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Posted - March 05 2026 : 10:50:29 PM
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Nice Tycos, Chops!
Here’s mine:
Glenn
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
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Posted - March 06 2026 : 11:11:54 AM
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quote:Nice Tycos, Chops!
Here’s mine:
Originally posted by gmoney - March 05 2026 : 10:50:29 PM
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I lookiting for that one
I got the other one
Edited by - microbusss on March 06 2026 11:12:21 AM
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Posted - March 06 2026 : 9:09:21 PM
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Nice cars, but what happens when you have a damaged gantry and a damaged Santa Fe crane car. Custom time, just spent the past few hours trying to find out what I did with it.
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Posted - March 06 2026 : 10:22:56 PM
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I lookiting for the other one, Ben.
John, that crane looks right anyway!
Glenn
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Posted - March 07 2026 : 02:57:01 AM
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Always something popping up I've never seen in Tyco. I
tried to do an AI search on the number of Tyco varieties and
received a response of greater than 500 logos and road
names alone. The exact number is unclear with more
than 60 body types.
Edited by - Chops124 on March 07 2026 03:29:17 AM
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Posted - March 08 2026 : 2:01:37 PM
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quote:Always something popping up I've never seen in Tyco. I
tried to do an AI search on the number of Tyco varieties and
received a response of greater than 500 logos and road
names alone. The exact number is unclear with more
than 60 body types.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â March 07 2026Â :Â 02:57:01 AM
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Oh you opened the Pandoras box. There are items I have not found on any list, don't drive yourself crazy, just enjoy the ride. :)
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Posted - March 09 2026 : 12:24:46 PM
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quote:Nice cars, but what happens when you have a damaged gantry and a damaged Santa Fe crane car. Custom time, just spent the past few hours trying to find out what I did with it.
Originally posted by 430Hoarder - March 06 2026 : 9:09:21 PM
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A very fun piece and a lot of memories. It was definitely one of the coolest offerings by
Tyco. Now, if I remember correctly, you posted it with a Gantry Crane Set along with
a spiffy Tyco diesel and matching caboose in BN green.
I can't find the thread at the moment, but I was delighted with the fact that it was a carpet
layout. Why this is so neat is because that is so Old School and I get a kick out of
seeing people doing that. If you find an older John Armstrong track plan book, there
on the cover are designs laid onto the living room floor with trains winding around
furniture legs. No modern publication would be caught dead doing that in this day
and age (much less horn hook couplers), but in John's day, this was more the norm
than the exception, given the spare time and money modelers had. I think it
was the unforgettable Lyn Wescott who started publishing 4x8 track plans
(the Model Railroad that Grows) on 4x8 slabs with detailed instructions on
L-Girder construction.
Nowadays, the emphasis is on hyper-realism, which is fine, but I prefer my nostalgia.
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