Can We Make This 1970s $1 HO Locomotive Run Again? Pemco Canadian Pacific
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- I couple months ago I was at a model train flea market and found this 1970s Pemco Canadian Pacific F7 for one dollar. The seller didn't have great things to say about it's condition but I decided to buy it anyway and see if I could get it going again. After a test, it was clear this thing was in far better shape than originally thought. Today I try to see if it can be brought back to working order.
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I am and old time HO guy but I am learning a lot about repair of these older engines. I have built quite a few of the older engine kits but never tried my hand at repairing them . I have a box of old Tyco and Athern locos that are into their after life. Your channel has inspired me to drag them out and have a go at reserecting them. Thanks for the inspiration and I really enjoy your videos.
Athearns are really easy to work on (in my opinion) and they are usually very reliable.
As I’ve found most of my old locos I had handed down to me are very similar to the ones SMT works on. He has helped me learn how to service and repair theses engines. Good luck to you on your repair journey!
@@H.O.Scalemodeler4501 Thank you. I shall attempt to persevere.
@@MygrandpasTrain Athearn locos are the best, cheap to buy, easy to work on and find parts for.
@@SMTMainline and the description is a little messed up for the a couple months part it is actually I couple months ago
"That will never run."
"Wanna bet!!"
Nice job. Those gears look similar to a Tyco Power Torque.
Harrison: "Will it start?"
Viewers: (Check time left in video)
Lol ….right!!
Technically it did, just not well.
Dude! That's running pretty darned well!!! Great job!!!!
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Great video! for only $1 and a bit of love you made that loco run again. That rhymes LOL
I really enjoy watching you resurrect those dead locomotives. It inspired me to do the same. I've brought 4 tycos engines back to life from watching your repairs. Great Job 👍
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Amazing restoration with that Canadian pacific locomotive
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And... to surpriso of no one, the locomotive works incredibly well after servicing.
I want to start working on my cheap lima , jouef and kleinbahn locos, want to see if i can make them run this good.
They should be easy to get going again.
my GO f9 from Pemco the docent run thank you for the video I'm going to see if I can fix it late if it can run again.
Another easy repair, SMT! I had one of those engines too, long ago. And Silver Streak is one of my favourite movies.
I wanna add the Silver Streak decals to it.
How satisfying it must be to repair/ restore these beautiful pieces to running operation!
Keep 'em coming!
Cheers from Vancouver Island
It is enjoyable, thanks for watching.
Wow!!! She just took right off. Awesomeness! The Harrison touch works once again. Way to go. 💜😊💜
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Nice CN locamotive just a service and you got in running. Great job! Enjoy watching your channel and content.
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Your doing great with repairs and I am learning a lot from you. Keep up the good work
Thanks a bunch!
That is a nice little engine. Even better at $1.00. Nice work
Love the videos man! Keep up the good work!
Peppy loco !! I can hear it's spirits reveling : " I am finally loved!" !!!
Ok thank you so much!😀
She a fine candidate for a good weathering.🎨🚂🇨🇦🙋
Every engine you get not working and is said never to run again you end up fixing it and proving that a little bit of hard work and elbow grees can make a difference. You can get a lot of great deals for an engine that doesn't work.
They usually don't require much to get them going again.
Great job Harrison! I really enjoy watching you work on these old unloved locos. I find it oddly very relaxing. And it's very satisfying to see them fire up and take off after you've worked your magic! You're an inspiration to us old would-be HO restorers. 👍🏻🙂
Got a peek at the Hershey factory looks great Harrison
Just picked up the piping for that yesterday.
I am not experienced working on Pemco engines but the guts are fairly basic so I now have a better understanding when delving into my Pemco gg1 servicing endeavour.
Thanks for the vid Harrison!
I have one of those as well. Not super complex as I remember provided the motor it's self is okay.
$1 for that and it runs amazing after a service thats awesome. Sounds to me like the guy was very picky or he just didn't want to put any effort into running the locomotive I'm surprised he even let it sell because I'm sure some people would actually say no nobody's buying it. The way it's built reminds me of a lifelike having the rear axle pick up one leg of power and it has the same setup. Very cool. I seen in previous comments mentioning that this locomotive looks like the one in Silver streak however I never seen the movie yet but I did see a cover for the movie and they are right about the locomotive
That would look good as the fictional AM Road from Silver Streak.
I think it will be soon.
Good job, SMT. I love the Canadian Pacific Mutimark logo. I have one like that in n-scale.
Awesome video 🚂❤️😎👍
Happy summer
Maybe some day you might run across a gear to replace the broken one with. Good job 😊
Or scan the good one and 3D print a copy.
I have picked up several of the Pemco locomotives off of Ebay. I had never owned one, so, of course, needed to see them firsthand.
The ones I have gotten were hardly if ever used.
They ran like little beast straight out of the box! Would absolutely fly down the track.
I was impressed as old as they are.
Funny thing is I actually have that same exact locomotive from Pemco that I got in a box of Ho Model Trains for 80 Canadian Dollars at a Thrift Store in Winnipeg and mine actually runs pretty well
Have you shopped at warehouse hobbies? They have a small consignment section too
By the looks of this engine and the performance they must be built well.
Nice video SMT big fan
I think Pemco was from Yugoslavia, AHM used to sell some of their locos under the AHM name I think they made a really nice 4-6-0 locomotive, IHC may also have marketed some when they took over AHM.
I wasn't aware of that.
'Pemco' Was made in Hong Kong not the now defunct 'Yugoslavia' In fact, All of the 'Pemco' products were made in Hong Kong.
Great work. No loco is hopeless when there are people like us around! Have you ever seen the 1976 film silver streak? Because with very minimal modifications you could repaint over the faded graphics to make it look the the train in the movie! Just a suggestion, thanks.
I watched it in Theaters and Henry Mancini did an awesome job for the music score.
I was wondering why the number look so familiar. Given the Canadian Pacific logo is already fading, I think it's fit to become Amroad.
You ripped that guy off paying a dollar. It’s worth at least two! Haha. Incredible job.
Thanks, I'm sure it's worth $1.01 now lol
That locomotive is screaming for “AmRoad” decals. (They are available). A starting point for your “Silver Streak” movie train. For cheap toy store 70’s models, those Pemco engines are great runners! They made a really good looking GG-1 and some beautiful steam locomotives.
What the silver loco with the orange stripe
Can I see it running please it looks great
Good Work!!
Great video Harrison. I have an affinity for purchasing old or broken toys and making them look good again in my collection. Aloha
That’s how I feel about junk’d cars and trucks. I’d love to have a custom part foundry to remake new-old style auto parts and make toy parts. Tonka toys, ect.
There's something exciting about bringing something back.
Got a model of a movie star there Harrison.
CP 4071 was the lead locomotive temporarily renamed as AmRoad 4071 for the 1976 Gene Wilder Richard Pryor movie Silver Streak.
No way! The number seemed familiar but I couldn’t figure out why.
@@SMTMainline one of my favorite movies because originally it was supposed to be shot on the old Rock Island here in Illinois and Chicago but in 1975 or so when they were actually scouting locations the tracks were not in the best of shape ( remember the RI would have been 5 years away from oblivion in 75) and it was abandoned to shoot in Illinois due to the risk to stunt people and the only part of of the movie actually in Chicago is the brief 2 or 3 seconds from the entrance of the trainshed to the bumper in the old Chicago & Northwestern station downtown.
Actually purchased a couple of Athearn CP F7 A units and started getting some Athearn streamline passenger cars with the intention of seeing if I could modify some existing decal sets to a passable AmRoad logo but had to give up on the project due to not being able find sufficiently close decals though today a simple trip to a hobby shop for some blank laser copier or inkjet decal sheet and finding the artwork online or a bluray screen grab and the decals are a piece of cake today but yep that is the lead movie engine.
You know. With some decals, you could turn it into one of the engines from Silver Streak. I think the engines were the same class. But, I'm not 100% on that.
I was thinking the same thing! AM ROAD 4070 F-Unit from the 1976 version with Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor.
I was a little kid watching the movie at the theaters.. Henry Mancini released a tape of all the theme songs and Silver Streak was it. RCA records.. Pink Panther and Charlies Angels (classic versions).
It's an EMD F7 with dynamic brakes (big fan behind the cab) and steam generator for passenger service (vents and exhaust stack at rear of loco). Agreed, just remove the current lettering and redecal, install Kadee couplers and get some HO horns from Bowser and there you are. If you really want to be fancy, add the air brake and MU hoses front and back. I am surprised, my opinion of PEMCO back in the day was that they toy train engines, not something a "serious" modeler would want. Looks like I was wrong
I wanna do that with this model
great video
She's a runner!
I bought a 3 pack fiberglass pencils and they are great beats better than the way I use to clean my motors and wheels thank for the tip.
That's awesome, didn't realize how useful they were until I was sent one.
I never would have thought it would run as good as it did.
I think this was your best return on one dollar. Best deal yet. I can hear that bad gear , you should get one for it . I was totally surprised with the current draw and low speed . It deserves a gear for that result .
If you’re so inclined you could print new gears, but I don’t recommend that as it isn’t going to last for long.
I also don't have a 3D printer
@@SMTMainline Neither do I.
Seller: yeah this is never going to run again, it’ll definitely go to trash.
SMT: *Hold my syrup*
Challenge accepted! Success!
Great job repairing a budget find, next stop-the paint shop.
around 8 hours ago i picked up my DCC steam locomotive to see that one of the wires came off
That's disappointing
It’s a MINT RUNNER! ✊✊✊♥️♥️♥️
It's MINT
For just a Doller its so good
Great videos, and very helpful tips, many thanks
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Very good videos. Very helpful.
Nice Save! Essentially, that’s pretty similar to a Life-Like loco drive. You could swap it out or even put an Athearn drive under it, as all vintage HO F Units are pretty much Athearn clones.
You are the train Whisperer!
With all of the locomotives that you have, do you have any that might be candidates for spare parts such as a gear for this one you just repaired? Good work on fixing this one!
They have to be in really bad shape to be turned into spare parts
Hey SMT! Can you or have you made a video of all of the tools you use on your service and repair videos?!
I might at some point.
Cool locomotive😎🤩! It almost looks as fast as Sonic the Hedgehog when it’s running
The ghost CP rail engine nice
Thanks for making these videos. They inspire me to renew a lot of old locos. I just bought a 1973 AHM C7 center cab switcher with no clear way to open it up for repairs. No screws underneath and the plastic clips on the lower edge of the cab look fragile. I would like to open it up, clean it up, and maybe add a dcc chip if there is room. Any hints on the best way to open it?
Insert a thin blade between the shell and frame, gently pry up, hold in place with toothpicks. Insert blade on the other side, pry up, wiggle the shell a bit and it may well pop off in your hands.
@@colbeausabre8842 That's probably the best way. Just take your time and the tabs should be fine.
Another one raised from the dead!
Harrison, when ever you can't fix a Engine, I think this will never happens, you can put them aside and set up a small Museum with old Engines. Bruno
The pemco stuff is pretty cool, sort of uncommon too
kewl........
Just needed some TLC.
Great job in fix it !! And you save it ! I love your videos 😍😍💯💯💯👍👍👍!! You rock 🤘🤘in get steam engines and diesel back going again on a HO track!! I can't believe it was only a $1.00 for this locomotive! Great job 👍👍 And it was no good and it was going to go in the trash can !!
As they say in Robocop, i'll buy that for a Dollar. well done Harrison
Thanks a bunch!
Awesome!!
You should find the guy that sold you this, and show him
Tell him it didn't need any repairs xD
Hello smt main line that locomotive that you fixed up it sounds like a lifelike locomotive
Similar motor and drive
"I'll buy THAT for a dollar!"
Nice restoration on this pemco Canadian pacific gmd (emd) f7. I really need to fix my pemco Union Pacific emd sd35 to get it working again right. I think the seller of this pemco f7 wanted to get rid of it because of the parts were like kinda beat up or something idk. Btw this pemco f7 is from 1980 only I would say.
1980 sounds about right, it looks super similar to life-likes of the time.
Nice repair. 2 things ... I see your using that pencil soldering iron you were sent & Did you cover your work table with a rubber mat or something? I seem to remember it was just painted black.
you still might wanna patch up the undercarriage on the front truck though
Maybe so
Awesome. Maybe you should sell back to the person for $10 lol.
Tell them it just needed to be run for a couple laps lol
You can replace these pancake motors with a CD drive mechanism to good effect. Plenty of videos on here.
Why didn't you use epoxy or something to reinforce that front power wheels that was broken? It may have required some sanding down but still it needed to be reinforced.
I was concerned I might break it.
The motor looks more like a Life-Like motor which is similar, In fact, if i had that Pemco locomotive i would have replaced it with a Life-Like motor.
that may be very older model of life-like befor they started to use mid good models designs
It looks very similar to a Life-Like of the 80s on the inside.
Did you see how many cars it would pull?
I didn't, probably less than 10
Maybe a tyco power torque gear could be a good replacement........
may i just ask what kind of oil/lubericant u use when u were cleaning those gears
love ur vids keep it up
I think he just uses Isopropyl alcohol on the end of the cotton swap.
Didn’t say we got a runner 😅
That's true, I missed it :/
Just needed a little TLC.
Super. 💙 T.E.N.
Well this train is kinda famous this train or type of train was in the movie silver streak about the murder of a person at the end the train was a runaway and crashed into a station so don’t think unstoppable is the only runaway train movie
I made some video's with 110 car train and one big derailment, I had two trucks came off my cement cars or 2 bay hoppers; I did a 3 trains at one time. just look for it and watch it. Get back to me
What can you even do with the fiberglass pencil?
You went to that train show; you bought there?
Yep
Looks like a pretty nice engine, bang for your buck (kinda)
why dont you use rosin core solder ???
No particular reason, this is just how I’ve always done it.
*taps locomotive* *Locomotive runs away*
The good old 0-5-0 helper
Before you throw it in the trash, name your price.i want it please don't throw her away. Sell it to me.
I guess you didn't watch Untill the end. He got it running. He might sell it but it's definitely not going into the trash.
I have a Tyco Midnight Special that has a gear with a couple of teeth missing. Any suggestions on where to get a replacement (Australia). Hoping someone will gift me one 😂
The best thing would probably be just to pick up another power torque drive. Since they share parts just about any should work.
sounds works?
i get no sound
Sound costs extra
theres sound my end
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You plan on replacing its couplers in the future?
I should
What is the best used train store world that sells to australia online sales and ships
I wish I had an answer but I don't know the market well enough there.