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my first train was a tyco Chattanooga Choo Choo set. i think i got it around 1976 or 1977. i still have most of it. the engine was a 0-8-0 that was hell for a 5-6 year old boy to keep running. i bet we sent it off for replacement 4-5 times. it had the baby ruth box car that had the roller wheel in it that made the chuff chuff sound. i don't know what happened to it. that's the one that started it all for me. i remember we couldn't watch tv & run the train at the same time because it made the tv picture snowy & blurry.
jerry
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Posted - December 15 2011 : 11:13:04 AM
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Hooked On Phonics, Title??? 
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Posted - December 15 2011 : 11:21:01 AM
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| We've probably discussed this in years past, but it's nice to recollect--Mine was a 1969 red-box Tyco set from Sears with Santa Fe GP-20, Swift reefer, coal dump gondola, Santa Fe TOFC set, GN flat with pipes, and Santa Fe caboose. I still have the original box, and the search to re-create the set led to my current hobby of collecting Tyco.
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Posted - December 15 2011 : 12:43:01 PM
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Me-An Amtrak Wooden Superliner lead by a P42 Genisis. I Still Have it. Somewhere
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Posted - December 15 2011 : 12:56:41 PM
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my first Christmas set was a hornby dublo duchess of Montrose ken
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Posted - December 15 2011 : 1:11:15 PM
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1977 Tyco Coming 'Round The Mountain set!
Red and orange diesel engine with white stripe, Virginian hopper, Durango cattle car, Wesson tanker, pulp wood car, auto carrier, Purina refrigerator car, caboose.
It will still be going around the tree this year!
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Posted - December 15 2011 : 1:13:59 PM
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What's a "train ass?" Do you mean a caboose? 
The Tyco Depot
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Posted - December 15 2011 : 1:45:42 PM
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| I bet that Dublo set is worth a bit more than originally, Ken. On the other hand, I guess it would have been quite a premium product in its day.
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Posted - December 15 2011 : 2:11:37 PM
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| hi chris hornby was never cheap,my dad spoilt me with toys,as my birthday was xmas eve i got a BIG present for xmas,they go for about £120 in fair condition to about £250 mint,the 2 rail fetches more as you are not restricted to that 3rd rail,ken
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Posted - December 15 2011 : 2:43:10 PM
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I received a Lionel set in 1960, and enjoyed it for a few years, but then, as I discovered a real model railroad hobby shop downtown (Mpls), I found out about the more realistic HO
scale, so I begged my Dad for an HO train set, and in 1964, received my first Athearn set for Christmas. I promptly went to that shop after the holiday and purchased my first Athearn BB car kit- an SP flat car with stakes. That Athearn had a Santa Fe blue-and-yellow F7, a New Haven boxcar among others. And after that, it was my hobby for life.....
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Posted - December 15 2011 : 2:46:52 PM
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Tyco Santa Fe F7 with dummy and various cars in the late 70s was my fist set. I don't recall it actually having a name though.
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Posted - December 15 2011 : 3:48:22 PM
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My first train was the ubiquitous Lionel set, I was 3 years old in 1963 when I got it. I have some old pics of me at Christmas running it around the floor. I still have the set, safely stored away in my upstairs storage. it was a 2-4-2 steam engine, with submarine car, exploding box car, I think a hopper, missle car, and a brown caboose.
My second train was HO, but it was not a set, I think I just started collecting HO pieces individually on sale after Christmas in the '70s, when everything was marked way down for clearance. I was still into trains up to about 18 years old, then slowly automobiles took over my life for many years, starting with my first 1957 Chevy 4-door sedan. I still played with trains,but only occasionally, wasn't until I bought a house in 1999 that I started bringing out my train interests again since I now had some space to work and play with them. Finding a local club helped me get back into them big time, plus the invention of Ebay in the late '90's helped me find more and more interesting train cars I missed in my early life. My train collection has exploded in the last few years, gone from 20-30 pieces from when I moved into the house, to probably well over several hundred now. I haven't even inventoried all I have, as they're so spread out. But anyway, still having fun, even after 48 years....
Jerry
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Posted - December 15 2011 : 6:00:38 PM
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ass was the first thing i noticed, changed it. what can i say, i had a brain fart.
jerry
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Posted - December 15 2011 : 6:01:42 PM
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quote:my first Christmas set was a hornby dublo duchess of Montrose ken
Originally posted by catfordken - December 15 2011 : 12:56:41 PM
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i like that.
jerry
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Posted - December 15 2011 : 7:05:06 PM
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| 1970, a Bachmann N scale set that included an F9, stock car, tank car and caboose.
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Posted - December 15 2011 : 7:15:01 PM
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When I was 2 I got an AF #307 set. I still have it. In the 60's I got a Tyco 0-4-0 PRR Loco, a MStL Lionel Hustler, Tyco F7 Rio Grande and a Tyco GP-20 Burlington Red/White/Grey.
Then the Aurora Slot Car craze hit.
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Posted - December 15 2011 : 7:32:18 PM
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And for all the kidding from others over the years, we are still at it, aren't we!
Not everyone can point back to a youthful memory that laid down a pattern for life, but these days, it's one of the best blood pressure medicines ever created. There's nothing like a few hours spent on the workbench or layout, unless you folks come to Florida and sit on the beach listening to the waves on the shore...
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Posted - December 15 2011 : 8:56:54 PM
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Update, 2nd post - Here's a picture of me around 1974? , with my HO train on the floor. Only place big enough to hold even a loop, I had the baby room, it was cramped.
I don't think I have a digital pic of me yet with my Lionel set, I'll have to find the photo or 35MM slide to do that.
Jerry
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 Posted - December 15 2011 : 8:59:34 PM
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My first set was a President's Choice set back in 2000. I still have it all...I guess that's not terribly impressive though since it was only 11 years ago Here's the engine:
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Posted - December 15 2011 : 9:43:38 PM
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Wow. So now we know why shayman likes N
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Posted - December 16 2011 : 5:25:46 PM
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quote:My first set was a President's Choice set back in 2000. I still have it all...I guess that's not terribly impressive though since it was only 11 years ago Here's the engine:
Originally posted by DaCheez - December 15 2011 : 8:59:34 PM
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for it to be 11 years old & look as good as it did the day you got it says a lot. what & who is it made by? i like it.
jerry
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Posted - December 16 2011 : 6:12:19 PM
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Geez, Jerry- I had those exact same eyeglasses in 1964 at 10 yrs of age- by 1974, I was a cooler dude on active duty with wire rims, until I convinced a Navy optometrist to give me contact lenses, and then I really learned what being a sailor was all about!
Seriously, I have a picture from 1966 with me holding an HO model with my cousin- those glasses I wore advertised the fact that I watched Star Trek and played with trains!
Just don't think I will share that old 1966 photo with you guys, though!
Ron
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Posted - December 18 2011 : 8:21:38 PM
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quote:| for it to be 11 years old & look as good as it did the day you got it says a lot. what & who is it made by? i like it. |
It's a little noisier than it used to be and has a couple of small paint chips, but other than that it held up quite well  It's a 4-6-2 Pacific made by Mehano for President's Choice (a Canadian food chain). PC has stopped selling their Christmas train sets in the last few years 
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