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Tyco No 212-F Southern pacific Crescent Limited 2-6-4 Pacific
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Posted - February 15 2015 : 12:18:31 AM
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You know what, I'll add something to this week's LOTW. Why not? This week is a repeat so that I can keep this week's theme. A Mantua 1950's 4-6-2 that I got at a train show last year. 
-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 15 2015 : 11:43:24 AM
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tyco/mantua pacific in pgw livery,thanks frank
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Posted - February 15 2015 : 6:03:35 PM
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Another work in progress, and not completely glued together.
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Posted - February 15 2015 : 8:09:23 PM
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Dave, I am right in the middle of building one of those Climaxes. How is yours going together and how does it run?
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Posted - February 15 2015 : 8:24:07 PM
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It was kind of noisy with just oil as lube, so I re-lubed the gears and u-joints with Superlube and it quieted down quite a bit. It runs real nice, even with the provided zinc flywheel, which I thought would vibrate a lot. I'm hoping that it's a good climber with the low gearing.
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Posted - February 15 2015 : 9:45:15 PM
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| Give your wife a narrow gauge climax
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Posted - February 15 2015 : 10:02:03 PM
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Wife? .... do you have any IDEA .... (pause for drama) .... how HARD it is to get a good one of them?
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Posted - February 16 2015 : 12:19:06 AM
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What do model railroaders use for birth control?
*beat*
Their personalities.
--CRC
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Posted - February 16 2015 : 12:29:47 AM
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quote:What do model railroaders use for birth control?
*beat*
Their personalities.
Originally posted by PRR 4800Â -Â February 16 2015Â :Â 12:19:06 AM
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 So true. Pretty much any girl at my age, if I mention that I like model trains, that would scare all of them off.
-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 16 2015 : 09:28:42 AM
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| I must have a rare one, my wife has been putting up with me and my model trains for 45 years come June.
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Posted - February 16 2015 : 09:31:30 AM
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A favorite gotten from Catfordken.
The Princess Royal. A heck of a locomotive. Always assigned to pull a set of my Pullmans. Also came from Kenny.
Thanks again Kenny.
frank
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Posted - February 16 2015 : 11:13:17 AM
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quote:I must have a rare one, my wife has been putting up with me and my model trains for 45 years come June.
Originally posted by Retired Alex - February 16 2015 : 09:28:42 AM
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 You must be lucky, Alex, because as I said, most girls would run away screaming if they heard/saw you were into trains. And you know what, I don't care.
-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 16 2015 : 12:15:14 PM
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I must have gotten real lucky then. My fiance actually encourages me and even helps me at times with my trains.
Even my late wife did the same. Got lucky twice??
George
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Posted - February 16 2015 : 1:57:16 PM
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quote:I must have gotten real lucky then. My fiance actually encourages me and even helps me at times with my trains.
Even my late wife did the same. Got lucky twice??
George
Originally posted by oldtimer52Â -Â February 16 2015Â :Â 12:15:14 PM
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Oh, really?I wish I could find someone as accepting to your hobbies like that because I have others.
-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 16 2015 : 10:23:04 PM
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My LOTW is part of a Christmas set my daughter picked up at a giant yard sale in Portland OR. Honestly I wasn't expecting too much out of it, but I put it on the track to try it out tonight and it runs like a champ. It does tend to "crab" a bit with a little play in the axles, and I had to replace the wheels in the tender to get it to run through turnouts. The tender needs more weight too, as does the carriages and the bobber caboose. Thinking I might detail it a little, see if I can make it a little more presentable.
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 12:14:06 AM
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Jerry,
What brand is the Village Express?
Regards, John
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 06:40:22 AM
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quote:Jerry,
What brand is the Village Express?
Regards, John
Originally posted by JRG1951Â -Â February 17 2015Â :Â 12:14:06 AM
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It's called "Department 56". Made in Macau. Looks like it was made by Bachmann.
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 08:15:09 AM
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Going tiny today, an N gauge Life-Like 0-6-0 I got in a train lot that had 3 Santa Fe F7's I wanted for my N gauge SF passenger consist. Two of those 3 run, too! This one just needed some polisihing on the axle flanges where the power pick-up is, and it runs pretty good.
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 08:48:33 AM
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quote: quote:Originally posted by oldtimer52Â -Â February 16 2015Â :Â 12:15:14 PM
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Oh, really?I wish I could find someone as accepting to your hobbies like that because I have others.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â February 16 2015Â :Â 1:57:16 PM[/right] [/i]
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Keep looking! In addition to model building, I am an avid shooter/gun collector, I reload my own ammo, and I am an entomologist. So I always have lots of guns and bugs! If you look long enough you will find someone who will accept your interests without too many questions.
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 09:23:31 AM
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quote: quote: quote:Originally posted by oldtimer52Â -Â February 16 2015Â :Â 12:15:14 PM
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Oh, really?I wish I could find someone as accepting to your hobbies like that because I have others.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â February 16 2015Â :Â 1:57:16 PM
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Keep looking! In addition to model building, I am an avid shooter/gun collector, I reload my own ammo, and I am an entomologist. So I always have lots of guns and bugs! If you look long enough you will find someone who will accept your interests without too many questions.
Originally posted by Hypoponera - February 17 2015 : 08:48:33 AM[/right] [/i]
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[okay]I'm definitely trying.
-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 17 2015 : 11:29:44 AM
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quote: quote:I must have gotten real lucky then. My fiance actually encourages me and even helps me at times with my trains.
Even my late wife did the same. Got lucky twice??
George
Originally posted by oldtimer52Â -Â February 16 2015Â :Â 12:15:14 PM
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Oh, really?I wish I could find someone as accepting to your hobbies like that because I have others.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â February 16 2015Â :Â 1:57:16 PM
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It can't be that hard, because even I've found one... my girlfriend might not be a railfan by any stretch of the imagination, but she puts up with all my trains and crazy stuff. The trick is, she likes old historical stuff as much as I do. 
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 1:24:40 PM
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quote:
It's called "Department 56". Made in Macau. Looks like it was made by Bachmann.
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â February 17 2015Â :Â 06:40:22 AM
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Loco does resemble a Model Power loco they had
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MODEL-POWER-HO-0-4-0-Fat-Boy-Steam-Locomotive-with-Tender-PENNZOIL-/121570448347?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c4e29d3db
SEE??
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 3:42:28 PM
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quote:Oh, really?I wish I could find someone as accepting to your hobbies like that because I have others.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â February 16 2015Â :Â 1:57:16 PM
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I'm a collector of hobbies so the trains kind of fly under the radar. "Why are you buying another car!? You already have a car! And how much did you spend on that bike four months ago!?" Meanwhile the cheap little toy trains move in to the apartment unnoticed.
In all seriousness though my GF is pretty supportive.
Anyway, to keep things on topic here is a Tyco CN trio.
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 3:50:54 PM
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quote:
I think you nailed it Micro-B. The only difference I see is that the cowcatcher is shorter on the Pennzoil one.
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 7:49:47 PM
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| That CN consist is going onto my as yet imaginary 2016 Tyco calendar.
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 7:53:36 PM
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I dream of steam. Harald Halseth's UP Challenger threads the points at the
Bob Orr Yard at the El Paso Model Train Club, today. It is a remote control
unit, runs off track power with a hand held transmitter. Full sound.
Note the rail heads have a fine patina of wear on them. They have been
in use since 1987.
Edited by - Chops124 on February 17 2015 7:55:01 PM
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 7:55:45 PM
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quote:A favorite gotten from Catfordken.
The Princess Royal. A heck of a locomotive. Always assigned to pull a set of my Pullmans. Also came from Kenny.
Thanks again Kenny.
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - February 16 2015 : 09:31:30 AM
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Unnnnngh....!
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 8:06:59 PM
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quote:That CN consist is going onto my as yet imaginary 2016 Tyco calendar.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â February 17 2015Â :Â 7:49:47 PM
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That'd be pretty slick. I'd buy one.
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 8:51:14 PM
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quote:
I remeber some advice given me by our friend shaygetz ... "spend twice as much on her as you do on the hobby" ... should I ever find such a gal appearing willing to put up with the likes of me, I shall use that wisdom given by shaygetz!
~ Dave
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 10:02:10 PM
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Loco of the week. Just finished...Varney Old Lady Consolidation (2-8-0).
In progress photos on other manufacturer's section. Been 5 years, kept trying to find a tender floor, finally made one. Details put back, ready to go!
Dave
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Posted - February 18 2015 : 12:32:17 AM
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That Varney got character! Fabulous work. I wish I had
the ability to make something that cool.
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Posted - February 18 2015 : 09:21:28 AM
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quote:That Varney got character! Fabulous work. I wish I had
the ability to make something that cool.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â February 18 2015Â :Â 12:32:17 AM
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Yeah, I totally agree.
-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 18 2015 : 7:37:59 PM
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quote: quote:
I think you nailed it Micro-B. The only difference I see is that the cowcatcher is shorter on the Pennzoil one.
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â February 17 2015Â :Â 3:50:54 PM
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Just for the record, I looked at the bottom of it (duh). It says "GATA Play Art". Did Model Power make Playart? 
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Posted - February 18 2015 : 8:16:35 PM
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quote: quote: quote:
I think you nailed it Micro-B. The only difference I see is that the cowcatcher is shorter on the Pennzoil one.
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â February 17 2015Â :Â 3:50:54 PM
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Just for the record, I looked at the bottom of it (duh). It says "GATA Play Art". Did Model Power make Playart?
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â February 18 2015Â :Â 7:37:59 PM
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I researched it and found it came from some Christmas train set or something. Very odd.
-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 18 2015 : 8:19:36 PM
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quote:
Just for the record, I looked at the bottom of it (duh). It says "GATA Play Art". Did Model Power make Playart?
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â February 18 2015Â :Â 7:37:59 PM
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no but Playart made stuff FOR MP
I has a smooth sided grain hopper with Rio Grande on it in a MP box but says Playart on the bottom of car!
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Posted - February 18 2015 : 8:46:20 PM
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quote:I researched it and found it came from some Christmas train set or something. Very odd.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â February 18 2015Â :Â 8:16:35 PM
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Yes, I'll post the entire set eventually. Came with two coaches and a bobber caboose. The coaches are - strangely - European style coaches, definitely not American. They all have patches of snow on the roofs.
I wouldn't be so interested in this thing if it didn't run so well. It has a high top speed as you would expect from a "train set" type loco, but it also has the ability to literally crawl smoothly around the layout - as well as any loco I have. If it didn't "crab" while doing so, I'd put it up against Darth's recent dockside repower. And that's saying something.
The wheelsets on all the cars are horrible though, plastic pizza-cutters that don't roll very well. I replaced the tender wheels with metal Intermountains since it had actual trucks - the coaches and caboose are all 4 wheel/2 axle setups.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - February 19 2015 : 09:32:18 AM
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quote: quote:I researched it and found it came from some Christmas train set or something. Very odd.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â February 18 2015Â :Â 8:16:35 PM
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Yes, I'll post the entire set eventually. Came with two coaches and a bobber caboose. The coaches are - strangely - European style coaches, definitely not American. They all have patches of snow on the roofs.
I wouldn't be so interested in this thing if it didn't run so well. It has a high top speed as you would expect from a "train set" type loco, but it also has the ability to literally crawl smoothly around the layout - as well as any loco I have. If it didn't "crab" while doing so, I'd put it up against Darth's recent dockside repower. And that's saying something.
The wheelsets on all the cars are horrible though, plastic pizza-cutters that don't roll very well. I replaced the tender wheels with metal Intermountains since it had actual trucks - the coaches and caboose are all 4 wheel/2 axle setups.
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â February 18 2015Â :Â 8:46:20 PM
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[okay]Yeah, I believe you. I've seen these types of things all over the place.But yeah, I've never thought something like this would run so well overall.
-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 19 2015 : 7:06:19 PM
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| Interesting engines this week. This one a Southern Pacific Athearn unit. 
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Posted - February 20 2015 : 3:36:44 PM
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Just for the record, I looked at the bottom of it (duh). It says "GATA Play Art". Did Model Power make Playart?
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â February 18 2015Â :Â 7:37:59 PM
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The reason it runs well is because of the simple Mabuchi type can motor. I always thought these locos were either Lima or Lima knockoffs. The Playart Wikipedia page settled that question:
Trains and Planes
Uniqueness in offerings and choice of individual vehicles was always interesting. A line of miniature tanks was produced. Playart trains were mostly HO scale. Models varied from coal-fired steam engines from the late 1800s to modern engines from the 1950s and 1960s, including electric coaches. A variety of passenger coaches from varied eras were also featured. This included replicas of the Japanese hi-speed Shinkansen. Many were copies of Lima brand trains from Italy. These trains were also sold under the brand names of Model Power and Tomy (Japan).
The Playart stuff was all over Two Guys and Toys R Us in the early 80's. I think a small selection of their stuff and Bachmann were the only model trains Toys R Us carried back then. My friends & I were more into other things like RC cars at the time, and I remember seeing these and thinking how far the MR hobby had sunk. Looking back I guess I should have picked up a few of the bullet trains. Both stores had so many of those things I was sick of seeing them, and as I recall they were dirt cheap.
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Posted - February 20 2015 : 7:03:21 PM
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Very interesting Nelson. I always wondered about those Model Power Amtrak trains, thinking I'd seen those somewhere before (but not in America)! Japanese Shinkansen.
And yes I am easily impressed. I've had Bachmann 0-4-0 or 0-6-0 locomotives that would be problematic going through turnouts, much less run so smoothly at low speeds.
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