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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fbzAPRSF30
Back in my youth, I had an ambition to be a railroad engineer. However, my well meaning, parents would shake their heads sadly and say, "see what is happening to the Penn Central? Not a good business to get into." So, for better or worse, I did not.
But this was, along with the Boston and Maine, Canadian National and shortly thereafter, Amtrak (1976) the dominant railroads of my early interest. Did I mention the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo (my first rail experience) or the New Jersey Central (as it faded into Conrail)?
Ah, the very wonder of it all, metal elephants clanking ponderously about, the scent of grease and diesel. The stuff of boyhood dreams.
Click on the link and take a Penn Central voyage with me!
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Posted - July 08 2014 : 05:34:12 AM
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| Great video Jeff
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Posted - July 08 2014 : 10:35:02 AM
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| Brianstyco when the hell are you going to start making video's again? I thought they were very good and informative.
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Posted - July 08 2014 : 12:08:29 PM
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Yeah, CG-1. Brianstyco, I liked watching your videos to get info on certain Tyco cars I might want to know about. Plus I have some Tyco cars that I would love to know more about. Anyways, Chops, good job on that video.
-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."
Edited by - kovacste000 on July 08 2014 5:16:57 PM
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Posted - July 08 2014 : 4:32:22 PM
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Incredible video Chops. Have been humming that soundtrack all day.
I had dreams of being an engineer too, but my dad - who was living Penn Central at his job - did not want me to go into that business
And, there was no mainline PC action here, just tired old diesels laboring over neglected tracks, switching coal hoppers and chemical tank cars. A gritty railroad world, no gleaming passenger trains to be found. But yes I still recall vividly the idling locomotives by the dispatcher's office and their unique sound/smell. All that world is gone now, taken over here by NS and now very little traffic compared to those days.
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Posted - July 08 2014 : 6:45:24 PM
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real cool
the tuscan red PRR boxcar jumped at 1:36
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Posted - July 08 2014 : 7:54:52 PM
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quote:real cool
the tuscan red PRR boxcar jumped at 1:36
Originally posted by microbusss - July 08 2014 : 6:45:24 PM
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Very realistic! Track was in sorry shape then
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Posted - July 08 2014 : 8:32:45 PM
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quote: quote:real cool
the tuscan red PRR boxcar jumped at 1:36
Originally posted by microbusss - July 08 2014 : 6:45:24 PM
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Very realistic! Track was in sorry shape then
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â July 08 2014Â :Â 7:54:52 PM
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I'll say! 
-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 - July 08 2014 : 9:29:00 PM
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| Thank you for your kind replies. Terrible video, but I loved doing it. Truthfully, to get all those Tyco entities to stay on the track, I had to weigh each and every car done with as much scrap lead and metal as I could scrounge up- The whole get up must weigh at least ten pounds, and required those three locomotives (the pusher was a dummy) to pull their little hearts out!
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Posted - July 08 2014 : 10:07:25 PM
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quote:...Terrible video...
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â July 08 2014Â :Â 9:29:00 PM
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Hardly! That video held my attention a whole lot better than a lot of vids i've seen of trains running on layouts. You don't often see backup moves either, and the caboose hop cutting across the frame in the foreground was a creative touch.
Oh yeah, the scrap metal probably explains the BN boxcar's severe list!
Glenn
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
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Posted - July 09 2014 : 01:46:44 AM
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That first coupling maneuver was especially Penn central-worthy, though the trackage was disturbingly free of debris. Also, the C-Liner ran too well.
I like the yard office cabeese (is one an old Silver Streak?), and that tug is amazing!
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Posted - July 09 2014 : 05:13:06 AM
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quote:Brianstyco when the hell are you going to start making video's again? I thought they were very good and informative.
Originally posted by GG-1 Guy - July 08 2014 : 10:35:02 AM
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Soon - my work is very busy -been working 70 hrs a week 6 days a week plus i just got moved into a home after being in a town home for last five - have all my trains back in one location finally - your not the only one asking when my next Tyco video is coming - i get emails daily from youtube and questions on current videos up - i do have one planned on servicing a Tyco steam locomotive along with some action accessories and a few on rolling stock pieces - hang in there - i will get to them - Thank you and everyone else for the interest in the videos i have done so far - is more than i thought would ever be - would like to note - glad to see younger people emailing me about Tyco after watching my videos - been a surprise there - Brian - BriansTyco
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