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 Posted - December 03 2006 : 1:18:45 PM
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Is it a repaint???
http://cgi.ebay.com/TYCO-Slot-Car-Twin-Turbo-Train-CHESSIE-SYSTEM-RARE-90s_W0QQitemZ110063674272QQihZ001QQcategoryZ2619QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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 Posted - December 03 2006 : 1:33:23 PM
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Nope, not a repaint or custom job...that Chessie System Turbo Train is the real deal.
The Turbo Trains that ran on the slot car like track and not the HO-scale track like TYCO's original Turbo Trains, included this Chessie example among their ranks.
/tyco/forum/uploaded/Tony Cook/tyco_twin_turbo_trains_7438.jpg
The train set with the twin Turbos, seen above, is from the late '80s. The set included a Santa Fe and Pennsylvania Railroad 3-car each set. But TYCO also made the cool looking Chessie System model.
I stumbled upon the Chessie thanks to IHC. Digging through a sale list, I found Turbo Tail Section for like fifty-cents one time and I asked them to pull examples of each they had in stock. I got a red-and-silver Santa Fe end piece and the Chessie System end piece complete with the B&O capitol dome logo.
Again, I can't confirm if they were sold separately or perhaps came in another Turbo Train set or were substitutes or variations for the Twin Turbos train set.
It is neat looking though...
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Posted - December 03 2006 : 5:23:03 PM
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Ok. I've never seen one of these before. I wondering if it was like that solid yellow one that popped up on ebay about a month or two ago.
-cheez
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Posted - December 04 2006 : 12:33:42 PM
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Ah yes, why take the dowdy Amtrak Acela when you could have a Chessie Turbo Train whisk you to D.C. instead? [:D]
 If only life imitated art more often!
(Actually I have ridden the Acela, and it is VERY cool!)
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Posted - December 04 2006 : 2:30:22 PM
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| I have this mental image of that Jet Powered thing, blasting up Seventeen Mile Grade...
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Posted - December 06 2006 : 5:17:19 PM
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"Jet Powered" this Chessie TYCO Turbo is...$56+ and one day + to go yet.
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 Posted - December 07 2006 : 10:37:55 PM
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WOW! The Chessie Turbo ended on eBay at $169.28!
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Posted - December 08 2006 : 4:51:35 PM
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| ......... ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!![xx(] How rare are those things?? Did it get sniped?
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Posted - December 09 2006 : 11:46:10 AM
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I didn't think the Chessie System Turbo was all that rare. Could be an eBay fluke. I would've said it would sell for $20-$30, but I would have been waaaaay wrong on this particular example.
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Posted - December 28 2006 : 12:32:10 PM
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Another Chessie Turbo Train on Ebay - Item 110072431967. Not affiliated with it any way, just astounded at the last one's final price. Curious to see if this brings the same kind of bid war.
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Posted - December 28 2006 : 1:14:38 PM
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Saw that one too. It's "played with" but looks complete and includes the set box. I imagine it'll bring in some serious bucks.
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Posted - December 30 2006 : 12:16:07 PM
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Didn't go for as much as the last Chessie Turbo went for...and this one was a apparently complete set with box...
$54.49 Final Bid
$20 Shipping
8 Bids
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