Would like to say I appreciate these videos, my kid is very much into trains and this has helped immensely in understanding the basics of restoration and repair. Now if it wasn't for the fact everything looks so much smaller than in the videos it would be absolutely perfect 🤣🤣
I really enjoyed this livestream because this was the locomotive included in my first HO model railroad set from Tyco. I’m glad you fixed it. Thank you.
Hey SMT - I have a suggestion for your PowerTorque brush / spring reassembly challenge. I took an old credit card and cut a one inch narrow slit in it. The slit should be just wide enough to pass the motor shaft through it. After you balance the springs and brushes in the retaining holes, place the credit card over the brushes with the slit in the middle of the assembly. Squeeze the card down to compress the springs and place the brush assembly down on the commutator side. Line up the motor shaft with the bearing and gently pull out the credit card and screw it back together - assuming you haven't misplaced the screws lol.
SMT, after you use the fiberglass pencil you need to get compressed air to blow off the fiberglass particles off the commutator. When I use the fiberglass pencil I get itchy around my wrist from the fiberglass particles and it drives me crazy 😜
I got sick and tried cashing parts all over the place. I am into N Scale. So I went and bought a large cookie sheet with a deep edge around it. I now only loose maybe 5% instead like 60%. Just a helpful suggestion also I bought the green mat with the grid system to help.
I had a pair of C630s like this. They were painted for Chessie System though. I don’t know if Tyco ever had them in the prototypical Norfolk and Western blue with yellow lettering as delivered or the latter black with the block NW in white. I could be wrong but I think the N&W was the only railroad that had the high nose C630. I don’t know if the Southern ever had any. I know Southern had a few U33Cs.
I have a similar Tyco loco. It is the Silver Steak model. The electric motor and the bottom of the running gear is the exact same type as yours. Although is has a busted coupler all the way to the trucks, and the truck skirts are somewhat good/bad condition I have two of them . One runs good and the other needs some work One patina'd pretty bad and the other one looks new plus one Silver Streak caboose. I did notice when you were going through your shelf you have the caboose at 1:04 mark And it looks like at the 1:05 mark you have the loco too on the shelf where you found the Spirit of '76 caboose. Now that I see the inner workings of this motor and the same as mine I may be able to tackle it and get the good one running better. Plus I have had some luck finding other loco's for a minimum of $5 and got them running again (just needed lubrication)
@@SMTMainline I once lost a screwdriver I was using on a brass steamer and I turned the house upside down and I decided to go back and look one more time. This time I saw it, rolled under the engine that I had on a padded stand.
Hello SMT mainline how are you doing did you hear 👂 about the Blue Mountain and reading Railroad they just got the reading T1 steam locomotive running again I just saw a video of it doing some testing
6:50 Denver South Park & Pacific was a Colorado narrow guage railroad. It featured the fabled and historic Alpine Tunnel. At over 2 miles above sea level it was the first and highest tunnel to cross the continental divide. The entrances have been closed up since 1960 and the timber lined interior is quite dangerous. DSP & P used 10 ton 4-4-0 American type wood burning diamond 💎 stackers.
Harrison are all those tyco mantra motors the same dude? I have a c430 Burlington quincey.if I drop the trucks is the frame sopposed to drop out? Thanks my man!
I have a Tyco Spirit of 76, but it’s a different engine. The 76s were selling because of the Bicentennial. Was that an eraser you using? And what kind of oil do you use again?
One more time if you could do me a favor and tell tell Harrison for cleaning a section of truck in a tunnel using a bright boy fastened to an aquarium scraper with a long handle will work wonders and if you made your tunnel sections removable to reach that
Harrison...if you need parts for this bad boy - I happen to have one of those I want to get rid of!!! I bought it in 1976, along with three of the bicentennial freight cars...
Live in TIMBUK TU Idaho and there are zero real hobby stores closer than 3 hours at 80mph. Need to use eBay but have pretty hard limit on not spending much more than $30 with shipping for locos. Have got some good deals but need to be vigilant! Take care!
I personally use Marvel air tool oil. Costs less than $5 for a decent bottle. My experience says due to the heat and pressure you just need a decent oil and not a premium - the same way there is no real difference between a $10 HMDI cable and a $80 one.
Glad to see you’ve redone your workbench. Was going to say something about old work surface but I don’t interfere with other peoples workspaces. Great video as usual.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
If you are having to eyeball two screws to see if they are the same size, line them up facing opposite ways and see if the threads mesh. If they fit in right snug then they are the same thread count, and it becomes easier to feel if the diameter is the same.
SMT - Doesn't the plastic brush plate have a brass bearing for the armature shaft? If so, that bearing should get a drop of oil. I recall seeing a track cleaning pad on a stick for cleaning track inside a tunnel.
Hey man I missed a live but if you're looking for those screws they're probably stuck to the bottom of that magnetic tray you got anyhow love what you doing keep it up kid thanks
All those Tyco engines suffers from overheating. Too small motor for a giant HO loco. I used to own an SD24 (Comin' around the Mountain~!). It pulled EVERYTHING, but that's how those motors goes to waste lol Sadly, all my railway material got robbed. :(
I recreated the shell for 3d printing of this UB. scaled it up to a 1:22 G scale along with the HO scale. Added an insert ledge lip to hold the Tsunami DCC receiver. I had the crap scared out of me when I was a kid when a GP38 of Seaboard Coastline black locomotive snuck around a blind curve. Loved them ever since. Must have done something wright because I was at Disney on July 4th 1976 a year later On our 4th July camping trip the following weekend I saw this very locomotive
I believe the proper term is " Running her Long-hood Forward SMT !!! GREAT VIDEO I miss live chats because I'm unable to get to my computer and only watch via my TV but it's fun to watch these when I catch them in my new to you feeds !! Classic Model Trains gave you a shout out about you showing him the fiberglass pen and I said Hey that's where I learned about them I got mine on Evilbay he chose Amazon I think but I've used it on two locomotives so far O scale and a Ballast Tamper that is still squealing just not as much but I'm getting some other ideas !! Keep up the great work !!
Have you ever seen a movie titled Emperor of the North if not you will be surprised however this is a bit of a violent movie starring Lee Marvin Ernest Borgnine and Keith Carradine.....
I have a scrapbook and in it there are ads for train sets Before Christmas. If I remember right to the bicentennial set was $20. Right now the same song from the commercial is running through my head.
i have 4 road names i call my favorites. new york, and penn central which was the names on my first 3 marx train sets, and i like seaboard and atlantic coast lines because that was the names on all the engines and cabooses in the train yard i lived near in fla. as a kid.
When I was 6, this engine pulled a museum of railroad cars across the U.S. to celebrate the U.S. Bicentennial. I feel lucky to have seen the real thing. I remember it was a beautiful day with my grandparents.
You sure about that? I was 13 and the American Freedom Train came to Green Bay Wi in 1975 and I saw it go past my backyard. Also went through the train at the National Railroad Museum here in Green Bay. The locomotive was a steam engine 4-8-4 Daylight painted black with red, white and blue striping. Never saw an Alco diesel ever pulling that train.
@@briandonovan9560 Hi Brian, somewhere I found the route and matched up the timeline. I think I just googled "Bicentennial train route" and looked at images.
@@SMTMainline Sorry, I am an old man and people on their phones or texting while conducting other business annoys the hell out of me. That being said, I understand now about the livestream. Your video was VERY helpful and I actually got my old Tyco up and running. Sad that I sold several others because they did not run, and I could have fixed them Just getting back into model trains after 35 years of letting them sit in a closet, never learned how to mend them back then, so when they went south, I just checked them in the bin. Sorry again about the crass comment.
The later versions of those had truck sideframes that were called "vampire fangs" based on how the top half of the truck comes to meet at the center bearing, which they say isn't prototypical for Alco.
Ohh this is awesome. My hands don’t work anymore but I love watching you work. Your videos bring me joy.
Would like to say I appreciate these videos, my kid is very much into trains and this has helped immensely in understanding the basics of restoration and repair. Now if it wasn't for the fact everything looks so much smaller than in the videos it would be absolutely perfect 🤣🤣
I really enjoyed this livestream because this was the locomotive included in my first HO model railroad set from Tyco. I’m glad you fixed it. Thank you.
Hey SMT - I have a suggestion for your PowerTorque brush / spring reassembly challenge. I took an old credit card and cut a one inch narrow slit in it. The slit should be just wide enough to pass the motor shaft through it. After you balance the springs and brushes in the retaining holes, place the credit card over the brushes with the slit in the middle of the assembly. Squeeze the card down to compress the springs and place the brush assembly down on the commutator side. Line up the motor shaft with the bearing and gently pull out the credit card and screw it back together - assuming you haven't misplaced the screws lol.
Good idea, but I suggest finding something thinner like a used feeler gauge or shim.
It's amazing how much knowledge you have.But I guess hands-on is the best experience.Thank you for your videos
Thanks for watching
Watching this encourages me on my hobby programs like SDR and RTTY
SMT, after you use the fiberglass pencil you need to get compressed air to blow off the fiberglass particles off the commutator. When I use the fiberglass pencil I get itchy around my wrist from the fiberglass particles and it drives me crazy 😜
Love trains..have some Ho gauge..but my place is small thinking about going to N gauge…but always enjoy watching your broadcasts…leaning a lot!
Very comforting to watch. Thank you.
I am pretty much sold on atharin locomotives although I do have a couple Atlas that I like very well...
Happy Birthday Harrison
I got sick and tried cashing parts all over the place. I am into N Scale. So I went and bought a large cookie sheet with a deep edge around it. I now only loose maybe 5% instead like 60%. Just a helpful suggestion also I bought the green mat with the grid system to help.
I had a pair of C630s like this. They were painted for Chessie System though. I don’t know if Tyco ever had them in the prototypical Norfolk and Western blue with yellow lettering as delivered or the latter black with the block NW in white. I could be wrong but I think the N&W was the only railroad that had the high nose C630. I don’t know if the Southern ever had any. I know Southern had a few U33Cs.
Really rooting for this one for some reason....🤔
your screws and screwdriver tip were stuck to the outside of the magnetic parts bowl LOL
I have a similar Tyco loco.
It is the Silver Steak model.
The electric motor and the bottom of the running gear is the exact same type as yours.
Although is has a busted coupler all the way to the trucks, and the truck skirts are somewhat good/bad condition
I have two of them .
One runs good and the other needs some work
One patina'd pretty bad and the other one looks new plus one Silver Streak caboose.
I did notice when you were going through your shelf you have the caboose at 1:04 mark
And it looks like at the 1:05 mark you have the loco too on the shelf where you found the Spirit of '76 caboose.
Now that I see the inner workings of this motor and the same as mine I may be able to tackle it and get the good one running better.
Plus I have had some luck finding other loco's for a minimum of $5 and got them running again (just needed lubrication)
Sorry Harrison, ya lefts yurself open, ya got some screws loose, eh!? Lol 🤣 please keep up the great work! I'm really enjoying your videos
I do have some screws loose haha
@@SMTMainline I once lost a screwdriver I was using on a brass steamer and I turned the house upside down and I decided to go back and look one more time. This time I saw it, rolled under the engine that I had on a padded stand.
Hello SMT mainline how are you doing did you hear 👂 about the Blue Mountain and reading Railroad they just got the reading T1 steam locomotive running again I just saw a video of it doing some testing
6:50 Denver South Park & Pacific was a Colorado narrow guage railroad. It featured the fabled and historic Alpine Tunnel. At over 2 miles above sea level it was the first and highest tunnel to cross the continental divide. The entrances have been closed up since 1960 and the timber lined interior is quite dangerous. DSP & P used 10 ton 4-4-0 American type wood burning diamond 💎 stackers.
On the bottom of your magnet tray. Your screwdriver tip & screws are on it
Herrison I saw an n scale Chicago in Burlington and Quincy 4-8-4 for $45 on eBay
Looks fun I also had one but have it away 😢
Look on the bottom of your magnetic tray for your screw
Harrison are all those tyco mantra motors the same dude? I have a c430 Burlington quincey.if I drop the trucks is the frame sopposed to drop out? Thanks my man!
I have a Tyco Spirit of 76, but it’s a different engine. The 76s were selling because of the Bicentennial. Was that an eraser you using? And what kind of oil do you use again?
The eraser is a Peco track bright. I usually use labelle 106 102 or 107.
I'd like to know how to wormup spinach...... thank you
Love ur channel ?for u how many feet of HO track is ur set-up
On the bottom of your pan.!!!!!!!❤😮😂
DONDE puedo encontrar el MOTOR de LOCOMOTORA tyco nuevo
Hey pioneer if you could do me a favor and mention to Harrison for a track cleaner
I'll try again hey guy if you could mention to Harrison for a track cleaner for a long tunnel sections using a bright boy
One more time if you could do me a favor and tell tell Harrison for cleaning a section of truck in a tunnel using a bright boy fastened to an aquarium scraper with a long handle will work wonders and if you made your tunnel sections removable to reach that
Not a very friendly design to work on it!
Where can I buy a Boston and Maine engine or cars thank you
I'm sure you could find some on eBay.
At 48:50 see you found them
hi hirsson
You need to get more organized.
Why weren’t your responding to me :(
look at the bottom of your parts
pan
Cheese wtf !!!!!!???
Harrison...if you need parts for this bad boy - I happen to have one of those I want to get rid of!!! I bought it in 1976, along with three of the bicentennial freight cars...
5:25 At least one type of cheese tastes like and smells like vomit. 😝😝 I won't say which one but. Large curd cottage is good. Swiss cheese is good.
Legal
I like using a little bit of lightweight Grease but not too much....
Live in TIMBUK TU Idaho and there are zero real hobby stores closer than 3 hours at 80mph. Need to use eBay but have pretty hard limit on not spending much more than $30 with shipping for locos. Have got some good deals but need to be vigilant! Take care!
I personally use Marvel air tool oil. Costs less than $5 for a decent bottle. My experience says due to the heat and pressure you just need a decent oil and not a premium - the same way there is no real difference between a $10 HMDI cable and a $80 one.
Glad to see you’ve redone your workbench. Was going to say something about old work surface but I don’t interfere with other peoples workspaces. Great video as usual.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
If you are having to eyeball two screws to see if they are the same size, line them up facing opposite ways and see if the threads mesh. If they fit in right snug then they are the same thread count, and it becomes easier to feel if the diameter is the same.
Having a bad day are ya? Lol
Love your stuff
Blank sreen
HI MAN HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY FRIEND
Not bad
SMT - Doesn't the plastic brush plate have a brass bearing for the armature shaft? If so, that bearing should get a drop of oil. I recall seeing a track cleaning pad on a stick for cleaning track inside a tunnel.
Hey I loved the steam! but I just got one of those yesterday it bid not run but I now have it working! Keep up the good work!
It’s good to see that I’m not the only one who messes up the whole bench when on a project.
Hey man I missed a live but if you're looking for those screws they're probably stuck to the bottom of that magnetic tray you got anyhow love what you doing keep it up kid thanks
All those Tyco engines suffers from overheating. Too small motor for a giant HO loco. I used to own an SD24 (Comin' around the Mountain~!). It pulled EVERYTHING, but that's how those motors goes to waste lol
Sadly, all my railway material got robbed. :(
I recreated the shell for 3d printing of this UB. scaled it up to a 1:22 G scale along with the HO scale. Added an insert ledge lip to hold the Tsunami DCC receiver. I had the crap scared out of me when I was a kid when a GP38 of Seaboard Coastline black locomotive snuck around a blind curve. Loved them ever since. Must have done something wright because I was at Disney on July 4th 1976 a year later On our 4th July camping trip the following weekend I saw this very locomotive
I believe the proper term is " Running her Long-hood Forward SMT !!! GREAT VIDEO I miss live chats because I'm unable to get to my computer and only watch via my TV but it's fun to watch these when I catch them in my new to you feeds !! Classic Model Trains gave you a shout out about you showing him the fiberglass pen and I said Hey that's where I learned about them I got mine on Evilbay he chose Amazon I think but I've used it on two locomotives so far O scale and a Ballast Tamper that is still squealing just not as much but I'm getting some other ideas !! Keep up the great work !!
Put the other screw in that brush plate. It's binding the armature.
Another good old movie is called the train robbers with John Wayne and ann Margret.. unless you already seen it you mite find it interesting.......
ya should go for a freight train ride
Have you ever seen a movie titled Emperor of the North if not you will be surprised however this is a bit of a violent movie starring Lee Marvin Ernest Borgnine and Keith Carradine.....
I have a scrapbook and in it there are ads for train sets Before Christmas. If I remember right to the bicentennial set was $20. Right now the same song from the commercial is running through my head.
i have 4 road names i call my favorites. new york, and penn central which was the names on my first 3 marx train sets, and i like seaboard and atlantic coast lines because that was the names on all the engines and cabooses in the train yard i lived near in fla. as a kid.
I don't recommend using 3in1 oil at all! I turned two of my oldest and most favorite locomotives into display pieces with it.
Prob late found your screws bottom on tray mag took them here on your right side with blue screwdriver placed the tray down to get springs
I would not use steel track in a main line but I would take it and use it for a unpowered siding with age it will rust and look realistic.....
Look at the parts tray magnet for the screws
An hour, guess it is all live. At least you know where to start.
I love that locomotive. oh yeah where to buy that car
This is Ty from Florida Love your videos I find them very informative 👍
I think I had one of those Tyco sprit of 1976 train.
Good morn from manila. Your program gets me intuned to my HF Radios
my favotite marx steamer is the 1666 thats the engine that came in all 3 of my marx sets as a kid.
look like the same electrice motor that i have my Flashman
The underside of your magnetic dish
Hi smt how are you Today ☺️ 😊
thats the same type engine my tyco 1102 is, i got it free with a santa fe f unit.
I see you have BABY RUTH Box car,i got 1 too.
Look under your parts pan. 20:23
Under your part's tray.!!!❤😂🎉😮😊
hey smt maine line how are you doing
12 oclock high
It needs a bath
🍋
When I was 6, this engine pulled a museum of railroad cars across the U.S. to celebrate the U.S. Bicentennial. I feel lucky to have seen the real thing. I remember it was a beautiful day with my grandparents.
You sure about that? I was 13 and the American Freedom Train came to Green Bay Wi in 1975 and I saw it go past my backyard. Also went through the train at the National Railroad Museum here in Green Bay. The locomotive was a steam engine 4-8-4 Daylight painted black with red, white and blue striping. Never saw an Alco diesel ever pulling that train.
@@briandonovan9560 Hi Brian, somewhere I found the route and matched up the timeline. I think I just googled "Bicentennial train route" and looked at images.
17:35 lol I watched back and you basically pushed the screws away with your dish, which is also magnetic on the bottom 😂.
what kind of pick do you use to clean out the spaces in the commutator? is that the same pick that you are using in this video?
It's a tooth pick. It doesn't matter what you use so long as it's softer than the metal.
I have several years of the Red Green Show.
It’s a good one
Where do you get track bright
My local hobby shop.
How many trains do you Have
Around 430
I enjoyed seeing that run I knew it would run. Even if the motor burned out it would run.
Really, you don't bother to stop recording when you take a text message? How bloody annoying. What are you 12 or something?
You can't stop recording on a livestream or it ends, why are you so angry lol
@@SMTMainline Sorry, I am an old man and people on their phones or texting while conducting other business annoys the hell out of me. That being said, I understand now about the livestream. Your video was VERY helpful and I actually got my old Tyco up and running. Sad that I sold several others because they did not run, and I could have fixed them Just getting back into model trains after 35 years of letting them sit in a closet, never learned how to mend them back then, so when they went south, I just checked them in the bin. Sorry again about the crass comment.
The later versions of those had truck sideframes that were called "vampire fangs" based on how the top half of the truck comes to meet at the center bearing, which they say isn't prototypical for Alco.
One more thing. I find that gunk away is great for cleaning track and wheel sets. It's cheap and can be found in almost any grocery and retail stores
A lot of your donated Diesel locos are missing truck side frames. Do you have a source of replacements ? Cheers David Barnes.
Harrison due you think it would be better to clean out between the poles after polishing. When you polish some debris could fall back in.
One of my favorite train sets growing up.
I'm looking to get another one for my current layout
Your very talented I am in new south Wales Australia
Watch a lot of your videos
Thank you, I appreciate hearing that!
Serenity, we have a runner! Cheers from eastern TN
Your videos are my 4 year old's current favorite!