I don't think I posted in this thread yet. Here is my old, original version Rivarossi Kraus-Maffei from the early sixties: And here is my little old cheap Rivarossi 0-4-0T from about the same era: Doug
This little switcher runs but is a rubber band drive and does not run to well - it is jerky. At one time you could buy a kit to replace the rubber band drive and make it a direct drive. Don't think you can get those anymore.
Ah, the Athearn "Hustler". BTW, your "Casey Jones" 4-6-0, above, was made by Liliput in Austria. I have the same loco, Lettered for the Pennsy and in its original Liliput box. My late older brother got it as a gift in the early sixties. Doug
One of my old Tyco units. These units run ok but I am not a fan of the pancake motors. To me, they are not easy to work on.
Tyco made a lot of junk but never an FM C-Liner model, that is an AHM C-Liner, again another poor running model, the later Life Like models put it to shame. I got rid of mine at a garage sale after getting my Life Like units. Rick Jesionowski
Bet it sounds like a coffee grinder. Cox had some identical ones back in the 70s, made by Athearn. A similar GP35 was among my 1974 Christmas presents. The grand opening: A couple of years ago I found an identical one for my nostalgia fleet. Man, I had a lot of hair...
This locomotive does not run so I was going to use it as an attraction in a park but the flood came and that idea went out with the tide.
I wanted to show this M K T shell and frame that I acquired a few years ago. It is a GP7, I think, shell and I often trade with the SP shell on that GP frame. One day I will find the running gear for this shell & frame.
It's a GP7, for sure. Looks like Athearn. I like the way its weathered and worn. It looks like it works hard to earn its keep.
I bought this Athearn Southern Pacific GP7 locomotive in 1967 when I was just getting started in HO. To this day, it still runs great.
I have this Tyco Locomotive I think I got from The Salvation Army. Maybe $1. It is older than dirt but runs fairly well and it is heavy.
My pair of SP locomotives. Locomotive on the left I bought in 1967 and on the right, not sure, maybe 2012.
That would be Missouri Pacific. Though 1011 was in a number range assigned to RS-3s. However, UP - which eventually gobbled up MoPac - had D.S.1011 which was a very similar switcher with different spark arrestors. Interesting!