Reply to "Is it likely that anyone will be making replacement parts in future for my lionel allegheny that is suffering from zinc rot?"

Tom Tee posted:

Zink man,

 

So if its ok that an expensive engine like this is a allowed to crumble into dust after 12 years ………………..

"......crumble to dust...………." ???? 

 

Really?   IMO, a pile of dust is not the problem's normative.   The depicted pile of zink dust does not seem consistent with the somewhat minor level of your locomotive's issues.  Exaggeration can affect credibility.

I have purchased several engines with hidden problems and just got a repairman to fix it.  Done.

From cars to houses to boats, unknown problems rise.  That is life. Not every house, not every car not every boat; and not every O scale engine either.  Dollar cost averaging helps me to handle life's unexpected costs.

I can sense your disappointment but encourage you to move on.  Do not stay on the problem & condemnation, consider shifting to solution resourcing.   Life is too short to hold angst

 

Who out there can suggest someone local to the poster who could fab a fix for this modeler?

 

When I had an earlier diecast problem the repair service drilled and tapped some brass flathead screws on to the boiler then soldered on some brass fabricated detail pieces to the screw heads.  Spot sprayed color  then gave a slight weathering  dusting to make it seem perfect.

 

This stuff just happens.  I deal in a world where cancer, divorce, investment  fraud and medical failures prevail.  Every one of my clients would happily swap problems with you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'd rather be ice fishing posted:

Brewman1973 posted:

I'd rather be ice fishing posted:

My Allegheny was built in the 1990s and lionel had no replacement parts for me nor did they seem overly concerned with my plight.  I ended up moneying my way out of it by buying a whole tender shell with good doors from a helpful dealers NOS and I got the impression that was the last one on earth.  It was not cheap either..Lionel made no effort to help me with some doors from their newer Alleghenies stating the ones they had were being saved for warrantees.  So no love from lionel to me..

Bryan,  

In reading your orginal post on the topic a few months

ago,https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/topic/help-my-allegheny-doors-are-broken

you stated you bought a used Lionel 6-38081 C&O 2-6-6-6 Alleghenny Steam engine. It looks like it was catalogued in 2006, so you are right it is about 12 or so years old.   I would think your issue is more with the person that sold you the engine, especially if this was some type of well know or documented issue.  The engine is long out of warranty, so putting this all on Lionel is not right, since one of the posters noted that they were albe to get replacement parts earlier this year.  For an engine that was 12 years old, that not too bad. 

 I can't tell from your post if this was a just a cosmetic issue or an operational issue that makes it impossible to run.  

Lastly, you have done a great service to identify this issue, since I suspect that there could be a lot of these engines that were run a few times and then put back in the box and not looked at in a decade, so the owners don't know they have this problem, also anyone considering buying one should take notice and make sure that the issue is factored into the final purchase price.

I hope you consider changing the title of your post to reflect the fact that this is not just a Lionel issue,  I had an issues with some MTH trucks a few years ago and never with a Lionel product.  

I think its odd that people want me to change the title of this thread.  The only thing I can write about is what I know with my first experience with a used lionel product....and what I know is that I bought an old engine that I thought would be solid as far as the body,  ( I had little expectations from the electronics).  I cant blame the seller,  it was untouched in box and doors did not break until I opened them. 

  Despite what the original helpful poster experienced  doors are no longer available from lionel and that is the whole problem to me.  Keep in mind I don't know o-scale and im learning parts are not available like I thought they would be.  Which amazes me considering how much these cost.  How can you say this is not on lionel?  None of my old corgis have fallen apart from zinc rot...im now watching the front steam tubes doing something bad as the paint is cracking up on them.  So if its ok that an expensive engine like this is a allowed to crumble into dust after 12 years count me out of any future lionel engines..if its a fluke well then that's ok. I started this with a legitimate question on whether anyone would likely be making any parts for these in future as I don't know this scale well at all.  I did get some good answers on this forum and I think it brought out a lot of strong feelings from some people and a few dismissive unhelpful comments from others.  I do appreciate the knowledge I have gained from this posting.

 

well if you were paying attention you would have read that I bought a new tender so that is solved for moment and am now watching paint flake off my steam pipes..i am not sitting at my desk crying but rather getting a lot of good info from this site.  some not so helpful info....just sizing up what im dealing with here and the negative comments downplaying the situation actually do not help anything,  perhaps ill take some old arby straws and make some new steam pipes.  This thread really seems to threaten some people...