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 Posted - May 18 2020 : 1:48:54 PM
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Hello, My name is Glenn and I have been in HO railroads for about 60 years.. Started with my Dad and it still going on... MY Wife and I got our daughters into it and now our Grandsons love it! I am still using the units from my Dad and have been collecting from various people.. I just got a Tyco 2-8-0 Chattanooga from a friend... finally got the smoke working again and while running around the track the drive unit stripped out a gear! bummer... I would like to get her running again for the boys so when the quarantine is finally over they can see the smoke..
Glenn
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Posted - May 18 2020 : 7:40:23 PM
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Hey there! Is almost certain that someone here will have repair knowledge. If you haven't already post that gear question in the motive power topic,
"Tyco Motive Power
Info regarding Tyco Steam & Diesel Engines."
http://www.tycoforums.com/tyco/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=1
“There are a thousand things that can happen when you go light a rocket engine, and only one of them is good.” — Tom Mueller, SpaceX, 2012
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Posted - May 18 2020 : 11:12:08 PM
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| Hello, Glenn ! Nice to have you on the forum!
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Posted - May 19 2020 : 09:06:09 AM
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I Glenn! Pleased to meet you! Glad your daughters and grandsons are enjoying the hobby. I'm 14, and it's a pretty rare breed these days. 
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Posted - May 19 2020 : 1:30:32 PM
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We look forward to your posts, Glenn. Let us know if you
need any help.
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Posted - May 19 2020 : 6:10:23 PM
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| Welcome!!
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Posted - May 20 2020 : 07:21:00 AM
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Hello Glen. Welcome to the TYCO forum. Sorry to hear about your tyco 2-8-0. What happened? Did the little gear separate from the Motor shaft and it now just spins around or did the plastic gears loose a few teeth?
frank.
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Posted - May 20 2020 : 4:01:07 PM
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well I know I have 1 of them Chattanoogas somewhere in my 10++ boxes of them
but atm can't remember which one it is 
welcome to the club 
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Posted - May 22 2020 : 3:57:43 PM
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Thanks for the Welcome.... Yes I am very lucky that my entire family love model trains.... Both daughters are setting up an "N" scale layout, and I am building one for the grandsons under mine... theirs will roll out when they are over..... and my wife LOVES buying stuff for the trains!!!
Well, Frank.. you were right, the small gear popped off! I have her running (and smoking) again... I love working and repairing the engines.... I think I spend more time "fixin" then I do running the layout! haha....
Glenn
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