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    What do you drive?

    in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)

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    13 hours ago, Big_John said:

    Thank you.

    The Barracuda is an automatic.  I looked for one for many years.  When one would come up, it was either too rough or the timing was bad. I had actually given up on finding one. It belonged to a friend and I had told him "if you ever want to sell it".  He called 6 years ago and I didn't hesitate. This one is an original California car and it's loaded with everything except A/C.

    I have some work on the interior though... The mice had gotten to it and destroyed the headliner and carpet. I pulled everything out and what couldn't be  cleaned was replaced. It's not perfect, but it's really a fun car to drive.  

    I built a 1/32 Monogram model of it and 3d printed some Rally wheels to match the ones on my car.  The 1/25 AMT version for 1965 is $$$$, so this one is good. 

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    Nice. Best looking Barracuda to my eyes and your paint job is spot on.

    steve 

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    What non-auto model did you get today?

    in The Off-Topic Lounge

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    5 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

    Pretty stoked about this pair of Roco/AHM/Rivarossi/Model Power HO scale "sharknose" diesels in the old Delaware and Hudson livery, one powered and one dummy, in quite nice condition...both of 'em for about what one dummy in incorrect colors usually trades for.

    The really interesting thing is that the D&H only ever had two of these, both bought used, and only kept them for 4 years. They are now the only two surviving Sharks on the planet...still in the D&H livery minus the lettering and heralds, and slated to go to a railroad museum when the current owner, who saved them from the scrapper's torch, dies.

    Kinda hard to believe that somebody at the model company that produced them knew as much about these two particular locomotives' obscure history, and cared enough, to have them factory-finished in these colors...and to even get the unit number of the last one to run, 1216, put on the side.

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    I also snagged this pair of runners in an equally sweet deal. The gray one is an HO scale Rivarossi Krauss-Maffei ML-4000 diesel-hydraulic locomotive, in Southern Pacific colors. 

    SP bought several of the German-built ML-4000s in 1961 as an experiment. Most US locomotives at the time were (and still are) diesel-electric, with the diesel engine driving a generator supplying electricity to drive the axle motors, rather like a hybrid automobile (without any batteries). But the ML-4000 Krauss units are diesel-hydraulic. The engine drives a hydraulic pump that transmits power to hydraulic axle motors, more like some earth-moving equipment than conventional locomotives.

    The German diesel-hydraulic locomotives didn't work as well as was hoped in mountain service, and as American diesel-electric locomotives began offering more horsepower and reliability, the Krauss units were phased out in 1967 and eventually scrapped. None were saved, although in 2017, one that had been converted to a camera car was rebuilt with salvaged mechanical parts and a newly-fabricated cab to return it to its original appearance, and made its first run in 2019, pulling a railfan excursion train.

     

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    The green and yellow one is an HO scale EMD E7A passenger locomotive, also from Model Power, in Chicago and North Western colors. The EMD (part of General Motors at the time) E7 was among the first diesel passenger locomotives built following WW II, and the first of the E-series to share the "bulldog" nose of the wildly successful F-series of EMD freight locomotives. C&NW had 26 of them. Though I haven't run it yet, the Model Power E7 is reputed to be one of the strongest pulling locomotives in HO scale, being equipped with a large motor suitable for O-scale locos, a geared 12-wheel drive...and it's heavy.

    Of all the 429 EMD E7 A-units built, only one escaped scrapping. It has been cosmetically restored, and lives at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

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    These four models appear to have come from a collection of someone who loved vintage, historic, and obscure machines as much as I do. They also appear to have been owned more recently by someone who viewed them as children's toys, and let then get a little dinged up. But they'll be well cared for as long as I have them.

    Nice haul there Bill. I presume you are aware that Piko have recently released a new version of the Krauss Maffei loco?

    steve

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    What Irked You Today?

    in The Off-Topic Lounge

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    On 3/20/2024 at 12:33 PM, Keef said:

    Hence the reason I refuse to buy a new car with one of those fancy “turn the knob” shifters. I’m afraid I’ll be driving and Steppenwolf will come on the radio and when I go to turn it down I’ll be instantly parked in the middle of the freeway.

    If Steppenwolf comes on my car radio I turn it UP!

    steve 😄

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