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icmr
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Posted by icmr on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 12:11 PM
Ok.



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Posted by waltersrails on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 12:11 PM
black grime and and dirty track isn't helping the layout.
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by icmr on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 12:10 PM
White dirt.



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Posted by waltersrails on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 12:10 PM
just dirt
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by icmr on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 12:08 PM
Clean them well, get all of the paint off.



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Posted by waltersrails on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 12:07 PM
very true................ I need to go clean my engines ok bye.
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by icmr on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 12:06 PM
You know the saying, DCKWTBIR.



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Posted by waltersrails on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 12:05 PM
ok yeah..............................................
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by icmr on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 12:04 PM
Yeah i know about the second part. You love them whem a LD is involved.



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Posted by waltersrails on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 12:03 PM
i love dounuts that way. Still can't beleive mr wells thinks trains still haul cattle.
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by icmr on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 12:01 PM
It really works when it is cream filled.



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Posted by waltersrails on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:59 AM
yep food works
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by icmr on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:58 AM
LOL. No problem.



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Posted by waltersrails on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:54 AM
thanks for making me look bad.
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by icmr on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:54 AM
What?



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Posted by waltersrails on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:53 AM
no power bomb
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by waltersrails on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:52 AM
yes i did and the cars
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by icmr on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:51 AM
It was good on saturday. Did you see that engine?



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Posted by waltersrails on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:47 AM
sounds good
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by icmr on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:45 AM
Ok more of an off white, like primer.



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Posted by waltersrails on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:44 AM
sounds ok to me
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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Posted by icmr on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 11:44 AM
Im going to get some BB and paint them white.



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Posted by james saunders on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 7:52 PM
i'm going to buy some BBs to paint into my ridge pacific scheme

James, Brisbane Australia

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 7:29 PM
Well said ICRR1964. Athearn BB is nice, considering the price. As with anything, they do require attention from time to time. But so does Atlas. But BB is tough and just doesn't seem to wear out. My GP38-2 is 12 years old and still going strong. I gave her a new paint job last month because it ran so good. It will run slower than my other BB. Yes, it has the Athearn "growl" but it's reliable, that's for sure. Never have I had a single problem with it. (I've only had it since last fall ,but the box says "Jan 1994")
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Posted by icmr on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 8:37 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by waltersrails

have the made sd70m-2's yet?



Athearn, NO. Tower 55, YES!



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Posted by ICRR1964 on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 7:14 AM
WOW! This thread took some good hits from both sides of the coin.

I see know reason for bad mouthing BB units. We all seem to forget from time to time about who was on the cutting edge of loco's many years ago. Athearn made a great loco and still does to this day. Back in the 1970's Bachmann and Atlas came up with some comparable loco's that did run just as good and were about the same price. But problem being they were using the same idea as Athearn loco's.

Athearn engines are great for the younger kids starting out, they are tough and require little attention. I have over 200 Athearn BB, RTR, and a few Genesis units. Sure they have had some problems, but so have my Atlas, Spectrum, and Kato units.

I spend allot of time rebuilding and repair work on my loco's as long as doing work on other peoples. Allot of the problrems people have are because they do not take care of the loco's, whether its a BB unit or a P2K. I have a freind of mine who bought 2 new Broadway LTD loco's and loved them to death, until one of them started to act up. He used the word junk just like he did on his Spectrum line he had. Buy the way, I bought all of his Spectrum line for half of what he paid for it. You will not beleive what a bit of oil will do for a loco. Give me time, but I will end up owning his expensive Broadway LTD unit before long, besides he is talking about buying brass, because he thinks it is better running and requires no maintanence. LOL!

Their are allot of MR's out there that are tinkers like me, and believe in doing our own fixing, others cannot even tighten a simple screw. It does not matter what you own or what you paid for it, or how much you run it.

If it has moving parts it needs attention some time or another when it starts making noise, or stops dead in the rails.

I wonder what would happen to my Truck, car, and Harley if I did not do the maintanenec on them?????????
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Posted by METRO on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 1:37 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by jkroft

From now on, I am only buying Tyco.


HAHA, now that's the perfect answer!

Seriously though, anyone who's been in this hobby for over 20 years can tell you what it used to be like. Most people new to the game wouldn't even recognize what was offered back then, but I clearly remember as a kid, reading my dad's old issues of MR where a pair of Tyco SD24s (now marketed by IHC) were pulling the flagship train on the Virginia & Ohio. That's totally unheard of today.

We're lightyears ahead of where we once were, and we largely have Athearn to thank for that. The first P2Ks had a clone of the Athearn mechanism in them, and the Genesis line still arguably makes some of the best locomotives, depending on the model, in the industry, period.

Once upon a time though, Athearn BBs were golden trains, the standard of the hobby, and they still can be modernized fairly easily. I also love my Genesis F7s, and when I compare them to my Kato-powered Stewarts, they run just as well and have twice the detail, now that's well worth my money.

Cheers!
~Astral
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Posted by james saunders on Monday, April 3, 2006 11:06 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by waltersrails

have the made sd70m-2's yet?


no but i hope they do soon

James, Brisbane Australia

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Posted by jkroft on Monday, April 3, 2006 10:42 PM
From now on, I am only buying Tyco.

"You show me a man with both feet on the ground and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants on." -anonymous

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Posted by waltersrails on Monday, April 3, 2006 10:23 PM
have the made sd70m-2's yet?
I like NS but CSX has the B&O.
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