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Jumped on this early also! 
I NOW HAVE IT!!! This week, I bid on and successfully won a complete (as far as cars go) A-Team set, with all stickers it seems! That means, I now have the A-Team Shark! The locomotive is great both operationally and cosmetically!
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Posted - October 21 2017 : 7:12:25 PM
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sweet!
I have all the cars to mine BUT the flatcar!
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Posted - October 21 2017 : 9:28:04 PM
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Way cool! Another Shark for RP!! I want to see Mr. T hanging out
the left window!
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Posted - October 22 2017 : 09:33:36 AM
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Thanks Chops and microbusss! Actually, I'm in need of Mr. T, as well as the helicopter and van.
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Posted - October 22 2017 : 11:46:09 AM
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Not sure if the would go under accessory or locomotive, but it does have an engine. Here is a Tyco Broadway trolley.
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Posted - October 22 2017 : 11:49:42 AM
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Nice piece, Brian. Looks motive to me!
And another Tyco trolley. The yellow Emporium in the
background is from a trade with RP. Photo at Tycomania VIII layout.
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Posted - October 22 2017 : 2:24:50 PM
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I once came across an A-Team Shark shell in a pickers-type shop.
Just the shell.
They wanted such a stupid high price for it,
it left me with a Bad Attitude.
I pity the fool who bought it.
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Posted - October 22 2017 : 9:33:27 PM
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Chops,
Nifty track for the trolley. Is this trolley specific track, or did you take regular track and cover up the rails so it looks like trolley track?
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Posted - October 22 2017 : 10:49:50 PM
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quote:Chops,
Nifty track for the trolley. Is this trolley specific track, or did you take regular track and cover up the rails so it looks like trolley track?
Originally posted by Brian4321Â -Â October 22 2017Â :Â 9:33:27 PM
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I think its ones that Tyco had in the 1960s but I could be wrong
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Posted - October 23 2017 : 10:00:16 AM
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Yes, and no. The set came with four plastic corners, so the trolley strap
hangers looked like egg beaters going around and around. I used
Balsa wood painted gray on nine inch straights, the track ways
sanded out.
https://youtu.be/MYOm-JglIjA
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Posted - October 23 2017 : 7:27:13 PM
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Chops,
Thanks for the details and video. The on-board camera is neat - what a crash at the end!
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Posted - October 23 2017 : 7:34:47 PM
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B & O weathered I picked up at a show...
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Posted - October 23 2017 : 7:57:56 PM
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An eclectic mix of motive power this week guys. For my very first LOTW post, I offer this little gem I picked up at a Halloween Flee Market this weekend. Needs a good cleaning inside and out plus a coupler. I haven't powered it up yet but it looks low mileage. Not bad for $5. Anyone have an idea as to the maker?    
Master Of Plasticville
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Posted - October 23 2017 : 10:17:28 PM
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quote:| For my very first LOTW post, I offer this little gem I picked up at a Halloween Flee Market this weekend. Needs a good cleaning inside and out plus a coupler. I haven't powered it up yet but it looks low mileage. Not bad for $5. Anyone have an idea as to the maker? Originally posted by Gary BÂ -Â October 23 2017Â :Â 7:57:56 PM
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Looks like a Life Like to me.
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Posted - October 23 2017 : 10:29:36 PM
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Gary,
Per the 1955 Tyco catalog, you may have a side tank loco.
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Posted - October 24 2017 : 07:22:47 AM
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| An iconic piece, Gary, nice!
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Posted - October 24 2017 : 11:02:12 AM
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Originally posted by Brian4321Â -Â October 23 2017Â :Â 10:29:36 PM
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I'd love the 3 on the bottom someday
great locos guys <3
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Posted - October 24 2017 : 5:48:24 PM
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I'll go with trolleys this week LCO.
HERE ARE TWO VERY HARD TO FIND TROLLEYS.
A Philadelphia Suburban Transit line and a Baltimore City Line.
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Posted - October 24 2017 : 7:39:55 PM
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[/quote]
Looks like a Life Like to me.
Originally posted by scsshaggy - October 23 2017 : 10:17:28 PM
[/quote]
On closer inspection it is a Life-like, Very tiny mark on front pilot along with 'Made in China' on the opposite side. I was looking for a Varney Dockside like my very first HO locomotive and I believe this is a later copy. My understanding is that Life-Like took over Varney.
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Posted - October 24 2017 : 10:00:43 PM
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This week, a Playart F7 is my contribution. Don't often see Playart engines, and this one was the first SP I've ever seen. Another club member tub rescue. :)
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Posted - October 24 2017 : 10:08:05 PM
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I had no idea Playart did anything in the American range. Very
unique! BTW, not often do I get to do this, ahem...ISN'T THAT
AN F9???  
(Hint: look under the cab window. Frankly, I'm lucky to tell an
F unit from a hole in the ground).
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Posted - October 26 2017 : 5:26:50 PM
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quote:I had no idea Playart did anything in the American range. Very
unique! BTW, not often do I get to do this, ahem...ISN'T THAT
AN F9???
(Hint: look under the cab window. Frankly, I'm lucky to tell an
F unit from a hole in the ground).
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F9s also have a vent before the first porthole, which F7s lack.
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Posted - October 26 2017 : 7:52:49 PM
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quote:Gary,
Per the 1955 Tyco catalog, you may have a side tank loco.
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That's a saddle tank not a side tank.
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Posted - October 27 2017 : 11:06:54 PM
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Here's one that I recently resurrected. It's a Marx clockwork locomotive. I bought it for about $4 in a junk shop in Kooskia, ID. It came with the key, so that was worth the $4 in and of itself.
When I got home, I found that, with a little oiling, the clockwork motor, tired though it is, still had some life in it. A ltitle maintenance had it running laps on tubular rail once again. The plastic shell, however was broken. The mounting plate in the cab was missing, along with the tab-and-slot coupler, and the cylinders on the front (which is where the shell screws to the chassis) were snapped off. I got creative with some styrene and brass sheet, and got her back in service. I made a new styrene plate for the rear, and I designed and made a new mounting bar for the front out of brass, as well as a new tab coupler (no slot, too complicated).
She's not "original", nor is she restored to "like new", but she runs like she was built to. When I first got the motor to make a loop around the track, I wondered how long it had been since her last run.
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Posted - October 28 2017 : 1:38:17 PM
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| That is pretty fine Andrew. I followed your youtube link hoping to see a video of it running, but . . . Cool project. Now build the rods, hey?
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Posted - October 28 2017 : 2:25:55 PM
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| Those playart F's are bad about cracking gears, and they have wide, flat wheels which can create some operating issues.
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Posted - October 28 2017 : 3:26:45 PM
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quote:Here's one that I recently resurrected. It's a Marx clockwork locomotive. I bought it for about $4 in a junk shop in Kooskia, ID. It came with the key, so that was worth the $4 in and of itself.
When I got home, I found that, with a little oiling, the clockwork motor, tired though it is, still had some life in it. A ltitle maintenance had it running laps on tubular rail once again. The plastic shell, however was broken. The mounting plate in the cab was missing, along with the tab-and-slot coupler, and the cylinders on the front (which is where the shell screws to the chassis) were snapped off. I got creative with some styrene and brass sheet, and got her back in service. I made a new styrene plate for the rear, and I designed and made a new mounting bar for the front out of brass, as well as a new tab coupler (no slot, too complicated).
She's not "original", nor is she restored to "like new", but she runs like she was built to. When I first got the motor to make a loop around the track, I wondered how long it had been since her last run.
Originally posted by weekendrailroader - October 27 2017 : 11:06:54 PM
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if you want moar Marx
Let me know I got a box of them minus tracks
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Posted - October 29 2017 : 06:54:54 AM
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Terrific story of resurrecting what was once the
greatest toy under the tree for some young guy.
Clockwork is charming and iconic.
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Posted - October 29 2017 : 11:32:25 AM
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| Fun posting PGE33 ! 😂😂
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