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What did YOU do this week? 10 years 5 months ago #2524

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Completed work on my version of GP30 3613.Contacted Walthers about the shorter fuel tank...I was told to check back in two weeks...found a spare tank in my parts drawer that will do for now.
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What did YOU do this week? 10 years 5 months ago #2541

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I recognized the WAlnut right away. Born at Hahnemann.
Jeff D'Amelio
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Modeling Doylestown to the Terminal, if only in my head!
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What did YOU do this week? 10 years 5 months ago #2542

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Friend AJ from Philly, here in Detroit area on long term business, bought me a F unit shell at a recent train show. I went on a mission and found an Athearn chassis and trucks. Got it put together and now have two A-B unit sets. See them here in the yard engine facilities...


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It's not a Genesis shell - no wire grabs and the paint is different shade of green/yellow. Anyone want to clue me in as to what it might be? Fits the Athearn frame very well.

Also- received the 2nd Alco C630 from my friend Joe, as advertised in the MarketPlace section! Here's my pair posing for a roster shot...


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Thanks,
Barry
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What did YOU do this week? 10 years 5 months ago #2543

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That shell is probably an old Mantua.
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What did YOU do this week? 10 years 5 months ago #2554

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HI Bill... Manuta you say... I can't seem to remember them making those, but I'll take your word for it! Seemed too in new condition to be an older item.
When did they make those?
Thanks!
Thanks,
Barry
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What did YOU do this week? 10 years 5 months ago #2555

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Mantua did make Reading F7 shells in the 90s - I recall seeing them at the Iron Horse in Reading. My first "semi-real" train set after the crappy Bachmann set I got just for the sake of getting back in to the hobby was the Manuta "Reading Freight Hauler" with their GP20 in the yellow-green scheme, an NYC Pacemaker boxcar, a Penn Salt tank car (little did I know years later their successor would be one of my clients) and their oversize Northeastern caboose. I didn't know any better at the time re the inaccuracy of the loco and caboose...
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