesis? If they release a F3 or F7 in CGW I'll buy some.
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Posted by icmr on Friday, March 31, 2006 11:47 AM
Why dont more companies make IC death star scheme locos?



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Posted by waltersrails on Friday, March 31, 2006 11:48 AM
athearn needs
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by icmr on Friday, March 31, 2006 11:50 AM
Women?



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Posted by waltersrails on Friday, March 31, 2006 11:51 AM
that but refering to the above statement
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by icmr on Friday, March 31, 2006 11:52 AM
Oh. You mean they need to.



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Posted by waltersrails on Friday, March 31, 2006 11:53 AM
rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhtttttttttttttttttt



No
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by icmr on Friday, March 31, 2006 11:54 AM
Your right about not being right.



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Posted by waltersrails on Friday, March 31, 2006 11:54 AM
ok?
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by icmr on Friday, March 31, 2006 11:55 AM
Yeah, back to "trains".



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Posted by waltersrails on Friday, March 31, 2006 11:55 AM
yes
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by icmr on Friday, March 31, 2006 12:01 PM
Why do you look at railpictures.net? Is it for the train ads?



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