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 Posted - April 02 2014 : 10:21:24 PM
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I believe I just bought the rarest of the rare Tyco 0-8-0's, the crescent style Southern! In 4 years of eBay'ing, I maybe seen 2! Now I need the lighter green Southern, GN and CP and the 2 varied Chattanooga (red roof with silver smoke box) to having a complete 0-8-0 collection!
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Posted - April 02 2014 : 10:44:34 PM
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You mean this, don't you?
This was one of a couple pictures online about this engine you have. I can't really find anything else on it except that it only appeared in the Tyco catalog in 1978, then again in 1980 and 1981 before it was replaced by version 2, which was the more crescent style loco in 1982.
-Steve
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Posted - April 02 2014 : 10:46:14 PM
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tyco-0-8-0-Consolidation-Tender-Southern-HO-Locomotive-Nice-/261442171016?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&nma=true&si=MDjhMP72ukS0%252FnvDsKghvUF%252BcEA%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
This one! I do see those from time to time. The one I got tonight has only showed up maybe 2-4 times within 4 years.
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Posted - April 02 2014 : 10:50:42 PM
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Then that's the one that was in the Tyco catalog in only 1982. I've seen the first version a couple times on the forum and on the internet but I've never seen or heard of the second version besides Tony Cook's Tyco page until now. Nice job on finding it!
-Steve
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Posted - April 02 2014 : 10:54:25 PM
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My lucky night. Funny how the fellas at school said tonight would be lucky some how and should buy a lotto ticket.
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Posted - April 04 2014 : 8:50:26 PM
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I saw a photo of one of those in the Tyco Model Railroad Manual! It had the tender shell off to show the motor.
I think all the Tyco products in the book came from what was available in the 1978 catalog (it'd make sense; the book was published in 1979 and it probably took quite a while to build the layout seen in that book!)
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