Can We Save This Junked ATSF 040 Loco from the Trash?

[@JoseTorres-xv2gv]

I still have all my original vintage train sets and it includes that exact Santa Fe switcher that my mom bought me back in 1974. Still have it and it is in mint condition and still works perfectly.

[@MattKonsol]

Serenity is the word!

[@SMTMainline]

Absolutely.

[@ajivins1]

Be nice to see one of these weathered and detailed.

[@Timothyrucker12]

Harrison back again with another great 100% KZbin video content ever thank you for the best content ever

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks

[@Timothyrucker12]

@@SMTMainline your welcome

[@caboosech]

great job on getting a classic back up & runing

[@antonbruce1241]

Really good repair, Harrison! Congrats on another runner!

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks!

[@lackawannarailfan]

Great restoration! I see you are getting the down town fixed up! It is looking good! Keep up the great work!👍

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks 👍

[@lackawannarailfan]

@@SMTMainline Yeah! No problem! Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

[@NC_Railfan1810]

Hey SMT, great video, and merry Christmas!

[@SMTMainline]

Same onto you!

[@haroldalexis4200]

Good job in restoring it to running condition. 🙂

[@MMRails]

That reminds me, I should Windex my layout soon. Starting to get dusty. Great restoration!

[@Brian_rock_railfan]

great video 🚄👍Merry Christmas to you and to everyone and Also a happy New year 🎄

[@SMTMainline]

Thank you!

[@mercuryoak2]

Well done! That drive system is like one of the ones you would find on a Tyco Trolley. Very. Cool I actually had a diesel with dual motors of this type it was an F unit however the shell was shot so I salvaged the Brushes for spares . also how you did the wires is actually how they are done on a 4-6-2 pacifics . im sure all tycos were wired the same.

[@SMTMainline]

It's not a bad loco, It's nice that this style had five pole motors instead of the three poles found on power torques.

[@mercuryoak2]

@@SMTMainline yes very true. I really wish they could make them again it would make the model railroad market come alive with variety

[@thiruraj3866]

The master of fixing model trains

[@SMTMainline]

I don't know about that but thanks!

[@jtrain1814]

Great video and nice little loco.

[@SMTMainline]

Thank you!

[@johnf.kennedy5454]

That Tyco model was from the early to mid 70s. I still have two...

[@harrtwins1237]

Wow that is a cool engine merry Christmas

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks, you too!

[@codyd3715]

Love the restoration

[@trainboi]

well i mean your a model railroad museum so yeah???

[@sethandotts3763]

You're*

[@aaronsadowski1691]

@@sethandotts3763 no one cares bro

[@SMTMainline]

Something like that, yeah.

[@sethandotts3763]

@I hate black People Marci?

[@Traincraft101]

Hey I have that same exact loco!

[@SMTMainline]

Nice

[@1jalenhurts412]

This is cool,u inspired me to buy my first lot off of eBay

[@SMTMainline]

That's nice, what kind did you get?

[@levisariverpro]

crap I was in the shower when this got uploaded.

[@smoothcriminal9698]

I’m struggling to see what anyone would do with this information

[@levisariverpro]

@@smoothcriminal9698 ya know, I am to lol.

[@iatif1995]

Hey SMT Mainline! I have the EXACT locomotive and it doesnt run and it is missing a bogie frame

[@SMTMainline]

That's too bad. Do you plan to get it working?

[@iatif1995]

I dont know.

[@Techmonies92]

You should do a December 2020 locomotive tour

[@SMTMainline]

Maybe 2021?

[@Techmonies92]

@@SMTMainline yeah sure it would take a long time to get all of them out

[@izzynutz2000]

This was my first HO train when I was a kid it came in a set

[@Bonzoguy66]

Also mine....came from italian LIMA

[@downeasterstudios]

I just brought one of these yesterday!

[@SMTMainline]

Funny coincidence.

[@heyitshenry1383]

Nice vid

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks

[@jack-o-lantern5274]

Recently i got a silver diesel ho loco but, apparently the person at the store said that it "tried to move" when he tested it. The wiring looks fine. What do you think might be wrong?

[@SMTMainline]

Have you tried cleaning the wheels?

[@jack-o-lantern5274]

@@SMTMainline so. I tried that as well as cleaning my testing track and adding oil to the locomotive and now it runs very smoothly.

[@DowneastProductions211]

Well folks in today's video!

[@SMTMainline]

Yeah!

[@cnwproductions]

4 steps of watching smt repair vid 1) Click of Video 2) AUTOMATICALLY LEAVE A LIKE 3) See what locomotive Harrison is repairing 4) SKIP to end to see his new masterpiece

[@SMTMainline]

Haha, thanks!

[@cnwproductions]

@@SMTMainline you welcome congrats on 20K

[@UP-gv9bn]

Lol I meanwhile I just converted one of those exact Tyco switchers to DCC the other day, I even uploaded a small video of it!

[@ScrapyardScriptures]

I have this same model, got it to run with a lot of care and effort, it's a smooth runner, but when you get up to speed, everyone at a trainshow last year heard it though the whole building and it was a decently sized one too over everyone talking and the trains themselves The couplers are always a pain to replace, I know your pain, not to mention I see the horn snapped off on yours two, thats ironic.

[@SMTMainline]

I think this one needs a bit of oil and grease although I have yet to find out how to access the gear box.

[@ScrapyardScriptures]

@@SMTMainline If memory serves me right since I haven't needed to open up mine for a couple months ago, It should open up from the bottom, or on the motor casing, I can tell you once I manage or remember how to open it, for lubrication on mine, I used a brand called Goo-Gone, which works really well and the Railroad Club I'm in has a bottle of it, which is how I found out about it. I'm glad if I helped you out with this dilemma.

[@WTafterburner]

Merry Christmas SMT! I just got COVID so I missed thanksgiving with family bc of travel restrictions and now no Christmas with family bc of COVID

[@SMTMainline]

Merry Christmas. I'm sorry to hear about what happened, I hope you get better soon.

[@Mr.Civ_WX]

Ive been waiting...so long for this video

[@SMTMainline]

Victory.

[@Mr.Civ_WX]

@@SMTMainline thanks i just could not figure out how to get the engine off

[@Zebrails]

When it sounds like a coffee grinder, it's perfectly tuned. You dun well, Dr.Trainman, SMT. You dun well! John Kamloops, BC. Drink Quebec Maple.

[@SMTMainline]

Yep, super heathy and certainly *not* in need of oil. I will drink the Quebec Maple, they make it best!

[@Zebrails]

@@SMTMainline Quebec Maple Coke, that is...

[@themightyhood-4117]

it wasn't in bad condition, she was just well loved is all

[@workin4ever118]

I found one of those at an antique store in a yellow and blue varient for 15 bucks with the guard rail piece

[@Petemonster62]

The yellow & blue color scheme was one used by Santa Fe for their switchers & road freight engines. I think Santa Fe painted its very first diesel switchers black.

[@SMTMainline]

Doesn't seem like a bad deal if it was a runner.

[@crsrdash-840b5]

Great work. Do you still have those motors you purchased a while back to replace older ones? Have you installed any more in any other locomotives?

[@SMTMainline]

I still have them but I haven't installed them on any other locos. They are ready if I need to though.

[@Projeect2008]

i have a santa fe 0-6-0 and runs but i lost it so idk if it runs

[@SMTMainline]

Have you tested it?

[@Projeect2008]

@@SMTMainline no i haven't found it yet sadly but its a bachmann not a tyco.

[@rrrailservicehoscalemodelr4734]

The blackness inside the shell suggests overheating. All that oil on commutator may have shortened the electrical circuit and caused smoldering.

[@theoldbayrailfan]

I’m getting one of those for Christmas

[@SMTMainline]

Very nice.

[@TRRailfan]

Did the AT&SF ever have small diesel switcher locomotives like this? Did they ever have a paint scheme like this? Great job with the restoration as always Harrison!

[@SMTMainline]

Not that I'm aware of but the Santa fe had a lot of different locos and paint schemes throughout the years so they might have had something similar.

[@LeoA2600]

The Tyco is a fictional locomotive design. The Santa Fe though did have small numbers of industrial sized switchers including several GE 44 tonners, some Whitcombs and Plymouths, etc. Some of their oddballs though were just for working things like tie plants and weren't even standard gauge.

[@whiteknightcat]

Here is some info on this product. It was essentially a "toy train" offering back in the day. It's loosely based on Plymouth-built switchers more often designed for narrow gauge use. An example might be the Midwest Central's unit #14. (Google image search for pictures) tycotrain.tripod.com/tycobrownboxdiesels/id16.html

[@SMTMainline]

Interesting history. I recently purchased the transformers loco also included in that article although it has a power torque drive instead of the MU2.

[@chetitosgarcia7379]

YES JUST IN TIME TO LOOK UP SMT MAINLINE

[@SMTMainline]

Yeah!

[@PuffyQuin4]

On my dads we just had to push them back in forth but then it’s started right up

[@erikthepirate8068]

Looks nice if you ask me.

[@cecilsdiecast8860]

Hi how can I clean the wheels on my train what can I use to do that

[@SMTMainline]

Rubbing alcohol and Q-tips usually get the job done unless you have a track cleaner.

[@cecilsdiecast8860]

Ok thank you

[@robadams5799]

That was my first model train too, circa 1974. Do they exist in real life, 1:1 scale? I've never seen one, even on You Tube.

[@SMTMainline]

I think similar locomotives exist but I don't think these were made to scale.

[@theoldbayrailfan]

Hey SMT what happened to your Road

[@SMTMainline]

It's getting redone.

[@DanRailbro]

Tyco of course

[@SMTMainline]

Of corse!

[@christiancarter7563]

I have one of these that needs a lot of work. Lol

[@SMTMainline]

If it's a power torque that would make sense.

[@scottpecorino6320]

The hospital of trains

[@zacharywalker8132]

Isn't that tyco mantua?

[@joemama-sl4cn]

I have the same loco but in union Pacific colors, but it works ok

[@alcopower5710]

The best 8 letter word in model railroading.......starts with a S and ends with a Y.

[@molliemagill1069]

Actually it’s one 8 letter word and 1 3 letter word

[@SMTMainline]

I like that.

[@wdd6864]

Isn’t that a Plymouth Loco?

[@nwisdrebeccaholtey5092]

hi ware do you git your trains

[@MSRTA_Productions]

He gets them from a train store, hobby shop & ebay

[@SMTMainline]

What the other guy said but also antique stores and train shows.

[@MLWQC]

Cool!!!

[@PoconoMountaineer405]

any good layout has a tyco 040 switcher :}

[@SMTMainline]

I agree 👍

[@grandiose00]

My friend has a tyco 040 loco but i’m trying to help him with it because it doesn’t work

[@marka5478]

Way oversized for HO scale, but almost right for S scale.

[@jdmills4370]

Bonus Has the older MU2 motor

[@SMTMainline]

Yeah, I was happy to discover that. The power torques aren't too hard to fix but they also aren't reliable.

[@juansilveti9336]

que hermosa maquina saludos

[@amyheikkinen4458]

I have the Same train and it can run

[@SMTMainline]

Nice

[@amyheikkinen4458]

Ik right

[@markstrudwick926]

If I do the same this can I fix my Santa Fe super chief

[@SMTMainline]

It might have a different problem though.

[@markstrudwick926]

Yeah like the light turns on and the engine sounds like it is running but it doesn’t

[@Badumpop]

Is Life Like a Bad model train company cause im confused on its reputation

[@SMTMainline]

Life Like Proto trains were great. Regular life like trains were low quality although not the worst out there and they also were fairly cheap so I wouldn't expect too much of them. Good sets to get started with if you didn't have a ton to spend.

[@sunnyunfunny]

i have that

[@johnkuzma7066]

What?! You removed all the patina aka realistic watering, people pay good money to make there engines look dirty. Its strange when one can just leave the locomotive on the shelf for a few decades!

[@SMTMainline]

Pretty dumb on my part, I will have to stick it on a shelf for 20 years to get it back lol.

[@Petemonster62]

@@SMTMainline It is possible that Santa Fe ran their switchers through the washer once in a while.

[@nessarothstein9021]

train crash to day Train derailment and evacuation in Custer Whatcom County look this up

[@ericzerkle5214]

I have a Life Like version.... Runs like a scared rabbit as expected.

[@SMTMainline]

Not much work for the motor plus most of them have 3 poles which are quicker then 5 poles.

[@billgoin4004]

I've had one since 1978 runs like hell

[@ozloon2000]

haw many burnt fingers

[@SMTMainline]

Not many.

[@needmorecowbell6460]

Youve got a bad habit of walking off without turning your power off when checking engines... your gonna burn something up

[@timpriddy349]

You got the market cornered on used motors no one wants

[@SMTMainline]

That's the best part, people don't want junked engines so they can be found really cheap.

[@evanstraintubeyt6950]

Any one else notice the little “text” on the thumbnail

[@SMTMainline]

My bad.

[@evanstraintubeyt6950]

Np