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 Posted - December 24 2013 : 03:05:19 AM
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I picked up this pair of sharks recently and was really surprised when I tried to run them. It seems that one of them had an early version of a sound system with an electronic prime mover including a synthetic turbo whine!
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Posted - December 24 2013 : 08:44:23 AM
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welcome & this thread should of been in the "Introduce yourself" section  
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Posted - December 24 2013 : 11:36:19 AM
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quote:welcome & this thread should of been in the "Introduce yourself" section
Originally posted by microbusss - December 24 2013 : 08:44:23 AM
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Picky, picky, picky. The best thing is, you're here! Welcome, and I can't wait to see what you have.
I'm in S scale, myself, but reading this list got me interested in Mantua/Tyco and brings back memories of my first HO trains, which were, what else, Mantua.
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Posted - December 24 2013 : 12:51:46 PM
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| hi metalsmith1,who cares where you posted its xmas,enjoy the site and more importantly,enjoy the site,ken
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Posted - December 24 2013 : 1:32:52 PM
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Welcome to the forum! 
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Posted - December 24 2013 : 4:02:26 PM
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Welcome aboard! I look forward to your posts.  - Thomas
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Posted - December 24 2013 : 4:24:58 PM
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Hi metalsmith1,
Welcome aboard.
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Posted - December 24 2013 : 7:07:23 PM
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Steven, (metalsmith1),
Welcome aboard, and Merry Christmas......Can't waitto see what you all have to add to our GREAT family of TYCO lovers here on the forums!
Welcome Aboard, full steam ahead!
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Posted - December 24 2013 : 11:14:56 PM
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Welcome Steven!
One other thing about uploading photos: Watch your file sizes; the uploader doesn't like really large files. Whenever I upload images from my iphone (which is every time!), I crop the pics as tightly as possible and usually succeed in uploading them. Sometimes it takes a few tries, so don't immediately give up. You can also host images on other sites and link to them using "img" tags.
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Posted - January 01 2014 : 03:33:37 AM
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| This was my first post and I jumped the gun before I found the introduce yourself section. I was attempting to load some photos of my Tyco collection but was not having any luck. Thanks for the tips.
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Posted - February 22 2014 : 8:17:09 PM
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quote:I picked up this pair of sharks recently and was really surprised when I tried to run them. It seems that one of them had an early version of a sound system with an electronic prime mover including a synthetic turbo whine!
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â December 24 2013Â :Â 03:05:19 AM
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Huh, that's very interesting. There are other early versions of sound systems that were put on H0 scale steam engines where there was a little piece of plastic or something on an axle on the tender that would scrape against the metal piece that would make a sound that sounded like a steam engine puffing.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - February 23 2014 : 01:00:03 AM
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| Interesting set, but what is the manufacture, looks to be AHM. As to posting to this Forum, it required the combined brains of my daughter, her computer geek boyfriend, and my Scottish luck in managing to hit the right icons accidentally. If anyone else is having trouble uploading your Tyco work to the Forum, please PM me and I will give you a very simple step by step, of which there are many steps, on how I managed to succeed after three months.
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Posted - February 23 2014 : 02:41:49 AM
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The D&H Sharks were made by Roco for Model Power.
The Tyco Depot
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Posted - February 23 2014 : 7:17:08 PM
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Back in the mid 1970's the LHS had an AHM F40 with sound. The owner's daughter was minding the store, than, and she ran it so I could hear the thing. It had a kind of turbocharger whine, but not much low rumble. It made a sound, like bebebebebebebe, that sort of felt good when it stopped.
Carpe Manana!
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