So I’m seeing this sale for some trains on Craigslist.
The seller inhertided them . Among the trains are these 2 mystery replacement looking engines in boxes . I can’t figure out what they are or who made them !
Maybe someone here can ??
THANKS !!
Not me but here is your pic
Thanks SO much !
TinyPic website is GONE !
I was just struggling to find something else, and could figure this place out !
Maybe I doubled up on it !
Thanks again !
You’re welcome. Imgur works for me.
The soldering looks home spun. The bottom engine is pretty wide. I don’t have a clue.
Maybe these are a part of a kit that got started !?
Here is a picture of I think other parts .
Yes I just use Imgur !
THANKS.
Looks like old Front Range GP7 - GP9 frames to me…
It appears to be a late run of the Model Power GP20 without the upper weight/cover.
Mel
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I’m beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
Possably an older Stewart locomotive ?
The motor’s look very familiar to me… but I just can’t place it.
Those are definitely old Front Range frames, but based on the boxes they may be some of the ones sold about 20 years ago under the “Trains Unlimited” name. I recognize the boxes because I ordered a couple of them back then.
The drive train sure looks like Athearn, but the frames, not so much. I guess I would have to agree with Arjay1969, about the Front Range frames.
Mike
If the price was anything close to reasonable I would buyu those in a heartbeat.
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If nothing else, they could form the basis for some fun projects.
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-Kevin
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Reminds me of rail power products frames. With a complete athearn newer drive line added.
Wolfie
Was Front Range a step up to what was available back then?
Yes, it was. First plastic GP7 / 9 with a scale width hood. They had 2 different mechanisms…the one shown above with an Athearn motor, and a nicer one that had a Mashima can motor. The trucks were the weak link, but they could be replaced using Athearn parts.
I just did a little searching around, and the Worth Point web site has a Trains Unlimited GP9, and it’s in the same box, with the same foam inserts.
Mike.
Those look like Athearn blue box motors, flywheels and gearboxes. The clip has been replaced with a set of wires. If I could see the sides better and the bottom I could probably tell you the exact model.
I built up a pair of Front Range GP7s for our RR club and those frames appear to me to be most definitely Front Range fitted with Athearn motors.[C):-)]