E44 models-some questions and obs
A friend of mine has recently obtained an old Alco models E44, and a brand new Bachmann E33. He wants to re-do the power so that the E33 guts will power the E44. Has anybody done this? ANother option...
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Bill, Ever hear a real E44? They were very noisy! Jamie Bothwell
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Yes sir in fact I did! When I started work in 1977, I would park at old REA express building. Rather than walk down to Second Street I would cross PC tracks, the ones leading to the bridge that led to...
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I have 2 old Alco Models E44's. The poor performance (and noise) comes from the tower gears. Northwest Short Line offered no real solution other than to replace the trucks with all new gears,wheels...
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Thanks North Philly I will be getting the opinion of a local "brass fixxer", bu maybe your solution will be best. I am given to understand that the long drive shafts in these or any unit is the big...
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Bill, et.al. Let me stir this one a little bit! Could we get somebody with great resin casting talents like F&C to drop an old Alco models into some RTV mold making material and cast passable body...
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Dave somebody on one of the other forums is looking into the possibility of doing one. I think it would sell, if you can come up with the needed parts to finish it. In the case of E44, that would be...
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Having grown up in north east Philly, just a few blocks from the "Corridor",my early experiences with the Pennsy were always plenty of freights being pulled by multiple GG1's or E44's. During the...
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Bill, north philly, The pantographs are probably available in one of the German train catalogs like Sommerfeldt or another company. I remember when the MP54 conversations were heating up, somebody...
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well guys ours is NOt a modification project, it's an upgrade (hopefully!) of an Alco E44. I have heard of those Alpha brass models, but they have to be pretty rare. The current advice from the local...
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Bill, Now that you mention Alpha Models, I think I remember them from my days modeling little trains. Did they take over from Alco. I could be way off base here, but I seem to remember a sameness to...
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"Modeling little trains" indeed. I wonder what the guy who displayed a G scale NX23 at the convention thinks of S scale? LOL. At any rate he is going to wait on the E44 mini-fleet and see what the...
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I need a pair of House of Duddy E-44 O scale pantographs; anybody have a pair? Butch
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Quote: Whatever happenned to "Miracle Castings"? The BP20 shells sold out quickly and usually at full price. The demand was there. Was this the same company that did the C-liner and Erie shells? I...
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