Athearn Blue Box F unit

[Barclay]

Got an S2 if that's any good? Wondrously weighty !

 

 

 

[alastairq]

1 hour ago, Barclay said:

Got an S2 if that's any good? Wondrously weighty !

 

 

 

 I wonder how Cary locomotives get on with the current crop of new lightweight baseboards?   

[F-UnitMad]

On 10/05/2021 at 20:33, F-UnitMad said:

early Bachmann F9, which IIRC had the same pancake motor as UK Mainline/Palitoy diesels, being made in the same factory.

 

13 hours ago, Barclay said:

That would explain why mine has been transplanted onto an Athearn chassis.

The old grey matter has been dragged kicking & screaming back into life   and now I've remembered - as it was around 20 years ago!! - that that's exactly what I did with mine!!!  

Edit - Blast from the Past photos of photos added. My old Bachy F9 for my fictional Stroud County Railroad, along with the reason I stuck it on an Athearn chassis - to lash up with the Stroud County's other diesel, an Athearn SW9. 

 

Edited May 11, 2021 by F-UnitMad
Added photos

[alastairq]

F-units of any flavour do rather sit down nicely on the track?

 

I have {somewhere?] a Bachmann GP40. This dates from at least the {early} 1980's {which is when I bought it, used-&-abused [2nd hand!!]}   

It has 8 wheel drive and central motor.

Not as grunty as Athearns of the era though.  

I also have somewhere some Model Power {Mehano?] Alco 420's, which had a lima-type motor bogie..bought cheap, with the intention of finding a 8wd chassis for them.  Another Model Power Alco [ a C628] converted roughly to a UP C630, had 8 wheel drive.....

Trying to pin down which maker used power trucks and not proper chassis seemed a fruitless task?

 

Anyway, I am fond of F units, especially in their later years, passed along from hand-to-mouth railroads and industrial use.

Faded glory, and all that?

 

[John M Upton]

I did pick up a Model Power Alco C628 recently but it self destructed in the post so it is on the scrap pile now.

[Patrick SPF]

Cary box cab body on a Athearn Hustler with a NSWL gear train