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 Posted - April 20 2007 : 7:01:24 PM
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Got this in a mixed lot Ebay win sometime back for about $8 including shipping. When I got it, it appeared to be near mint with only a bit of tread wear and its original boxes. The funnel and smoke oil tube are still in the box. When I tried to fire it up, it wouldn't even spark. Figuring it got toasted in the past, I shelved it for about 6 weeks.
Last night 2 things happened. One, I was shamed into doing something about it when I saw a Youtube video that had one walking around a loop of track and two, I also saw the original TV commercial on Youtube as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKHHnNT7h8I
Look for the derailed driver in the runby towards the end...only Tyco, man, only Tyco...[:D]
That did it, I had to make it run and it turned out to be a good deal less painful than I thought. The motor in the tender came apart rather easily to reveal the gnarliest knot of cat hair around each spur gear I had ever seen to this point. A little WD40, a bit of scrubbing, a couple drops of oil and now I can show my face to the Tyco crowd again. Even cooler with the matching 'boose...
/tyco/forum/uploaded/shaygetz/tyco080a.jpg
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Posted - April 20 2007 : 7:29:53 PM
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OK here's a decent question. When did the Chatanooga change from a
2-8-0 to an 0-8-0. The Royal Blue that Brian got and the Chatanooga I have left are both 2-8-0's
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Posted - April 20 2007 : 7:39:22 PM
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quote:OK here's a decent question. When did the Chatanooga change from a
2-8-0 to an 0-8-0. The Royal Blue that Brian got and the Chatanooga I have left are both 2-8-0's
Bob
Originally posted by obtrey - April 21 2007 : 12:29:53 AM
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Looks like between 1978-82 >>> http://tycotrain.tripod.com/steamengines/id15.html
I'd like to know if I could retrofit a 2-8-0 pilot truck to it as there is certainly room for it.
Edited by - shaygetz on April 20 2007 7:40:24 PM
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Posted - April 20 2007 : 7:46:02 PM
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OK That was a test and I flunked. I always should look there first, guess I'll never learn.
I beleive the loco's are basically the same configuration but I have never looked under the nose to see how the trucks are attached. All the elec. pickups are in the tendre or the steel wheels of the loco if I remember correctly. I sent some parts to Hypoponera and it contained pieces for a Chat. maybe he could look and answer your question better.
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Edited by - obtrey on April 20 2007 7:47:14 PM
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Posted - April 20 2007 : 7:51:22 PM
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| Even if I can't, that's OK...this and my GG1 are classic, near mint examples of Tyco's finest work[Oops!] [;)]
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Posted - April 20 2007 : 8:08:26 PM
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Did you ever notice that the black and tuscan Pennsy GG-1's have the same number on them? I just noticed that myself. There are some pics a little further down in this part of the forum.
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