Restoring 1960-vintage Athern F7 A& B - Trainorders.com
Those locos probably come from the 1960s. The motors are the very old Athearn ones which draw about an ampere each. The trucks are simply held in place by the four rubber bands which make a half turn from the 1/16 inch driving shafts to the 3/8 inch plastic "axles". IF they still "run" they will not run very well.
Roundhouse F7s?? - General Discussion (Model Railroader) - Trains…
2015年7月24日 · From what I can see, all of the old Blue Box and Roundhouse products still in production are being branded “Athearn Roundhouse”. As long as they’re using the name for older tooling, maybe they should start selling some of the old Roundhouse steam ready to run (besides the “Old Timers”), or as KITS?
Re-Powering a very old Athearn Blue Box GP9 and F7
2012年2月22日 · I replaced an old F7 chassis with a complete new chassis from Athearn. It cost me $45, and it's a perfect fit. For my old GP9, I removed the motor, bought some after-market handrails, replaced the couplers with Kadees and installed a cheap SoundBug sound-only decoder. It now runs as a dummy in a consist, still in service 50 years after I bought it.
Athearn F7A age - General Discussion (Model Railroader) - Trains…
2015年8月18日 · I have an old Athearn F7-A that I am trying to determine the age of and find a parts list of. The motor is opem frame, black and it does not have flywheels. There is two small removable weights that set on the underframe.
Remotoring an old Athearn - Model Railroader Magazine - Trains.com
2008年10月30日 · For the newer of your F7s, the motor kit should help significantly. The Athearn F7 drives are actually fairly quiet when properly tuned and oiled, and I've found that most of the noise in the four I've worked on (old and new) comes from the motor, and sometimes the flywheels. An A Line/PPW motor should help a lot to quiet them down.
Early Athearn F7A/B info - Model Railroader Magazine - Trains.com
2011年5月7日 · Athearn used the Globe name to introduce the plastic line and test market reaction. Also, Athearn had little locomotive experience, so they introduced the F7 as a dummy while they sized up the response to the plastic shell and developed a drive for it. Others already in the loco business seized the opportunity and offered drives for the new shell.
Athearn Roundhouse F7? - the MRH Forum
2024年10月10日 · The Atlas Roundhouse F7 shell has been completely retooled; the old Globe based shell has been retired finally. That means the old crappy looking windshield is gone with the old shell, gone with the wind. Do a google search on Athearn Roundhouse F7 and you'll see photos on Athearns website.
Old Athearns to DCC - the MRH Forum - Model Railroad Hobbyist
2021年5月7日 · Once Kato hit the market (late 80s), and Front Range came out with their scale hood width GP7/9 (late 80s/early 90s?), my Athearn purchases dwindled. Stewart/Kato F's did them in. I never purchased another Athearn locomotive product until late last year when I purchased a Genesis Frisco GP7 w/TS2 off a friend. It's a fine engine that runs ...
HO F7A F7B CPR #4060 #4444 Model Train | Athearn
The first plastic one-piece body locomotive in the Athearn catalog for the time, in the 1950s. The Athearn F7 has been the train set locomotive of choice for over a generation of model railroaders. Share the experience of model railroading and the gift of memories of the streamliner era!
HO F7A / F7B Locomotive Set, ATSF #257L, #257A - Athearn
Units 261L and 265C are F7A locomotives delivered without stainless-steel grilles, giving them a unique appearance somewhere between that of an F3 and an F7. They are painted in the blue-and-yellow freight scheme. Units 257L and 257A were …