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 Posted - July 19 2009 : 12:52:38 AM
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Finally got one of these buggers. It's a nice paint scheme, maybe even my favorite of all Tyco's "fantasy" lines.
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Posted - July 19 2009 : 11:45:31 AM
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now you need the caboose  also makes me curious where this railroad would of gone IRL Considering Durango is all narrow gauge
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Posted - July 19 2009 : 7:07:14 PM
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Here's a Tyco Southern, anyone know what years this would have been possibly been produced ?
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Posted - July 19 2009 : 9:26:46 PM
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I don't really know Mike, but the big "Southern" on the side of the tender is pretty wonky lookin'.  
    
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Posted - July 19 2009 : 9:38:57 PM
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quote:I don't really know Mike, but the big "Southern" on the side of the tender is pretty wonky lookin'.
Originally posted by MM 1498-July 19 2009: 9:26:46 PM
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Yea I know. I have seen variations of the size of the "Southern" name.
Anyone know the reason?
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Posted - July 19 2009 : 9:55:07 PM
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| GIC, How does that Durango GP-20 run? I picked one up like yours, "new in box", never could get it to run well even after lots of troubleshooting. I did also pick up the matching Floodlight car, which is really neat. It's my understanding there's no Durango caboose, the sets came with the floodlight cars.
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Posted - July 19 2009 : 11:52:33 PM
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I like my GP20 Durango, but its nowhere near as clean as yours
So I got a early birthday present this week. Something I saw in a local hobby store, and decided it was way to much money to spend on such a engine. I goto my friend's layout to find this waiting for me.
MTH Pennsylvania K4. I've been wanting a K4 for a long time, but all the good ones cost to much. I was going to give in and just get a Bachmann. But now I have this thing and I really don't even know how to handle it. We are running it DC, but it would be way better off DCC. Makes all kinds of sounds, LED lighting up front & lighted cab, and you can hit the reverse on the fly and it will slow down can changed direction its own. Not only does it smoke, but when it "chugs" it times the smoke puffs with it. I told my friend new are never getting something this advanced again, its raising the bar to high for the other engines lol.
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Posted - July 20 2009 : 06:26:07 AM
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Congrats GiC and Mike.
I'm mostly a diesel fan but that K4 is enough to convert a fella!
Thanks men.
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Posted - July 20 2009 : 09:05:00 AM
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An MTH? That's like the complete opposite of a Tyco!
Lucky duck...
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Posted - July 20 2009 : 09:33:04 AM
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Beautiful engine ChrisC. Happy Birthday!
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Posted - July 20 2009 : 09:35:07 AM
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| that is a wonky Southern name but have seen steam trains with Amtrak PennCentral & others & we all know they never had a steamer
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Posted - July 20 2009 : 09:39:39 AM
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You mean MTH isn't Mantua-Tyco House?
Here's another on the GP20 theme.
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Posted - July 20 2009 : 11:12:10 AM
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no offence to all you Tyco fans BUT the Chattanoga steamer I never did like the engine in the tender  thought was a weird idea Oh btw GIC there is a cattle car with Durango on it & a matching caboose for that loco too
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Posted - July 22 2009 : 9:22:12 PM
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I just rebuilt a Durango GP20 for my nephew. The pinion gear had come off and was lost. I wound up replacing the whole power truck with another from my junk box. I have had several of those pinion gears come loose on different p/t driven locos.
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Posted - July 23 2009 : 12:07:51 AM
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quote:no offence to all you Tyco fans BUT the Chattanoga steamer I never did like the engine in the tender thought was a weird idea Oh btw GIC there is a cattle car with Durango on it & a matching caboose for that loco too
Originally posted by microbusss-July 20 2009: 11:12:10 AM
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That would be this set
I honestly thought about taking it up to the layout and posing the GP20 with the K4 just for the fun of it. Mike, my birthday is way out on August 6th, I just think my friend wanted to see the engine and make sure nobody else bought it haha. And Alco fan nice Cayman!
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Posted - July 24 2009 : 07:23:47 AM
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Now I want to get a Durango Geep. What years were they made? I see some with plastic and some with metal handrails.
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