🎵Smooooke on the motor, fire in the sky. 🎵 I admire that you didn’t give up. If those wheels could talk.

you certainly are the "Engine Whisperer" : )

You certainly have the "knack", patience, and optimism when working on there old engines. Very enjoyable watching you.

Great save Harrison

So glad to see it running. I don't think I have ever seen one in such bad shape in all the times I have been watching. Great job Harrison. 💕😊💕

Nice Job Harrison.

That's a lovely looking loco, many hard h o miles over the years, well done for saving it 👏

that motor is strikingly reminscent of the aurora pancake motors used in the h/o slot cars.used to rewind them for more speed.brushes were the same though notched for the pick up on the bottom.as this came from tyco i betcha thats what they used.tyco also had h/o slot cars,gheez i just gave my age away.saw that motor and wham out came those days.

Not giving up is also a skill. Seeing thet even you have setbacks gives me hope.

Next week on My Strange Addiction: Harrison of Quebec and his E7 Tycos.

That was a great repair. It is a beautiful engine glad to see it running again

Nice looking engine, so glad is a runner again.

A real challenge well met, Harrison. Each of your repair and restore videos provides a "how to" lesson for further reference if encountering something similar in the future. Many thanks.

"Out for a Rip!" Nice lol That's a nice E unit 👌 🚂🇨🇦

Out of all of my years of being where I'm at, I have never seen a Tyco E7.

I love the fact you got this one running. It's a shame the old motor was neglected however it's good to see it running once again good work.

I love what you did with that mess. Enjoyed watching you bring it back from the dead. Great job

OMG !! I almost fell on the floor !! When I saw the New Haven engine, I thought right away, that it was a Lionel EP5. Oh, BTW, I do, own a 1957 New Haven 'O' gauge EP5. I've owned since 1957, when I was 14 yrs. old. Sorry for going off topic. But, you did surprise me !

Just a thought, use rubbing alcohol and a stiff toothbrush to clean the goop. Dries fast and doesn't risk a short. Those springs are a tell...the temper was cooked out of them, the first sign of really serious overheating. That beautiful McGinnis paint looks great running again... good show.

WELL DONE!

Another successful repair!

great video

Wow pretty cool these videos help me out a lot

Nice vid!! The New Haven Railroad never had EMD E7 units. Instead EMD FL-9 locomotives were the main power source for passenger service from late 1950's, through the 1960's.

I have mine running smooth as a top.. we have about 30 of these .. I guess they’re getting old but these were very nice at the time except the wrong trucks which they put the Alco trucks on every 6 wheeler. I do have Proto and Brass versions PFM of these also. Nice to see the younger generation discover these ild girls.

Nice locomotive E7 in HO scale. Good job in repair the locomotive. Run in the layout.

Good job, Harrison.

Oh that’s great

What a great paint scheme

WOW that was a bad motor though but im glad it worked again!

I would imagine with a magnet recharge, that loco would run quite well. Imagine all of the stress that the old grease put on them!

Late But yes another Vintage Train SMT repairs happy to See it Running Again

The New Haven is the best Haven 😁 Seriously tho I love the New Haven

Looks like you got another good one SMT, nice work! By the way, there's a BN version of this locomotive and what's so unusual about it is the paint scheme. It has this almost Neon green and white scheme, I saw it on jlwii2000's April Fool's video.

I once had a NH E9 I miss it :

beautiful loco. But Kudos to you repaired it.

they make their return..

Good looking engine.

Nice! I just got a tyco U36-b running again! It was kinda a Frankenstein's monster of different tyco parts but it works great.

You let the magic smoke out!

Hi . Try Out Orange Cleaner to Clean the Motor parts ! I use it to Clean my Locomotivs. Take some warm Water and a little Bit of the Orange Cleaner in the Water. Put the drive bogie in it and Clean all with an soft Brush . After Cleaning put it in Clean Water and let it dry. Greetings from Germany Sascha

He saves anther Tyco! That motor looked as bad as the GG-1 I repaired.

Nice engine

Good looking unit. definitely worth the spare parts you had to use. E units are my favorite of the old streamlined diesels.

That lokomotiv looks beutiful.

Idea: find a VR class B I think they are called? It's from triang and an aussie loco which might be cool to have and maybe be interesting to repair for a video?

Those vertical motors, man... They run awful, they're hard to replace, and they are WEAK. I give up on them usually, but glad to see you got at least ONE to work.

SO I have this Rhode Island tyco diesel and the motor for it is odd. I've never seen it before, and I don't know how to fix it because it keeps spinning the rear set of wheels causing it to derail.

Nice work. I might actually be learning a little about electric .toots here!

Hey Harrison, Very impressive video of that Old Tyco New Haven E-7. It's a amazing how the Old Tyco Engines holds up after all those years and Last for a Very long time Too! I Really don't think that a Bachmann Locomotives will last that Long! Especially when it's made in China. Tyco Engines are made in the USA and it's more better material than China made! As you can see! Thank You for Sharing that fascinating video! 👍🚂🚂🚆🚉🎥📷🏍️💨🇺🇸

Can you by chance make a small diagram of your layout? I’m planning on making a model train layout myself, and I may need ideas

I think all of the New Haven E7s you have were all broken when you got them.

Hi could we see some pictures of your layout as I need some inspiration for mine and yours looks great

Fantasy scheme. NH never had E units. FL9 and EP electrics

You could probably use automotive brake cleaner on the metal parts. It's hot, though, it will melt some plastics.

Looks like you got a really nice model of a New Haven locomotive. She ran pretty fast towards the end of the break in test.

I always thought Tyco went too far with some of the "artistic license" they took when marketing their products in the 1970s. It did save them money to use the trucks and power unit from the C-630, but the average modeler was not impressed. Model railroaders, however, were not their market. They sold toys! Having worked for a toy store in the mid 1970s, we sold thousands of Tyco starter sets, and additionally had many after sale purchases of their accessories and cars. Neither Bachmann or Life-Like were as big in North America back then. These were also the years of the Lionel HO line that Bachmann later incorporated parts of. Their big? competitor then was AHM, at least in our stores. From a repair standpoint, Tyco was fairly easy due the commonality of parts. But our store had a 90 day guarantee, and many "aftermarket" Tyco locomotives were acquired by customers "for free." Tyco did not want their "failed equipment" back, and most issues were due to over-oiling, pet hair, and running on the carpet. Usually, the store would just dump them, but I did repair a few, and with proper cleaning they ran like new. We would put them in the used cabinet at half the price of a new loco. Essentially, people got a new loco, for half price, sans box. Should you have the opportunity, pick up a Model Power E-7 from that era, which I found to be a much better loco.

your channel popped up on my feed recently and i know this video is a little old but i have two small pieces of advice in terms of tools to help, one is a proper soldering iron, i work on game consoles and use a hakko fx-888d and i think it would be perfect for this, second is a small sonic cleaner that you can put some cleaner/degreaser in and use it for small parts like those wheels etc to clean all the grease and dirt off, other wise awesome videos!

@smtmainline try taking the disassembled metal commutator without the coils the gears the wires anything else that would get by acid and dipping the disassembled metal commutator in a cup of Coca-Cola because the acid in Coca-Cola will clear all the gunk away

Need some traction tires. John

Too bad we can't swap an old bluebox drive under the hood. That would be the best!

Cool. Do you have any of them trains I not sure what it is called where the men do the pumping the bar like the one you did on the real rail road. that can go around the track just curios

Great content, thanks! Any chance you might be doing a beginner's guide for purchasing a first time train set? My grandson wants a set for Christmas and I don't have a clue, thxs!

For these types i use a ultrasone bath for extreme gross locs.

Oh btw there worth about 6 to 10 dollars depending on on the shell .. most guys just Re power these with a tsunami motor.

Hi

Ello

Though NH never had E units, you should have at least painted the trucks black.

can you do a livestrem over the weekend?

Yeah unless it's got a smoke unit smoking is generally not a good thing. Having gotten into a bunch of will it start and junkyard resurrection videos of late at least you don't have to deal with rat nests and racoon poop.

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This is an exaple of why you never run a train on bare carpet.

I don’t think that’s an e7 it was prob one of the NH’s weird specialized units

Can you get a nother go train

You have toooooooo many NH E7

Can you do a video of getting a ho scale train 🚂

I rebuilt one of these myself a few months ago. Only, I replaced the front "Fang" truck with the AAR type B truck Tyco made, in effect, making it a bit like the FL-9 wheel arrangement. Also painted the trucks black and painted the grilles on the side. And as usual for me, replaced the dummy truck with a second powered Powertorque motor and added some more weight to the loco. She pulls a train of six prewar American Flyer HO die cast Osgood Bradley coaches without issue.

@smtmainline Have you ever seen what Coca-Cola can do to a penny with years of old gum on it you'd be surprised at home at how the penny will be after sitting in the cup of Coca-Cola just try to give you a future but make sure you deep rinse the metal on the commutator off in Hot water after sitting in the cup of Coca-Cola so it doesn't get sticky

Yummy! fried armature

I got 2 motors in bad shape

Hey I got a brand new Tyco E7 model that I am going to use the body on to a Model Power / Roco chassis, I could trade you the complete chassis with trucks and motor. if you are interested as I will never use the motor, as I I want is the body itself.

This me Peter I would like you to look at my video of that bike tell what you think of it.

The railroad is New York central steam train 🚂

Why did the ols owner buy an engine if he doesnt know how to actually care for an engine bc engines actually need care

U shouldve got an new engine from the beginning

its an fl9 not an e7

Great video. However, I am wondering why the table is black and not a bright color? Would a bright color make it easier to find small pieces?

Hi SMT can I have a shout out in your next video?

I'm just asking if I give 20 dollars would you get me some ho tracks and or rolling stock but like I said I'm just asking

Ma chi ti ha insegnato a lavorare???topo Gigio????...

Just a thought, use rubbing alcohol and a stiff toothbrush to clean the goop. Dries fast and doesn't risk a short. Those springs are a tell...the temper was cooked out of them, the first sign of really serious overheating. That beautiful McGinnis paint looks great running again... good show.

Hi