The CNJ is made by "new one", nice in its day (1960s). Could I trade you out of it?

 

That SP diesel in your first pic is most likely an early Athearn. That is how they mounted their motors.

 

Gotta play with it, see if I can cajole it into running again, I'm in Jersey & have very little NJ stuff in the collection.So I'll hang onto it for now,sorry !

Was pretty sure on the SP, that ran a little, gotta clean & lube & see what she's got left?

 

The IC C630 TYCO can be made to run well...I stretched an Athearn Trainmaster frame to repower my Bicentennial one...

 

I haven't dug into anything yet, just put em on the track for a quick test, the 2 steamers & the tyco, NOTHING not even a light, the sp needed a little push as did the santa fe,
When I get some time I'll start tearing down, cleaning & testing to see what I have.
What's the bowser??

 

A few interesting cars........


this one is wood



these have tin? bodies, some on wood bases



mostly junk



these I might put some work into



some new york stuff



bunch a brass track & turnouts these may hit the payback post

 

I think you did OK for a C note...the steam should clean up just fine for that alone...the Trailer Maid pig flat is a very nice catch and I believe hard to find. Mine heart is all aflutter over that European Big Hook....

 

Those were sold by AHM waaaaaaaaay back in 62-64, made by either Flieschmann or Lilliput. Nice

 

The green NYC crummy is a Lima, I spy with my little eye the rest of the train set that goes with the big TYCO IC 630 in the bottom of that box. I think you did well on the price.

 

The crane & the boom actually work , I have some work to do on the trucks, I'll try just a clean up first.
On Most of the cars the couplings are broken off ,everything is really dirty, so clean em up & get some couplings on & see how they roll.
The trailer maid caught my eye early, the flat car is pretty hefty, it looked old & well made so maybe a few gems in the lot.
& I got a beer car back in the collection, those were the first to be scarfed up when I sold some freight cars back then.

 

The irony is I think he was just going to give them to me, I felt guilty just takin them so I offered the 100, he accepted & I think we both ended up doing ok.
I do love to fix up strays. Maybe this will give me inspiration to get back up there & do something with my stripped down back half of the layout?????????????

 

You did well. In my opinion you paid wholesale for the rolling stock alone. The track and turn outs are on top of that. With a little patience the powered units can be brought back to like. Good job.
Larry
www.llxlocomotives.com

 

Looks like opening one of the boxes of my Dads stuff. Wood sided Silver Streak cars, Varney and early Athearn tin or brass cars... the Monon trailer rig made my heart flutter.

You did good!

 

dsertdog, I lived out there in the sooner state for 20+ years. In the Enid area. I miss going to the OKC train show.

 

Way to Go!

Rusty that was a well spent $100 and those Bowser's if you get them running are Beasts. The things you find in Old Attics...priceless!!:thumbsup:

 

Putzed with the locos today, diesel side ok. Got the tyco running but not too smooth even after clean & lube.
The bachmann santa fe is not a bad loco, after clean & lube & a new light bulb she runs pretty good, it has all wheel pickup too.
The athern southern runs good, just cleaned up the outside, it wasn't as dirty as the others, will save the lube job for later.
Also found a couple of motors in the bottom of the box, don't know what there for? Any ideas?

 

Low end project motors, I have about a dozen, including a couple double shafts. They do the job--a drop in replacement for the Atlas turntable motor as well...

Also found a couple of motors in the bottom of the box, don't know what there for? Any ideas?

 

Not so lucky with the steam, the NJC can get the motor to run but have to bypass one of the brushes, cleaned the stator (if I have the right part name,where the brushes touch) & filed the brushes a tad, still no luck.

 

The bowser just a twitch out of the motor, haven't figured how to get to the brushes yet, but it also looks like it gets power for 1 lead from the tender, but I don't see how, no power pickups,wheels don't look isolated, here's a few pics & then one with my bowser next to it ???

 

Typical can motor replacements for steam engines. I can not read the lettering to know what kind of motor. Probably better than the open frame stock motors. If you clean the commutator and the brush surface then that is all that is required in the motor. Make sure the spring to put pressure on the brush is in place.
Next you need to be sure the rotor will turn freely. Then try to feed power to both sides of the motor. Sometimes difficult when still in the mount. It should fire at this point. If so the problem is further out. likely a broken connection or oxidation on the contact surface. Make sure they are clean and shinny. These usually can be brought back to a good operating condition. The poor conductivity and excess friction are usually at fault.
Larry
www.llxlocomotives.com

 

That middle PRR passenger coach with brass wheels is a Penn Line lighted coach from the 60s. You may be able to get something worthwhile for that. I had a B&O that I got $10 for.

 

Just a newbie here, but your score looks like the same type of stuff I got the other day. Lots of tinkering to do here. That's the fun of it. Nice finds! I'm after one of those ICG's as I'm rebuilding my collection.

 

excuse my lack of knowledge but what's an ICG ?
Some of you know I really don't need more rolling stock , have more than I can handle just to tune em up & get into good rollers, anyway as I go through it all I may revive the payback thread & pass some of it along to those who can use it once I've done all my tinkering!

 

excuse my lack of knowledge but what's an ICG ?

Illinois Central Gulf RR...

 

Time warp, can you name the cars that go with the tyco set, this way I can keep it together as a set. thanks,Rich

Kelly, never mind I think I got it, the same tyco set as mentioned above???????????

 

Looks to me like the 4 on the left side, Railbox, Santa Fe and the 2 gondolas,the Milwaukee and Conrail cars upper right and the ICG caboose of course. If you take a look they're probably marked either TYCO or Tiawan on the bottom. Not sure about the blue bulkhead flat.

 

That TYCO 630 is massive, they look horrible without the handrails though. My experience with that kind of motor has been to put it on a loop of track, after its ceaned and lubed, and run it about 3/4 throttle for 15 to 20 minutes. It'll usually either smooth out or die. Worst one I ever had actually burst into flames during a test run. (Power torque)

 

Yea, I fried one a year or so ago when I picked up a junk batch a diesels,My son said look dad a diesel with smoke! I told him that's fried pancakes! ( for the pancake motor )
did get 6 outta nine running again. think it was 25 with the shipping, many hours of tinkering well worth it!

 

Shay, did you use athern hand rails on that bi cen. or make your own,
I can make the rails bu the posts are tough to make.

 

I bought a set...actually 5 sets...of the original TYCO handrails when someone was selling them years back, alas, I have none left to offer you.

 

Rusty
ICG = Illinois Central Gulf railroad