We all probably have that one train our collection like this.
Steve
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It’s a double edge sword. My dad used to collect small farm tractors. I can remember a few conversations he had with potential sellers that they were going to restore it. Most of them, either because of age or obvious health problems, we knew they were never going to restore the item. But, then, it’s their’s to do with as they wish. Sad to see some items just rust away to scrap.
Steve
Remember this rule: "Gravity wins in all things"
I do have my older brothers' #41 Army Gas Turbine that has a broken shell and a halting motor. I can only do so much with the shell--if I replace it, it isn't their engine anymore--but I do want to go through the motor and get it--uh, grinding--again, just like it used to do.
Related but not the same: someday I intend to strip the CC out of my ailing CC engines and replace the guts with simple rectifiers/reversing units so that I can run them conventionally. For now, they limp along (when they can be coaxed into it).
Spend 1/3 of your life collecting
Spend 1/3 of your life playing with your collection
Spend 1/3 of your life getting rid of the collection ,,,.,
you'll be turning to dust before your collection does
Cheers Carey
All it needs is a little wind in those tires.
Only ONE? Pikers. 
Mitch
I was told by an old-timer once that cars made back then were only designed to last 4 years. I guess that's why the odometers only went up to 99999.
I worry about the life of my newer engines. I have mainly MTH and they are all ps-2 or ps-3. Unlike postwar, if the electronics eventually go belly up, what will I be able to do with it?
My philosophy is Keep the old ones, lube them up, run them forever ( or until they stop) , put them on a display shelf, shop for another!😁
Don
@Frank Mulligan posted:I worry about the life of my newer engines. Unlike postwar, if the electronics eventually go belly up, what will I be able to do with it?
Best idea I've heard yet?...
Park 'em DOA in that multi-stall roundhouse, nose out. Don't have a multi-stall roundhouse? Here's the best excuse to have one...IMHO, of course. You know, sort of a 'motive power mausoleum-in-the-round'?
Better yet, get a GL600 Machinery Shop sound board from George at ITT Products, play it through a couple quality speakers within/beneath the structure. Add lots of interior/exterior lights for that night scene, too! Not only that, the roundhouse will help keep the dust off of them!
Heck, the turntable doesn't even need programming to those tracks! I'd bet most visitors would be impressed just to see an engine on the turntable take a 360° spin just for a photo-op.
Smile when visitors heap admirations about your (growing?) stable of horsepower.
Now who's the 'dummy'??
Lemons can make excellent lemonade, after all.
Just got one - picked up a Glenn Toy 'standard gauge' 0-6-0, very excited, these are hard to find, looked like it was all there. So I get it today - the ****ed thing is G gauge and boy is it a mess, like a Toonerville Trolley, drivers all over the place, and doesn't even have a worm gear on any axle. I've been cursed with the G gauge surprise more than once.
Shame of it, is that a friend of mine just picked up one, beautifully done, most likely a Hendrichs drive, great price, perfect running condition.
Jim
@Jim Waterman posted:Just got one - picked up a Glenn Toy 'standard gauge' 0-6-0, very excited, these are hard to find, looked like it was all there. So I get it today - the ****ed thing is G gauge and boy is it a mess, like a Toonerville Trolley, drivers all over the place, and doesn't even have a worm gear on any axle. I've been cursed with the G gauge surprise more than once.
Shame of it, is that a friend of mine just picked up one, beautifully done, most likely a Hendrichs drive, great price, perfect running condition.
Jim
You needed another project
Steve
@Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:
We all probably have that one train our collection like this.
Steve
Hahaha. Kudos to the manufacturer of the springs!
I can come close ...
One day .............
@Conductor Earl posted:Remember this rule: "Gravity wins in all things"
Also: "Water is the universal solvent".
@Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:
Steve
Now that is a Fixer Upper! LOL
@Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:
Steve
And to quote the great Joe Dirt,
"It'll buff out"
@Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:
Steve
That looks something you'd see on Ebay: "Complete, just needs a little TLC."
"Ran when parked."
This has been behind my engine shed for years.
Steve
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Looks like it needs new tires and a shell alignment. Then ready to roll, at least. ...
Well, at least it isn't suffering from zinc pest.
Shoulda removed the horn battery before storing this unit!
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The motor is SO QUIET!!
Don
This one looked kind of sad on a table at Kutztown. I suspect it was stored wrapped in newspaper in a shed with a leaky roof. I felt sorry for it and picked it up. It didn’t run when I got it. Henning’s Trains got it running and installed bell and light. I asked them not to mess with the “patina”.
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@Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:
Steve
"Act fast. You'll never find another one like this." (Actually, literally true).
@Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:
Steve
One word from me: Dorfan
That'll buff right out.
@Captaincog posted:One word from me: Dorfan
Today's winner!
Caveat emptor and know your dealer.
I've had a few that fit that...
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Dennis
Time to get a few gallons of evaporust.
That stuff works good lol. The 255E is a rat rod loco now Rust and all runs like a top.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqq-2DDJg5c
The pullmans turned into these:
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