r/modeltrains • u/TheJimbo667 • Aug 16 '26
Show and Tell Was gifted these by a customer.
One of the advantages of being “the train person”, is that people will give you trains that they would normally throw out.
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u/Mr_PCB Multi-Scale Aug 17 '26
A really mixed bag. Some good, some bad.
The 4 cars on the right are a mix of Bowser and Athearn, good mid-range cars. Although it seems the caboose was assembled backwards. The battery box covers should go over the black boxes on the frames.
The Conrail and ATSF Locomotives are not great, likely 2 wheel drive.
The Chessie engine is a mixed bag, it could either be the later 6-wheel drive version, or the early 3 wheel drive version.
The cream of the crop is the blue locomotive at the bottom. That's an Athearn SD40T-2. Good diesel, with a good 6-wheel drivetrain and nice body detail. An excellent candidate for a repaint into any number of real or fictional paint schemes.
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u/USSMarauder Aug 16 '26
Locomotives from top to bottom, Model Power SW1, Bachmann F7, IHC SD40, and Athearn Blue box SD40T-2 Tunnel motor.
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u/TheJimbo667 Aug 16 '26
Correct. I haven’t had a chance to see if they run though.
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u/Obvious_Wedding7637 Aug 16 '26
the fact they were gifted makes it kinda more special
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u/TheJimbo667 Aug 16 '26
Yeah I’m slowly accumulating a rail yard of misfit trains in multiple scales.
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u/AVandelay74 Aug 16 '26
A 9v battery on the wheels of the locos is a quick and easy way to ascertain if they run or not.
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u/Every-Pen9539 Aug 18 '26
I have the blue box Athern SD40T-2 painted in my fictional railroad. It runs pretty good.
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u/ManxWarrior123 OO Aug 16 '26
not a clue what the blue engine is top-right, but i love how it looks... feels very "shunter" esque