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 Posted - January 27 2016 : 06:42:40 AM
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I'm looking for the 1959 long passenger cars. I need two Canadian Pacific coaches and one observation along with a B&O combine and observation. Pictured below is a 1959 car in comparison to the 1960+ version.
Thanks in advance!
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Posted - February 04 2016 : 8:54:36 PM
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I can see why. Let us know if you get your set.
Got pics of your layout you can post??
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Posted - February 04 2016 : 9:06:51 PM
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Here is my photo comparing the three cars set on CP large to a smaller SRR set. Cant help you for this is the only set I have of these Gilbert passenger cars sold by Tyco.
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Posted - March 25 2016 : 01:00:38 AM
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Found an observation car... Still looking for two coaches :-)
Frank, those Southern Crescent cars are tough little buggers to find too. I'm still piecing my chrome set together...
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Posted - March 25 2016 : 10:45:16 AM
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quote:Found an observation car... Still looking for two coaches :-)
Frank, those Southern Crescent cars are tough little buggers to find too. I'm still piecing my chrome set together...
Originally posted by bad71burb - March 25 2016 : 01:00:38 AM
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Out of curiosity are you trying to collect all of Tyco's passenger sets? That's been my off and on goal for the past ten years or so. It sounds simple enough but some of the sets are ridiculously elusive. Good luck! 
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Posted - March 25 2016 : 10:50:46 AM
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I recent aqurired some odd TYCO short passenger cars in Red boxes
Tavern and observations
ANYONE INTERESTED?
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Posted - March 26 2016 : 08:17:33 AM
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quote: quote:Found an observation car... Still looking for two coaches :-)
Frank, those Southern Crescent cars are tough little buggers to find too. I'm still piecing my chrome set together...
Originally posted by bad71burb - March 25 2016 : 01:00:38 AM
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Out of curiosity are you trying to collect all of Tyco's passenger sets? That's been my off and on goal for the past ten years or so. It sounds simple enough but some of the sets are ridiculously elusive. Good luck!
Originally posted by DaCheez - March 25 2016 : 10:45:16 AM
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In all honesty, about 10 years ago, I had all of the brown box and red box passenger sets. The chrome Southern Crescent set was one of my favorites. The hardest sets for me to find were the ACL with engines that weren't faded and matching colors and the uncataloged D&RG. I lost most of my trains in a divorce and have been slowly rebuilding my collection. I primarily collect Gilbert HO but have a few select Tyco/Mantua pieces. I also have a nice Varney F3 collection, almost complete.
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Posted - March 26 2016 : 08:21:42 AM
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quote: quote:Found an observation car... Still looking for two coaches :-)
Frank, those Southern Crescent cars are tough little buggers to find too. I'm still piecing my chrome set together...
Originally posted by bad71burb - March 25 2016 : 01:00:38 AM
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Out of curiosity are you trying to collect all of Tyco's passenger sets? That's been my off and on goal for the past ten years or so. It sounds simple enough but some of the sets are ridiculously elusive. Good luck!
Originally posted by DaCheez - March 25 2016 : 10:45:16 AM
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In all honesty, about 10 years ago, I had all of the brown box and red box passenger sets. The chrome Southern Crescent set was one of my favorites. The hardest sets for me to find were the ACL with engines that weren't faded and matching colors and the uncataloged D&RG. I lost most of my trains in a divorce and have been slowly rebuilding my collection. I primarily collect Gilbert HO but have a few select Tyco/Mantua pieces. I also have a nice Varney F3 collection, almost complete.
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Posted - March 26 2016 : 5:17:12 PM
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quote:I recent aqurired some odd TYCO short passenger cars in Red boxes
Tavern and observations
ANYONE INTERESTED?
Originally posted by thesiding - March 25 2016 : 10:50:46 AM
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Pictures?
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Posted - March 26 2016 : 6:55:35 PM
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Here are two
Will be going up on e bay tommorrow
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Posted - March 26 2016 : 9:33:20 PM
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quote:| In all honesty, about 10 years ago, I had all of the brown box and red box passenger sets. The chrome Southern Crescent set was one of my favorites. The hardest sets for me to find were the ACL with engines that weren't faded and matching colors and the uncataloged D&RG. I lost most of my trains in a divorce and have been slowly rebuilding my collection. I primarily collect Gilbert HO but have a few select Tyco/Mantua pieces. I also have a nice Varney F3 collection, almost complete. |
Ouch, that's rough. I lucked out years ago and found a full ACL set on ebay with a BIN of $20. Ironically the hardest set for me to find has been Canadian Pacific. I'm up here in Canada and all I ever run across are the CN cars. Was the Rio Grande set uncatologed?
Anyway, good luck with your hunt! Sorry I couldn't be more useful!
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Posted - March 28 2016 : 12:23:05 AM
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quote: quote:| In all honesty, about 10 years ago, I had all of the brown box and red box passenger sets. The chrome Southern Crescent set was one of my favorites. The hardest sets for me to find were the ACL with engines that weren't faded and matching colors and the uncataloged D&RG. I lost most of my trains in a divorce and have been slowly rebuilding my collection. I primarily collect Gilbert HO but have a few select Tyco/Mantua pieces. I also have a nice Varney F3 collection, almost complete. |
Ouch, that's rough. I lucked out years ago and found a full ACL set on ebay with a BIN of $20. Ironically the hardest set for me to find has been Canadian Pacific. I'm up here in Canada and all I ever run across are the CN cars. Was the Rio Grande set uncatologed?
Anyway, good luck with your hunt! Sorry I couldn't be more useful!
Originally posted by DaCheez - March 26 2016 : 9:33:20 PM
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Nice grab on the ACL. :-) The CP isn't easy to find in the short cars but it's practically impossible to find nice/near mint examples of the long cars. I scored the combine on eBay for $18 buy it now but has to pay $92 for the observation but it's NOS in a mint box.
The Rio Grande set has two variations in the paint scheme. The one version is regular production, the other is uncataloged. I'll try to find a pic
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Posted - March 28 2016 : 12:32:33 AM
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The Rio Grande coach on top is the regular production car bearing number 203 on the car. The coach under it is the uncataloged variation, bearing number 3220. All the cars uncataloged cars had different numbers from the regular ones and are hard to find...
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Posted - March 28 2016 : 11:11:02 AM
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| Well damn...looks like I have another set on my hit list!
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Posted - May 04 2016 : 11:14:53 PM
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| Still looking... Anyone?
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 Posted - May 05 2016 : 10:39:43 AM
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well *I* wants the Union Pacific ones 
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Posted - May 05 2016 : 4:10:44 PM
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quote:well *I* wants the Union Pacific ones
Originally posted by microbusss - May 05 2016 : 10:39:43 AM
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That is the one item I know you have been looking for forever. The Gimmie that never gives.
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Posted - May 05 2016 : 9:22:09 PM
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quote:The Gimmie that never gives.
Originally posted by raysouthernpac - May 05 2016 : 4:10:44 PM
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http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - May 06 2016 : 10:45:14 AM
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quote: [quote]The Gimmie that never gives.
Originally posted by raysouthernpac - May 05 2016 : 4:10:44 PM
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I "almost" bought a set off Ebay one time ( to resell to Micro, but I was short on money). I think it sold for only $45 or so, all 3 cars, redbox. That is the cheapest D&RG set I've seen ever. Most seem to sell for 70-80 or more. Same with ACL. I found two ACL cars local for $10 each, I think I just need the Observation car now. I saw the Gilbert/Tyco set at the Timonium show a few weekends ago, they were asking $100 for the set of 3 cars.
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Posted - December 15 2016 : 11:43:51 PM
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| Been a while... Still hunting for the CP long coaches... Anyone have a car or two they want to part with? I have GILBERT HO to offer in trade if cash isn't your thing...
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Posted - January 11 2017 : 11:58:35 PM
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| Still looking... :-(
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Posted - January 12 2017 : 08:55:13 AM
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| @ - bad71burd, I'm not sure why people say that those ACL F9A and the F9B sets are faded. I got a damn near mint set because the guy thought the engines were faded. They are not faded, they cam from TYCO like that, and his loss was my gain!!!
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Posted - January 12 2017 : 10:31:46 PM
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| I've had a few where the one side is lavender the other side is almost a baby blue. Finding them in even shades that all match had proven to be a fear at the time.
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Posted - February 09 2017 : 8:47:16 PM
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Monthly bump... Still looking... My son is getting frustrated at me because I can't find these cars...
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Posted - February 10 2017 : 11:25:04 AM
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well I did find one anyway
now I just need to find 3-4 passenger cars
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Posted - February 11 2017 : 9:09:57 PM
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| Nice! I went after that boxed set on eBay last month but came up a little shy... Maybe next time.
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Posted - February 12 2017 : 3:36:03 PM
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quote:Nice! I went after that boxed set on eBay last month but came up a little shy... Maybe next time.
Originally posted by bad71burb - February 11 2017 : 9:09:57 PM
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well IF I gotta get this set 1 car & loco at a time
So be it!
Looking for UP cars for the Tyco CofSF loco anyway
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Posted - February 27 2017 : 9:47:16 PM
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Bump and an update... I picked up a Canadian Pacific single A , three car set with the long cars, only one coach, soooo...
I now need THREE coaches in Canadian Pacific...
I still need a combine and observation in B&O.
I have some Gilbert HO to trade if nobody wants to sell outright.
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Posted - February 27 2017 : 11:29:01 PM
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| I thought I was pretty knowledgeable when it came to TYCO Trains, but it was only 3 days ago I heard they has a chrome Crescent set just after I just got both the Santa Fe and B & O sets this weekend. Do you have pictures of one?
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Posted - February 28 2017 : 12:12:22 AM
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Not mine. This sold on eBay a couple years ago for $835.
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Posted - March 03 2017 : 7:20:26 PM
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| I thought I was pretty knowledgeable when it came to TYCO Trains, but it was only 3 days ago I heard they has a chrome Crescent set just after I just got both the Santa Fe and B & O sets this weekend. Do you have pictures of one?
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Posted - April 18 2017 : 05:53:15 AM
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Monthly bump... Still looking. 
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Posted - April 19 2017 : 11:14:08 AM
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So, I take it your looking for additional Dangerous and Rapidly Growing Worse
coaches? Good luck on that one. Scarcer than hen's teeth, I reckon. I got this
F with a Mantua MU2 motor (runs strong). Need one?
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Posted - April 19 2017 : 11:17:10 AM
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quote:well I did find one anyway
now I just need to find 3-4 passenger cars
Originally posted by microbusss - February 10 2017 : 11:25:04 AM
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I was thinking about you, Busss, when I got a sweet ride on this UP sponsored fan trip.
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Posted - April 19 2017 : 1:17:27 PM
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I've ridden them cars b4 for the Operation Lifesaver program
last time I got to ride in the Dome Car! 
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Posted - April 19 2017 : 11:54:26 PM
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 Aaargh! I never made it into the dome car! However, the ride in coach was pretty
fantastic. I didn't want to get off. Did you, by chance, meet Debrah Barnett? She is one of
like twelve lady locomotive engineers in the USA, or so she told me.
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