Love seeing all your repair jobs on the old engines, being a model RR myself for over 59 years. Seeing all one can find inside them. Carpet fibers, pet hair to name a few. Bringing life back to them, that some gave up on getting to run again. Sine I do all scales I'v always have something to do to keep myself busy making repairs on my own equipment or for others, or running trains on my train layouts. Seeing the joy on kid's faces especially seeing their engines ruining again is priceless to me. At the same time teaching others to making there own repairs helps keeping the hobby alive and well for the next generation. Keep up the great work you're doing.🚂🚂👋👍👍👍🚂🚂

I love watching your videos, I'm an English man who's locos consist of mostly 2 differnt drive systems which are crap in their own way so watching you open up all these engines with so many different types of drives and gearing is mesmerising

Best of luck at the show!

I changed over 150 pieces of rolling stock to metal wheelsets and changed all talgo trucks to body mounted Kaydee couplers. As I went along I weathered each piece of rolling stock. Took me over 6 months. Cheers - TN

I liked this video so I went to ebay and bought one of the engines..This guy does great work.

Another virtuoso performance. Good luck with your new venture.

Attaching the motor with the tubing to the other motor to clean the commutator is a great idea!

I collect anything from the Central of Georgia since that's the road name I model. I am still lacking a few models for my Central of Georgia. So if you ever have any Central of Georgia I'm game for them. I also replaced all the magnets on all my open frame motors with rare earth magnets. It really makes a difference. Cheers from eastern TN

Great idea for a series. You shared lots of useful information. Many thanks.

That's a lovely collection of wonderful machines.!

This is a great idea ... man I wish I knew all thats in your head to be able to work backward and do these repairs as you do so easily. I love the old ones even though they might not be elite quality

Your 'Swedish' electric is actually Swiss :)

As someone who has only dealt with modern British OO Gauge stuff, seeing a manufacturer go for a rubber band drive is like something straight out of bizarro land.

Jaw dropped to the floor! I am so impressed with your expertise of these units!!! Wow!

Irv athearn was a model railroader in 0 scale 2 rail. He sold o'scale Parks long after other companies gave it up. What I loved about afternoon was that they were made in America. Forgive the poor spelling my smart phone is stupid

It's really interesting how there are so many approaches to powering these HO diesels. Especially when the Athearn design is just so good and simple and works so well (not counting the Hi-F "rocket sled" of course!).

Classic Old School trains and a great video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge, and best of luck with your new venture.

This was a big hit, I learned a lot from this video. Thanks for sharing your repair techniques 🚂

Loved this video. The European electric is Swiss National Railways.

Thanks again Darth Santa Fe, for another excellent, and very informative troubleshooting video! Your various excellent skills are amazing! (I have been watching this video, while finally unboxing, and upgrading my 50 year old model NYC subway cars, with Ancient Bowser drives).

Just wanted to say I really enjoyed watching your videos. You do some awesome work.

I love all wheel drive trains.

Considering that lifelike was a late comer into the Industry and apparently got everything from everyone's cast off, they certainly did their best. Especially considering that you can still find them everywhere. And whk knows how many folks got into the hobby through the cheap Christmas sets that were in just about every outlet imaginable. There must have been something in this company, as I understand that Walther's felt it worth their time to buy them up.

very therapeutic asmr watching & listing to your rebuilds. Is that a layout expansion that I spy?...

Great video! Wow!

Great work on the Mehano re-engine. I have a couple of those that I have torn down and taken the smoke unit out of them as they seem to heat up and melt the stack. One was bad enough I had to cut the melted stack out and replace it. Thanks for the great tutorial. Also if you are willing to snap off the plastics tracks on a Tyco MU2 you are able to access the commutator for cleaning. Little bit of clean up and hell superglue and the the trucks look good as new.

Having to go to OJ's for my train needs makes me miss my ho stuff. I am so glad I called up the railroad club in fort Myers and they came and picked up my train layout. Some deserving kid is going to get a great present. It was nice to for interconnection ovals with an atlas turntable. You could run for trains at the same time.

The European electric power bogie that concerned you has been hrld in by this design by Lima, Hornby and Heljan, and works perfectly well.

The lackawanna engine was made by Varney for American Flyers ho line in 1955-56 Varney also made F3's with B&O, Northern Pacific,And Sothern pacific road names for American Flyer HO Hope this helps with the history of this this engine

At onee time, Mantua made their F-7's with dual powered trucks and they could really pull. Rare today, Wish I had kepot mine.

I love old school HO F-units because every manufacturer came up with drastically different mechanisms for achieving the same goal of a simple train set loco. I have a Varney B unit and was always curious what the inside of its A unit would have looked like, the motor truck design is so delightfully retro! The Penn Line unit with the FT body looks great as well - How did you mod the Bachmann shell to fit?

I like the new series you've got going here. The I wish the mantua locomotives had bolts instead of Rivots, although it's not too hard to drill them out it just seems unnecessary compared tp other brands.

I forgot to mention that I am refering to non DCC equipment. I am attempting to get very old, 50-60 year old locomotives back into operating condition after sitting in storage for approximately 45 years. 3 locomotives are not picking up power from the tracks.

Great videos! You are a wealth of knowledge. I love your calm attitude to fixing trains no matter what issue you find. I have a question: I’m 63 and want to get back into trains for retirement and then to pass the trains on to other family members down the road. What top three manufacturers, in preference of order, do you recommend for HO based on quality, longevity, low maintenance and cost? I’d like to get something quality but not break the bank. Thank you in advance for your reply!

Athearn introduced gear towers in 1957 as always still an interesting video.

Hello again Darth, i started to clean the wheels on my first engine an AHM MDT UP Switcher. Still no power so I removed the cover and hooked up test leads to motor itself and actually found that a brush was missing. I searched the computer for replacement brushes and the only information I could find was the number for the brush holder. AHM & Rivarossi HO scale P-140-039 however no information on the brushes themselves or where to get them. Since the holders don't have the brushes there has to be a way to replace them. I sure could use your expertise in locating and instructions on how to attach the new brushes.

Well dam I just saw this video and was not aware there was gonnabe a show within driving distance

I had a Barney f3 in New Haven paint scheme and I was afraid of my brother stealing it so my mom put it in her closet but he stole it anyway. All locomotives should be diecast. The weight makes them good 👍 pullers. It is also more prototypical, no one makes a real locomotive with a plastic body.

Love Watching People Repairing Engines When it comes To Rubber Band Engines I am Gonna Have to Pass No Offence.

I always enjoy your videos, Darth. Some say the commutator segment gaps should be scraped out with something non-metallic, but sharp. It seems like using that Dremel buffer wheel with trace amounts of polishing compound already on it to clean the commutator might be actually depositing "debris" in those gaps. What say you?

That was an amazing endeavor you undertook. What motor did you use for the Santa Fe C-Liner? You have my curiosity piqued.

Varney F-7 - why not put a small flywheel on the end of the motor shaft? you have it open, and it could benefit from it.

If it matters the green electric locomotive is a Swiss federal railroad.🙂

I have a Cary E-3 on a HtoB chassis, but like to run on Marklin tracks with 360mm radius. Any advise?

Did someone like NWSL making a gearing kit for the Atheran H-Fi rubber band drive ?

DArth, Great video. I think you said you werre planning to set up a table at the nxt train show and offer these for sale. How did that work out?

41:18 sorry this is not a Swedischmodel tis is a Switzerland🇨🇭 Model of Typ Ae 6/6 Swiss Gotthard Lokomotive 🇨🇭Greeting from Switzerland

Hi - I have an Athearn F7 Rubber Band Drive . It has sentimental value. Do you know if the shell from my Athearn will fit on a Stewart / Kato Chassis with little / no modification ? Thank You !

Hello Darth!, I'm a novice to HO scale modelling and my first question is I see in your videos you use test power leads to test run the motors. My question is what is the best gauge strand wire to test run my motors using the the old style Tyco power pack?

Oooo I could go for a rio grande powered f unit

I've got a question for you. What is louder rubber band driven model trains or the gear driven in one.

How much for the UP steam loco/tender? Is it still available?

What kind of Lathe is that? I might have to buy one for myself

I’ve got an 0-8-0 steamer that ran when I bought it. The two wires connected to the power coupler from the motor to the tender have come loose. My eyesight is poor enough to not be able to solder them back. Can you help me?

What's up with the red head light on some of those loco's ? I'm new to the hobby so I was wondering about that .

Earth… I found an old pos5 in which you addressed the issue of noisy brass engines. I acquired two (2) ALCO Models brass U25B engines. I have a couple of questions and would like to ask you. Is it possible to DM you?

Varney F-3 looks like a Penn-Line clone.

Register your Business and take full advantage of every single write-off you can. Otherwise you pay tax on everything, and not just the amount above what you paid for the model.