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 Posted - February 23 2009 : 10:39:48 PM
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My locomotive of the week is this pair of Tyco SD-24's in Rio Grande colours. 
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Posted - February 23 2009 : 11:24:37 PM
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Those zebra stripes look great, Mike
My entry just arrived from the UK last week, a Canadiana C430...
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Posted - February 24 2009 : 01:06:36 AM
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Hi,
here's mine, also Zebra, also a SD24!
No Tyco but IHC, same body casting...
Martin
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Posted - February 24 2009 : 05:31:56 AM
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| hi martin,what do they pull like are they noisy ken
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Posted - February 24 2009 : 07:49:40 AM
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| A friend of mine has a IHC Pacific and it runs beautifully. I'm also curious as to what the diesels pull like? I remember hearing they were Tyco shells but forgot about it. For the prices they sell them for they look pretty good! Wouldn't mind a quick edition to the fleet hehe.
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Posted - February 24 2009 : 08:03:11 AM
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hi chrisc they are on sale at moment,i really do get wound up when i see sales,the postage costs more than the loco as they use,global express,ken
http://www.ihc-hobby.com/cgi-bin/bsc.cgi?sn=K9R2272645G1239A3061745144NH84
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Posted - February 24 2009 : 08:27:08 AM
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Don't remind me Ken lol. I search Walthers daily for sales, thats how I bought my 2-6-6-2. Though be honest ever since I found out these ran locally to me, I've been lookin at this more.
http://www.ihc-hobby.com/cgi-bin/bsc.cgi?sn=&id=23402
Doubt I'll get one right now, but someday!
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Posted - February 24 2009 : 09:45:15 AM
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quote:Hi,
here's mine, also Zebra, also a SD24!
No Tyco but IHC, same body casting...
Martin
Originally posted by martin67-February 24 2009: 01:06:36 AM
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I've actually been thinking of buying this exact loco... 
    
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Posted - February 24 2009 : 09:49:05 AM
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| HI MM1498 $24.95 AT IHC AT MOMENT KEN
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Posted - February 24 2009 : 11:47:05 AM
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Hi,those tyco sd 24 are nice.ive been looking for 1 myself, i bought a B&O ihc and it really is smooth for 25.00 . i was also wondering how well those tycos pulled? thanks. adam
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Posted - February 24 2009 : 11:58:08 AM
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| surely thats ihc ken
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Posted - February 24 2009 : 12:05:09 PM
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The IHC SD-24 is a phenomenal engine for the price... I was pleasantly amazed at how well it ran. The only flaw is the chassis is very lightwieght and flimsy, and could use some beefing up if you want to haul a lot of cars. But it runs exceptionally smooth for a loco of that price range, and easily puts any Tyco (PT or MU2) to shame. You can also swap the IHC SD24 chassis into a Tyco SD24 shell with little difficulty - worth the price for that alone because Tyco's paint jobs were far superior IMO.
You can find info on the repowers here:
http://www.tycoforums.com/tyco/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2065
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 Posted - February 25 2009 : 02:55:30 AM
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Are all axles driven?
John
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Posted - February 28 2009 : 12:36:17 AM
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Well its not a SD... but I did manage to add another Tyco to my fleet for free!
My brother had this little guy just sitting on a box, he picked it up at a flea market since he liked it. Runs fine, but just a LITTLE to fast for normal layout usage. But I've always wanted one of these after I played with them as a kid. No cars for it unfortunately.
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Posted - February 28 2009 : 11:24:15 AM
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quote:Well its not a SD... but I did manage to add another Tyco to my fleet for free!
Originally posted by ChrisC-February 28 2009: 12:36:17 AM
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Sweet...and the right price too...still looking for mine
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Posted - February 28 2009 : 11:59:26 AM
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Nice... that girder bridge is made up of parts from a Kenner's Girder & Panel, Bridge & Turnpike set painted black.
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Posted - February 28 2009 : 3:16:48 PM
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quote:Nice... that girder bridge is made up of parts from a Kenner's Girder & Panel, Bridge & Turnpike set painted black.
Mike
Originally posted by Mike-February 28 2009: 11:59:26 AM
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This board never fails to impress me lol. The bridge use to be a blue color. When the layout was pulled back up for duty a year ago, the bridge was painted flat black and had a few details added. Only downside is where it sits it never gets used, which is a shame.
As for the turbo train, I'm almost considering adding some removable weights inside so I could run it normally. Its so light that under 50% power, it first does a burnout then launches itself into orbit. When it does run within a almost reasonable speed it will jump the track if there is a small variation. Since once again nothing is holding it down.
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Posted - February 28 2009 : 4:20:56 PM
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Actually not all the Girder & Panel sets were colored. I had a black set - one of the famous (and now apparently super-rare and $$$) Sears Tower sets.
In fact I still have a few of the black-plastic girders that I used for train loads way back in the day.
As for the rest of that epic set? Lost by my family when they cleaned out the garage a few years back. I had no idea how valuable it was until I tried to find a replacement. I bought mine for $10 at a garage sale in 1990. Th last complete one I saw on Ebay (before I gave up thinking I could get a lucky cheap replacement) went for $650!  
My brother did make it up to me later by giving me the Puzz-3D of the Sears Tower. Which was cool. But, that one's only a couple feet tall. The Girder and Panel Sears Tower was nearly FIVE feet tall!
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Posted - February 28 2009 : 4:24:53 PM
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Here are a few loco/layout pics as my HO Texas desert transforms into somewhere in Scotland/Wales. I finally have just enough structures to have it not look like a British preservation line running through Texas! Photos show a 3F Jinty at a Hornby station (with lighted clock added!), a B-12 loco in front of the signal box, waitng for the go-ahead, a hidden tank loco in a Hornby shed with Dapol water tower, and a Class 25 pulling Mark II coaches past the "Station Hotel," with some cattle grazing along the hillside of the tunnel.    
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Posted - March 02 2009 : 02:07:46 AM
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quote:Actually not all the Girder & Panel sets were colored. I had a black set - one of the famous (and now apparently super-rare and $$$) Sears Tower sets.
In fact I still have a few of the black-plastic girders that I used for train loads way back in the day.
... (snipped) The Girder and Panel Sears Tower was nearly FIVE feet tall!
Originally posted by GoingInCirclez-February 28 2009: 4:20:56 PM
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My brother had the bridge & girder set in black. My step-brother had the blue tower sets... put together, Holy! I loved that stuff.
Steel girders for flat-car loads... gee, I wish I thought of that back in... 1981-1983.
Nice to see this stuff.
John
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Posted - March 02 2009 : 07:22:36 AM
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The shelf of demonstrators:
Atlas Alco RS11
P2K Alco RS27
Atlas FM Trainmaster
Bachmann RF16 Shark
P2K EMD E8A
P2K EMD SD7
Spectrum EMD GP30
Athearn EMD GP35
P2K GP20
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Posted - March 02 2009 : 4:02:41 PM
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Check out this pic, including the trains.
Mike
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Posted - March 02 2009 : 4:06:36 PM
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mike we in england had a very similar kit by triang called arkitex ken
http://www.tri-ang.co.uk/OO/arkitex.htm
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Posted - March 02 2009 : 4:10:22 PM
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I edited it.
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Posted - March 02 2009 : 4:37:49 PM
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| I had one of those sets as a kid--wow, had totally forgotten about that until now--had the girders with the plastic/celluloid-type panels.
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Posted - March 07 2009 : 03:41:47 AM
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quote:
The shelf of demonstrators:
Atlas Alco RS11
P2K Alco RS27
Atlas FM Trainmaster
Bachmann RF16 Shark
P2K EMD E8A
P2K EMD SD7
Spectrum EMD GP30
Athearn EMD GP35
P2K GP20
Originally posted by Tony Cook-March 02 2009: 07:22:36 AM
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The RS-11 (DL701), RS-27 (DL640), and RSD 7/15 (DL600) paint schemes were created by Howard Fogg.
More info later, the deeper I get into my "Diesel Demonstrators" book.
John
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