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I got a Tyco Broadway trolley that I got in a clear case with white around the place where you put the trolley in. The brown box one has the Tyco logo and has a brown line around it. Mine has nothing. Just plain white. Is it from the Mantua Tyco era? The pictures are at the bottom since I was having some difficulties posting pictures. I finally got it figured out so the pictures are at the bottom!
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Posted - February 17 2014 : 5:19:01 PM
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quote:I got a Tyco Broadway trolley that I got in a clear case with white around the place where you put the trolley in. The brown box one has the Tyco logo and has a brown line around it. Mine has nothing. Just plain white. Is it from the Mantua Tyco era?
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â February 17 2014Â :Â 4:38:02 PM
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A picture here would really help. Maybe try the HOseeker site and see if you can find your model in the old catalogs listed:
http://www.hoseeker.net/tyco.htm
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Posted - February 17 2014 : 5:25:12 PM
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quote: quote:I got a Tyco Broadway trolley that I got in a clear case with white around the place where you put the trolley in. The brown box one has the Tyco logo and has a brown line around it. Mine has nothing. Just plain white. Is it from the Mantua Tyco era?
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â February 17 2014Â :Â 4:38:02 PM
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A picture here would really help. Maybe try the HOseeker site and see if you can find your model in the old catalogs listed:
http://www.hoseeker.net/tyco.htm
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - February 17 2014 : 5:19:01 PM
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Thanks but, I'm looking for how the cases for the trolleys looked back in the Mantua era. There's these little words on the front that say "Made In USA" and the serial code.
-Steve
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Posted - February 17 2014 : 5:34:52 PM
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And I use iPhoto to get my pictures and the forum doesn't let me post any pictures because it says it "timed out".
-Steve
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Posted - February 17 2014 : 6:42:55 PM
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| just click on the upload button alot until pic takes & keep trying over & over too
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Posted - February 17 2014 : 6:48:12 PM
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quote:just click on the upload button alot until pic takes & keep trying over & over too
Originally posted by microbusss - February 17 2014 : 6:42:55 PM
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Ok, I'll try. I'll get back to you if I succeed.
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Posted - February 17 2014 : 6:53:19 PM
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quote:just click on the upload button alot until pic takes & keep trying over & over too
Originally posted by microbusss - February 17 2014 : 6:42:55 PM
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I think the file down-loader or whatever is having problems or something.
-Steve
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Posted - February 17 2014 : 10:27:49 PM
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Here's the loco I'm talking about and it runs but very slowly and it growls loudly. I'm gonna take a look at the motor eventually. Anyway, it has no manufacturer on the locomotive or the case, the base is metal and the chassis is plastic. I just want to know what time period this is from.
-Steve
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Posted - February 17 2014 : 10:34:54 PM
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Here's it's case and the words on the case say that it's made in America and some US patent.
-Steve
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Posted - February 18 2014 : 11:20:51 AM
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I have that one!
The plastic case would have come in a rectangle cardboard sleeve when it was new. The sleeve was open on each end and had an oval cutout on top where the bumps from the case clasps would fit.
I got mine for Christmas in 1977. It is Tyco, but I don't remember what the sleeve looked like. I still have the plastic case, but the sleeve is long gone.
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Posted - February 18 2014 : 11:27:24 AM
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quote:I have that one!
The plastic case would have come in a rectangle cardboard sleeve when it was new. The sleeve was open on each end and had an oval cutout on top where the bumps from the case clasps would fit.
I got mine for Christmas in 1977. It is Tyco, but I don't remember what the sleeve looked like. I still have the plastic case, but the sleeve is long gone.
Mark
Originally posted by 59Chevy - February 18 2014 : 11:20:51 AM
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So that means it's the Tyco brown box era trolley. Ok, that was made between 1971 to 1982.
-Steve
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Posted - February 18 2014 : 11:36:15 AM
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Yes, mine was definitely in the 70s and looks exactly like that one.
Mine still runs well, maybe you just need to grease the gears on yours? It does make a little groaning sound, but it always did, even when new.
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Posted - February 18 2014 : 11:37:36 AM
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Had the same one running around our Christmas tree in the 60s...I destroyed it in the second grade playing with it in the dirt... . Then we got an AHM 4-4-0 " Genoa"...so I guess it worked out
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Posted - February 18 2014 : 12:36:23 PM
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I got mine for Christmas in 1977. My dad put it on the track under the tree and wrapped up a little box and put that overtop of it.
As we were unwrapping our presents, he turned on the transformer and the box drove around the track. Pretty cool memory.
Still have it and it goes on my Christmas platform under the tree each year.
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Posted - February 18 2014 : 2:16:37 PM
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Brown Box Era
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Tyco-HO-Powered-Electric-Street-Trolley-Car-Broadway-137-NOS-1970s-/310730551056?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item4858fbef10&nma=true&si=VR4weVSoBP8DUdXEVc5Riet6UlI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557#ht_215wt_1026
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Posted - February 18 2014 : 2:29:01 PM
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quote:Yes, mine was definitely in the 70s and looks exactly like that one.
Mine still runs well, maybe you just need to grease the gears on yours? It does make a little groaning sound, but it always did, even when new.
Originally posted by 59Chevy - February 18 2014 : 11:36:15 AM
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That's what I'm planning on doing. I'm gonna oil it at some point. Also, the wheels are filthy.Well, it could be worse.
-Steve
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Posted - February 18 2014 : 2:30:04 PM
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| I LOVE Trollies! Gotta find that one & others at the Antique & Yoy Show Sat & the Train Show NEXT Saturday
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Posted - February 18 2014 : 2:31:26 PM
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quote: Maybe it is a red box era trolley. The case looks different then the brown box one does. The brown box has a line going around the middle area of it while mine doesn't.
-Steve
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Posted - February 18 2014 : 2:34:01 PM
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quote:I LOVE Trollies! Gotta find that one & others at the Antique & Yoy Show Sat & the Train Show NEXT Saturday
Originally posted by microbusss - February 18 2014 : 2:30:04 PM
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I don't know why but I love it too. Everyone else I know who's seen it thinks it's garbage. I really do want to get it working nice again so I can prove them wrong so that's why I'm gonna oil it and clean the wheels. It'll be a fun little project!
-Steve
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Posted - February 18 2014 : 2:40:19 PM
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I got the trolley for 10 dollars and it ran like garbage when I first got it. After cleaning it up a bit, it runs exactly like I said it did on the place where I put the picture of it.
-Steve
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Posted - February 18 2014 : 11:39:21 PM
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quote: quote:I LOVE Trollies! Gotta find that one & others at the Antique & Yoy Show Sat & the Train Show NEXT Saturday
Originally posted by microbusss - February 18 2014 : 2:30:04 PM
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I don't know why but I love it too. Everyone else I know who's seen it thinks it's garbage. I really do want to get it working nice again so I can prove them wrong so that's why I'm gonna oil it and clean the wheels.It'll be a fun little project!
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â February 18 2014Â :Â 2:34:01 PM
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Posted - February 18 2014 : 11:42:34 PM
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quote: quote: quote:I LOVE Trollies! Gotta find that one & others at the Antique & Yoy Show Sat & the Train Show NEXT Saturday
Originally posted by microbusss - February 18 2014 : 2:30:04 PM
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I don't know why but I love it too. Everyone else I know who's seen it thinks it's garbage. I really do want to get it working nice again so I can prove them wrong so that's why I'm gonna oil it and clean the wheels.It'll be a fun little project!
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â February 18 2014Â :Â 2:34:01 PM
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It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. Enjoy the hobby any way you like!
Originally posted by gmoney - February 18 2014 : 11:39:21 PM
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I know. It just doesn't run good because it needs to be oiled and cleaned. I was gonna do that anyway whether they say it's junk or not.
-Steve
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Posted - February 19 2014 : 10:58:19 AM
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quote:Had the same one running around our Christmas tree in the 60s...I destroyed it in the second grade playing with it in the dirt.... Then we got an AHM 4-4-0 " Genoa"...so I guess it worked out
Originally posted by shaygetz - February 18 2014 : 11:37:36 AM
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I've got an AHM 4-4-0 too! Take a look at it in the AHM/Riverossi part of the forum and find the thread that says Riverossi 4-4-0 or something like that. It's close to the top of the first page.
-Steve
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Posted - February 19 2014 : 11:29:06 AM
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Here's a picture of the Tyco Mantua trolley case.
And here's the brownbox Tyco trolley case.
Which one do you think mine is?
I got these two pictures from the internet.
-Steve
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Posted - February 19 2014 : 1:32:22 PM
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I found that through a little socket on the base of the locomotive there is a plastic gear. Does that mean it's from the red box era or did the brown box era engines have it too?
-Steve
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Posted - February 19 2014 : 6:46:22 PM
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quote:I LOVE Trollies! Gotta find that one & others at the Antique & Yoy Show Sat & the Train Show NEXT Saturday
Originally posted by microbusss - February 18 2014 : 2:30:04 PM
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Take a look at this on the case.
What does it mean?
-Steve
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