MEGA HO Locomotives Lot - eBay Unboxing #2
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- I purchased this mega lot of used HO locomotives off eBay back in February of this year. I've been meaning to unbox the lot for quite a while now but I've been too distracted with other things going on so I haven't until now. I'm pretty pleased with this lot, most of the engines are intact enough to probably get going again so they should make for some exciting projects. Stay tuned.
Here's a list of locomotive ID's
1. AHM GP18 (road name unknown), minus shell.
2. Life-Like F40PH - Amtrak - Correct loco ID.
3. Life-Like GP38-2 (Hi-Nose) - ATSF (Santa Fe) Warbonnet scheme.
4. Life-Like GP38-2 - ATSF (Santa Fe) Warbonnet scheme.
5. Tyco/Mantua - GP20 - CB&Q (Burlington)
6. AHM FM C-Liner - LN - possible broken front truck on the ears that fit into the frame.
7. Life-Like GP38-2 - Chessie System unit.
8. Bachmann U36B - ATSF (Santa Fe) Warbonnet scheme.
9. Bachmann F9 - ATSF (Santa Fe) Warbonnet scheme.
10. Tyco/Mantua F7a - ATSF (Santa Fe) Warbonnet scheme.
11. Tyco/Mantua F7a - ATSF (Santa Fe) standard freight scheme.
12. Tyco/Mantua F7a - ATSF (Santa Fe) Warbonnet scheme.
13. Tyco/Mantua F7a - ATSF (Santa Fe) Yellow Warbonnet scheme - Rare
14. Tyco/Mantua F7b - ATSF (Santa Fe) Warbonnet scheme - Dummy unit. Common for the era.
15. AHM FM C-Liner - BN - You maybe correct about its operational status. Possible dummy unit conversion???
16. Tyco/Mantua C430 - Custom painted in PRR. Note: The Penn Central had Alco C430's, but the were former NYC heritage, and these units last through early Conrail. Also, it's unusual to see handrails on former Tyco C430 locos.
17. Tyco/Mantua C430 Spirit of '76 scheme - Rough shape, but the decals are decent. It would be a worthy drive candidate for restoration, and the handrails are a plus.
I hope this helps you on your Ebay purchase, and I hope to see these units on a future repair videos.
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Thanks for this detailed catalog!
the AHM GP18 seems to be a BN, it's closest to it's scheme
The GP18 was a Reading, based on the green side panel. I just damaged my frame while I was doing the restoration. It’s sad, as I had the loco since I was 15. Maybe I need to send the upper body in to help out this restoration.
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WONDERFUL MEGA LOT! The Amtrak unit number 229 is an F40PH in Phase 2! Love the variety of engines here!
Patrick I used to have one of those when I was little then I did something to it long time ago.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! a new video from SMT!
I would say you have quite a few parts locomotives in that lot, Harrison. Take the 1776 locomotive -- use the handrails for a similar TYCO that needs them. Turn the chrome Santa Fe into a dummy if it isn't already and run it with your other chrome Santa Fe F units. Also need to get a jump on fine tuning all of those locomotives you keep putting on the "get to in the future" cart.
Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍
I have an interesting idea with all the Santa fe units
I he cloud put another dive frame and can motor in it. that was a nice unit one time. ALCO I like a lot. See my big ALCO on P. Waco. ALCO C855 A-B-A set.
The Pennsylvania engine is an Alco Century 430. PRR never had any. All 10 that went to Penn Central and eventually ConRail came over from the New York Central. The paint is wrong too. PRR never had those stripes on its diesels.
Wow quite the haul. As if you are not busy now, looks like these will keep you busier. Thanks for sharing. 💕😊💕
It's good to have smaller projects that only take around a day to complete verses these huge ones which can take years.
@@SMTMainline I can understand that for sure. Good luck with all projects.
Do work at a train store? I am looking for 2 B units DCC F7B or ALCO PB ? Would let me know if you have any them?
Loving the frequent videos
I've been trying.
Yes a Un Boxing Video love Vintage Trains Great video Harrison
Great ha… wait… did you say February!?!?! Holy cow. What else are you sitting on? Haha. Love the Santa Fe units.
Also in storage: One Rivarossi Big Boy. One Christmas Train set.
This i awesome and you are my favorite youtuber and you have been helpful for fixing my model trains
This video made me feel good about tomorrow because there's a train show in Syracuse New York first time going to a train show in a year and a half since they were all closed last year this was a nice little refresher.
That sounds exciting. I hope you find some good stuff!
Never seen a pennzy like that.........yup its a spraybomb
That PRR locomotive is awesome!!
Amazing haul!
It sure is amazing
I agree 💯
Great Video 👍______😍 Have a happy Weekend 😍
High hood life like is a GP38-2 high hood, thing to keep in mind, if it has 2 big fans at the back and none right behind the cab, it's a GP38. If it's got 2 little fans right behind the he can and 2 little fans on the back, it's a GP9
Also, GP7s and 9s are tiny compared to a GP38. The GP38 is about the same size as an SD35.
@@ErickC SD35s are longer by a foot, but yeah, I get what you mean
I will try to remember that but I usually mix things up.
That pennsy if original those were very rare and one went on ebay about two months ago for $300 i almost fell out of my chair at the ending bid ,,,Ken
I doubt this one is judging by the paint work.
I have a chessie system loco just like that one that you just got. It used to be my aunts engine but she gave it to me.
Nice
Thanks!
Nice work Harrison I love meet you someday your awesome man
Mega lot of locos cant wait till we can see them run!
I'm curious to see what out of these run.
Funny thing thay never ran on a video
Those Tyco F Units are from the mid-70's. Mantua Tyco locomotives were made with the MU-1 drive from 1952 until 1959, and then it was replaced with the MU-2 drive from 1959 all the way to 1974. In 1975, Tyco began phasing out the MU-2 drive in favor of the new (and inferior!) Power Torque drive. However, a few of their locomotives (including the F units, 0-4-0 Switchers, and 4-6-2 Pacifics) continued to have 5 pole motors with worm gear drives up until the late 70's/early 80's. By 1983, all locomotives would have the Power Torque drive until 1988 when Mehano started making locomotives for Tyco. Tyco sold both Power Torque locomotives and Mehano-built locomotives until 1993, until they switched solely to Mehano-built locomotives, and ended train production after 1993.
The next to last engine is a tyco alco c430 century series. I have 2 one in Chessie System and one in Santa fe. Never saw one in Pennsylvania. Pennsy ran alco century series. I have a c424 and a c425 both atlas in Pennsylvania.
The first three Life like locomotives are GP 38
L&N C-Liner is epic
Wow I love to see your positive comments and attitude.. your good at what you do.. me personally I love ho trains however I’m more of a modern kind of guy and love the modern freight trains
Modern freight trains are great too, I appreciate the comments though.
Nice I might get a tyco chattanooga soon
make sure you know how to service them, they are finicky sometimes and may require a rebuild to run good. mine required new wires, entire cleaning of the motor, and i sadly had to disconnect the smoke unit so i didn’t catch the engine on fire
@@Thebanjoberk That's a good point.
@@SMTMainline i have one that i plan to kitbash into Southern 630
The Santa Fe High Hood is a GP38-2
Half waiting for the day that you buy a lot from someone like this and they recognize the lot
I'm not sure how they would react.
I re watched that part with the C Liner Harrison and I guess my eyes were playing tricks on me and making me think it had electrical pickups on it my bad!
I wish it was powered.
@@SMTMainline yeah that would have been nice. By the way, I did stumble onto the UP F40PH while I was cruising Ebay yesterday, it's part of a fairly sizable lot, but the locomotive at least looks pretty good, couldn't see any damage in the photo.
Congrats on the giant haul smt lots of locomotives very interesting haul
You know you're gettin old, when they are selling your old toys on Ebay. They look about the same shape I left them too, except the life like Santa Fe. 10 year old me wanted to see what 100 was like and briefly became a model airplane enthusiast. My dad didn't buy me anymore engines.
That's not a Presidential Seal one, there would be a gold ring around the center with "The President of the United States" lettered around it. Came with a full set of handrails though, put 'em on a prettier unit. The FP40 piqued my interest, though a cheesy Life-like, they have potential. When they came out in the 80s, Proto Power put out a nice reworked power unit for it. I have the Walther's one, it was a gift. I actually found a picture of its prototype, numbers and all, pictured the month I graduated high school.
Nice haul...
I suspected it wasn't one of the rare ones. Someone was saying this other one I have is however.
Also Fp40 is actually f40ph
Burlington Northern is a Fairbanks Morse C Line.
Awesome video!
The Pennsylvania engine is a Tyco C430, those are Atheran handrails.
It was repainted and decaled looks to me.
how much do you pay for these kind of things like average price not exact price
at the end of the video the engines i wish i could have are all the ones in thee first row except for spirit of 76.
Parabéns SMT mainline... abraços!
The Tyco - Mantua is an EMD GP-20 without the dynamic brake blister at the roofline.
Only the New York Central bought GP20's without - 15 of them.
@@colbeausabre8842 True and they also bought The EMD GP30 without the dynamic brake. The dynamic brake blister is there on New York Central GP30 units but it's blanked out and no fan is on the roof where a dynamic brake fan would be. They didn't call New York Central " The Water Level Route " for nothing. They had the best route from New York to Chicago.
That Amtrak 299 is beautiful 1:37
1:26 Mahona used that drive for there hyvee locomotive but it was the 6 axl not the 4 axl
First one is AHM's GP-18.
exceptional content SMT Mainline. I killed that thumbs up on your video. Keep on up the really good work.
Thanks for your support!
and your collection of santa fe high hoods grows..
Awesome Job Harrison! I love these unboxing videos. Keep up the great work!
Thank you so kindly!
Haha, SMT u should start a store selling locomotives, rolling stock, and lots more!
That's the plan.
@@SMTMainline Be careful. I' know several people who took to their hobby as a means of earning a livelihood and they all said that running a business ruined the hobby for them.
That PRR unit has to be custom from what I can tell. Overall nice scores!
The AHM/Bachmann chassis with motor and drive can be converted to DCC as it's isolated from the frame. You could replace the motor too! It's shell is a GP18 high nose. The Amtrak is an EMD F40PH not the FP45 (which is a 6-axle model) that came out earlier. The Santa Fe #3560 is a high nose GP38 in Warbonnet scheme (There was never a Warbonnet of a GP38 as Santa Fe only painted the most exclusive units). So its a fantasy scheme. The standard nose GP38 #3500 falls the same pattern as #3560. The CB & Q 'Burlington Route' appears to be a EMD GP9M or GP20 modified version (chopped nose). Bachmann U33 or U36B. Again ATSF never painted them in Warbonnet. #307 is a F7A (between the port holes there are only 4 louvers). Love the Santa Fe #4015 freight scheme. PRR #7152 appears to be an Alco Century Series, possibly a C420.
The CB&Q GP20 came from the factory with a low nose. And the PRR is a foobie as they never had an Alco C-430 (it's not a C-420)
OMG I love these unboxing videos
The rare version of the bicentennial locomotive has the words "Seal of the president of the United States" in gold around the eagle logo. I have around 100 bicentennial locomotives and only One with that seal. its kind of rare.
The Life-Like Amtrak EMD F40PH was the very first plastic model of that engine in ho scale.
Most of those locomotives are scrap and you have a chance with the F40PH and the GP38-2s
And the last locomotive is an old AHM ALCO C420
I wasn't aware of that.
@@SMTMainline It was a good runner and had decent speed for a passenger engine that was brand new in ho scale circa 1981 or thereabout but was somewhat top heavy due to the massive zinc weight and it's placement. This one had a tendency towards flying off the track at full speed on 18" radius curves.
That Santa Fe with the "unusual" paint scheme? That's called the "warbonnet" scheme. Santa Fe used silver with a red warbonnet for passenger service (and some freight), while the blue with the yellow warbonnet was used for freight service. Now, if you ever get ahold of a Southern Pacific loco in the "Black Widow" paint scheme - you've got a winner there....
It's unusual because the only F-units that wore the blue and yellow warbonnet were one F7A, six repainted F9As, and some B units here and there. It's especially unusual on this model because the logo should be blue (do not confuse the blue and yellow warbonnet F9s with the bluebonnet F7s in the mixed-service pool. That was the standard warbonnet with the red repainted blue).
Bear in mind that the yellowbonnet F7s (again, not to be confused with this paint scheme. Yellowbonnets were the standard warbonnet but without the red layer applied) were in the Amtrak lease pool, so not all passenger units wore the standard warbonnet. ATSF had a mixed-service class of F7s in warbonnet paint which were relegated entirely to freight service by 1971, which is why it seems like some units in dedicated freight service wore the scheme.
I want these trains there so cool!
Man harrison you got an amazing lot you got off eBay!!
I'm pretty pleased with it.
2:06 I have that exact GP7 I crashed it really badly in the past but she still runs! its a very reliable engine not going to lie!
GP38
Lovely haul, cant wait to see the resto on each one 🤮
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Interesting amount of Santa Fe branded locomotives!
Yes finally
Yes!
Omg I think I have about 14 boxes of old Tyco, MP, Cox , Varney , Life Like locomotives sitting below my benches.. they were just pure junk that you literally couldn’t give away.. now I see younger guys discovering these .. A because you can buy a trunk full for the cost of a six pack.. which is fun to see a whole new generation that will buy these.. try to fix them and then say screw it and go full Rapido , Bowser, Atlas etc..
cheers and jus5 remember they do not go up in value ever..they just made far to many and very poor detail and quality., we’re basically made for the Sears Xmas catalog.
I own several Rapido, Bowser, Kato, Atlas and Athearn genesis locomotives and they look great and run perfectly but honestly I have just as much fun getting these junk locomotives going again. Most of the ones I buy do go up in value since they usually don't usually run when I first get them.
Amazing
I am getting back into model trains and I’m usually going to go for older engines in need of repair, you’ve helped me with your video of the lifelike pancake motor GP40 because I had a broken one. These videos are super helpful and I love your content.
It's great to hear things like that, thank you!
Great! Always love a good train haul!
Repaint the High Hood GP38-2 either to Southern Tuxedo scheme or NS Black(no Horsehead). Southern was the only American railroad to order the HH version of GP38-2.
I have a few of those L&N C-liners, they work pretty great, so I hope yours works well too!
Unfortunately, L&N never owed any. BUT if Harrison wants to try his hand with airbrush and decals, both CN & CPR owned CFA-16-4's like this unit
I like the high hood trains. They remind me of the serbian trains.
Bunches of parts!
the santa fe is a high hood locomotive. can you do a livesteam this weekend?
I might do one tomorrow.
Looking forward to your future testing to see what actually works and what is repairable.
I suspect most of the Life Like and Bachmann ones will start, likely not too well though.
Very nice
I like Amtrak it’s so cool
I would love to see the l&n run again
I still don't know the working condition yet but AHM's usually aren't too much trouble to get going again.
I think it would be cool if you do a give away
I might just do that.
Nice haul. Can't wait to see you get them running.
Nice trainz
I have one of those lifelike Amtrak engines. It came new in the box, but it’s fairly old. So it has trouble getting started.
Awesome
The Burlington GP20 was my second HO locomotive I ever had.
Had the Lifelike F40PH in Chicago's RTA livery.
Pennsylvania engine is probably a repaint most Tyco alco 430 carry the same road number 4301-just my guess.
I have the 4810 Chessie system train but there is no front or back cupola and every time I run it it around my layout it makes sparks
7:02 yellow Bonnet paint skeem
I thought there was going to be a third layer! That Spirit of 76' is interesting. It's a shame the motor is in bad shape because the body looks good with all the rails. That box will make a lot of video footage repairing trains!
I might end up using the shell on this one since it's in better shape than some of my others.
@@SMTMainline You
That santa fe one looked like a GP 40 High hood
Wow that's a huge lot Amtrak lifelike is dated 1997 the next one is 2004 the Chessie system is from 1995 it seems according to the date codes on the bottom. The Spirit of 76 as I recall had an official presidential seal that was a copyrighted item and Tyco had to recall a lot of their locomotives but some of them did slip through it would have the presidential United States seal versus just an eagle with stars around it. Those Tyco Mantua Drive systems watch out for the plastic Wheels they may have splits in them I know because I had a Tyco mantua gp20 that I was trying to get resurrected which was impossible because the motor wiring was missing also the gears were stripped and the plastic wheels that had the Traction tires were cracked. It's a common thing with those same with the Mantua play cars that have metal axles the plastic Wheels crack. Not bad of a lot however because you can have a lot of spare parts on hand. I have that same Amtrak locomotive just mine is from 2005 same number too.
That Burlington Northern dummy might have a light bulb in it. I could see two wires for the cab window. I have Sharknose dummy locomotive with a light in it.
I think the person who originally got all of those locomotives liked the atsf
I’d imagine so
I have the same life like chessie system
Same as well as well as two shells
I have another NEW List guys!
1. All Locomotives but no CSX Locomotives,No North folk southern Locomotives,No Union Pacific Locomotives, but that's all of the list guys please leave a like in this list,Thank☺️!:)
Final ebay
Wow I need to get there right and time
The two lifelike Santa Fe locomotives are both GP38’s
I Have A New List of Train
1.a
Amtrak F4OPH
2. L&N Locomotive
3.Santa Fe ES44TH
4.Santa Fe Locomotive
I've seen a lot of your unboxing videos, how do you track all your inventory? Do you repair a significant portion of the non-runners or just part them?
Gp38-2 Santa fe hi nose and low nose
Nice catch
The Chessie System has only GP38's in its roster until the merger with Seaboard System(which has GP38s & GP38-2s) to form CSX.
I've got one of dem spirit of 76s
2:25. My brother has that exact same locomotive, and he doesn't even like trains. The only train that he likes is the Hogwarts express.
Why does he get them then? lol
Santa Fe never had U36Bs - Seaboard Coast Line had these
You should railfan in Saskatchewan
I never got the chance while I was there but I did see some ridiculously long trains there.
I find very interesting that this type of model trains that are more on the cheap side usually do not exist in europe, is a market issue or model train fans here are too picky?.
I've seen lower end manufacturers from Europe, Lima for example.
@@SMTMainline Yes but somehow this stuff does not arrive into second hand markets I think that it is because does not sells well here, you hardly see kleinbahns, lima and piko hobby lines on flea markets.