Let's see your K-Line F3's

Regretfully, we don't have any.

Let's see YOURS Dave!  (my favorite road)

Sam,

 

One set (your favorite) is apart being cleaned and lubed and replacing the K-Line cruise and the other set is packed up and ready to take to York to give to Alex for the upgrade. 

 

Maybe be I should not have started this thread without my own pictures Eh? Oh well I'm old, give e a break.

Very nice Steve. Really like the Lackawanna.

Very nice looking diesels, Steve. Ben would love these.

It's a shame K-Line is gone. These have TMCC, Cruise, The A's and B's smoked and the marker lights turn from green to red when you change directions. They also give you a fixed pilot with a Kdee on it and shorter couplers for between the A's and B included in the box. The tethers are also concealed in the diaphragms.

 

I have the Amtrak F40 and F59….The detail is just out of this world….I miss Kline very much as well…But I enjoy the hunt more looking for cars and engines….Kline is gone but not forgotten…...

Are these yours Dave?

 

and, by the way, this photo really illustrates what the term 'high-rail' denotes!

Such a nice looking locomotive astride those 20" tall rails!

This Milwaukee Road set is the version from around 2001-2002 with TMCC and 6 motors. This set happens to be for sale; I'll post it on the For Sale board later this evening. Anyone interested can e-mail me; address is in my profile. 

 

I also have the ATSF Midnight Chief set (not for sale!), but unfortunately I don't have any photos and it's packed away right now. 

 

One feature I really like on the K-Line F units is that the tethers run through the diaphragms rather than under the couplers. The socket pivots for curves. It's cleaner and easier to use than the more traditional way, and the diaphragms hide the tethers. 

 

 

That's it Sam, thanks for the picture.

I will have to take some more pictures. My K-line F-3 is my primary runner and my favorite on the layout. I had to have the connectors rewired a few years back after it sat in the box for 3 years while we moved to a new location and I built a new layout. IT is a beautiful A-B-A.

Love the Milwaukee Road units!  That is a great feature that the tethers are in the diaphragms, I hadn't realized that until you pointed it out.

 

Art

The warbonnets also look great.

 

Art

Here's a shot of another set of K-Line F3's that I'd forgotten about. These Milwaukee Road units in UP yellow were sold only as a complete set with the six 15" passenger cars shown. Curiously, it appears that some of the sets had six motors and some only had four, although the set was a very limited production item. 

 

The photo is too distant to show any detail, but it is interesting in that it shows the relative size of 15" (60 foot) and 21" (84 foot scale size) passenger cars. It also shows the contrast in size between the F units and the Fairbanks-Morse Erie Built units at the head of the train on the second shelf. The Erie Built AB set is almost as long as the three F units. Click on the image for a better view. 

 

 

I agree with the assessment stated above about the K-line F40's. They are still one of my favorites with a lot of details not found on other mfg F40's.

This is a "super" looking F unit.

 

I don't know how to post pictures, but have the Pennsy ABA set (6 motors!).  I agree the detail is real nice.  This consist could race a slot car and probably win!

 

Stack 

Truly do miss K-Line. They made some interesting trains.

I seem to miss K-Line more all the time.  I appreciated them when they were here, but didn't completely realize how much they added to the hobby until after they were gone.  That is especially true with their passenger cars.

 

Art

Unfortunately NO k-line f3's for me. In fact to date no one has produced a correct PRR f3 with the correct number board marker light combo. I am hoping atlas O or someone will make this detail option on thier model f3's . It's such a pita to make the correction myself.

David1,

 

   Aren't Kline F Units F7s?

 

JohnB

 

I love my all my K-Line engines Steam and Diesel! 

I keep hoping to see my old C&O F units to pop up.

That Western Pacific is beautiful!  Not too far behind the warbonnet in my opinion.

 

Art

Still MY favorite!

ben already has these, but I don't.....

 

 

Pete

Pete - What a great picture!  Love those F units.

 

Art