I have several varieties of penn line engines. When cleaned up and lubed they run surprisingly well. I get a kick out of those loud old Bachmann pancake motor engines. Many a model railroader started with those. Brings back a lot of nostalgia. Athearn blue boxes are fantastic products for the money, easy to tune up and get running very nicely for many years with very little maintenance.
I finished my layout last summer, it's been a while since I ran a train on it but when I see you run trains I get the urge to start running some trains
Starting in the mid 1950s, Athearn produced shortened versions of streamlined and heavyweight passenger cars based on Southern Pacific and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe prototypes. The company also offered a variety of freight cars with sprung and equalized trucks. The cars could be obtained in simple kit form, or ready-to-run. A model of the Budd Rail Diesel Car was introduced in 1953 with a metal body, and reintroduced in 1958 in plastic. The comprehensive scope of the product line contributed to the popularity of HO as a model railroad scale, due to the ready availability of items and their low cost
Well I have pair of newer Life Like locos that run pretty well. I also have a pair of Bachmann diesels as well. A Santa Fe FT and a GP7 and they run pretty good as well. I also have an Atlas Katy RS3 and four Athearn diesels: A Katy F7;a MoPac PA1 and a Santa Fe Warbonnet F7. The F7 doesn't run though.
$50 is a great investment for so many locos and I’m sure you’ll get them all serviced and repaired before long. Good to hear from NervCat at the close! Happy days 😻
I saw the second to last one and thought I recognized the model. I was correct, it's the oldest model I have in my possession that was originally owned by my grandfather, and then my dad after him, and they both beat it to shit, and it still runs like a charm, as soon as I saw the spring drive and the penn line stamp, I immediately knew it would run
Hi ! It's like teasing a sweet tooth with a box of chocolates. if I had received such a package, I would probably have died 10 times in a row from happiness 😁 😁 😁 👍
$50 is a good deal for that box. If I were putting them out to sell almost every one would be at least $10. The "Penn Line" switcher says Revell right on the bottom. The ones with the metal underframe use a rubber band in the drive, which probably has disintegrated. There is also a plastic frame version with a drive more like a Marx or other engine, the motor sits on one truck and the two trucks are connected with a driveshaft. I'm not sure which came first. The B&O is a GP35, which was tooled in 1966. Early ones have coupler pockets that take the same metal coupler as freight cars. The undecorated Athearn looks like a U33B, the ID is the radiator at the rear has "wings" that stick out a little. A U30B would be flat there, and a U28 has different grilles. The early Athearn B&O F unit I think is roughly 1960-65, it has the earliest style of gear drive they offered. Before Athearn offered gear drives, you had units like the Penn Line one which actually uses an Athearn shell. In fact, even more confusing, when Lionel had Athearn make trains for them they offered that same Rio Grande paint scheme, but with a small Lionel logo on it. I have one. The Amtrak one I would check for stuck worm gears, assuming there's no big electrical issue. Even I still learn things about HO from this era, there were so many companies making so many things it's hard to keep it all straight.
That old B&O Athearn? I noticed when you first took it out of the box the metal clip on the motor top wasn't there. Just solder a wire to each truck tab and back to the motor top, and I bet she runs like crazy!
I see an sdp40f amtrak steam generator engine it's better as model trains then the real life versions but still your the best model train channel I've ever seen keep up the good work I will in the future get a million trains plus 50 sdp40fs
Pretty good haul - $50 and you get six or seven runners? That's pretty good! And that Athearn Amtrak FP45? I think that one's a dummy - no motor mounts!
Hey SMT, you remember your worst locomotive challenge, and you had the green diesel locomotive as your worst one, well I figured out what it is, it is an old HO Scale Lima Diesel Locomotive, I figured this out while scrolling on eBay, and I saw a model that looked just like it
Great videos ! Maybe a split screen when you test the locos with loco on one side and the powerpack on the other. Just a thought. Keep up the good work.
6:50 i have that guy, but after a minute of running, i smelled smoke from the insides. i had to stop it from running. I will not dare run it again until i see someone to see what is wrong.
Personally I used to live in Maine and I live in Massachusetts now but I know quite a bit. You should paint your U-Boat in the Boston and Maine blue scheme! I don’t see many locomotives from Maine and the upper New England lines so I felt it would be a cool and one of a kind addition to your layout!🙂🙂
The worm gear is snapped in half on the G.E switcher. You might be able to get away with sliding the remaining half of the worm gear down the motor shaft.
wow all of them look so cool i don't know why but i always have loved the old tyco units they are so shiny but the ones i got broke down so i have to fix them otherwise they are one of my favorites
That 3rd engine is a Revell not a penline? or whatever you said, It has a centrifugal clutch in it or should have because mine did but I had to remove it to get any kind of good movement out of it. Ps. That B & O loco is missing the top electrical bar, that's why it wasn't running.
@@SMTMainline Neither have I, I don't understand why they would ever need one as you would never get any low end speed out of it, if yours doesn't have one I will upload a picture of the one that was in mine. Let me know.
On that Amtrak FP45 There’s a pretty good chance that the metal strip that moves the current from the trucks to the motor is simply out of place. That engine should be a really easy fix. All of the non-Athearn engines are going to be a challenge but that’s what’s fun.
Most of them bounced back pretty easily. As for the Athearn you were partly right, the contact strip was out of place however the contacts on the bottom of the motor also contained issues. ua-cam.com/video/TkK4OdvOAwo/v-deo.html
Awesome video, the the Amtrak locomotive it won't run because there's no motor. On the B&O unit your missing the metal bar that goes across the motor and trucks. Add a wire and it will run.
@@SMTMainline athearn locomotive motors have four plugs that stick down into the fuel tank. I cannot see those plugs when you turn it over, indicating the motor is not inside.
I think in my opinion Athearn and the mantua brand did very well for themselves and Rivarossi. I love the fact that they all either run or one shape or another or they need some minor work. At $4.16 bout per loco thats a great deal!
I have been watching your videos and love them so much, you have taught me so much about how to maintain my trains, and I want to say thank you!. I also would want to ask, how do you find such big boxes of locos for so cheap on eBay, like what do you search?, because I search a lot on eBay and never find anything close to that
Actually, the problem, shown at 5:53 , is the connection rod from each truck to the motor is missing. This is preventing the current from running to the motor and even running electrical current period. A problem to resolve this issue is to replace an existing rod or wire the motor to correct areas for a more efficient connection. But, very good guess on the rubber band drive.
@@hjmiller2689 oh I wasn't suggesting as possible cause of the running issues just noting the brass wheels as an age spotting feature. I'd hazard a guess that Athearn was most likely producing that particular model run at the same time the full size version was being released by EMD.
I have a lifetime collection of 0 gauge Lionel and Marx I need to sell. Hoping I can find someone local...I hate messing with ebay. Nice video, there are great deals out there.
Early AM post, eh, Harrison. Nice haul for the money. Hope to see the BN 🦈nose up and running soon, as well as the Penn Central. Did you do some track work lately, or maybe I just haven't noticed it earlier? The cork and section of track in the testing area looks different. 🤔 Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍
Can't wait to get them running again and yes, I replaced part of the mainline as it was giving me issues. I will eventually reconnect the other track, hopefully this summer.
Hi SMT meanline I sent you for trains in a box a Tico Mantua b b&o f9 lifelike Santa Fe GP 38 And a Chassis GP 40 I was just wondering it’s been a long time and I was wondering when you are going to send them back?
2:53 This Union Pacific switcher is not a Penn Line but actually a Revell EMD SW7 (3990-003). Those are quite rare these days! It's probably from the mid to late 1950s.
The one and only locomotive I had was the US army model from the bradford exchange but after the wreck I had in September of last year I lost it and everything else that I had in the house at the time
Hello SMT I forgot to ask you on your other video if David’s G to Z scale is still sending you stuff and also my second question is do you buy most of the trains or is it mostly people sending you stuff?!?!?! And great videos keep up the great videos please!!!!!!! (lil encourage ment) also I found this really really really cool little LRT engine thing for HO scale that ran on rubber bands for I think less than $25. And by the way the Amtrak train you just got in this game it’s funny because a week ago I got the same train just different colours and it’s THE MILWAUKEE ROAD also do you go to the hobby shop called hobby wholesale? have you ever been there…….?
Train shows are likely your best option. Train shops are a decent chance at finding one but they aren't always a good price. Then of corse there's always eBay...
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Great job, man nice purchase. Love your channel lol I started watching at 49 subs. Stay safe.
i watcheed at 12 subcriber
Always enjoy your tests
SUPER VIDEO!! BRING ON THE REPAIRS!!
Who dares to dislike the KING OF MODEL RAILROADING!!
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Cant see em anymore lol
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I agree
Me too! 😂
Soo cool your locomotives men! Cool video
I have several varieties of penn line engines. When cleaned up and lubed they run surprisingly well. I get a kick out of those loud old Bachmann pancake motor engines. Many a model railroader started with those. Brings back a lot of nostalgia. Athearn blue boxes are fantastic products for the money, easy to tune up and get running very nicely for many years with very little maintenance.
Nice video 👍🏻
Yeah that b&o athearn emd gp35 came out in 1966 though btw I hope you get those engines fixed
Plenty of restoration material. I’d say that was a good buy👍
Been waiting for this, love that pennsy f unit
I finished my layout last summer, it's been a while since I ran a train on it but when I see you run trains I get the urge to start running some trains
Starting in the mid 1950s, Athearn produced shortened versions of streamlined and heavyweight passenger cars based on Southern Pacific and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe prototypes. The company also offered a variety of freight cars with sprung and equalized trucks. The cars could be obtained in simple kit form, or ready-to-run. A model of the Budd Rail Diesel Car was introduced in 1953 with a metal body, and reintroduced in 1958 in plastic. The comprehensive scope of the product line contributed to the popularity of HO as a model railroad scale, due to the ready availability of items and their low cost
Well I have pair of newer Life Like locos that run pretty well.
I also have a pair of Bachmann diesels as well.
A Santa Fe FT and a GP7 and they run pretty good as well.
I also have an Atlas Katy RS3 and four Athearn diesels:
A Katy F7;a MoPac PA1 and a Santa Fe Warbonnet F7.
The F7 doesn't run though.
$50 is a great investment for so many locos and I’m sure you’ll get them all serviced and repaired before long. Good to hear from NervCat at the close! Happy days 😻
Thanks
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The BN train runner
My Gilbert 433 showed life yesterday :)
Awesome lot 🚄🚄👍
That Brunswick Green Mantua Pennsy loco is a nice find. First time I've ever seen one of those...
Hi Harrison, That U.P. switcher was made by Revell in the 1950's! Nice if you can get it running!
i always love that clip of nerf cat at the end whenever it’s put there
So kind of him to be supportive of the channel lol
Idc if they didn't work I'd die to have this many new locomotives
I saw the second to last one and thought I recognized the model. I was correct, it's the oldest model I have in my possession that was originally owned by my grandfather, and then my dad after him, and they both beat it to shit, and it still runs like a charm, as soon as I saw the spring drive and the penn line stamp, I immediately knew it would run
Those Blue Boxes really are reliable… I ought to look for one
Wow!! This certainly is one example of why HO is popular.😉
Great video. 💙 T.E.N.
In looking for mostly geeps and about six or seven all in one lot for about 20 to 25 dollars
Hi ! It's like teasing a sweet tooth with a box of chocolates.
if I had received such a package, I would probably have died 10 times in a row from happiness 😁 😁 😁 👍
$50 is a good deal for that box. If I were putting them out to sell almost every one would be at least $10.
The "Penn Line" switcher says Revell right on the bottom. The ones with the metal underframe use a rubber band in the drive, which probably has disintegrated. There is also a plastic frame version with a drive more like a Marx or other engine, the motor sits on one truck and the two trucks are connected with a driveshaft. I'm not sure which came first.
The B&O is a GP35, which was tooled in 1966. Early ones have coupler pockets that take the same metal coupler as freight cars.
The undecorated Athearn looks like a U33B, the ID is the radiator at the rear has "wings" that stick out a little. A U30B would be flat there, and a U28 has different grilles.
The early Athearn B&O F unit I think is roughly 1960-65, it has the earliest style of gear drive they offered. Before Athearn offered gear drives, you had units like the Penn Line one which actually uses an Athearn shell.
In fact, even more confusing, when Lionel had Athearn make trains for them they offered that same Rio Grande paint scheme, but with a small Lionel logo on it. I have one.
The Amtrak one I would check for stuck worm gears, assuming there's no big electrical issue.
Even I still learn things about HO from this era, there were so many companies making so many things it's hard to keep it all straight.
That old B&O Athearn? I noticed when you first took it out of the box the metal clip on the motor top wasn't there. Just solder a wire to each truck tab and back to the motor top, and I bet she runs like crazy!
I see an sdp40f amtrak steam generator engine it's better as model trains then the real life versions but still your the best model train channel I've ever seen keep up the good work I will in the future get a million trains plus 50 sdp40fs
The BN Shark-nose loco is very intresting. This vid was worth 14 minutes taken away from my sleep.
Same especially because I am going to a train show at 6:30 am tomorrow
@@JJinspo124 have fun
Haha, thanks
@@JJinspo124 is that in Pennsylvania? I think there’s a meet in Hanover or Harrisburg today but I didn’t hear ab one tmrw
@@JJinspo124 how was it? Find good deals?
Actually this is the first video I’ve ever watched in your channel
Thirteen engines for $50, good deal. They should all run. Nice little switcher and Amtrak.
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Would you recommend cleaning tracks With alcohol wipes?
Pretty good haul - $50 and you get six or seven runners? That's pretty good! And that Athearn Amtrak FP45? I think that one's a dummy - no motor mounts!
I thought the same thing. Couldn’t see pickups or bearings on the wheels and flywheels either.
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We need an update on these locomotives.
That’s a cool sharp nose loco!…… now I’m gonna buy some sharp nose locos.
Hey SMT, you remember your worst locomotive challenge, and you had the green diesel locomotive as your worst one, well I figured out what it is, it is an old HO Scale Lima Diesel Locomotive, I figured this out while scrolling on eBay, and I saw a model that looked just like it
I got to say the ones I like the best and the two Santa Fe logos and I would also like the black and green Northern loco if the wheel wasn't missing
I love old atheran blue boxes. They usually dont give much trouble. The majority of my collection is atheran blue boxes. Some older though.
Great videos ! Maybe a split screen when you test the locos with loco on one side and the powerpack on the other.
Just a thought. Keep up the good work.
6:50 i have that guy, but after a minute of running, i smelled smoke from the insides. i had to stop it from running. I will not dare run it again until i see someone to see what is wrong.
Personally I used to live in Maine and I live in Massachusetts now but I know quite a bit. You should paint your U-Boat in the Boston and Maine blue scheme! I don’t see many locomotives from Maine and the upper New England lines so I felt it would be a cool and one of a kind addition to your layout!🙂🙂
You are my favorite UA-camr in the world
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That BN Shark Nose is the most cursed thing I’ve seen
Not that bad lol
EBAY is like the "Island of Misfit Toys" ... every toy train should have a home.
Your a lucky young man. Always check to see who's bidding on eBay and if it is you I don't bid. Know if I win I probably paid to much. ENJOY
The worm gear is snapped in half on the G.E switcher. You might be able to get away with sliding the remaining half of the worm gear down the motor shaft.
I think it just got out of place somehow.
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The first one is made by Mehanotehnika Yugoslavia, quite reliable locomotive, RSO, is the qualitiy which is made for export to europe and usa
For that price there are a lot of functional engines in the box. Cool.
I was surprised.
You should paint that UBoat into the Locomotive into the Locomotive in Fugitive since the locomotive in Fugitive is a UBoat ( I Think )
I lke the tiger paint of the BN GP50 and how it work with a misión well.
Its nice
wow all of them look so cool i don't know why but i always have loved the old tyco units they are so shiny but the ones i got broke down so i have to fix them otherwise they are one of my favorites
My Amtrak SDP40F works but its a little slow.
I love you video
That 3rd engine is a Revell not a penline? or whatever you said, It has a centrifugal clutch in it or should have because mine did but I had to remove it to get any kind of good movement out of it.
Ps. That B & O loco is missing the top electrical bar, that's why it wasn't running.
I've never seen a locomotive with a centrifugal clutch, it would be interesting though.
@@SMTMainline Neither have I, I don't understand why they would ever need one as you would never get any low end speed out of it, if yours doesn't have one I will upload a picture of the one that was in mine. Let me know.
Nice job
On that Amtrak FP45 There’s a pretty good chance that the metal strip that moves the current from the trucks to the motor is simply out of place. That engine should be a really easy fix. All of the non-Athearn engines are going to be a challenge but that’s what’s fun.
Most of them bounced back pretty easily. As for the Athearn you were partly right, the contact strip was out of place however the contacts on the bottom of the motor also contained issues. ua-cam.com/video/TkK4OdvOAwo/v-deo.html
i keep up with you from time i live in titusville fl.stay in tonch
Awesome video, the the Amtrak locomotive it won't run because there's no motor. On the B&O unit your missing the metal bar that goes across the motor and trucks. Add a wire and it will run.
I don't think the Amtrak is a dummy since it has metal wheels which are locked.
@@SMTMainline athearn locomotive motors have four plugs that stick down into the fuel tank. I cannot see those plugs when you turn it over, indicating the motor is not inside.
@@Alerrecks yep, that was the first thing I saw when he flip it over no rubber plugs means no motor.
@@rpscsx yup
What a treasue.
0:16 I WANT THAT AMTRAK!!!!! How much are they new? i hope not too much?
I had a bunch of Bachmanns just like the Santa fe
Can I have the third train you showed of the video with 3 cars and tracks?
My heart sank when the amtrak one didn't run, that was my fave .
I remember when the channel was at 15k subs
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Priority number 1 replace great northerns wheel (if that engine was a great northern)
I think in my opinion Athearn and the mantua brand did very well for themselves and Rivarossi. I love the fact that they all either run or one shape or another or they need some minor work. At $4.16 bout per loco thats a great deal!
They aren't bad. Rivarossi stuff is usually a bit more mixed although they have good parts.
@@SMTMainline so true.
Dang... That's a lot of locos. I really like that BN sharknose.
I have been watching your videos and love them so much, you have taught me so much about how to maintain my trains, and I want to say thank you!. I also would want to ask, how do you find such big boxes of locos for so cheap on eBay, like what do you search?, because I search a lot on eBay and never find anything close to that
Brass wheels on that early Athearn B&O GP so you might have an early transition from the rubber band drive era.
Actually, the problem, shown at 5:53 , is the connection rod from each truck to the motor is missing. This is preventing the current from running to the motor and even running electrical current period. A problem to resolve this issue is to replace an existing rod or wire the motor to correct areas for a more efficient connection. But, very good guess on the rubber band drive.
@@hjmiller2689 oh I wasn't suggesting as possible cause of the running issues just noting the brass wheels as an age spotting feature.
I'd hazard a guess that Athearn was most likely producing that particular model run at the same time the full size version was being released by EMD.
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smt mainline when are you going to put the Switch Track lead to the Hiawatha Steam locomotive back in
I have a lifetime collection of 0 gauge Lionel and Marx I need to sell. Hoping I can find someone local...I hate messing with ebay. Nice video, there are great deals out there.
Only if you could paint that u boat into one of the u boats the RBMN had in the early days
I have an on of the UP switchers, mine the motor runs but the wheels don’t spin and they were made by revell
I like penn line, varney and bowser just because they are so old
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Early AM post, eh, Harrison. Nice haul for the money. Hope to see the BN 🦈nose up and running soon, as well as the Penn Central. Did you do some track work lately, or maybe I just haven't noticed it earlier? The cork and section of track in the testing area looks different. 🤔
Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍
Can't wait to get them running again and yes, I replaced part of the mainline as it was giving me issues. I will eventually reconnect the other track, hopefully this summer.
Hi SMT meanline I sent you for trains in a box a Tico Mantua b b&o f9 lifelike Santa Fe GP 38 And a Chassis GP 40 I was just wondering it’s been a long time and I was wondering when you are going to send them back?
Whats the name of those tipe of couplings
You never got that answer 😔
2:53 This Union Pacific switcher is not a Penn Line but actually a Revell EMD SW7 (3990-003). Those are quite rare these days! It's probably from the mid to late 1950s.
The one and only locomotive I had was the US army model from the bradford exchange but after the wreck I had in September of last year I lost it and everything else that I had in the house at the time
Hello SMT I forgot to ask you on your other video if David’s G to Z scale is still sending you stuff and also my second question is do you buy most of the trains or is it mostly people sending you stuff?!?!?! And great videos keep up the great videos please!!!!!!! (lil encourage ment) also I found this really really really cool little LRT engine thing for HO scale that ran on rubber bands for I think less than $25. And by the way the Amtrak train you just got in this game it’s funny because a week ago I got the same train just different colours and it’s THE MILWAUKEE ROAD also do you go to the hobby shop called hobby wholesale? have you ever been there…….?
Last locomotive I sent was the Delaware Lackawanna with DCC and sound, but I had it sent directly from OVR for his birthday. 👍
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Lots of challenges there for you..
Keep your Passion for Model Rail Roading Strong.
When are you going to start working on the Yellowstone, great video by the way
little bit of tender loving care and you will have most of them up and running like new. if not, Well that is a cheap way to get parts as well
That's the sprit!
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where could i get a decent price DDA40X that is DC?
Train shows are likely your best option. Train shops are a decent chance at finding one but they aren't always a good price. Then of corse there's always eBay...
Oh thanks man
That UP SW unit is probably the closest to an sw1 that you have
Penn line used athearn shells
Of all my engines I have owned, those Bachmann Santa Fe locomotive have been the most reliable to me (Im a N Scale person.)
I saw in your video that u have Digitrax and a DC system. What kind of system do you use to switch from dc to DCC?
Ooh, a SDP40F! I have not seen one if those in a while.
0:21 That blue B&O aint going anywhere
I have a Athean sd40-2 and it starts up state away
50 bucks! I might get a single broken o scale locomotive for that price.
Lol, that’s sad but true
I have a Lionel O steamer I can't get $40 for. Not the Scout engine either.
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“I would put some money on it” first up. How much lol? And second, it sounds like a slow-mo video
[thank, you for you're helpful video]