Recent content by Coy

I used epoxy on mine a year or so ago. I'll pick up a couple sets of these for the next time they fail.

What an idiot. Never even put down the camera.

I stopped selling on E-bay because shipping/packaging/paying their fee's outweighed the worth of selling anything. On one occasion last year I sold four locomotives. By the time I paid for shipping for the four and adequate packaging I had already gone over the cost of one of the locomotives I...

I used pointed tweezers to lift the lever as I slide the factory box underneath it.

I haven't had Athearn refuse a parts request when I talked to them on the phone. That's including selling me a shell for something I messed up, which was against their SOP for such a recent model.

I owned many of the mid-production SD70MACs and the main problem I had was mainly due to warping of the trucks. I contacted Athearn and they sent me replacement trucks for three of them including sideframes. Of the nearly 20 Athearn Genesis models I have owned, I have had 3 bulbs burn out...

I sold everything but my UP locomotives (including MTH SD70ACe UP 1988, which I will eventually replace with the Athearn version) I had before and bought a few more UP locomotives. Looking for a few more and then I can start my BNSF roster. I will be starting on a layout soon and decided on a...

I might be in for a couple UP/BNSF ES44's , and a C44-9W. Those look pretty nice.

Seriously. Sounds like a train "hipster". "I was into model railroading before it was cool."

Ok boss. You do it your way, but from where I'm sitting it's doing just fine.

So to be a "REAL" model railroader you have to work for the railroad? First I heard of this, where do I turn in my trains? Sounds like the judement of a "SADASS" individual. Never used the ignore feature on any forum until today, and I am rarely even here.

I have quite a few of Athearn Genesis SD60-70 variants, and I have had to work on the trucks on all of them to get them to run correctly (other than one SD60M, and one SD70MAC). I bought two ACe's and didnt have to do a thing to them. Guess I got lucky. Also they run pretty good on DC with...

I recently used 91% alchohol tp strip a Tower 55 ES44 and figured it would have to sit all night. I tried it a half hour after I submerged it, used a medium bristle toothbrush, and most of it came off. Two hours later and it was completely clean. I have also done this with a Kato AC4400, but...

julienjj, Yes, they are. If you look above the magnet bracket, you can see the guide hole that would set them above the cab interior, instead of hanging down into it. With the wires being set the way they are in both of mine, and yours also it seems, pushes the back wall of the cab down, and...

They are both DC. The problem with them is that the bulb is not fully seated in the ditchlight housing. I fixed them both today. Thanks.