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@@richardnelson-ux1zz it's kinda a hit or a miss on them some bad some good

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@@garypetreskysr4947 they definitely do need better quality control but it's still a pretty good deal considering they're only 25.00 each

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@@joshuacampbell9990 the e unit just had a wire hanging. Thanks for sharing the information 👍

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@@richardnelson-ux1zz I think there boxcars are good and so is the caboose. The plastic trucks don't bother me it's the fact the knuckles want stay closed.

I don't think that there is anything wrong with plastic trucks. They work quite well and roll nicely. The couplers can be an issue, though, but it isn't limited just to Menard's. I've used rubber bands on couplers on cars from the post-war period onward.

@@johnandrus3901 there not that bad I think it's the way the knuckle is made they bind up in curves

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Also, those look like passenger F7's. They have the steam generator section on the rear, including the stack. I think that they are quite nice looking locomotives. They are the value buy, for those who can't afford Lionel or MTH, but want some decent trains. They are a fine way to start your O gauge journey.

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I agree with this. It is the best-priced "O" gauge train out there.

@@danshobbies13 I like pennsylvania stuff that's the main reason I got it

Bachmann killed Williams and Lionel killed K-Line. They were two affordable alternatives to the more expensive Lionel and MTH offerings. Menard's has filled that gap superbly.

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Cecil, I believe you have your manufacturers confused. The F7's were built by GM's EMD division primarily for freight service. They never made an FP7. They were 4 axel diesel electrics. GM EMD( General Motors Electro Motive Division), the car manufacturer, also built E units like the E7's, E8's for passenger service. They were twin engine 6 axel diesl electric locomotives. GM is credited with the first successful diesel road engine that led to the demise of steam engines. The F units were even called car body design. The FA, freight, and PA, passenger diesel electrics, which looked similar to the GM EMD designs from that same period, were built by Alco (American locomotive company). They were the only successful steam engine builder that successfully made the transition from steam to diesel before their demise when General Electric parted ways with them to build their own diesel electric locomotives. Gm dominated the diesel electric engine market from 1940 to 2012 before selling off to Caterpillar who promptly killed it off. Because General Electric became the dominant engine builder by then. Primarily because of their EPA compliant diesel engine design untill they sold off to Wabtec in 2019. As far as I know there are no engine builders left in America anymore. All of the engines used for freight and yards today are older rebuilt GM and GE engines.

@@DRCRailroard EMD offered the F's with steam boilers for passenger trains. You can see the boiler section on the Menard's units, with the stack on the rear. Santa Fe was a big buyer, as they liked the F's, because of their wheelbase and better tractive effort, due to the lack of an idler axle. You can find examples on the internet.

​@johnandrus3901 Yes John, the early EMD F units were a dual service road engine. They had steam generators because the passenger cars were heated by steam. The passenger cars at that time were equipped to function with steam engines and remained the primary source of heating passenger cars long after the end of steam engines. The role of EMD's F units had more to do with it's paint scheme. It's understood that the early red and silver Warbonnet paint schemes, as used on the early F units, were used for the Super Chief and El Capitan passenger service. Which passenger service was the pride of all the roads as it was their primary source of revenue at that time. They even had washing stations and washed the engines down between excursions and touched up the silver paint on the trucks. The early Bluebonnet F units were considered freight engines, but I'm sure both engines were likely used in both roles as passenger service was slowly dying off along with the role of steam engines. My point was that EMD's early system for identifying locomotives had nothing to do with it's role unlike Alco. EMD's. FT simply stood for fourteen hundred twins. F3 stood for fourteen hundred, the third rendition, and they were only rated at 1350 HP, not even 1400. Go figure. Later, E units were 1800 hp as they had two 900 HP diesel prime movers. F did not stand for freight, and E did not stand for express as some people will tell you. On the other hand, Alco's FA 4 axel units, the F stood for freight A stood for cabbed A unit. Their PA, 6 axel diesl, the P stood for passenger, and A stood for an A cabbed unit. EMD's early identification system had no direct corelation to it's purpose until the introduction of their BL units which was a direct response to their competitor Alco, who came out with the first ever successful road switcher engine at the request of some of the major roads. Up untill that time engines had specific designs for specific roles, likely due to steam designs for road, freight, passenger, and switching tasks. Hence the need for round houses and turn tables so a particular engine could easliy be put into service. Alco came out with their RS-1 which literally stood for road switcher, by extending the frame on their switcher engine to add a steam generator with road trucks. They literally tacked on a short hood to the back of their alco S-2 switcher that EMD ridiculed Alco for the design and wa la the first ever dual role, multi purpose engine. It's a cool looking engine. I have an Atlas O model of it. It's the precursor to Alco's more successful RS-3 design. EMD's less successful BL unit, which stands for Branch line, was the precursor to their very successful GP units and stands for general purposes better known as geeps. It wasn't my intention to suggest that the F units weren't used for passenger service but that EMD never produce an early FP unit like the Menards model that was used only for passenger service, but that Alco's PA was designed for passenger service and that the EMD's and Alco's are two different builders that made similar looking engines in the same era.

@@DRCRailroard Just like the C and W stood for cast and welded, respectively. The original S stood for six hundred hp and the N stood for nine hundred hp. They ended up just naming their switchers S-Series and dropped the hp designation.

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Yes I do know Lionel makes a 2-6-4 2025 and 675 and I put mine back to a 2-6-4 I paid 20$ for it and put it back together I may have 60$ in it all together

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