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I find it more interesting the number of members in this string that are no longer active for some reason...???
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Posted - March 27 2013 : 2:50:26 PM
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Some dearly missed names to be sure. But this forum isn't the same as it was 7 years ago - it's less Tyco and more... everything including brass and what have you. Personalities come and go... things change, as they say.
Apparently my opinion on "collectibles" hasn't, though.  
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Posted - March 27 2013 : 3:21:50 PM
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agree there tony,not to say a few new ones who have added a bit color if you get my drift,and i for one say sorry for diluting the site with my quirks,but still think this site has a lot to offer,ken
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Posted - March 27 2013 : 3:48:19 PM
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quote:| Some dearly missed names to be sure. |
The hobby lost another one recently. I received an email today from the family of William Morrison to say he had just recently passed away. He is the one that was asking about your restorations. He was the avid Penn Line historian and collector that owned several Penn Line Crusaders.
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Posted - March 27 2013 : 7:48:47 PM
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It is interesting reading, particularly due to the long gone Magnolia Academy and the fact that these were some of Ken's first posts. 
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Posted - March 27 2013 : 8:34:25 PM
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| thanks nelson,but you are right they were ken
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Posted - March 27 2013 : 10:18:59 PM
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| Yea, you can feel the passion for the hobby in this thread, that is why I thought it was good reading. That one guy, MagnoliaAcademy really knew his stuff, what happened to him?
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Posted - March 28 2013 : 12:33:37 PM
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I gonna get hurted for this
But I always knew Tyco motors were junk because of the poor quality of electric motors put in them Such as the PT motors
BUT here I am getting & buying up Tycos like crazy hehe
Even fixing the PT motors
My fave thing to collect is the billboard/ad cars
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Posted - March 28 2013 : 9:08:43 PM
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| Microbusss-- I somewhat agree with you about the PT motor, it wasn't one of tyco's best moves. I will say I haven't had a motor burn up on me yet, it has mostly been cracked/stripped gears. Too bad no one makes sturdier replacements!
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Posted - April 04 2013 : 9:32:09 PM
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| All i know is, bachmann needs to take some notes on train sets from the old tyco ones, all bachmann does is an oval of track plus an engine with 3-4 cars, tyco did train sets with a double oval of track, an engine with 5-6 cars, and action accessories, NO ONE, has ever done anything like tyco since they left the market. well, maybe life like, which is a modern day tyco
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Posted - September 21 2013 : 10:47:08 AM
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Fellow Tycoots:
I'm reminded of the definitive century-old text on collecting toy soldiers, "Little Wars." It was written by one of the greatest authors of modern times, the man who brought us works like "The Outline of History" (still a standard reference), "The Time Machine", "War of the Worlds" and "Shape of Things to Come.
When the immortal H.G. Wells wrote "Little Wars" he was simply chronicling his passion as an avid collector and gamer of toy soldiers. When "Ol' Blues Eyes" relaxed behind the controls of his massive Lionel train layout did anyone in the entourage dare to call Sinatra's passion "playing with toys?" Famed conductor David Rose (Holiday for Strings" made some cogent comments about the intellectual and psychological merits of model railroading in his standard encyclopedia of model railroading... and the primal need the hobby satisfies.
Ever since our ancestors decorated the smoke-stained cave walls of Lascaux and a thousand other forgotten places with paintings of their world in miniature man has been passionately pursuing this elemental need. And aren't those stretches of ballasted and decorated plywood, cork and homasote we render with such artistry just our personal modernized cave paintings rendered in the horizontal and illuminated by grain of wheat bulbs instead of roaring woodfires?
MagAc
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What would the world be like today if some of the well-known despots around the world could develop an interest in model railroading "toys". Can you see Obama comparing his latest train show find with Putin?
A few years ago, the magazine Antique Power told of supposed meeting of two Middle East enemies comparing the virtues of their antique tractors (you know, full size toys for full size boys) during a meeting on a farm in the U.S. Turned out not to be true, but Madeline Albright supposedly does have a passion for antique tractors.
Please excuse my spelling, I suppose I should wordcheck my replies before posting them, but I don't, and I'm not too coordinated. i never could type or play the piano, either. Thank heaven for model trains!
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Posted - November 04 2013 : 12:32:01 AM
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I collect Tyco Red & Brown box.
I have a few later Mantua engines. I must tsay he Mantua heavy weight freight cars are some of the best HO rolling stock made.
For an operating HO layout I am planning to run Athearn, Bachmann Sectrum, a few Atlas and some AHM/Rivarossi's egnines. Some of the best runningLocomotives are the Tyco Red Box.....
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Posted - November 15 2013 : 3:54:17 PM
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quote:I found this milling around on a search, good reading!!
Originally posted by GG-1 Guy - March 26 2013 : 2:42:54 PM
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Same here - still pretty new to the forum and still digging around old threads.
I have to admit that I was part of the "Tyco is just a toy" crowd growing up and really up to joining this forum - but during my brief stay here have learned there is so much I assumed about Tyco that was really just not so. It is an absolutely fascinating, rich part of the model railroad hobby. And so - this past weekend I acquired my very first of all time Tyco locomotive (brown box GP20) at an antique mall in Ohio. Believe it or not it's become one of my favorite locos - go figure. Just a lot of fun to watch it growl around the track, and as always to me anyway, fun to rescue an old piece and coax it back to life.
Anyway thanks guys for keeping the Tyco world alive
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - November 15 2013 : 4:35:16 PM
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I was never a big Tyco fan, I do enjoy the company I find here. I'm older than dirt, and I have been doing trains since I was about 10. I remember dreaming about a Lionel train set even before that. My first HO set was an AHM train that I had a hard time keeping on the track.
On one of the other forums, I was chastised for suggesting a EMD truck that was was a scale 12 scale inches to long. You guys do neat stuff without picking a model or idea to death. I like it here a lot. Here I feel like part of a band of brothers.
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 Posted - November 15 2013 : 4:46:43 PM
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I agree with you there on the Life-Like, Blackstone1
I always thought L-L was second worst next to Tyco
I still will buy either & others that don't exist Such as Lionel(still makes 027s) Cox, AHM, IHC, etc
AND fix them, sell or trade them too
Besides some of the Tyco from either Red Box or Brown Box are becoming collecetable
Why? Cause the ones who are adults now remember the nostalgic of Tyco as kids & buying them up like crazy!
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Posted - November 17 2013 : 7:15:35 PM
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Well whatever it is, I'm becoming a convert. Nostalgia is a big part of it for me, I get far more enjoyment from the old pieces than something brand new, especially bringing some old survivor back to life. Real satisfaction in that.
And John I couldn't agree more about the people here on this site. The hobby seems a lot more fun here.
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Posted - November 26 2013 : 5:20:29 PM
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I would very much love to sit around and have a few beers (or ice teas) and talk about "toys" with all you gentlemen. I must add that generalizing about Tyco is a big mistake. 50's Tyco is simply RTR Mantua (even the streamliners were aluminum), 60's Tyco was almost RTR Mantua but action "stuff" added to keep kids interested, and well from then on I have to say that I don't care much for them. But that is just me. Yes good read over all.
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Posted - December 03 2013 : 11:25:27 AM
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As more and more people look to restore and collect these Tyco HO's the respect will grow!
Engines: TYCO HO
Rio Grande Diesel F9A
New Haven Diesel F9A
Burlington Diesel F9A
LIONEL HO
Lionel Rock Island 140 FA1 Diesel
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Posted - December 03 2013 : 11:44:37 AM
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| my only regret is that yardbird has gone over to ebay,his online store was great,ken
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Posted - December 03 2013 : 9:47:51 PM
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Well so far my only gripe with Tyco is their rivets in the power trucks. but thanks to this forum I see there are ways to deal with that
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Posted - December 03 2013 : 11:16:43 PM
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quote:I would very much love to sit around and have a few beers (or ice teas) and talk about "toys" with all you gentlemen.
Originally posted by richard p - November 26 2013 : 5:20:29 PM
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Hmm....I wonder if it would be possible to start a " Tyco-nut Club" of sorts, maybe like having a bi-yearly get-together by area. People in the mid-Atlantic could meet from Philadelphia to Richmond, VA, maybe have a dinner. bring some old TYco's to show off, trade, etc. Wonder if enough guys would be interested in meeting some of the names seen on this Forum. There'd need to be a way to pinpoint members so we'd know who's where, and how to contact them. I'd be game to meet a few new people who share like interests.  I live in the Washington, DC area, in northern Virginia. Could do like a Luncheon somewhere, then horse-trade, chat, etc., then maybe see some local train sites someone local knows about. Could be fun for awhile. 
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Posted - December 04 2013 : 10:52:19 AM
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| or a tyco table at the shows,where members could meet and sell spare locos etc,just a wild idea to promote tyco,ken
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Posted - December 05 2013 : 1:24:08 PM
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TNC (Tyco Nut Club) - nice. I like your idea too.
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Posted - December 05 2013 : 3:56:24 PM
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Sounds like a great idea - count me in as a Tyco Nut
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - December 05 2013 : 8:45:48 PM
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quote: quote:I would very much love to sit around and have a few beers (or ice teas) and talk about "toys" with all you gentlemen.
Originally posted by richard p - November 26 2013 : 5:20:29 PM
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Hmm....I wonder if it would be possible to start a " Tyco-nut Club" of sorts, maybe like having a bi-yearly get-together by area. People in the mid-Atlantic could meet from Philadelphia to Richmond, VA, maybe have a dinner. bring some old TYco's to show off, trade, etc. Wonder if enough guys would be interested in meeting some of the names seen on this Forum. There'd need to be a way to pinpoint members so we'd know who's where, and how to contact them. I'd be game to meet a few new people who share like interests. I live in the Washington, DC area, in northern Virginia. Could do like a Luncheon somewhere, then horse-trade, chat, etc., then maybe see some local train sites someone local knows about. Could be fun for awhile.
Jerry
Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â December 03 2013Â :Â 11:16:43 PM
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hey what about us west coast guys??
just me Ray... and just because I have Tyco doesn't mean I am not a model railroader
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