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The goal of this challenge is to collect all of the RB era passenger sets *with boxes.* This INCLUDES the locomotives.
You do not have to collect chrome or different versions. Good Luck!
Also, I myself have not done this yet, but hope to soon
Sets to Collect:
Royal Blue
Southern
Union Pacific
Candian Pacific
New Haven
Penn Central
Pennsylvania
D&RG
ACL
Burlington
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Posted - April 09 2016 : 8:03:14 PM
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| *I* wants the UP ones for ME!
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Posted - April 09 2016 : 8:18:47 PM
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quote:*I* wants the UP ones for ME!
Originally posted by microbusss - April 09 2016 : 8:03:14 PM
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Those are HARD to find
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Posted - April 09 2016 : 9:38:10 PM
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What a coincidence that this post appeared today. I was logging on to reach out to any leads on getting a couple of pieces I am still on the hunt for to complete a wall display of tyco passenger trains I am building out to compliment my Slice of Woodbury walls. I started a few months ago to finish up what I thought I needed to fill the space I plan to build out. Each shelf will have an F9 A&B Unit, Combine, 2 Coaches, and Observation. That size consist will fit perfectly. My issue of missing pieces were that many sets only had one coach, so I have to backfill a couple of open spots.
My complete trains (all Red Boxed except Amtrak) are:
ACL
New Haven
Amtrak (substitute F9A Dummy since no B Unit)
B&O non-chrome
B&O Chrome
Pennsylvania
Burlington
Santa Fe non-chrome
My nearly complete trains are:
Union Pacific - need one coach
CN - Need one coach and a F9 B Unit ( I know they are out there somewhere)
Penn Central - Need one Coach
Anyone with a lead or willingness to sell any of the items on my "still need" list, please PM me. I get on here once a week or so, so I will get back to you.
I wouldn't mind a SF Chrome set to round out the display. I have room for up to 14 shelves if I want to. I plan on doing one shelf as a custom paint job of C&O, using a set of Tyco F9 A & B Units with the Blue Roof as my starting point, using some of the extra Tyco passenger cars I amassed when collecting the above. Time has been in short supply for me this year with work, so maybe that project is still a couple months off I'm guessing. Can't do the wall build out until summer either.
I also will eventually try to finish of the roadnames such as Canadian Pacific and DRG. The Southern Crescent Ltd (chrome and non chrome) is probably years off. Unless I hit Powerball I suppose.
Interesting post. I will be curious to see how much the members have accumulated of the tyco passenger line.
Scott
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Posted - April 09 2016 : 10:49:44 PM
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I have a Santa Fe set. That's gonna have to do it for me.... 
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Posted - April 10 2016 : 1:52:57 PM
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I've always kind of wondered how many other people are doing this. Some of the Tyco sets sell pretty high on ebay so there have to be at least a few. The unfortunate thing about Tyco streamliners is that the more you collect, the more you realize just how many variations are out there.
I started collecting the Tyco streamliners years ago. At last count my collection was over 60 individual cars, but that was several years ago. I prefer my cars without boxes. Boxes take up space and drive the price up unnecessarily.
Here's a picture from several years ago; a few sets I've acquired since then are absent from the photo.
Also, regarding the above list, Tyco never made a VIA set. Mantua made a VIA set in the 80's and Tyco had a VIA freight set (which is odd), but there was never a Tyco VIA streamliner.
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Posted - April 10 2016 : 2:41:58 PM
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quote:I've always kind of wondered how many other people are doing this. Some of the Tyco sets sell pretty high on ebay so there have to be at least a few. The unfortunate thing about Tyco streamliners is that the more you collect, the more you realize just how many variations are out there.
I started collecting the Tyco streamliners years ago. At last count my collection was over 60 individual cars, but that was several years ago. I prefer my cars without boxes. Boxes take up space and drive the price up unnecessarily.
Here's a picture from several years ago; a few sets I've acquired since then are absent from the photo.
Also, regarding the above list, Tyco never made a VIA set. Mantua made a VIA set in the 80's and Tyco had a VIA freight set (which is odd), but there was never a Tyco VIA streamliner.
Originally posted by DaCheez - April 10 2016 : 1:52:57 PM
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oops! I meant CP
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Posted - April 10 2016 : 2:56:07 PM
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quote: quote:*I* wants the UP ones for ME!
Originally posted by microbusss - April 09 2016 : 8:03:14 PM
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Those are HARD to find
Originally posted by bnsfIAÂ -Â April 09 2016Â :Â 8:18:47 PM
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yes & I only has the combine & 1 CP passenger car 
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Posted - April 10 2016 : 2:56:15 PM
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I'd say Amtrak, SF, and B&O are the easiest to find.
Next would probably be Pennsylvania, Penn Central, and Burlington
Rarer ones would be CP, CN, NH, DR&G, and ACL
The hardest ones would have to be Southern and union pacific
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Posted - April 10 2016 : 3:02:44 PM
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quote:I'd say Amtrak, SF, and B&O are the easiest to find.
Next would probably be Pennsylvania, Penn Central, and Burlington
Rarer ones would be CP, CN, NH, DR&G, and ACL
The hardest ones would have to be Southern and union pacific
Originally posted by bnsfIAÂ -Â April 10 2016Â :Â 2:56:15 PM
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oh I forgot 
I have the whole Rio Grande one
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 Posted - April 10 2016 : 5:36:45 PM
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Oh, Micro...would you ever want to trade that RG set? I got a framed lithograph
of the Aerotrain and two vintage B&W photos of the prototype...
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Posted - April 10 2016 : 6:07:53 PM
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quote:I'd say Amtrak, SF, and B&O are the easiest to find.
Next would probably be Pennsylvania, Penn Central, and Burlington
Rarer ones would be CP, CN, NH, DR&G, and ACL
The hardest ones would have to be Southern and union pacific
Originally posted by bnsfIAÂ -Â April 10 2016Â :Â 2:56:15 PM
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The CN sets are more common than Amtrak up here in Canada. I've still had no luck finding a complete CP set. CP and Southern are the two I'm missing.
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Posted - April 10 2016 : 8:28:31 PM
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Cheez- Track me down a CN rapido coach up north, eh?
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Posted - April 10 2016 : 9:18:53 PM
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Give me a few weeks and I'll dig everything out and see what I have! A few were traded since the picture was taken. 
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Posted - October 28 2016 : 1:26:01 PM
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A few months behind schedule on getting my wall of passenger trains up. Got everything out to see what needed couplers, etc. Get everything cleaned up, as once I start building it will go quick.
Seems I am still missing one piece though. Need to fill that gap before continuing my search for other sets.
Anyone have an extra for sale/trade? I have a nice UP Combine and Observation that are just missing a coupler or two. But shells are excellent.
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Posted - October 28 2016 : 3:56:33 PM
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quote:A few months behind schedule on getting my wall of passenger trains up. Got everything out to see what needed couplers, etc. Get everything cleaned up, as once I start building it will go quick.
Seems I am still missing one piece though. Need to fill that gap before continuing my search for other sets.
Anyone have an extra for sale/trade? I have a nice UP Combine and Observation that are just missing a coupler or two. But shells are excellent.
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Originally posted by scmich - October 28 2016 : 1:26:01 PM
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no but UP & Amtrak set is a WANT!
but did find this UP Obs for $10!
this & the other UP passengers I got will look good with the E7 UP CofSF loco
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Posted - October 28 2016 : 4:30:17 PM
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Ive got a Red Box Tavern and coach Pennsylvania
Plus a Burlington Tavern boxed
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Posted - October 28 2016 : 4:38:27 PM
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I'd love to collect them all (plus multiples of coaches if possible), and the sets sold under the Mantua brand (plus make resin clones of the dome car parts), but I don't know about this challenge simply due to the boxes stipulation. Tracking the boxes down either separately or with the car is added pain, and a lot of Tyco's insulation trays for single units take up excess space front and back of the car or loco.
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Posted - October 28 2016 : 6:35:19 PM
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I'm still after CP, CN, DRGW, PRR, Burlington, NH and B&O. Got ATSF, UP, ACL and PC.
" Heck with counting 'em rivets, TRAINS ARE FOR FUN! Not called the Mad Scientist for nothing either!"
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Posted - October 28 2016 : 6:47:47 PM
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| I've never seen the UP set come up anywhere. I'd like to get that one. This one seems like a tough challenge since there are so many pieces. At least with that Alco thing I done there where only 18 (I think) roadnames.
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Posted - October 28 2016 : 7:16:23 PM
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The UP set is the one I want most too, either red-box built-ups or blue-box kits. I like the UP and its armor yellow paint scheme so I want to run UP streamliners, and it would be good to have Tyco UP cars since they'd match my Tyco E7.
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Posted - October 28 2016 : 8:29:08 PM
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quote:The UP set is the one I want most too, either red-box built-ups or blue-box kits. I like the UP and its armor yellow paint scheme so I want to run UP streamliners, and it would be good to have Tyco UP cars since they'd match my Tyco E7.
Originally posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman - October 28 2016 : 7:16:23 PM
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They are definitely cool. I want them just because how rare they are. I need to pick up the UP E7 myself. Currently I only have the Milwaukee one.
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Posted - October 28 2016 : 8:50:23 PM
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quote:
They are definitely cool. I want them just because how rare they are. I need to pick up the UP E7 myself. Currently I only have the Milwaukee one.
Originally posted by kristofer4301Â -Â October 28 2016Â :Â 8:29:08 PM
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I has that one too
Needing the BN one & a mountain of BN passenger cars too
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Posted - October 28 2016 : 10:20:57 PM
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| I have the Combine, coach and Obs of the CN set... adn a Santa Fe combine.
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