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Roy
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 Posted - January 02 2008 : 1:57:08 PM
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Does anyone here have any interest in these? I'd like to hear what you think about them.
I have recently seen a red and green AT&SF which appeared to have an unpainted, molded-in-green boiler. Is this a late run of this model? My D&RG 4-8-0, from the mid-seventies, also has a molded-in-color boiler. AT&SF seems to be the most common roadname 4-6-0. How many years were these made?
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Posted - January 03 2008 : 01:07:49 AM
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I have a few of them.
2 of them are Spirit of 76 and one is Western and Atlantic.
Other than being OO instead of HO I like them. I want to put a can motor in one and paint it for the Prescott and Arizona Central.
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Posted - January 03 2008 : 02:34:09 AM
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quote:| ...Other than being OO instead of HO I like them. I want to put a can motor in one and paint it for the Prescott and Arizona Central. |
I'm thinking about an Sn3.5 or Sn3 conversion. The overall proportions are a pretty good match.
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Posted - January 04 2008 : 12:45:04 AM
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hey, I have a question about the TYCO Dixie 4-6-0's...
I own two of them. One has been slightly altered to burn both coal as well as wood. It also is missing lettering.
Can you spot a manufacture difference in these two locomotives?
Loco #1 came first: There was no smoke stack so I added one from a Bic pen-cap. (no, that isn't the difference.)
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Looks a bit beat up, but it runs better and faster than this one which looks a lot better... VV VV VV
Do you see the manufacturing difference?
That is my challenge.
John
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"I love your catenary!"
Is that a power-trip or just another pick-up line?
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Posted - January 04 2008 : 06:44:55 AM
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Smaller drivers on the first one???
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Posted - January 04 2008 : 11:26:30 AM
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The first one has a different sand dome.
It is also missing the fire box/motor cover.
Anyone have an extra boiler for one of these?
Ray
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Posted - January 04 2008 : 12:34:07 PM
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| I also noticed the sand dome. I know the unfluted domes appeared first, but I don't know whether both styles were made concurrently. Also, I can't tell if the upper loco has a painted cab, but the lower looks more like a molded-in-color cab.
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 Posted - January 05 2008 : 04:45:21 AM
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Yes, it is the sand dome.
I really didn't pay much attention to the cab, but perhaps I aught to.
The unlettered, beat up one tends to be kinda moody. Y'know, like it runs its own pace. I mainly like it because it flies like spit in a fan.
Also, when I bought the beat up one, it was missing the boiler backhead. Not until I got the better-looking one did I notice that part was gone.
The drivers are all the same.
The rear, engineer-side, driver has the traction tire on it.
Long ago, when I first saw these models, I thought the off-centered drivers were some sort of model imperfection. Then, I saw pic's of the real ones (even seeing the mid-axle having a blind driver, or some would say that it is with-out or missing flanges.
Two of these double-heading... if only I had sound in these.
thank you
John
I don't have a one track mind. It depends on the turn-out.
"I love your catenary!"
Is that a power-trip or just another pick-up line?
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Posted - January 05 2008 : 06:01:58 AM
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quote:| ...Long ago, when I first saw these models, I thought the off-centered drivers were some sort of model imperfection. Then, I saw pic's of the real ones... |
Yep,
(From www.petticoat-junction.com)
Extra points if you know what "C&FW" really referred to. [;)]
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Posted - January 07 2008 : 03:31:39 AM
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quote:quote:| ...Long ago, when I first saw these models, I thought the off-centered drivers were some sort of model imperfection. Then, I saw pic's of the real ones... |
"Extra points if you know what "C&FW" really referred to. [;)]
Originally posted by Roy - January 05 2008 : 10:01:58 AM
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At first, I thought of the Chicago Great Western, Chicago North Western, and then, well, generally, I wasn't too far off. Yes, I Googled it. But still, my thoughts were not really far off.
I will let someone else put down the answer.
My question is, which show was the spin-off?
Found this on Google, too...
http://www.tycoforums.com/tyco/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2453
John
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Posted - January 07 2008 : 11:53:19 AM
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quote:| ...My question is, which show was the spin-off?... |
"Petticoat Junction" followed "The Beverly Hillbillies", and "Green Acres" followed "Petticoat Junction". But, they weren't exactly spinoffs, as in the later-used sense of the word, as no one left one show to star in another.
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Posted - January 07 2008 : 12:20:26 PM
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Anyone have any photos of the real locomotive from "The Iron Horse", especially in color? I don't think the show made it to rerun syndication, let alone VHS or DVD.
I know it was "played" by Sierra #3, which was more famous as the Hooterville Cannonball in "Petticoat Junction". As such, although still overscale, the Tyco model is true to prototype. But how was she painted? Like the train set box art, or the model, or how?
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Posted - January 20 2008 : 03:12:08 AM
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Just got this AT&SF ten-wheeler:
Again, unmatched domes. Of course, it's very easy to switch out the domes, so I have no way to know how she actually came from the factory.
This specimen is completely painted, except for the SCREAMING YELLOW molded-in-color bell. I'd really be interested to know what Tyco's thinking was, regarding this particular color choice. Did this roadname ever come with a different color bell?
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Posted - January 20 2008 : 1:06:02 PM
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I have the same ATSF version from a complete "Golden West" set... and it too has that stupid goofy-looking bell. It's even worse than the diesels that use yellow horns instead of black.
I used a copper Sharpie to color mine, and it matches the domes now.
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Posted - September 12 2008 : 3:00:02 PM
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Heres a few Rogers 4-6-0s
The Iron Horse.
locomotive E S Marsh SF&D
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Western & Alantic ten wheeler
ATSF 4-6-0
Hooterville Canonball
toptrain
" It's a Heck of a Day " !!!
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