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 Posted - July 01 2020 : 10:31:57 PM
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Here is my tyco new haven GG1 locomotive and some tyco streamlined new haven passenger cars. the tyco GG1s are known for being very unrealistic but I just love all things Tyco so I don't really mind. The locomotive Is a good runner and was on of my first successful restoration projects. The passenger cars are older tyco red box models they are quite a bit older than the GG1. unfortunately the forum is not letting me upload any pictures onto here
but I do have a youtube video where I run the consist here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDRXrmBtduU&t=69s
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Posted - July 02 2020 : 12:27:03 AM
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The NH set looks great paired with the GG1, and the layout looks like fun. As unrealistic as Tyco's GG1 and streamliners may be, they do have a certain charm to them. I say this as someone who has collected a good number of Tyco passenger cars!
Here's my New Haven set with a Tyco Alco (I haven't yet found the F-units or GG1). BTW, to post photos you need to upload to a hosting site.
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Posted - July 02 2020 : 01:17:23 AM
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When I was about twelve, I witnessed one of the last operational
GG1’s, dirty, black, with only a tiny CR logo on the nose,
thundering South on the Northeast corridor pulling a dog
train at top speed. It wasn’t a train, it was an event.
One of the reasons I like Tyco so much is they were not often
trying to replicate a train or a structure, but rather capture
the feel of a thing or a place. They got that spot on with their
“G.â€
Your video is charming, opening with the Yeti and closing with the
No Parking sign. The back ground music was spot on. Loved the
three train lay out: lots of visual action.
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Posted - July 02 2020 : 01:40:53 AM
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quote:
One of the reasons I like Tyco so much is they were not often
trying to replicate a train or a structure, but rather capture
the feel of a thing or a place. They got that spot on with their
“G.â€
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â July 02 2020Â :Â 01:17:23 AM
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That's a good way of putting it. You can plop a Tyco set in to a nice bit of model scenery and it will somehow look right. The proportions are wrong, the paint scheme isn't accurate, but the feeling is there.
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Posted - July 02 2020 : 02:29:43 AM
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I agree! Having to go in my stuff around can take me back into my childhood Which is not a bad place to be...
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Posted - July 02 2020 : 1:27:43 PM
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Ditto!
Edited by - Chops124 on July 02 2020 1:40:05 PM
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Posted - July 02 2020 : 1:42:36 PM
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Nice! On the topic of the new haven, I have always been a fan of the FL9. But rapidos is a bit (by that I mean A LOT!) out of my price range. So I have wanted to make one out of athearn locomotives. Oddly enough, this listing popped up.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/303610548196
This will serve as my main reference when I do eventually get the pieces to bash one. I saved all the images. Someday it will make a fun project!
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Posted - July 02 2020 : 5:49:00 PM
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Great video, and layout! Also, awesome Tyco NH GG1 & Passenger Coach set.
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Posted - July 03 2020 : 09:46:28 AM
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quote:Great video, and layout! Also, awesome Tyco NH GG1 & Passenger Coach set.
Originally posted by RP model railroads - July 02 2020 : 5:49:00 PM
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Thanks! I took some inspiration from your retro tyco layout when building my layout!
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Posted - July 03 2020 : 4:28:27 PM
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Incidentally, the unit I posted above, I only know it as an F something
or rather, is an AHM shell from the junk box grafted onto a Bachmann
chassis, also from the junk box, at no cost.
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Posted - July 03 2020 : 9:43:22 PM
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Glad to hear that, Erik - really appreciate it.
Chops, I'm pretty sure that is a Tyco/Mantua F9 shell....however, it has been customized with those nose number boards.?
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Posted - July 03 2020 : 11:56:30 PM
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That is asurprise. Couldn’t tell you #boards appear
part of original injection.
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