N scale Con-Cor U-50 Motor

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Does any one have a source for a motor for a Con-Cor U-50 ?

thanks

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HERE’S ONE ON EBAY

http://cgi.ebay.com/CON-COR-001-003301-Union-Pacific-U-50-Diesel-Engine-U50_W0QQitemZ360103325345QQcmdZViewItemQQptZModel_RR_Trains?hash=item360103325345&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A4|65%3A10|39%3A1|240%3A1318

YOU CAN TRY HERE ALSO

http://www.con-cor.com/roundhse/nparts.htm

Mike

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My favourite diesel, but somehow I don’t think the real locos had 4½’’ ( or larger) handrails as depicted on the model, what are these people thinking???

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I have several of these both U50C & U50D. They are Overland brass. They are the ugliest brute strength looking Loco’s out there. I love them. I contacted a friend of mine who has a few in N scale, he might know were to get the motor for you. I’ll let you know.

Mike

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Here is the Con Cor part number and price.

Motor #09-200051                        29.98
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thank you for all your help

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Has anyone made a U50 in plastic?? or were the brass the only ones made (excluding n-scale)

I’m not a diesel fan but this locomotive actually looks like a locomotive rather than a metal container for a motor, by far my favourite diesel locomotive, AND, are there any of these still existing???

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I don’t recall either the 50 or the 50C ever being produced in plastic in HO-Scale. A now long-lost-acquaintance of mine was an Onion Specific nut and he had three or four 50Cs; I don’t know why this crosses my mind but I thought that his were from Trains, Inc but they could well have been from Overland. The main thing I remember is that I wasn’t particularly impressed with the way they ran.

Someone–Jim Kelly from the MR staff I believe–did a conversion article for a U50C from Con-Cor’s standard U50. If memory serves me he repowered the thing to improve its performance. I ran into the article sometime last Spring before the summer heat forced me out of the non-AC environment in the Mobile Home next door;were anyone interested I could probably relocate it since it would be in one of my magazine boxes that are correctly labeled.