Darth's Train Shop - Mass Train Repair #3 Part 1!

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@JerseyBill-x9r 23 күн бұрын

Well Darth, this was a journey and a half and must have taken a week worth of work between the repairs, finding parts, painting in some cases, servicing, and the longest part of all editing. Great job and video, Jersey Bill

@MozanaRN Ай бұрын

I enjoyed your video Darth. Many of the locomotives you worked on I have in my retro vintage fleet of the pre-China import era relics which were primarily collected in the 90s. I believe the last locomotive presented in your excellent video, the Model Power Santa Fe FA2, is Model Powers move away from Roco and toward Mehano in the later part of their marketing. The Italian style motor you revealed was new to me . All my later day Model Power FA2s have Mabuchi motors over the power truck which to me was a serious downgrade from the original. Yours was a rare specimen for me. It's now on the list. Thank you for sharing and demonstrating how to gain access to these devices. Carry on and keep up the good work. Sincerely, George

@Zebrails Ай бұрын

52:40 You could MU the A and B units together with a drawbar and wires giving the A unit 16 wheel pick up... 1:34:00 You got a rare "Reading" GP 20... John

@kriscarver-seaboyer9204 2 ай бұрын

That old brass E7 was interesting. The weight shaped like a prime mover was, as you said, a hallmark of the old Tenshodo F units (that had some really weird dimensions). Can only guess that a previous owner had one that was also in pieces and couldn’t remember what parts went to what model.

@johnparker7874 2 ай бұрын

The Tyco C630. One of the best shells on the cheapest drive known to man.........

@w.rustylane5650 2 ай бұрын

That brass E-7 that has the 7 pole motor is begging for some neodymium magnets. Cheers from eastern TN

@DarthSantaFe 2 ай бұрын

@@w.rustylane5650 I used to do that more frequently, but then I got the remagnetizer tool. It’s saved me quite a few good magnets!

@NorthernWolf76 2 ай бұрын

I WOULD LOVE to own that A+B pair of Roco FA-1'a. I LOVE those units. I have a number of them already and would love to have more of them.

@DarthSantaFe 2 ай бұрын

@@NorthernWolf76 Be sure to watch the Community tab posts on my page!

@kriscarver-seaboyer9204 2 ай бұрын

Before the Proto 2000 FA2 came on the scene in ‘89-‘90, the Roco-built Model Power FA was the go-to. That huge can motor and flywheel made for a solid and reliable runner. Funny thing is that even Model Railroader magazine didn’t know exactly what to call it, as it’s got a mishmash of FA1 and FA2 details, although the length of the model is closest to the FA1.

@cacline72 2 ай бұрын

Great video! Slight correction at 1:14:40 that is an SDP40, not an SDP45, the SDP45 has flared radiators and is slightly longer.

@DarthSantaFe 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! I corrected myself a few minutes later in the video.

@FoxCatcher_Designs 2 ай бұрын

Great video! Thank you for sharing your work! If you don't mind my asking, what type of traction tires do you use to replace those that are broken or missing?

@DarthSantaFe 2 ай бұрын

@@FoxCatcher_Designs Thanks! I use Calumet traction tires.

@FoxCatcher_Designs 2 ай бұрын

@@DarthSantaFe Awesome, thank you! I will check those out.

@quintinbarnhart 2 ай бұрын

This looks like it won’t need much work *motor unresponsive * well, I guess it will. 😂 always love your content, Darth

@bigwoz78 2 ай бұрын

Nice video. Quite a few older units I have never seen before.

@RJCormanRailfan 2 ай бұрын

I've never seen an armature with three differently colored coils!

@vincenttolve9756 2 ай бұрын

Another excellent presentation.

@wstrenseho Ай бұрын

Ótimo vídeo.

@kenmunozatmmrrailroad6853 2 ай бұрын

Stay trim, keep playing, and homage to all as we age up🤟🏽

@WWIIREBEL 2 ай бұрын

That brass E7 reminded me of the "brass" E7-B unit that was made for Sunset Models ,that i found for 8 bucks at the local hobby shop. Thing is.. it was heavily coated in yellow and green paint . When i scrubbed off the paint though, i discovered that the brass finish came off ,revealing it was stamped sheet metal with brass plating,lol.

@DarthSantaFe 2 ай бұрын

I think there were some "brass" models that were actually made with polished nickel-silver or were plated with nickel or stainless steel. It was to make it easier to paint them for railroads that had polished silver siding.

@christopherdelgaudio9484 2 ай бұрын

Great stuff Darth very enjoyable!!

@thomasryan9639 2 ай бұрын

Great video! You seem to know a lot about repairing old locos. I have 3 RS-3 locomotives from Athearn that completely stopped running, and I bought them about 10 years ago. Any suggestions on how to get them to run? I emailed Athearn about it but they said they don't have any replacement parts available. Must have just been a bad run of this model..

@DarthSantaFe 2 ай бұрын

@@thomasryan9639 Thanks! The early run RS-3 had issues with black paint getting into the square axle bearing slots, which can cause arcing and oxidation buildup over time. I’d start by cleaning up all the contact points and scraping any black paint out of those slots.