Hey SMT, you are the Larry Truck and Electric of the model railroad world. If you ever get the chance, look up their roster online and pictures. You both are very similar in the amount of rolling stock and locomotives you have plus the repair work you do on them. Larry Truck and Electric buys used, broken, and traded stuff too.
Wow them are some antique locomotives. Nice music in background couldn't hear the motors hum lol but thats cool I hope these get a 2nd chance in life . it will be really awesome to see them run .
Pretty sure that Riverossi wasn't going anywhere without a tender or at least a power jumper from the track to the tender drawbar. Good haul either way and I've seen you bring worse cases back from the dead.
Congratulations you got yourself a new subscriber !!! 🎉🎈🎊🍾 I love HO scale trains I have a few of them myself your channel is a great influence. My favorite locomotive is the big boy.
The Rock Island unit is a Marx, but around 1995-ish Model Power found the tooling somewhere and started selling them again; the freight cars were unchanged, but the engines got updated drives.
Scrump the first pennsy f unit you picked up looks like a early mantua tyco engine by the trucks bottom ,,,,,,they did make back in the 60s a dual motor f unit ,,,one motor on each truck,,,those are hard to find today
Sorry ya struck out there, dude...I was hoping at least ONE of them would run. But on the positive side...they all are now in the hands of a loco repair genius!!!
@@SMTMainline Well, here's hoping that most of these are something minor and not something major. While I have you...do you know anyone who might want an older Bowser 4-4-4-4 T1? It's been sitting for awhile, because I really don't have any enthusiasm for all the work it's going to need. It looks like whoever had it before me tried to convert it do DCC, and failed miserably.
Somebody should make the SMT Express. Consist: Engines (any), Ex ATSF Baggage Car, Ex ATSF RPO Car, 3 Coaches, 1 Diner, one Lounge, 1 Dome Car, 3 Sleepers, & Observation Car I just made it up lol
I think elite194 has some videos of working on a Bachmann diesel with a pancake motor, using common radio control vehicle gears in Bachmann diesels, & repairing cracked Bachmann gears.
That particular Rivarossi 0-6-0 is junk. I would say 90% of the examples I have seen have been dead. In fact I bought a collection that came with the tender from one and the drive wheels from it were resined into a pond on the guy's layout. I am sure it can be fixed, but they are not up to the usual quality of other Rivarossi engines, they seem to be an especially cheap model dumped here for AHM to sell at bargain prices. The Pennsy F7 is either Penn Line, or Varney. Penn Line went bankrupt in 1964 not too long after tooling that engine. Varney bought it and sold it with no changes, then they were taken over by Life-Like and it got more plastic parts and eventually a whole new drive. I believe though that shell lasted as a low-end train set unit right into Walthers purchase of LL's train assets. On close examination it appears to be a clone of the Athearn/Globe shell, with the steps sort of condensed to clear the truck frames. At Varney it replaced their older F3 which dated to around 1948. The GG1 is the same deal, Penn Line created it, then it went to Varney. When Life-Like took over the tooling went to Bowser, but LL did sell leftover assembled engines for a while (per ads in period magazines roughly 1968). Varney had problems with them, per my Varney book they would assemble the drive, test it, then add the shell and pack it up. People would buy them and find out the shell would short out on the motor brush wiring, Varney ended up having to repair lots of them by adding some insulation inside the body. Bowser did have some parts left but they may now be gone. Marx HO is roughly 1958-1965. I believe when they tooled that up they started with an original Varney F-unit and cloned it, as they have very similarly incorrect profiles. The Hobbytown RS3 (RS2? I forget which) looks like it has about 80 coats of paint on it. Probably one for the strip tank, although I am not sure what one you want to use on potmetal. I had an E7 a while ago and it had a piece of plastic tubing from the motor to the worm shaft which had twisted up and needed replacement. I would expect yours shouldn't be too hard to fix.
I got my F7A ATSF to run again. All converted to run dcc but it has the dummy decoder in it for now the lights I had to glue the lenses in place and then put the led lights into their spots, however she did seem to struggle a bit so I have to clean the wheels a bit. Can you recommend the oil and grease that you've used on yours to me so I can buy it and use it on mine for smoother op?
Like the videos as i like ho n and o scale and ive been inspired to start making my own train videos would you.be willing to do o scale engine repairs to would help me learn when working on them
Well folks in today's video we are going to be testing trains again... Idk man, for some reason your content has gotten kinda lackluster. I don't know what it is, but for me, and a few others, it has lost its charm. Not to sound rude, but you only 'restore' and buy the same locomotives over and over again, open fan mail, etc. Take a look back at your videos from a year or two ago. Each one is different. Making a police locomotive, wiring new lighting fixtures, setting up DCC, some reviews, different repairs with a variety of locomotives. As a veteran of your channel, I'll say, it has fallen from grace. I miss SMT before fame.
It's not something I'm happy to hear about but I appreciate the honesty. I wouldn't say the channel has actually changed much in terms of content, throughout the years it's consistently been about purchasing, unboxing and restoring locomotives however there have been several things that have changed. The first one is that something that is finite can't be infinite (There are only so many stores in the area to tour & make videos on) the second is that Covid has eliminated international shop tours, train shows, and speeder videos. The third problem is that I'm just less sure on what to do videos on, there are many projects on the go behind the scenes but I have less ideas for future ones. Light fixture videos etc are no longer made because people showed little interest in them and they seemed kinda dull looking back. I wouldn't say the channel has fallen from grace but I would agree for all the things I've mentioned it has been somewhat hollowed out. If you have ideas, I'm all ears. I do have some different stuff in the works for the future but that's about it.
@@SMTMainline I'm aware of all these things, which is what makes my points seem stupid. Theres just a charm that was there that isn't anymore. Ngl, even you sound kinda bored, and less enthusiastic in your videos. I personally would like to see more detail work, custom paint jobs, etc. And as I said, maybe next repair job you do, grab a locomotive that you havent done a video on before, maybe from a manufacturer you havent worked with in awhile. If these are the kinds of videos we'll be getting, they should at least have variety. How many Marx switchers and F units can you possibly buy and restore!?
@@Alerrecks It sounds to me a like a bit of nostalgia is getting mixed in there. I look back at my older videos fondly but honestly I'm happy to also see things have evolved into what in my opinion is better content. I do agree things might be getting a bit repetitive but I want to change that. All progress is change but not all change is progress, something like that.
@@SMTMainline I'm glad you acknowledge that things are getting repetitive, and perhaps you're right about the nostalgia. Or maybe because I've come so far in my modeling, your content just doesnt appeal to me anymore, we'll see
If it makes you feel better, here's what I've got on the 2021 Agenda: Hershey factory completion ( Spring 2021 ) Wakefield train completion (Early Summer 2021) Speeder revitalization (Summer 2021) Wakefield Train Operations ( Summer fall 2021 ) New Layout construction (Spring summer 2021) Other New layout completion (Fall 2021 ) A complete revitalization of of the layout including multiple additions in term of track work, scenery and linkage between all four layouts. (Throughout 2021) and many other smaller projects.
9:41: "We're going to give it a *little* more power"
**Puts power to the max**
Still waiting to see you put those demolished trains back together you got in the mail. Blindfolded.
M&M Rails let's see if he does it
Someone’s going to have to fix those trains
I love your testing videos and unboxing videos are my favourite
Thank you!
Hey SMT, you are the Larry Truck and Electric of the model railroad world. If you ever get the chance, look up their roster online and pictures. You both are very similar in the amount of rolling stock and locomotives you have plus the repair work you do on them. Larry Truck and Electric buys used, broken, and traded stuff too.
Nice haul , looking forward to the restorations 👍
I admire ya kid, you seem the eternal optimist. We could use more of that these days.
Thanks.
Welcome ! Keep up the good fun.
Nice haul! Looks like they will be a great restoration video! Good job! 👍 Have a nice day!
Love that brass FT B unit. That is the draw bar version of the FTb too
@Smtmainline for the rivarossi you have to put a tender to see if it works, because those old locomotive have one side of the contact in the tender.
This is one of the few where that is not the case. You're right, though, most Rivarossi engines are set up that way.
Dang no runners....they’re in good hands though 👍
Wow them are some antique locomotives. Nice music in background couldn't hear the motors hum lol but thats cool I hope these get a 2nd chance in life . it will be really awesome to see them run .
Pretty sure that Riverossi wasn't going anywhere without a tender or at least a power jumper from the track to the tender drawbar.
Good haul either way and I've seen you bring worse cases back from the dead.
Hadn't thought about that, that's probably why it didn't start.
Congratulations you got yourself a new subscriber !!! 🎉🎈🎊🍾
I love HO scale trains I have a few of them myself your channel is a great influence. My favorite locomotive is the big boy.
Vrlo interesantan video klip. Hvala za video. Pozdrav iz Srbije.
English please?
the f unit is a model power unit and the gold painted metal engine is a hobby town unit late 50s to 60s !!.
The Rock Island unit is a Marx, but around 1995-ish Model Power found the tooling somewhere and started selling them again; the freight cars were unchanged, but the engines got updated drives.
Man, those are some beat up engines.😞 Criminal!
Scrump the first pennsy f unit you picked up looks like a early mantua tyco engine by the trucks bottom ,,,,,,they did make back in the 60s a dual motor f unit ,,,one motor on each truck,,,those are hard to find today
Mantua/Tyco that era are riveted or bolted at each end of the truck. This one has snap-on cover plates.
Love all the rebuild vids!!! HO fan myself.
Sorry ya struck out there, dude...I was hoping at least ONE of them would run. But on the positive side...they all are now in the hands of a loco repair genius!!!
My hopes were kinda low for this lot but that's okay. It's always more exciting to try and fix something that's more of a challenge.
@@SMTMainline Well, here's hoping that most of these are something minor and not something major. While I have you...do you know anyone who might want an older Bowser 4-4-4-4 T1? It's been sitting for awhile, because I really don't have any enthusiasm for all the work it's going to need. It looks like whoever had it before me tried to convert it do DCC, and failed miserably.
Very nice 👌 👍 👏 😀
Nice engines have fun repairng locomotives
Looks like you have some projects there! I have a Pennsylvania band drive like that I am working on.
nice video
Somebody should make the SMT Express.
Consist: Engines (any), Ex ATSF Baggage Car, Ex ATSF RPO Car, 3 Coaches, 1 Diner, one Lounge, 1 Dome Car, 3 Sleepers, & Observation Car
I just made it up lol
@superchief 88 Oh yeah that too
Too much ATSF. Need a B&O mail car.
I just ordered some bachmann track and an engine🤗
Great job! Layout is looking nice. How long have you been working on your layout?
That darker colored F7 looks like it has an axel broken
Cool SMT
Great video 🚂👍🚄
How Many Engines out of you Collection Needs work? When will they Be on The Rails Again?
Hey smt great video by the way are going do videos on fixing the n scale trains you got in that lot a couple of weeks ago
I hope you can get them running.
The PRR 5796 should be an old Penn Line brand locomotive.
Does anyone know where I can find replacement idle gears for Bachmann pancake motors?
I think elite194 has some videos of working on a Bachmann diesel with a pancake motor, using common radio control vehicle gears in Bachmann diesels, & repairing cracked Bachmann gears.
Thank you, I'll give it a try. I was hoping I could find a replacement though.
I have that first Loco but its AT & SF Model
Based on Rivaoissi traditions that 0-6-0 no gonna run without a tender!
That particular Rivarossi 0-6-0 is junk. I would say 90% of the examples I have seen have been dead. In fact I bought a collection that came with the tender from one and the drive wheels from it were resined into a pond on the guy's layout. I am sure it can be fixed, but they are not up to the usual quality of other Rivarossi engines, they seem to be an especially cheap model dumped here for AHM to sell at bargain prices.
The Pennsy F7 is either Penn Line, or Varney. Penn Line went bankrupt in 1964 not too long after tooling that engine. Varney bought it and sold it with no changes, then they were taken over by Life-Like and it got more plastic parts and eventually a whole new drive. I believe though that shell lasted as a low-end train set unit right into Walthers purchase of LL's train assets. On close examination it appears to be a clone of the Athearn/Globe shell, with the steps sort of condensed to clear the truck frames. At Varney it replaced their older F3 which dated to around 1948.
The GG1 is the same deal, Penn Line created it, then it went to Varney. When Life-Like took over the tooling went to Bowser, but LL did sell leftover assembled engines for a while (per ads in period magazines roughly 1968). Varney had problems with them, per my Varney book they would assemble the drive, test it, then add the shell and pack it up. People would buy them and find out the shell would short out on the motor brush wiring, Varney ended up having to repair lots of them by adding some insulation inside the body. Bowser did have some parts left but they may now be gone.
Marx HO is roughly 1958-1965. I believe when they tooled that up they started with an original Varney F-unit and cloned it, as they have very similarly incorrect profiles.
The Hobbytown RS3 (RS2? I forget which) looks like it has about 80 coats of paint on it. Probably one for the strip tank, although I am not sure what one you want to use on potmetal. I had an E7 a while ago and it had a piece of plastic tubing from the motor to the worm shaft which had twisted up and needed replacement. I would expect yours shouldn't be too hard to fix.
In two years I will get rid of my layout and begin a new one. One of the engines I will ship to you. It is a c linere
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That might be a Tenshodo B unit! those were high end brass locos
it is a tenshodo even as dummy its worth like maybe 30 bucks.
Awsome
Repair or turn the GG1 into a Dummy if it just is that bad and hard to fix
Hard to hear a motor over the music...... good vid
hey SMT how did you make the mageld metal on the front of the runaway train?
Tin foil and spray paint.
@@SMTMainline Awesome Thanks!
I got my F7A ATSF to run again. All converted to run dcc but it has the dummy decoder in it for now the lights I had to glue the lenses in place and then put the led lights into their spots, however she did seem to struggle a bit so I have to clean the wheels a bit. Can you recommend the oil and grease that you've used on yours to me so I can buy it and use it on mine for smoother op?
Just recently got a broadway limited Y6A for 250.00
When are you going to fix that side track from the points
Dang those look old!
Like the videos as i like ho n and o scale and ive been inspired to start making my own train videos would you.be willing to do o scale engine repairs to would help me learn when working on them
I think SMT needs to stop finding excuses for his bad stretch of track.
I got a question what size is your railroad
Ho scale?
Dude ehat do you have smoke it's say in the title
I don’t know Smt will they run
Do you have the blue comet loco?
What happened to the GG1
Do you have a overland train because I have the Union Pacific coch cars and the train
Noice
When you Guna fix that GG1
Hi!
Do another n scale collection
what day of the week is your life stream???????????
It's completely random.
@@SMTMainline eh ok, also that gg1 looks mine after mine broke
I I where you I would repaint the gold colored locomotive
Hi i am ethan and am 14 i am trying to get started and i need help cuz my sliver streak does not work
Ethan - Check out SMT's repair videos for Tyco diesels; it is likely that SMT has made a video of working on that model, or a similar one.
I have that 0-6-0 and it’s broken
Has anyone ever seen if WD-40 has an effect on zinc pest?
Yee
You got 9 more videos there your table
Hello
O for 5 too bad.
Do you work on old vintage Marklin?
Haven't ever worked on one before.
Well folks in today's video we are going to be testing trains again...
Idk man, for some reason your content has gotten kinda lackluster. I don't know what it is, but for me, and a few others, it has lost its charm. Not to sound rude, but you only 'restore' and buy the same locomotives over and over again, open fan mail, etc.
Take a look back at your videos from a year or two ago. Each one is different. Making a police locomotive, wiring new lighting fixtures, setting up DCC, some reviews, different repairs with a variety of locomotives.
As a veteran of your channel, I'll say, it has fallen from grace.
I miss SMT before fame.
It's not something I'm happy to hear about but I appreciate the honesty. I wouldn't say the channel has actually changed much in terms of content, throughout the years it's consistently been about purchasing, unboxing and restoring locomotives however there have been several things that have changed. The first one is that something that is finite can't be infinite (There are only so many stores in the area to tour & make videos on) the second is that Covid has eliminated international shop tours, train shows, and speeder videos. The third problem is that I'm just less sure on what to do videos on, there are many projects on the go behind the scenes but I have less ideas for future ones. Light fixture videos etc are no longer made because people showed little interest in them and they seemed kinda dull looking back. I wouldn't say the channel has fallen from grace but I would agree for all the things I've mentioned it has been somewhat hollowed out. If you have ideas, I'm all ears. I do have some different stuff in the works for the future but that's about it.
@@SMTMainline I'm aware of all these things, which is what makes my points seem stupid. Theres just a charm that was there that isn't anymore. Ngl, even you sound kinda bored, and less enthusiastic in your videos. I personally would like to see more detail work, custom paint jobs, etc. And as I said, maybe next repair job you do, grab a locomotive that you havent done a video on before, maybe from a manufacturer you havent worked with in awhile. If these are the kinds of videos we'll be getting, they should at least have variety. How many Marx switchers and F units can you possibly buy and restore!?
@@Alerrecks It sounds to me a like a bit of nostalgia is getting mixed in there. I look back at my older videos fondly but honestly I'm happy to also see things have evolved into what in my opinion is better content. I do agree things might be getting a bit repetitive but I want to change that. All progress is change but not all change is progress, something like that.
@@SMTMainline I'm glad you acknowledge that things are getting repetitive, and perhaps you're right about the nostalgia. Or maybe because I've come so far in my modeling, your content just doesnt appeal to me anymore, we'll see
If it makes you feel better, here's what I've got on the 2021 Agenda: Hershey factory completion ( Spring 2021 ) Wakefield train completion (Early Summer 2021) Speeder revitalization (Summer 2021) Wakefield Train Operations ( Summer fall 2021 ) New Layout construction (Spring summer 2021) Other New layout completion (Fall 2021 ) A complete revitalization of of the layout including multiple additions in term of track work, scenery and linkage between all four layouts. (Throughout 2021) and many other smaller projects.
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Rock island I have a coin from rock island