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 Posted - October 17 2009 : 11:55:17 PM
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This one's accidental; I got a great deal on a lot that included a bunch of stuff I needed, as well as a loco I already had and intended to flip later.
But when I went to compare condition to determine which to keep, I was pleasantly surprised. Not only were both in like-new condition, but they are actually different...
Interestingly, the presence/lack of roadname is not the only difference. The size of the roadnumber was adjusted as well. So it seems this was not a mere accident, but a deliberate change.
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Posted - October 18 2009 : 01:00:54 AM
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A cool discovery!
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Posted - October 18 2009 : 11:48:38 AM
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I tell you Tony, you make me go rummage through my trains more than anyone. That difference slipped by me too. Now I have to see exactly what it is I do have. I've also sold one or two of these in the past. Luck would have it that I probably have two of the same downstairs.
Those do look nice. My favorite 430's are that one and the BN.
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Posted - October 18 2009 : 8:30:55 PM
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Awesome locomotive. Here's my first pic for LOTW. It's my first TYCO. I started out in the 90's, and TYCO was fading fast. I had Life-Like to start, and later Athearn and such. I hardly ever saw TYCO stuff around. 
It's nothing special. I got it in a box of stuff my mother picked up for me at an auction (she collects dishes.) For $5 she got this, some cars, and some track. It was pretty dirty, but I got it running easily.
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Posted - October 19 2009 : 09:20:37 AM
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Pretty cool!
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Posted - October 19 2009 : 2:00:28 PM
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| I'm with NYC, I had to go digging and found the I have both of the NH loco's GIC pictured, never really looked at them and noticed the difference. Keep 'em coming GIC I'm still learning.........
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Posted - October 19 2009 : 9:45:33 PM
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quote:Awesome locomotive. Here's my first pic for LOTW. It's my first TYCO. I started out in the 90's, and TYCO was fading fast. I had Life-Like to start, and later Athearn and such. I hardly ever saw TYCO stuff around.
It's nothing special. I got it in a box of stuff my mother picked up for me at an auction (she collects dishes.) For $5 she got this, some cars, and some track. It was pretty dirty, but I got it running easily.
Originally posted by burlington77-October 18 2009: 8:30:55 PM
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Hey burlington! I have that same locomotive and it still runs too. I also have the original cars that came in a set with it. I got this set for Christmas in 1971, at the age of five. I have a photo of the train in my profile. The train itself is all I have left from that set. It was named the Super Over And Under with the signs and telephone poles, and a remote uncoupling track. The track plan was a figure 8 with bridge and trestles. As mentioned, I only have the engine and the cars that came in the set.
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Posted - October 20 2009 : 9:50:26 PM
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Bachmann SP Daylight...
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Posted - October 20 2009 : 10:41:41 PM
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 you just made me uber jealous of your Daylight Mike
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Posted - October 20 2009 : 11:27:14 PM
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| I'm drooling...I love the Daylight colors.
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Posted - October 21 2009 : 09:04:20 AM
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Hello all. While working on the new layout I brought out my fleet of 20's for a photo op. I have several more but they are stashed away.
Love the site. I am new to posting photo's. Hope this works.......
images/icon_zip.gif Attachment: the fleet.jpg ( 123667bytes )
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Posted - October 21 2009 : 10:22:54 AM
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^^^ Fixed above post ^^^
The reason the jpg file showed up as an attachment was because there was a space in the file name. It was however correct in that jpg was lower case.
It's a bug I still need to work on.
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Posted - October 21 2009 : 10:49:24 AM
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| Thank you so much for the fix.
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Posted - October 21 2009 : 11:22:31 AM
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 nice set up there Toomanyscales Why is the Western Pacific one have odd lettering? Did you buy it that way or what? & did WP actually do locos like that?
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Posted - October 21 2009 : 6:45:15 PM
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quote:Hello all. While working on the new layout I brought out my fleet of 20's for a photo op. I have several more but they are stashed away.
Love the site. I am new to posting photo's. Hope this works.......
images/icon_zip.gif Attachment: the fleet.jpg ( 123667bytes )
Originally posted by Toomanyscales-October 21 2009: 09:04:20 AM
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As the great Inspector Gadget would say, "Wowzers!"
Very cool collection of Tyco Geeps.
    
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Posted - October 21 2009 : 9:23:21 PM
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Very cool TMS.
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Posted - October 21 2009 : 11:12:13 PM
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It has been a long while since i have contributed to this post -- so here goes -- A Tyco Favorite among many
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Posted - October 22 2009 : 01:25:19 AM
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Here's a trio of C430s I picked up at the show.
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Posted - October 22 2009 : 10:43:37 AM
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| Yeah that WP unit always made me scratch my head. Its a factory Mantua unit I got off of E-bay. Its a UP unit with a WP patch on it in UP style script. It should be the other way around but what the heck. The SP unit is the only dummy in the group.
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Posted - October 22 2009 : 11:22:22 AM
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Brianstyco I still need to fine the Maxwell House & Domino Sugar Have the Sanka & a Old Dutch Cleanser oh well train show in Feb in Denver  I'll look there Also will look for Tyco/Mantua stuff there as well as billboard/ad cars
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