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 AOTW Aug 21 - Aug 27, 2011
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tykowolf
Big Six

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 Posted - August 27 2011 :  08:16:03 AM Link directly to this topic  Show Profile  Add tykowolf to Buddylist
My first operating accessory! Got this classic kit from my brother for my birthday because he thought my rerailer road crossing looked hokey. No respect! Tyco fans no doubt have one or two original Tyco versions knocking around and on first glance, the Life-Like's differences are only in the details.


A cinch to assemble and in operation uses no electricities per automatic activation, what more can you ask? I've also found older locomotives sporting chunky wheels best lower the gate. Later engines with skinnier wheels... not so much!
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microbusss
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tiger

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 Posted - August 27 2011 :  08:23:39 AM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add microbusss to Buddylist
very nice I still like the double ones Bachmann makes
The black sign I'd turn around & have it face traffic hehe
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tykowolf
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quote:
very nice I still like the double ones Bachmann makes
The black sign I'd turn around & have it face traffic hehe
Originally posted by microbusss - August 27 2011 :  08:23:39 AM


Hi, microbusss! Do you mean double tracks or double gates?

If I turned the sign around then my crossing wouldn't look just like it does on the box!
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microbusss
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tiger

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double gates
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walt
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 Posted - August 27 2011 :  9:00:33 PM Link directly to this reply  Show Profile  Add walt to Buddylist
I aquired this accessory a while back. This seems to be fairly rare and is only shown one year in the catalog, 1964-65 if my memory holds correctly... I'd like to have a second one..
Walt

Luck, usually comes dressed in work clothes...
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tykowolf
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Spotless light up, walt! Do you know if Tyco replaced it with an Exxon version when Exxon Station was released?
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