i never fail to be truly amazed at how knowledgeable you are about the different brands of locomotives, very impressive!

GREAT FINDS SMT! The ATSF Number 92 is an F45. The CSX Unit is a C40-8W by Spectrum in the YN2 paint scheme. The Spectrum drives are really simple to work on. I have an SD45 and a C40-8 by spectrum and they are really good runners!

Those are great scores! The Big Boy looks like it’s a “Red Box” era model, from the late 90s I believe, before Hornby took over. Though the cool white LED headlight makes me wonder whether it’s something that was retrofitted or original to the engine. If it is original, it could be a later model. The Red Box models came with incandescent headlights. They were also much better than the AHM-era models, as they came with lower profile wheel flanges, better gear ratio and a flywheeled motor. They run better and are more reliable than their predecessors. Looking forward to seeing the locomotives fixed up!

I love when he says “well folks in today’s video” big fan have a good day SMT! From PA

Always nice to see the most beat up ones working well 😂 I don’t know why but it’s reassuring

So I was a train show in Brooklawn NJ today with a few buddies, one of my buddies brought his little brother with him and the kid is obsessed with the Acela. We visited a hobby shop after and he couldn't take his eyes off the Atlas Acela set. So you aren't wrong about the Acela being popular. At least his won't fly off the table wink wink. Good one Harrison -KJP

I’m pretty sure that modern Rivarossi bigboy was still in production until recently just judging by the detail and drive I’m also guessing this because I’ve seen modern Rivarossi engines before. You should combine your Acelas to make a close to mint one! Nice grab SMT!

SMT Mainline: I don't think it will run. CSX Loco: "Wanna bet?" Proceeds to run *perfectly* out of pure spite.

I believe the CSX was a weathering effect mimicking flood damage from Florida lol. Good haul Harrison🚂🇨🇦🙋

The ATSF F7 is from Model Power's "Metal Train" line. It and the all metal freight cars made to go with it were one of their last efforts in the 2000's to stay relevant in the hobby, around the same time they bought Mantua. It was well reviewed and very affordable, but it unfortunately didn't sell well next to the thousand other F unit models that were already around at the same time.

It's nice to see you have a new eBay lot video. i finished all the others in around three hours, the locomotives look like a great addition to your collection.

Bachmann has gotten better over the last ten years or so, especially their spectrum locomotives. You might need a gearbox cover for the rear of that CSX dash 8, otherwise it will probably work. The passenger unmarked Santa Fe F7 is a newer cast metal Model Power/new mantua locomotive. The Athearn blue box unit is only missing it's numberboard piece.

As others have said, the CSX is a Dash 8 40CW. I photographed these General Electric Dash 8's in both CSX and ConRail paint on the ex-B & O Philadelphia mainline through southwest Philadelphia when they were brand new in the early 1990's.

The Athearn FP45 brings back memories. My very first Athearn loco was a Milwaukee Road FP45 bought with saved up work and allowance money back when I was 15 years old. Think I paid $36 for it, which was a fortune to me. The Spectrum Dash 9 was a surprise to run that well in that condition, but will be an easy fix once you get the parts.

once in a while you luck out and a junker turns out to be just a diamond in the raw.

Hello there I have a Rivarossi BB #4001. It is the Rivarossi 50 year jubilee version (1945 - 1995). I purchased it in near mint condition a couple of years ago. The eBay seller did not know it was DCC sound equipped, so the price of 150 euros proved to be very reasonable. I made a number of modifications to the loco. I replaced the sole sugarcube speaker with an iPhone speaker in the loco and a bass speaker in the tender, making the whole tender a speaker enclosure. The difference in sound quality is astounding. I also modified the draw bar between loco and tender so it can carry four electric wires to the tender, two for the bass speaker and two for the retrofitted LED rear light. The connectors are of the USB micro type. I shortened the original draw bar and 3D printed shells for the connectors. You can lift the loco in the air and dangle it down from the tender without the connectors working loose. I have all the paperwork for the model, so if you cannot find an exploded diagram of the loco, I can scan mine and email to you. My loco is able to negotiate second radius curves without any difficulty, which is quite suprising for a model of this size. I hope you get your BB in working order and find a tender for it. Take care! Kind regards, Mika

You got a lot of nice quality engines. The Bachmann CSX looks like someone accidentally set it on the soldering iron, the Big Boy looks like one of the drive rods are bent. They should all run great after a little maintenance.

Congrats on the haul. Looking forward to future videos on these. 💕😊

It’s going to be great seeing these engines repaired, especially the CSX Dash-8. Keep up the great work!

Love the unboxing and fixing videos!!!

Your channel always makes my day.

Wow SMT another Big Boy, you gotta do a Big Boy Running Session or something like that. Great Vid SMT!

The CSX locomotive with the rekted gear box is a miracle locomotive. It ran with relative ease with a totally crippled drive.

I would have never thought that Bachmann Dash 8-40CW would run, that's insane! My only guess would be that the previous owner used lubricants with a petroleum base, I've heard those types of lubricants will eat away at the plastic and corrode the wheels! The Santa Fe F7 is a Model Power "Metal Train" piece, I have the same locomotive, only mine came in a set that also featured rolling stock made entirely of metal. What's really cool is these locomotives also featured lighted number boards and came DCC ready or equipped the MRC DCC/sound decoder, which was pretty rare on a more budget friendly model at the time these came out which was somewhere in the mid to late 2000s. I remember seeing an identical Santa Fe FP45 sitting in a hobby shop in Kansas City, Missouri many years ago, should have bought that locomotive looking back on it! The unit actually wears an early version of Santa Fe's resurrected red/silver "Superfleet" scheme which was brought back in 1989 to advertise Santa Fe's high speed intermodal and general freight service.

My son has me watch this particular video like 6 times a day. He's 3.5 and autistic and model trains are his JAM. If you see this, I want you to know he's been wrapping (retired, not working, gifted) ho trains in bubble wrap, putting them in boxes, and "unboxing them" he's even turning them around in his hands and "talking" about each train he "unboxes" Then he will "test" them on the carpet where they get a judgment of "wow, okay!" Or "hmmm, that might need work" ❤️😂 he sends his utmost affection

Love the big boy one of my favorite locomotives

Great finds man! Can't wait to see you work on fixing the big boy. Hopefully you can also find a spare tender car to go with it.

That Big Boy is a Rivarossi red box, which I also have one of. They were in production in 1996 but run like an absolute DREAM. Mine is pretty much in mint condition, with the original box and everything.

Fun lot of locomotives, best of luck fixing up that Big Boy

The Athens blue box ATSF F 45 number 92 is part of the Illinois railroad museum, They got it running, That's one of the hard models to find

I’m so excited for you! That turned out to be quite a haul.

spectrum has my respect. they run very well.

The acelas are great if you swpa dcc in them got a set of them and it runs great

Well dang that's a good lot of stuff you bought.the Santafe I looked it up could be a model power or a walthers mainline. Not surprised that and the Athearn run like new they were made with very high standards I would think. Another big boy geez she's a runner that's grand just unfortunate how the driver's lock up. The acela looks a bit high off the frame to wheels I could be wrong but it's how it looks to me. The bachmann OMG I'm surprised it's running with all that corrosion. Good video. The Athearn PA I bought has a very very different drive system with bearings and metal trucks no joke. I'm curious when that was made I'm sure 1980s maybe

This pack was full of surprises very nice

Patience may be rewarded for that Big Boy. It seems to have a solid motor and drivetrain, so finding a matching tender and carefully diagnosing the chassis is next to do. Both aren't simple tasks but the more careful you are the better the end model will be!

I live right next to a museum who’s actually preserved a Santa Fe fp45!

Who wants to bet on if the new Acela will also be cursed

This is a good time to say bro got Magic Tracks like wow great buy SMT!

I'm glad that CSX worked. I'm pretty sure it was picking up Power from Just the six front wheels that were clean. We even better when you get the other six wheels cleaned up.

The Santa FE F7A is a metal version from Model Power, and I like how smooth it runs. If I can find one for a good price, I will consider it.

Amazing 🤩

5 runners unbelievable!!!

One of the better lots that you have gotten.

Awesome find my friend.

i just found your channel. great stuff man.

Best lot ever!

Wow bro thats an amazing haul there and i might be sad if usps mustve damaged them during shipping idk but I’m glad most of them work which it’s surprising.

You know it’s a good night when Smt posts a video

Nice lot SMT! I think that you can get that Acela running and then get your other Acela and put both of them back to back and run them, that would be something. Just to let you know on the Rivarossi Big Boy, I have that same exact one and the tender has chuffing noises in it. You put a battery into it and then there is a switch on the bottom to turn on or off the chuffing noises. So when you are looking for the right tender you know what to look for. Also that CSX locomotive, I have high hopes that you could get that thing riding the rails once again. Anyways, really nice lot and I cannot wait to see some videos on those trains you got in that lot!

Awesome Big Boy

4:51 that big boy is a athern Genesis SMT

Hello SMT. I enjoy these unboxing videos.

bro probably has like 5 bigboys in his train collection🤣🤣

Another banger man! Way to go!

Check the front set of driving wheels on the big boy, it might not be sitting up in the frame all the way. I dropped mine back when I was little and it done something similar to it but I sent mine to the shop to get it fixed

Pretty surprising that the dash 8 ran considering the damage, great video Harrison!

Great find

Awesome haul, that CSX unit is a Dash8, look at the trucks, the dash8s have a U shape to them were as a Dash9s trucks are more straight.

YAY FINALLY I GOT MY AT&SF FP45

This lot of engines is about 30 years old. Athearn wasn't making locomotives yet. The big boys were all either Concor or Riverossi.

Great lot !

I love your videos

Drive on the BB looks just like the one I have from about 1998. Still a good model and well worth restoring.

1:29 I love that acela

Nice Trains! I subscribed!

The damage on the CSX locomotive could be caused by some lubricant, but it is likely something we will never know the answer to.

nice haul harrison i am surprised they all run

👉 8:40 Theory. Someone drilled into the truck frame to lube it. It also looks like they put in a large brass gear that needed a bit more clearance.

You never seize to amaze me Harrison. Great job man. Is it possible to clean your HO scale track too much? Also that CSX loco is a C40-8W

Also I love the CSX dash 8

FP45 are my fav diesel locomotive

That Rivarossi big boy was from the 1990’s run, before they sold to hornby

That has got to be the Most realistic CSX Engine I have ever seen 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I found a NS c40-8 on eBay for $60 and it was a runner !

Cool!

I love the CSX dash 8! Its surprising how it ran when you can see that theres something “wrong” with it!

Hermosas locomotoras

I think that you got a good deal for all of them iv seen athearn blue box's go for about 250 us which is expansive but I like athearns and i have one myself and its a amazing loco so i have to agree with you that athearn blue box's are great engines and bachmann's aren't cheap either so all and all you got a good deal and just one more thing I was shocked that the CSX Dash 8 ran because of the shape of the back truck but its great that you good a runner out of it

Great lot

The UP "Big Boy" is a CSA-1 Class 4-6-6-4 Challenger.

@SMT Mainline how much do these types of things usually cost? (That is for the ho scale trains)

Oh you have them too I'm a big fan of trains I have those but a. Bit bigger all I need is the eletric thing to start them up

I am surprised you got a big boy I am very jealous

The CSX engine was a GE-8 the GE-9s have bigger radiator covers

Looks like you got a decent lot there, the F3 looks to be a Kato F3 from the late 1980s, every bit as reliable as the old Athearn blue box models

Nice lot! I’m surprised that CSX engine actually ran!!!

SMT mainline love your videos anyways if I go to Canada is there any good places to go?

Nice!

It would be neat if you turn the big boy into a Zombie survival/apocalypse train if you cant fix the cosmetic damage

Pretty sure I saw the smoke box cover in the bubble wrap. I finally figured out what is wrong with my big boy. It is a rivarossi red box 4011 just like the one you just got. Min has the wrong set of drivers in the front set and it is causing the drive to bind up sometimes.

Nice group of locos you got, I was wondering if you ever do a repair vid on the CSX Dash-9 That would be helpful for me because i have a similar locomotive like That!

That first Santa Fe F7 is a Model Power Metal Train, I have one and it is quiet and a great runner

I have a few HO scale trains, a Santa Fe, a Burlington, northern a union pacific in Rock Island, boxcar And some other train cars

Hey SMT I was wondering if you still did repairs or whatever you would call adding a dcc decoder to an older engine? I didn’t think you did anymore I just wanted to check.

Nice video!

The big boy is a red box rivarossi. I can tell by the underside of the locomotive. I own a Redbox Grayhound challenger and It a great runner.

Check the minimum radius required for the Big Boy. If your track radius is too small, that will cause the lifting up as it starts into the curve.

i have a small fleet of those war bonnet f units!

wow that soo cool