I beg to differ, I have serviced quite a few of these exact locos and they all run great. they can pull up to 15 cars with little effort, they can run at very low speed as well as run fast at full speed. But, I will admit that they do require more maintenance due to the brass wheels oxidizing, and it's not had to find parts on eBay to keep them running well.
Ehh, with all due respect I would consider them almost the most unreliable drive ever made. Several design and flaws poor craftsmanship haven’t let these engines age well. As I mentioned they can still be enjoyable but there’s a reason they show up on the repair bench so often.
I remember when Tyco introduced their Power Torque drive system. I bought the Silver Streak set. A few days later I ended up buying an Athearn locomotive.
Lol my friend likes to use old tyco locomotives and put all new parts on them and I said "For the amount of money your putting into new upgraded parts and DCC in these units you could buy a high-end athearn unit and he said "Nah, I don't bother with those. These are my childhood and I ain't selling em for anything". Very well said in my opinion
I have a Life-Like CN locomotive, it's heavily damaged probably worth less than $5 I wouldn't sell it even for $1000 since it was one of my first, full of great memories.
I'm a big fan of your channel but I'm also a beginner on model railroading. So its really cool too see how you service these old fellas i love to see that someone cares to take care of these old engines I've been watching your channel for over two and a half years now and would love to see what you post next.
A little trick for installing the motor brushes is to get a business card or piece of stiff plastic film. Cut a slot in it that is a little wider than the motor shaft diameter. Use this to hold the brushes in place while you put the brush retainer plate on and then slide it out when it's in position. Also, I thought all of the C630's had two lights in them. I didn't see a rear light on yours. My two older brothers got matching sets in 1977 with the C630 in Santa Fe trim. After they grew older and lost interest, I took them apart and found that the mounts in the body shell for the powered and non-powered trucks are the same. I cannibalized one of the locos for parts and made a dual-motor version out of the second one. It was quite the puller and sounded great too!
oooh *giddy schoolgirl laugh* I was donated a bunch of old Tyco cars still in the original boxes, even with original price tags! Rolling stock with $1.59 Sears tag, and $15.99 for... this exact one! Early 1970s? It runs, but not super well, and it's simply sticking in the "maybe I'll see if I can clean/fix it up" area of my garage... Now I can see you do the work without worrying about breaking... too much, but seriously thank you for this video as I wouldn't have any idea to even those motors out without breaking something 🤣
I had this train as a kid, it never ran well and had a slow crawl, i was no mechanic being new to the hobby at the time, but after watching this i feel more confident if i find one of these to know what to look out for
The main problem with the old Tyco engines is the setup of brass and plastic wheels. They pickup up power from one side only. And brass wheels oxidize and don't pickup power the way nickel silver does. Also, Tyco offered a lot of engines with non existent paint schemes. It made things interesting. Tyco also offered this in the bright orange and white scheme of Illinois Central Gulf. Only Norfolk & Western had Alco Century 630 diesels with the high short hood. Alco only built 10 of them that way.
Once again, well done. Here's hoping that your vids showing the possibilities of getting old locos to work would inspire people to buy cheap 'junkers', get them running, and then upgrade the appearance with some detail parts and a paint job that matches
"Provided your ok with having stuff that doesn't run as well and is not terribly reliable" I literally LOL'd Those camera shots next to the track @10:18 are great you should put them in every video!
i love tycos though I dont run them I have a massive collection of them on a 5 level shelf. Mostly have them for sentimental reasons lol my dad's layout that got me into trains was all tyco back in the day and yeah
I had the Hong Kong Tyco ones. Once I learned how to service them, they ran for ever with out a problem. I only had 2 that actually developed squealing, but never gone back to them as I advanced in the trains I purchased, and work took me away from them. Thank you for sharing, this one was one og my favorite models as a kid.
With proper maintenance I’d imagine they would last much longer. Unfortunately most of them haven’t had service since they left the factory 40 to 50 years ago.
@@SMTMainline Same with the old LIMA engines here, I still have the ones I had as a kid. Striped them apart and still going. A trick an old modeller showed me with these old brushes was to soak them in lighter fluid to clean them. worked really well too.
Your vids really show how much the hobby has changed over the years, especially when it comes to quality of locomotive models. At least you had Athearn for HO scale, which was the only company that made close to modern reliable running mechanisms. N scalers had it really rough before Kato began importing American style locos, as pre-Kato locos were a joke if you wanted something reliable, that ran at reasonable scale speeds, and smoothness.
An excellent video. I have one Powertorque drive locomotive left still running on my railroad, out of five that I bought brand new, way back when. A Bicentennial EMD F-7 A unit that came with a most unusual Australian version of the Powertorque drive, two EMD GP-20s, one of which had diode directional lighting in it, an ALCO C-630, and a Baldwin RF-16 Sharknose. The C-630 burned up first, and one GP-20 got something caught in the gearing when it was running outside, completely destroying the drive, so both were converted to dummies. I totally wore out the other GP-20 simply by running it all the time, and it was converted into a dummy in 1993, so I actually ran it for about sixteen years on my railroad before it died, which might say something. The last two were different. The F-7 and the Shark were involved in an incredible wreck, which I wish that I had a video of. The locomotives derailed while they were running outside, and fell almost eight feet to the ground. (Almost seven hundred scale feet!) The F-7 body split completely in half the long way, and spilled its guts all over, but the Shark only got a broken coupler and some scratches. I put the F-7 body back together and mounted it on an Athearn free wheeling dummy chassis, but the Shark got modified. I took all the extra parts and turned it into a suedo Baldwin BP-20 by putting two Powertorque motorized trucks in it with six wheels each in them. It is still running on my railroad to this day, and it will pull eighteen passenger cars by itself, although it normally has help. I will admit to a higher maintenance/love level, and I don't run it outside anymore, but here is a Mantua/Tyco Powertorque locomotive still earning its keep in 2022, pulling passenger, freight, and work trains, more than forty six years later. Thanks for the memories, my man. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.
The dual drive Sharknose has had some of the gears replaced, and the front coupler is a Kadee now, but it is still running in 2022! I do coddle it, but the fact that it still runs after 46 years is amazing to me also, because it means that two Powertorque drives survived that long. Edit: The headlight bulb just burned out on me. 💙 T.E.N.
Over 50,000 subscribers!! Holy cow! That’s incredible. The bouncy castle is on order. Should arrive this summer. I think it’s great that you have 50,000 locomotives to represent each subscriber. ;) I remember when you had 50 subscribers and no head. How things have changed. So proud of you kid.
thats an early one with one screw truck they work a little better than the latter ones but still tricky to work on thats before the two brothers parted ways !!.
1987 my I got a Tyco train set for Christmas with this exact locomotive in Santa Fe livery...although I don't believe it's an actual prototype but based off of one. Wish I could send it to someone who has a soft spot for old Tycos and make her run again! 🙏
If it's one thing I've learned from observing your videos, you seem to really enjoy saying "SERENITY!", eh? Anyway... I do hope you're enjoying your weekend, eh? :-)
@@SMTMainline I’m assuming the first of these were made in 1975. I know some before they introduced the chessie system were made in 1974 for an example the Santa Fe Illinois central gulf and the Delaware and Hudson roadnames. Also in 1975 other than introduced the chessie variant they made a spirit of 76 version though. In 1980 they introduced the golden eagle version I believe it was on their sets maybe individual idk.
That would be a Gen 1 PowerTorque. The no vents on the brush plate give that away. Some will say all 630's with the screw-in fuel tank and weight are Gen 1 but that is incorrect. Many Gen 2 PowerTorque drives found themselves installed in a 630 with the screw-in fuel tank/weight. However all 630s with the snap-in fuel tank/weight are at least Gen 2.
This locomotive was manufactured in 1975 - making it one of the very first Power Torques ever made - and one of the last American made Tycos before production moved to Hong Kong.
Might very well be NOS or close to NOS. Possibly purchased and had some issues and just put back in it's box and forgotten until you came along and fixed it. Definitely quiet enough to be effectively new.
Great work on this vintage locomotive. Not a big fan of the power torques, or the bachmann drives that ran similar. However it does seem to run very good. I gotta get a fiberglass pencil when i get a chance. I think its great.
I'm guessing that this loco is pure Tyco versus Tyco/Mantua due to the drive. My speculation of the weight may be a surplus part in which Tyco was trying to use up before adding new parts with their sole name on it. This practice is common with various manufactures to save or use the money for the parts that were already purchased.
HO isn't my main thing, but I have some various HO that's wound up in my collection. I honestly don't hate the running quality of a Powertorque drive that's been well cared for. Seems like the nicer examples can run pretty smooth and quiet. But I'd still generally pick the earlier Mantua-Tyco worm drive over a powertorque. I have an Amtrak GG1 that runs quite nicely (after I serviced it). They definitely strike me as being a bad idea for the user who dislikes maintaining their equipment much, but for someone who enjoys taking the time to open up and service their equipment they're not so bad. Now, a badly cared for powertorque drive I hate, because of how noisy they are. Running without adequate lubrication will induce horrid gear chatter- I despise the old Bachmann and Life-Like pancake drives because I have yet to find a drive that didn't have significant gear chatter even after servicing.
I’ve watched one of your videos and I was able to get my g scale locomotive running Same as my ho scale locomotive and surviving locomotive and train car
Thanks for Another fun video. I would have watched sooner but as I see there are a few I have not seen yet either, it seems I have not been getting my notifies. Good old UA-cam strikes again. I always watch your video as soon as I get the notify but UA-cam is famous for unsubscribing people for unknown reasons. Anyway, after the 50k live, I went and checked to see if I had missed any. Here I am playing catch up. Have a couple more to watch. 😋 💕😊💕
I wouldn’t necessarily say low value. I’m always intrigued by what they go for on the ‘Bay. Plus, it seemed to run good with low current draw. Sharp livery, too.
smt do you remember me telling you about my athearn blue box f7 that preforms backwards i found my problem when i was servicing the motor i put the magnets in backwards so i going to have to watch what i'm doing with them from now on
What do you think of taking an old IHC EMD E-8 passenger diesel and converting it to run with two Power Torques just like the real thing's two prime movers? It might take cutting and splicing two frames and gluing them together to get one configured with the right cutouts for two pancake motors.
@@SMTMainline Don't get a cheap one - unless it's a Dremel - it isn't going to last. I've had my variable speed Dremel moto-tool since I was...younger than your age. The damned thing still works great. And get a variable speed if you possibly can. The variable speed comes in handy for a lot of different things.
When running trains on a layout you should clean your rails on your layout so the locomotives can pick up more power and the next time that you are at a hobby shop pick up a track cleaning car and with the eyes of a human can not see all of the dirt from the track.
What power pack are you using that has the amp and voltage gauge? What amp range to you like for a good loco? What current draw do you get with a bad loco? Thanks.
On unrealated not do you have any solution for the infamos Cracked Bachmann gears? i have alot of them they almost all broken, are they sold as repro any where?
I BET YOU THAT I COULD MAKE THIS LOCOMOTIVE RUN.WITH A LITTLE TLC, I ONCE HAD AN ALCO C630 LIKE THIS. IT CAME WITH A BAD POWER MOTOR..BUT, I TOOK IT APART , CLEANED OFF THE ELECTRICAL CONTACTORS, I THEN CLEANED THE POWER WHEELS, AND THE OTHER TRUCK. I THEN SEPERATED THE MOTOR FROM THE FRAME, AND DRIED THE PARTS AND I LUBRICATED THE MOVING PARTS AND PROCEEDED TO TEST RUN IT. IT CAME TO LIFE AND RAN AND RAN.I KEPT IT ON MY ROSTER, AND TODAY, IT IS STILL PULLING MY TRAINS, WITH NO PROBLEMS. I ONLY WISH THAT YOU WOULD CONCIDER SELLING IT TO ME.I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS RARE TYCO LOCOMOTIVE TO GO WITH MY OTHER C630.HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FOR IT,NAME YOUR PRICE.IF YOU WANT TO SELL IT.
i love how he said seren- and it cut off
The timing is almost comedic
This was one of my original collection engines from the 70’s. Brings back a lot of memories. Thank you for sharing.
Glad to hear it :)
I beg to differ, I have serviced quite a few of these exact locos and they all run great. they can pull up to 15 cars with little effort, they can run at very low speed as well as run fast at full speed. But, I will admit that they do require more maintenance due to the brass wheels oxidizing, and it's not had to find parts on eBay to keep them running well.
Ehh, with all due respect I would consider them almost the most unreliable drive ever made. Several design and flaws poor craftsmanship haven’t let these engines age well. As I mentioned they can still be enjoyable but there’s a reason they show up on the repair bench so often.
I remember when Tyco introduced their Power Torque drive system. I bought the Silver Streak set. A few days later I ended up buying an Athearn locomotive.
that's not a fair fight!
Certainly a downgrade from their 5 pole MU2 drives
Lol my friend likes to use old tyco locomotives and put all new parts on them and I said "For the amount of money your putting into new upgraded parts and DCC in these units you could buy a high-end athearn unit and he said "Nah, I don't bother with those. These are my childhood and I ain't selling em for anything". Very well said in my opinion
He's not wrong but as you mentioned sentimental value on these types of locomotives is usually what counts.
I have a Life-Like CN locomotive, it's heavily damaged probably worth less than $5 I wouldn't sell it even for $1000 since it was one of my first, full of great memories.
I'm a big fan of your channel but I'm also a beginner on model railroading. So its really cool too see how you service these old fellas i love to see that someone cares to take care of these old engines I've been watching your channel for over two and a half years now and would love to see what you post next.
A little trick for installing the motor brushes is to get a business card or piece of stiff plastic film. Cut a slot in it that is a little wider than the motor shaft diameter. Use this to hold the brushes in place while you put the brush retainer plate on and then slide it out when it's in position. Also, I thought all of the C630's had two lights in them. I didn't see a rear light on yours.
My two older brothers got matching sets in 1977 with the C630 in Santa Fe trim. After they grew older and lost interest, I took them apart and found that the mounts in the body shell for the powered and non-powered trucks are the same. I cannibalized one of the locos for parts and made a dual-motor version out of the second one. It was quite the puller and sounded great too!
oooh *giddy schoolgirl laugh* I was donated a bunch of old Tyco cars still in the original boxes, even with original price tags! Rolling stock with $1.59 Sears tag, and $15.99 for... this exact one! Early 1970s? It runs, but not super well, and it's simply sticking in the "maybe I'll see if I can clean/fix it up" area of my garage... Now I can see you do the work without worrying about breaking... too much, but seriously thank you for this video as I wouldn't have any idea to even those motors out without breaking something 🤣
I had this train as a kid, it never ran well and had a slow crawl, i was no mechanic being new to the hobby at the time, but after watching this i feel more confident if i find one of these to know what to look out for
Well done Harrison, another great rescue for just $5. Thanks for sharing!
Hi nice to see you so soon. I love high hood locomotives
I do too
Power torque is no match for Harrison. Great work
"Can We Make This 45 Year Old TYCO c630 Run Again"???
Given Harrison's skills - I never doubted it for a second!
Haha, thanks
I love old tycos even if they’re unreliable
The main problem with the old Tyco engines is the setup of brass and plastic wheels. They pickup up power from one side only. And brass wheels oxidize and don't pickup power the way nickel silver does. Also, Tyco offered a lot of engines with non existent paint schemes. It made things interesting. Tyco also offered this in the bright orange and white scheme of Illinois Central Gulf. Only Norfolk & Western had Alco Century 630 diesels with the high short hood. Alco only built 10 of them that way.
There’s some TYCO Illinois Gulf Centurys out there that were distributed by SEARS. They came with a Rivarossi drive system…..
The pickup for works fine in my experience. The real problem is the fragile plastic gears and the fragile pot metal pinion gear.
Realism certainly wasn’t their objective whenever they designed them.
I own one of these in AT&SF red and silver warbonnet
Illinois Central/ Illinois Central Gulf had Alco Century C636 loco's #1100-1105 IC/ICG never had C630
Because of your channel, I've worked on my locomotive. It really isn't that hard. Great video and keep up the good work.
That’s awesome!
When I was a kid, seeing the TYCO logo gave me chills. I haven't seen it in over 35 years and I just got chills again.
Once again, well done.
Here's hoping that your vids showing the possibilities of getting old locos to work would inspire people to buy cheap 'junkers', get them running, and then upgrade the appearance with some detail parts and a paint job that matches
Absolutely, it’s great when people can get nearly worthless models going again.
the fiberglass pencil is the best thing ever. they also sell refills and other types of brushes besides fiberglass. i would recommend one to anybody!
1. Of course you can. 2. Its a Tyco and they are great. God job as usual👍.
"Provided your ok with having stuff that doesn't run as well and is not terribly reliable" I literally LOL'd Those camera shots next to the track @10:18 are great you should put them in every video!
I think I will add more of those shots.
Nice High Hood Dude!
I like the design
In my almost 60 years iv had alot of those locos an they ran great they were state of the art at one time fact i still have one
Loved watching the Chessie System running through my hometown of Baltimore
Nice to see the 1990 Tyco Chessie System Loco running again (by the light gray plastic on the bogeys).
i love tycos though I dont run them I have a massive collection of them on a 5 level shelf. Mostly have them for sentimental reasons lol my dad's layout that got me into trains was all tyco back in the day and yeah
I had the Hong Kong Tyco ones. Once I learned how to service them, they ran for ever with out a problem. I only had 2 that actually developed squealing, but never gone back to them as I advanced in the trains I purchased, and work took me away from them.
Thank you for sharing, this one was one og my favorite models as a kid.
With proper maintenance I’d imagine they would last much longer. Unfortunately most of them haven’t had service since they left the factory 40 to 50 years ago.
@@SMTMainline Same with the old LIMA engines here, I still have the ones I had as a kid. Striped them apart and still going.
A trick an old modeller showed me with these old brushes was to soak them in lighter fluid to clean them. worked really well too.
Thanks for the video! I have one of these and it used to run fine. Compared to other power torque trains, these are reliable
Your vids really show how much the hobby has changed over the years, especially when it comes to quality of locomotive models. At least you had Athearn for HO scale, which was the only company that made close to modern reliable running mechanisms. N scalers had it really rough before Kato began importing American style locos, as pre-Kato locos were a joke if you wanted something reliable, that ran at reasonable scale speeds, and smoothness.
An excellent video. I have one Powertorque drive locomotive left still running on my railroad, out of five that I bought brand new, way back when. A Bicentennial EMD F-7 A unit that came with a most unusual Australian version of the Powertorque drive, two EMD GP-20s, one of which had diode directional lighting in it, an ALCO C-630, and a Baldwin RF-16 Sharknose. The C-630 burned up first, and one GP-20 got something caught in the gearing when it was running outside, completely destroying the drive, so both were converted to dummies. I totally wore out the other GP-20 simply by running it all the time, and it was converted into a dummy in 1993, so I actually ran it for about sixteen years on my railroad before it died, which might say something. The last two were different. The F-7 and the Shark were involved in an incredible wreck, which I wish that I had a video of. The locomotives derailed while they were running outside, and fell almost eight feet to the ground. (Almost seven hundred scale feet!) The F-7 body split completely in half the long way, and spilled its guts all over, but the Shark only got a broken coupler and some scratches. I put the F-7 body back together and mounted it on an Athearn free wheeling dummy chassis, but the Shark got modified. I took all the extra parts and turned it into a suedo Baldwin BP-20 by putting two Powertorque motorized trucks in it with six wheels each in them. It is still running on my railroad to this day, and it will pull eighteen passenger cars by itself, although it normally has help. I will admit to a higher maintenance/love level, and I don't run it outside anymore, but here is a Mantua/Tyco Powertorque locomotive still earning its keep in 2022, pulling passenger, freight, and work trains, more than forty six years later. Thanks for the memories, my man. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.
Thanks for sharing these stories. I’m impressed to hear one ran 16 years straight.
The dual drive Sharknose has had some of the gears replaced, and the front coupler is a Kadee now, but it is still running in 2022! I do coddle it, but the fact that it still runs after 46 years is amazing to me also, because it means that two Powertorque drives survived that long. Edit: The headlight bulb just burned out on me. 💙 T.E.N.
Your vids inspired me to dig into my old scale models and see what’s wrong with them super informational and helpful always don’t stop what your doing
Another nice restoration Harrison, nice looking locomotive!
My first train set was a Tyco.
Over 50,000 subscribers!! Holy cow! That’s incredible. The bouncy castle is on order. Should arrive this summer. I think it’s great that you have 50,000 locomotives to represent each subscriber. ;) I remember when you had 50 subscribers and no head. How things have changed. So proud of you kid.
Good job you're a miracle worker, I like the paint scheme on that engine😁👍
Another one saved 🙌, great video.
Thanks
I need to find them that cheap. Great video.😁😁😁🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🚚
Stay on the hunt, you'll find one eventually.
thats an early one with one screw truck they work a little better than the latter ones but still tricky to work on thats before the two brothers parted ways !!.
YAYYYYY! Great job! It’s probably happy it’s running again!
Thanks
1987 my I got a Tyco train set for Christmas with this exact locomotive in Santa Fe livery...although I don't believe it's an actual prototype but based off of one. Wish I could send it to someone who has a soft spot for old Tycos and make her run again! 🙏
Great production! The close-ups were amazing. Good job.
If it's one thing I've learned from observing your videos, you seem to really enjoy saying "SERENITY!", eh? Anyway... I do hope you're enjoying your weekend, eh? :-)
I am having a good weekend, I hope the same for you, eh?
@@SMTMainline YOU BETCHA! Eh?
Nice job. Now you need to change those couplers. 😁😁
That would be nice
Yes this first generation tyco power torque from 1970s is finally a runner! Serenity!
Do you know what year they were specifically released?
@@SMTMainline I’m assuming the first of these were made in 1975. I know some before they introduced the chessie system were made in 1974 for an example the Santa Fe Illinois central gulf and the Delaware and Hudson roadnames. Also in 1975 other than introduced the chessie variant they made a spirit of 76 version though. In 1980 they introduced the golden eagle version I believe it was on their sets maybe individual idk.
That would be a Gen 1 PowerTorque. The no vents on the brush plate give that away. Some will say all 630's with the screw-in fuel tank and weight are Gen 1 but that is incorrect. Many Gen 2 PowerTorque drives found themselves installed in a 630 with the screw-in fuel tank/weight. However all 630s with the snap-in fuel tank/weight are at least Gen 2.
Thanks for sharing.
This locomotive was manufactured in 1975 - making it one of the very first Power Torques ever made - and one of the last American made Tycos before production moved to Hong Kong.
The clapped-out CN was also made in 1975 as well. That was the year they transitioned to the Power Torques.
I have changed many of my old tyco engines to duel motor. It has made them more powerful and good low speed. A very easy mod
Ever thought of replacing the magnets with dash motorsports ones
Please put all these "can we make it run" videos into single playlist :)
Might very well be NOS or close to NOS. Possibly purchased and had some issues and just put back in it's box and forgotten until you came along and fixed it. Definitely quiet enough to be effectively new.
Judging by the wear on the commutator this locomotive certainly had some miles put on it but not nearly as much as many others I’ve seen.
Great work on this vintage locomotive. Not a big fan of the power torques, or the bachmann drives that ran similar. However it does seem to run very good. I gotta get a fiberglass pencil when i get a chance. I think its great.
I'm guessing that this loco is pure Tyco versus Tyco/Mantua due to the drive. My speculation of the weight may be a surplus part in which Tyco was trying to use up before adding new parts with their sole name on it. This practice is common with various manufactures to save or use the money for the parts that were already purchased.
HO isn't my main thing, but I have some various HO that's wound up in my collection. I honestly don't hate the running quality of a Powertorque drive that's been well cared for. Seems like the nicer examples can run pretty smooth and quiet. But I'd still generally pick the earlier Mantua-Tyco worm drive over a powertorque. I have an Amtrak GG1 that runs quite nicely (after I serviced it). They definitely strike me as being a bad idea for the user who dislikes maintaining their equipment much, but for someone who enjoys taking the time to open up and service their equipment they're not so bad. Now, a badly cared for powertorque drive I hate, because of how noisy they are. Running without adequate lubrication will induce horrid gear chatter- I despise the old Bachmann and Life-Like pancake drives because I have yet to find a drive that didn't have significant gear chatter even after servicing.
As a train I approve seeing my siblings in action
Hello smt Mainline I have the same locomotive mine runs pretty good I run it once in awhile
Glad to hear it
Sick
I have this loco😂I need to do work on it. If anyone sees this comment, I would 💯💯 recommend the fiber glass pencil
Didn't realize I needed one until I got one lol
I’ve watched one of your videos and I was able to get my g scale locomotive running
Same as my ho scale locomotive and surviving locomotive and train car
We need a layout update, and wow, you hit 50k
Thanks for Another fun video. I would have watched sooner but as I see there are a few I have not seen yet either, it seems I have not been getting my notifies. Good old UA-cam strikes again. I always watch your video as soon as I get the notify but UA-cam is famous for unsubscribing people for unknown reasons. Anyway, after the 50k live, I went and checked to see if I had missed any. Here I am playing catch up. Have a couple more to watch. 😋 💕😊💕
Congrats on 50k subs👍
Thank you so kindly!! More on this should follow, stay tuned~
Looks like it’s an American made locomotive..
Me: won’t work..
Looks like it doesn’t run..
Me: SHOCKER!!
Most of the American ones are pretty tough, this one isn't the best example lol
Nice save
Do you ever go back and fabricate handrails?
Usually on an engine with such low value but it's always an option.
I wouldn’t necessarily say low value. I’m always intrigued by what they go for on the ‘Bay. Plus, it seemed to run good with low current draw.
Sharp livery, too.
I picked up a new train set last week for myself gonna be building a layout soon
Oh no, I thought this was an old video but it was actually from yesterday and now I'm sad that I missed it
smt do you remember me telling you about my athearn blue box f7 that preforms backwards i found my problem when i was servicing the motor i put the magnets in backwards so i going to have to watch what i'm doing with them from now on
Nice catch
I would like to see you do a brushless motor swap in one!!
What do you think of taking an old IHC EMD E-8 passenger diesel and converting it to run with two Power Torques just like the real thing's two prime movers? It might take cutting and splicing two frames and gluing them together to get one configured with the right cutouts for two pancake motors.
Little drop oil on the motor axle
I did on one side but not the one with the commutator since it will get on it.
If you have a moto-tool with a polishing brush - you can clean those non-powered wheels in nothing flat....
I should look out for a cheap one
@@SMTMainline Don't get a cheap one - unless it's a Dremel - it isn't going to last. I've had my variable speed Dremel moto-tool since I was...younger than your age. The damned thing still works great. And get a variable speed if you possibly can. The variable speed comes in handy for a lot of different things.
When running trains on a layout you should clean your rails on your layout so the locomotives can pick up more power and the next time that you are at a hobby shop pick up a track cleaning car and with the eyes of a human can not see all of the dirt from the track.
I wish we could get non runners for £5 in the UK there more like £50 for non runners
That's crazy, I always thought they were cheap there
Can you please keep working on the layout please and thank you
Yep
Strasburg railroad 90
I’m glad you could get it to run! But I have to ask, Do Proto 2000 locomotives run well on Bachmann track? Also, do you have a discord server?
Specifically EZ track.
any regular ho scale DC engine should work fine on e-z track
Thanks for the vid. What is the name/source of the stone you used to polish the wheels?
It's part of a Peco track cleaner I cut down.
C630 HIGH HOODS, YEAHOOOOOOO
YEAHHH!!!!
How do you clean your track I have some old brass track and was wondering the best way to clean it.
Harrison Don’t Let your Passion for Model Rail roading Die out.
I don’t ever want it to
Could you please fix my favorite Steman in for my grandpa‘s collection if I send it to your PO Box?
5 Canadian dollars 💵 ??? You should see what they go for on Ebay.
Probably $25
What power pack are you using that has the amp and voltage gauge? What amp range to you like for a good loco? What current draw do you get with a bad loco? Thanks.
On unrealated not do you have any solution for the infamos Cracked Bachmann gears? i have alot of them they almost all broken, are they sold as repro any where?
Hey smt mainline can I please send in a loco
First thing I do with mine is go to eBay and buy a handrail set, I hate the incomplete look of later Tyco diesels.
That would be a huge improvement
Hey Harrison do you ever find that coils and magnets are white with corrosion and do you recommend any way to clean them?
The locomotive is an old bachman
What’s better to clean the wheels track brite or the fiberglass pen
Both work, the fibreglass pen will take longer.
@@SMTMainline thanks I’ll pick up a pen I like to take my time cleaning up my old stock and could use it on the commutators you do amazing work
Now 50,000 people are listening to the famous “well folks in today’s video”
Now replace the dummy truck with another power truck, and watch the locomotive pull the house down
The new TYCO SUPER POWER TORQUE
Hermosa locomotora
I did not see your new video yet you did.
HO scale C630 locomotive.
Chessie System.
I have a C630 locomotive.
HO scale.
Santa Fe.
Do you ever work on N Scale locos?
Yep, I’ve good a few at the moment in need of repair
@@SMTMainline It’d be cool to see you work on those! Love your channel.
It’s a shame that Tyco ruined beautiful shell with a lousy drive system.
Yeah, I guess they were aiming to make them cheap as possible
What device did you use to test out the drive at 8:56?
Some loose wires connected to a controller lol
I BET YOU THAT I COULD MAKE THIS LOCOMOTIVE RUN.WITH A LITTLE TLC, I ONCE HAD AN ALCO C630 LIKE THIS. IT CAME WITH A BAD POWER MOTOR..BUT, I TOOK IT APART , CLEANED OFF THE ELECTRICAL CONTACTORS, I THEN CLEANED THE POWER WHEELS, AND THE OTHER TRUCK. I THEN SEPERATED THE MOTOR FROM THE FRAME, AND DRIED THE PARTS AND I LUBRICATED THE MOVING PARTS AND PROCEEDED TO TEST RUN IT. IT CAME TO LIFE AND RAN AND RAN.I KEPT IT ON MY ROSTER, AND TODAY, IT IS STILL PULLING MY TRAINS, WITH NO PROBLEMS. I ONLY WISH THAT YOU WOULD CONCIDER SELLING IT TO ME.I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS RARE TYCO LOCOMOTIVE TO GO WITH MY OTHER C630.HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FOR IT,NAME YOUR PRICE.IF YOU WANT TO SELL IT.
what do you use to clean the wheels?
A track bright. Mine is by PECO but it doesn't really matter which brand you choose
I have the exact same loco
I had one of these
Do you have a Pennsylvania t1
I don’t yet
Hi smt mainline I'm cody
I hav a idea
Idk if you have one but you can use a 3d printer for the shell and use a big boy as the casse
You might have to break it up into three parts for the Pennsylvania T1 show and glue it together