Hi All,
I've been thinking about this for awhile and wanted to post somewhat of a master list of products that I have personally seen over the years that have either casting fatigue / zinc pest issues and / or outgassing (paint bubbles) By no means is this a comprehensive list, but I'd like to continue to add to it. Also, just because a product is on this list does not always mean it will have or develop these issues. This list should be used as a general guide for people to ask questions before potential purchases.
Hope this helps. If you have something to add to the list please comment below. If at all possible include specific product numbers. Eventually I'd like to get these nailed down to specific runs and years.
Thanks,
Derek
I'd like to add your responses to the list instead of making people scroll through what could eventually be pages of stories. If you could, please format your initial response as we've formatted the list below. That way I can just copy and paste it into the list. If you'd like to tell stories below that, that's all good, just please help me out with getting info into the list.
Lionel
24570 Santa Fe FT B unit (Casting Failure)
18374 JLC Silver PRR GG-1 (Casting Failure)
28087 Union Pacific Aux Tender (Casting Failure)
38038 Rio Grande Aux Tender (Casting Failure)
Dockside Switchers (conventional) (Couplers Only) (Casting Failure)
38039 Clinchfield Aux Tender (Casting Failure)
Union Pacific 25433 18 inch aluminum passenger set (Casting Failure)
Union Pacific 25438 City of Denver 2 pack (Casting Failure)
25616 Union Pacific aluminum 18 inch two car passenger add on set (Casting Failure)
6-11103 Southern PS-4 Locomotive Tender Trucks (Casting Failure)
6-11131 Union Pacific #844 FEF-3 (Casting Failure)
18134 Santa Fe dummy A unit (Casting Failure)
JLC Pennsylvania Tuscan 18354 GG1 (Truck casting failure AND shell Outgassing)
6-38076 C&O Berkshire (Outgassing)
18023 Western Maryland Shay (Outgassing)
18006 Reading T-1 Steam Loco & Tender (Outgassing)
Lionel 11119 Southern 0-8-0 steam locomotive (Outgassing)
18010 Pennsylvania scale Turbine steam locomotive (Outgassing)
51000 The Hiawatha reproduction tinplate set (Outgassing)
CC Niagara 28069. Drivers pitting, loss of paint. (Outgassing)
First Big Boy engine (Circa 1999-2000) (Outgassing)
Weaver
Troop Cars, Kitchen Cars, Hospital Cars (Casting Failure)
K Line
K2749-0379CV New Haven EP-5 (Casting Failure)
K713-1891 Operating Log Dump Car- Catalog 2005 First edition(housing for control w/ K-line remote on bottom of frame expands, becomes brittle,, a breaks)
K712-1891 Operating Coal Dump Car- Catalogs(2004 1st & 2nd Editions)
K2780-4892IC KCC GG-1 power truck side frames (Casting Failure)
K2780-4912IC KCC GG-1 power truck side frames (Casting Failure)
MTH
MTH RK 30-74381 CSX High Cube Boxcar (Trucks - Casting Failure)
MTH RK 30-74429 Norfolk Southern High Cube Boxcar (Trucks - Casting Failure)
Railking 30-4047-0 Caterpillar set (Casting Failure)
20-4071 NYC Madison Passenger Cars (Casting Failure)
30-2717-1 Grand Trunk and Western F-3 A-B-A diesel locomotive set (Casting Failure)
Railking PRR 3768 Torpedo tender shell casting, PS1 era. (Casting Failure)
Premier PRR P5 Boxcab - Specifically the PS2, 3V version. (Casting Failure)
20-80007B F-7 ABA Diesel Set - Norfolk Southern - A Units 4270 & 4271 (Paint outgassing and orange peel)
Protosound 2.0 Pennsylvania RS1 (Casting Failure)
N&W Unshrouded J (Outgassing)
First run of the Erie Triplex (Outgassing)
First run of the W&ARR Overton cars (Couplers Only) (Casting Failure)
3rd Rail
Ambrose Wine 6 dome tank car (Casting Failure)
War Emergency boxcars (Casting Failure)
New York Central P-2 boxcab electric locomotive (Couplers Only) (Casting Failure)
Williams
New York Central Alco FA A-A diesel locomotive (Casting Failure)
Scale GG1 Trucks (Casting Failure)
Peter Witt trolley truck side frames (Casting Failure)
CS106W Norfolk and Western Hudson steam locomotive (Outgassing)
Williams 4949 Pacific Gearbox tower/ axle gear cover(Casting Failure)
Atlas O
6824-2 Norfolk and Western SD-35 diesel locomotive (Couplers Only) (Casting Failure)
Pennsylvania FM Erie Built A-B diesel locomotive pair (Couplers Only) (Casting Failure)
6892 Washington Terminal Alco RS-1(Couplers Only) (Casting Failure)
Certain runs of steel sided reefers and USRA Hoppers (Casting Failure)
