Few more pictures of my new 249E.
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It looks very nice Dave, as Greg i would also do red trailing truck on the engine. After all it is a fun piece no ? Maybe change Lionel Lines to..... Daves Lines, it would make a very personnal one....
Daniel
Steve, nice crane! I need one,
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Bob
and now we have side rods....just need to call Jeff Kane to get a few more bits.
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Thanks for the info Greg...I'll watch for one.
Paul
Doc wonderful roadbed...how did you make it???
Steamer posted:I'm closing in on finishing a couple of projects. I need the decals and lights for my Black Diamond Special Lionel cars, and a few pieces for the 4-8-4. I put the cars behind the engine, and I think they look pretty good together. Need to scrounge a couple more beater cars for repaint....a 4-8-4 needs more than three cars to pull. I'd like the engine to look like it was made to go with the cars. Should I paint the tender trucks to match the cars?
I would definately NOT paint the tender trucks read. Maybe get some brass bearing covers though. Looks like a splice of a couple of 225's? Very impressive. How does she like the turns?
cars are very pretty too - a nice scheme for sure.
How about a gold stripe down the tender side with black lettering?
Jim Waterman
I started with two junk 1666 shells. I have a 225E shell with a broke window I could have used, but I've kicked around the idea of trying to fix it.
and already did the tender trucks. She like my O27 turns fine.
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George S posted:Hello folks!
I just finished restoring this set. It is my concept Milwaukee Road M10000. I realize Milwaukee did not run this, but that is the fun of tinplate! Tomorrow is the test drive.
George
I ran the train today. My layout is in my parent's basement at their house (long story), so I only get to work on it or run trains on Sundays. I first ran just the engine, and the e-unit gave me some fits. However, the whistle worked great! I then added the three cars. It's a heavy train! All the lights worked! The train ran better with all the cars in tow and the e-unit stopped stalling or reversing the motor. Everything ran great until the engine shorted.
It took me a little bit of troubleshooting, but I found the problem. I forgot to replace the headlight wire, and it was rotted and created a short against the motor. I am fixing that and will reinstall the headlight next week.
Sorry, no videos yet. Next week I should be able to post one.
George
Steamer posted:did some updates last night and this morning. your opinions guys. If you like the tender trucks...should I do the engine's trailing truck?
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Works for me.
that's good enough for me....
I think it would look good either way but if you wanted to add a bit more color to the engine why not? I would think about a stripe down the center of the engine in the same red.
It doesn't show up well in the pic, but I did a gold stripe on the running board.
