Very Bizarre HO Locomotive - Will it Run? Canadian Pacific DD40
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- A buddy of mine was at a train show in Montréal Canada recently and found this super bizarre HO scale Athearn Canadian Pacific DD40 diesel locomotive being sold for one Canadian dollar. He figured it would be something I'd want to add to my collection so he bought it. This locomotive clearly hasn't run in quite a long time since there was no motor and many drive components were missing. Today I try to see if we can make it run again.
This thing belongs in the annals of mythology like Yeti and Sasquatch, rumoured but rarely spotted. That is one weird machine…😂
Ah yes a very well known part of Canadian Pacifics roster
First, there was the Canadiana DD35
now, there's the Canadian pacific DD35
we only need a Canadian national DD35 to complete the trio
It's a DD40 as it has six full size roof fans
Amassing what you created from other parts
Mint salvage job! ♥️👍
Weird coincidence, I’m actually almost done with a very similar DD40 project right now. $1 is a great deal even for a broken one!
I have another one, they must have been the best out there when released considering they’re all wheels drive and have a 5 pole.
EMD: well no one ordered these so I guess we'll never have them.
Atheran: * banging pots and pans on the front porch* COME AND GET IT!
thats it in a nutshell- thank you!
Another outstanding repair! CP Rail Frankenstein locomotive 👍
That's more like a DD35A
I love the never say quit attitude. Keep it going
Great video smt, I really need to catch up on these repair videos however.😆
But...was it a single motor or a dual-motor DD40??? Looks like a two-motor model, but hey...you got it running with one motor - and she's running really quite well for an old gal!!!! And hey - using the wood dowel was a really neat trick!
it is a dual motor unit each truck has its own motor but you don't need both motors it's powerful on just one. you can use newer parts on these models having worked on one myself.
@@reasonblacks4712 you could get it either way
Centennial of Canadian pacific. Epic video keep up the good work
Interestingly, EMD never built a DD40, not even a demonstrator. It never left EMD's drawingboard. They went from the DD35s to the DD40X, so technically the model DD40 is a fantasy engine.
Athearn sold these for a long time. Single motor and with two motors decorated for a number of railroads that never had them. Never had them because EMD never built the DD40. EMD did build the nearly identical DD35 for Union Pacific and the DD35 cabless booster for Union Pacific and Southern Pacific.
That's cool info to know..lol Fictional engine, you don't see that these days. Everything has to be prototypical...!
@@earlwidmeyer2654 There was a number of fictional engines back in the 1970's. Ever see Tyco's version of a GG-1 ?? Or the Mantua-Tyco Industrial Plymouth 4 wheel Diesel ?? The Plymouth was a reasonably close match to a model Plymouth sold overseas but ony 7 were ever built. The Mantua-Tyco Plymouth model is an excellent runner and good for 17 or more freight cars on level track. I don't know what Tyco was thinking when they created their version of a GG-1. ☺
@@williammcgeehan3424 they were designer renditions for making cheap toy HO aimed at children . tyco was a dumbed down version of Mantua. that GG1 was something marketed to sell more gaudy Christmas sets than life like, bachmann, and the others.
EMD did make a DDA40X (DD40X) for the Union Pacific Railroad.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_DDA40X
@@davidztog9011 But it has a much different cab.
I looked at the face and I was like "Yep that's Burlington Route"
LOL Harrison, cool save with those "Parts Bin" Stuff!! Too bad you didn't have another motor!! That would have been cool and it looks like it was made for 2! I hope someone can send you that 4 axle side-frame it is missing! So.... you need to do some more viewer mail vids. I can see my package under your table at 12:68 in the video. It's from C Widmeyer. I had a problem with C.P. not liking your address..lol Good to see it is there though. I bet you got a pile of mail to go through, but I think you'll like what I sent!
Anyway,
Cheers from Earl!!!
Yes most athearn DD40's had two motors.
Keep your passion For Model Railroading Strong Harrison.
That was a beautiful job of ‘reconstructive surgery!’👏👏👏
I didn't think heat shrink Would work because When you installed it directly on to the drive shaft there was no way for it to turn a regular drive shaft is loosely fitted and is able to turn
Lmao look at this thing, can't believe it works
You should do another giveaway
My Friend has a southern Pacific won
That is a DD35 not a DD40
Two GP35 units stuck together to form the DD35 series. Now its a DD31? Interesting work, good video!
Wow, Harrison, another DD40X added to the collection. Put a flatcar with Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde behind the locomotive and run it in reverse. 🤣 Pac Man Fever.
Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍
Yes man seeing that logo does remind of that 1980 Atari video game and I would agree with you!
Great idea on the wooden drive shaft. I have a rivarossi JW BOKER 2-4-0 missing its drive shaft. I will definitely try a wooden one. Thanks.😁👍!
This video just shows how you can use your everyday items to fix a train.
that cheap body paint is a giveaway
It's almost identical to the EMD DD35. The major difference being all the same size rooftop radiator fans in the middle of the long hood and the dynamic brake blisters. The EMD DD35 was two GP35 diesels back to back on a single frame with a common cab. It lacked the flaring at the middle roof line.
I am 99.999% sure that actually is a the DD35. I was recently buying a bunch of broken locomotives on ebay and there were two sellers selling non running a "DD40" Not really looking to much into it I decided to throw an offer towards both sellers figuring one may accept my offer. Well both did so I wound up with what I thought would be two DD40s, however when I actually got both in hand I realized one is like an inch shorter than the other and the cabs were slightly different. Doing a bit a research I realized the slightly shorter one must actually be the DD35 which is identical body style wise to this one he just restored. on the DD40 there is no over hang over the windshield.
@@SpaceCowboyfromNJ It has two extra radiator fans on top that the DD35 didn't have. It's a concept model that EMD never built. They probably didn't build it because of the problems they had with the GP-35 and the DD35. The DD35 boosters were built before the DD35 with the cabs. The boosters didn't have the flared out radiator screens in the middle of the long hood and they were literally two GP-35s back to back on one frame with no cab.
@@williammcgeehan3424 This seems to have been a debate in the community for a while. Athearn did label their models as DD40s
@@SpaceCowboyfromNJ the DD40 was a DDA40X with a standard Geep cab. It was offered in the EMD catalog but nobody ever ordered it
are we gonna have THAT discussion again?
A DD40 for $1, the parts for this thing alone would cost an arm and a leg, nice score Harrison! Also the fact that these blue box locomotives are some of the most forgiving units to work on makes them a favorite among model train enthusiasts even today!
This is such a testament to older, American built Athearn locomotives. Random parts out of a couple different locomotives and even some makeshift stuff and it still runs well.
not really. i do motor work for an N scale club- and i don't do athearn stuff- mainly because their parts operation is a bigger joke than dealing with con-cor.
@@tommurphy4307 I personally haven't had many issues with Athearn locomotives aside from a couple of Ready to Roll products from the mid to late 2000s, but even then, it's mainly just the headlight bulb wires making contact with the drive shafts and causing some noise and binding issues when they go around curves. Haven't had any issues with the blue box and current Genesis models! Same goes with Scaletrains as well, both brands have performed exceedingly well!
@@SMTMainline I am actually listening to one of the live streams right now at work while I am letting a very large oil tanker. Find it helps me not get stressed.
Super. I 💙 double diesels. ALCOs C-855, GEs U-50 and U-50C, and EMDs DD-35, DD-40, and DD-40AX are right up there, but my favorite locomotive is the Lima (Baldwin) twin V-8 powered Tr-2500 center cab diesel transfer locomotive. After reading all 254 comments, some of which had good info, and some not so much, just so everyone knows, this is a DD-40, technically a DD-40 A (Cab) unit, a model EMD had plans for, but never managed to sell even one to any railroads at all. (I wonder who Athearn knew back then?) An interesting fact is the first DD-35 was a cabless unit, and not called a DD-35B until after the cab (DD-35A) unit was produced, and then only by modelers. It was designed to work between two GP-35s, and the locomotives were officially known as DD-35 and DD-35A units and sold to the UP and SP, but they apparently forgot that "B" meant cabless. For the rivet counters, and easy spotting for the rest of us, the DD-40 and DD-40AX units have three large cooling fans for each diesel engine, while the DD-35 has two large and one small cooling fan for each diesel engine. (Edit: Also a dynamic brake fan for each set of trucks.) After EMD upped the GP-40s V-16 diesel to make 3,300 horsepower and designed and installed a safety cab and Dash 2 electrical components for the double diesel, UP ordered a bunch, and the Union Pacific DD-40AX 6,600 horsepower double diesel safety cab "Centennials" were born, which meant that the DD-40 was history. I much prefer the DD-35B unit as the roofline still looks like two GP-35s stuck together, without the extra large hump over the radiators, like the DD-35A, DD-40, and DD-40AX have. As to the one versus two motor comments, this locomotive was offered with a choice of one or two motors. (I'm not sure if non-motor DD-40 dummy units were available + who would buy a non powered version of the largest road diesel available?) Trust me, one motor was adequate to pull almost any model railroads entire inventory of rolling stock quite easily, but two motors added more horsepower, probably satisfied some egos, and allowed the locomotive to be heavily weighted, allowing you to pull 100 car trains without stressing the motors as much. Thanks again, an excellent video, and hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.
Harrison u r a WIZARD. ! There not too many locomotives you can't fix.🥶
i don't think he can fix brass locomotives- i've never seen him do it. harrison....
Another big custom painted Canadian pacific dd35 is now a runner from parts! Serenity!
I have that same engine with two motors and it is in B & O paint sceam
Now that’s REAL modeling……👍
Well-done, Harrison.
That is awesome. The "Harrison Touch" works again, even on a Frankensteined repair. Incredible, Harrison, incredible indeed. Are there supposed to be any lights on it? Awesome video. Enjoyed watching. Thanks for sharing. 💜😊💜🇺🇸
FrankenDD!
You need to Restore it back to Factory Spec and Factory Paint Scheme...
Do you need more parts for it. I had a lot of them one time, It was a BURLTON one them $1.oo good price, Did you see all my new DDA40X's I got now 5 of them on one Train? About my 110 car TRAIN did you see that one?
At some point I suggest replacing those soft motor mounts with the later screw on mounts. The older ones rot\perish and do not hold the motor firmly.
Using the stick as a long drive shaft was genius. Great vid.
you mean they weren't made from that good german rubber?
That's fucked up ! The road number doesn't look right. What the hell kind of nose stripes are those ? That thing probably won't stay on the tracks. Ah the magic of model railroading , you never know what someone will think of next.
You gotta luv it. CP Beaver beast. Maybe CPKCS will copy this for their new railroad. AND it navigated the curves!
"I'm just gonna pretend I didn't see that." - classic!! LOL
$1 is a steal for one of those. Nice ones are more like $50 US.
Looks like a super early example, the handrail stancions have the stamped ends with holes. Those go away somewhere in the late 60s.
Athearn based these on some EMD drawings for proposed models, is why it's a model of an engine that didn't get made. The UP Centennial is close, but has the wide cab.
i think most HO motor guys already knew that- i only do N and Nn3 stuff and i even knew that.
The locomotive of lies haha.JK I'd run that! Great save cuz it was destined for the garbage🚂🇨🇦🙋
Hmmm…
(Please pin me)
Have you ever heard of the Seminole gulf railroad?
really- i used to spring break at seminole fla
Nice Harrison
Wow .... Those gears looked really thirsty 😳
great video
Great job of custom building!
I am a deaf disabled veteran in SC. I have been watching you for a long time.
Model railroad wizardry. Nice job, SMT!
Did you see my comments I sent to you 11-16th? did you sent me a comment to send you a text message to you?
With such a long engine maybe you should put another Pacman logo on each side.
The sound it makes generally scares me
idk why people always ruin their locos to turn them into dummies, its not worth it imo
About 1980, I bought a junker at the local hobbyshop. Added pantographs, painted it Brunswick Greeb, decaled it for the PRR and had a Class DD3. Used on ore jobs out of Philly to Enola enroute to the mills in Pburgh
so you chickened-out on the steel-mill scenes? i don't blame you- those are REAL modelers attempting that.
Today...on MacGyver...........
👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌😇😇😇 you go Wizard.
Ok smt I think this is one of the more sketchy setups you have made yet lol 😂
I've never seen that model before!
Wow very awesome. I got to say this is a testament to how Athearn was and still is a very good manufacturer. Nice work on the drive system put a wooden heart in for a driveshaft nice macgyvering that. Looks very similar to the dd40x but the nose is different. I love seeing stuff like this makes me think about my B unit that is a dummy and by Athearn I could make it pawered since it has the same thing electrical capability. Hmmm ideas ideas ideas.. Lol
Athearn DD 40 cp looks cool. My DD 40 has 2 motors. In UP number 70
EMD never ever made DD40
I with get those things in the mail this weekend
Looks like a dd35.
It is a DD35, DD40 didnt ever exist or made by EMD
just wondering do you have a drive shaft for a life like gp18 for sale
you can get em from walthers. if you have the schematic paper- a part number is needed- or maybe you can find one on the interweb
I like the sound!
It is actually a DD35
A Spin-off From a Union Pacific.
Great job smt!😀
Just amazing!
all it needs now is a sideframe and a few stanchions. 😊 that sideframe is pretty low relief, you could easily cast a new one, or even print one.
far easier to hand-cast one using wax
Was think if buying locos scrap them to parts ri sell on line u think I could make money ?
You could probably turn a $5 locomotive into $30 of parts but the time taking it apart, listing and shipping the parts probably wouldn't make it worth while. I'd bet many parts would sit years before being sold.
Hello Harrison how you doing I like how you took a dummy engine into a working engine that is cool to me it was very interesting to watch your video
saving parts and dead units is smart- i've built a lot of powered con-cor N pa/pb's out of dummy units. also- pure profit.
Awesome video ❤
Ah yes, the CP DD35A
GREAT JOB AT IMPERVISING on parts great for a Canadian dollar!!!!!!
There is a real locomotive of a DD40X and it was a Union Pacific locomotive and there is a good amount of history about this style of locomotive.
don't forget about the DD35 units! this seems to be a mix of one of those and a DDA40X.
please don't take us thru that....
ATHEARN is making GE U50 again $470,oo each you see the ATHEARN video they did,
made in macau
@@tommurphy4307 I have a12 car ALASKA RAILROAD now my friend is still looking for more ALASKA coal cars I a girl running that train. I did a lot of videos on it.
7 days
I have a BRASS DD35A and brass DD35B also and ATHEARN kit bash DD35B 4 of them my ATHEARN DD40 are DD35 A there # 70 look at the full tank it's also a DD35 also then look at your DDDA40X Full tank ' Hay did you get any more DUMSSS boxes?
The question is: how many cars can she pull?
Around 30 would be my guess.
HO scale DD40 locomotive.
I wanna N scale DD40 locomotive CP Rail.
You can use your soldering iron on the tube to shrink it as opposed to a flame. I’ve seen that done on a couple other videos.
the flame method is mui macho- right harrison? rob
....it's alive.... The Train Surgeon strikes again!
Cheers!
Ew
Another great job doctor Harrison! very fun to watch!! thanks.!
The metal railings are definitely worth $0.82 usd! 😂
That whirring sound you hear is Ole Irv Atheran doing about 3600 RPM in his grave.
Harrison you seem to be taking the Vice Grip Garage approved method for dealing with problems ( though with model trains rather than cars) and do the right thing and pretend we didn't see that. On behalf of VGG Nation I'll dub you an honorary feller. I used to dismantle those old blue box Athearns and give them the Harrison treatment right out of the box with a proper lube and white grease treatment, run a file over the gear teeth faces to smooth and mold separation lines and solder wire to replace the pick up clip and I got those 30 dollar BB Athearn locos running as quiet and creep speeds on par with 100 120 dollar Stewart locos. Evergreen plastics makes styrene rod of various sizes and one of the reasons why when I build models keep the sprues ( at least a couple old model boxes full) as there was more than a couple times I either dug out some Evergreen or sprue segment, notched a key in the piece to match the keyway in the worm gear coupling and MacGyvered a new drive shift. Being a pack rat helps. Used to pick up washers and bits of junk for weighing down rail cars and picked up 3 of these huge honking washers figuring one day I might need to do a special car or something but never did. Two weeks ago I'm building my late wife's Enterprise A kit and in a bone head move epoxy the darn thing sideways to the way it supposed to fit to the base and is now nose heavy, after a D'OH!! that would make Homer Simpson proud and some extra choice spicy words I dimly remembered something about those washers, dug out my old train tool box and in a move that would have made Scotty proud saved the Enterprise by counter balancing the base with the washers. Never throw anything away like that. Yep an old Burlington DD40 by those catwhiskers on the nose.
Cut the wood in half, add a heat shrink sleeve between pieces. It's a cheap u-joint (for tight curves). ! No head light added?
Not have motor, is Dummy.
Excellent.
Locomotives in liverys
I find these models interesting because I'd never imagine a locomotive that a company never owned in their livery
For a fantasy loco, I like it. I can see a pair of them blasting across the prairie provinces on a transcontinental hotshot. Or lugging through the Canadian Rockies
Hi its me again Hennie Schoeman from South Africa your way to fix trains is great im planing also to start but the hobby are expensive and its the best hobbie off all one's. More thanks
remember without the side frame you have no bearings on that side of the truck. look for a replacement
Well it looks like it ran ok but it's still fucked up looking. Excellent video thanks ! 👍
I really hate to post a counter opinion, but I believe that one fly wheel motor is straining. So if you can I strongly suggest you add a second one at your convenience.