I just got my UP/CNE WBB this week. As I look at it, it looks "too pretty to run". Does anybody have an engin like thike that?
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Running them does not hurt them, unless you are real ham fisted or like to crash them.
Originally Posted by RoyBoy:
Running them does not hurt them, unless you are real ham fisted or like to crash them.
I'll run it, but it just has that look.....
The 3rd Rail E7 in Seaboard paint is close, she's a beaut!
But when I put it and my OK Engines aluminum passenger cars on my 072 12x12 layout I wish I had more of a longer run to let them "air out" 
Nope, everything I own must run, even if it does not run often.
A typical case of love at first sight. Don't worry put her on the track and really learn what true romance is all about.
Not only that another beauty will come along soon, we toy train types are a ficKle bunch.
What is a "UP/CNE WBB"?
No such thing as too pretty to run, except for maybe some hand-built museum piece that really isn't intended to operate.
A pretty locomotive looks even better when running
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No point in having it if I can't run it, so, no.
Pete
"Trains like us,
Baby were were born to run!"
(Sorry Bruce...)
Rusty
Originally Posted by D500:
What is a "UP/CNE WBB"?
OK Can't spell. Union Pacific/ CNW (Heritage) Williams by Bachmann.
I have the MTH European series 241.A with elephant ears. It is the best model train I have - as good as many brass locos I have seen: incredible detail, delicate add ons, fantastic paint. I run it, particularly since it has the best whistle of any loco I have, but I am very careful with it and don't run it a lot. It is just sooooooo beautiful . . .
I don't run but display my :
Lionel CCII Demo Trainmasters
K-line Demo 2-84 lima #1 berk
Atlas O Demos- C628 & F3 A-B set
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It's no good to me if it won't run.
If it is good enough for the shelf, then it is good enough for the track. I have heard of guys not running their postwar engines because they have "all original" parts. They are afraid that they can't find replacement parts so they keep them in the original box.
I've run everything, O gauge, G gauge, with one exception. It's a brass G gauge model of the Lilly Belle, the train that Walt Disney ran in his back yard, from the Carolwood RR Historical Society. Maybe some day I'll get around to running that too.
Ron
No such thing to me..they all should be run...Greg
Well, I have run my UP engine. I call it the "John Deere", or the "Cheezehead" (GB Packers) because of its colors!
I have nothing that is too pretty to run.
I do have some that are too big to run on my current layout, as they need O-72 curves. Hope to have the layout rebuilt over the Summer so that I can run everything!
Jim
having more trains than tracks to run them on (i suppose the definition of a collector), i never forget that much of the value to me is that they were built as working models not static displays. believe me, if you don't run your trains occasionally, eventually they will stop working, or at best run terribly, all on their own.
Run 'em.
Never an engine I didn't want to run, but I will admit there have been some Atlas reefers that have been placed on a pedestal and just...looked at...
redrockbill
For an investment of almost $300, oh yeah, I would definitely be running that engine. If you just want to look at the engine the UP website has a nice pic in .pdf format that you can download. It only costs you if you get a laser print made for framing. 
Since I have a 773 Hudson from 1950 for running and it operates so well, I keep my 1-700E (1990) which has not been run in its display case above my desk. Tempted at times to run it, but doubt that I will. If I didn't have the 773, well..... Dick
I think there is nothing sadder than a train that never runs (or will never run again, in the case of the 1:1 train).
I will run everything I own, eventually. Some engines, like my SMR "General" and "Texas", which are the most beautiful locomotives I own, will be run sparingly though.
Andy
No such thing as too pretty to run. Too pretty to weather, maybe (I'm starting to re-think that, too,) but never too pretty to run.
I will not own a toy train that does not run on my layout.
Originally Posted by Jerry Nolan:
For an investment of almost $300, oh yeah, I would definitely be running that engine. If you just want to look at the engine the UP website has a nice pic in .pdf format that you can download. It only costs you if you get a laser print made for framing.
Mine is $125.00 with shipping. It is WBB.
Like the Lionel scale PRR S-2 Turbine at the train meet here in Tampa for $400.00 I was really tempted but my max curve is 054 and it's min is 072 so I had to pass it up or it would have collected dust the shelf.
Hello guys and gals.....
my Sunset 3rd S.F.#5011 is pretty engine but i run it. its does me no good sitting in the box collecting dust. i use 0-72 but will have to get some 0-82 soon
the woman who loves the S.F.#5011
Tiffany
Originally Posted by Tiffany:
Hello guys and gals.....
my Sunset 3rd S.F.#5011 is pretty engine but i run it. its does me no good sitting in the box collecting dust. i use 0-72 but will have to get some 0-82 soon
the woman who loves the S.F.#5011
Tiffany
Tha is one BIG engine, if the one in Amarillo is any indication!
Originally Posted by Dominic Mazoch:
Originally Posted by Tiffany:
Hello guys and gals.....
my Sunset 3rd S.F.#5011 is pretty engine but i run it. its does me no good sitting in the box collecting dust. i use 0-72 but will have to get some 0-82 soon
the woman who loves the S.F.#5011
Tiffany
Tha is one BIG engine, if the one in Amarillo is any indication!
The Santa Fe 5011 Class 2-10-4s are even BIGGER than the Madam Queen #5000 on display in Amarillo, TX! Plus all axles are roller bearing.
Nope. Everything gets track time at some point.
