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rebuild - railroader9731 - 10-12-2014
Well I finally done it my first rebuild, doc will know this loco. I bought an set of RS11's on here a while back one powered and one not. I took the dummy and completely tore what was inside and rebuilt it with a new motor and trucks from an ft locomotive. 604 is now a powered locomotive known to the HBL as a RS11-2.
Re: rebuild - doctorwayne - 10-13-2014
Any chance of a picture, Harry?
The 604, originally a powered locomotive, was an example of the only plastic RS-11s available at that time, from LifeLike. Unfortunately, they were poor runners, with the motor mounted on one truck and powering that truck only. I removed the motors and re-did the handrails and a few other details. When Atlas released their smooth-running version of the same loco, I bought two, and paired them each with one of the dummies. I had thought about re-powering them, but back-dated my layout before getting around to it, and they were sold as powered/dummy sets.
Here's the 604 leading a train through Lowbanks:
![[Image: Foe-toesfromfirstcd107-1.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/locomotives/Foe-toesfromfirstcd107-1.jpg)
Wayne
Re: rebuild - Sumpter250 - 10-13-2014
railroader9731 Wrote:604 is now a powered locomotive known to the HBL as a RS11-2.
A "dash" 2
love it !! 
Re: rebuild - railroader9731 - 10-13-2014
Here sets RS11-2 just out side of the shop setting on the lead track.
Re: rebuild - doctorwayne - 10-13-2014
Very neatly-done, Harry.
At one time, it was very common on some roads to see trucks from traded-in Alcos under newer EMD products, so I suppose turnabout is fair play.
It's good to see the old girl back in service and even more useful than before.
Wayne
Re: rebuild - MountainMan - 10-15-2014
Very nicely done.
Re: rebuild - railroader9731 - 10-17-2014
Thanks for the kind words and ill admit it took one heck of a push to do this as ive never done it before. But as said you never know until you try it and I wasn't as bad as I thought it to be. Now I set and look at the few locos I have setting around ither broke or burnt out
