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Childhood HO trains - my Tyco Brown box and others

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AMC_Gremlin_GT
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Posted - May 28 2010 : 11:10:31 PM

Well, I decided to dig deep and head into my attic storage this morning, which meant moving quite a few things in FRONT of the access doors. But I finally got inside, and liberated my HO trains that I had stored there when I moved into the house 10 years ago. I remembered some of them, but not others, so it was a journey of rediscovery on my part. I have different pics, of my Tyco, my AHM, and my misc. "other" brands. So, here goes ...

These are all my Tyco brown box cars I bought as a young boy. Some have K & K, Woolco, and other price stickers on them, around 99 cents or $1.29 on sale. I found out I have the Coke long tanker,didn't remember that one at all. I remember buying the Virginian coal cars, the Arco tankers, and for some reason the Illinois Central cars because I liked the design and color.

Here's my AHM and Athearn cars, some have prices as low as 99 cents. I know I usually bought them after Christmas, when the leftovers went on sale. Most of my buys were after-Christmas specials.

These are my late teen year acquisitions, as I started getting more sophisticated and interested in more complex railroad cars. The Lillliput cars and Lima engine I BELIEVE I bought in Switzerland or Germany, I went over in '78 on an Easter vacation school class trip, and had several hundred in spending money ( from my lawn cutting empire ), so I bought a pantograph-equipped Swiss? Loco, a French passenger car, and a MOW? caboose. I think this was my very first Passenger car I ever bought. Definitely the first pantograph locomotive I had, since I never saw any in the USA ( although I live in the same state as the Virginian railroad, which had E33's with electric pantographs).

I have my C&O Switcher somewhere else, I think it burned up, I think in another storage area. I also had one of those GE centercabs that also quit working. I think those were my only two HO loco's I had back then. I guess when I find my other HO stuff, I'll find out which other engines I had, if any. I do remember those two.

Hope you enjoyed seeing my stuff, I know I have (again). LOL.Been quite awhile since I stored it away, I'll have to run a consist on my 4x4 test layout sometime this summer. All for now,

Jerry

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choochin3
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Posted - May 28 2010 : 11:55:21 PM

Nice stuff you have rediscovered.
I see you also found your old Hot Wheels,and Matchbox cars,and that you are also a fan of 55-57 Chevys!

Carl T.

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shaygetz
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Posted - May 29 2010 : 12:38:43 AM

Great trip...thanks.

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walt
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Posted - May 29 2010 : 12:52:54 AM

I spotted those 57 Chevys too!

I like the small red one (top left 2nd pic) Nice bunch of stuff you kept.

Walt

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microbusss
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Posted - May 29 2010 : 01:14:18 AM

do I see a couple of either Pacers or Gremlins by Hot Wheels in the upper right hand corner?

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AMC_Gremlin_GT
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Posted - May 29 2010 : 09:58:33 AM

quote:
Nice stuff you have rediscovered.
I see you also found your old Hot Wheels,and Matchbox cars,and that you are also a fan of 55-57 Chevys!

Carl T.

Originally posted by choochin3 - May 28 2010 : 11:55:21 PM

Yes, I own 2 full-size '57 Chevy 4-door sedans, one was my very first car I drove in High School, and it's in a garage in storage, until I can remotor it again. So I've got quite a collection of 57 chevy related diecast, models, T-shirts, etc. from my early years of collecting. I still do collect '57 chevy diecast and other items, just not as much now.

Jerry

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AMC_Gremlin_GT
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Posted - May 29 2010 : 10:02:46 AM

quote:
do I see a couple of either Pacers or Gremlins by Hot Wheels in the upper right hand corner?

Originally posted by microbusss - May 29 2010 : 01:14:18 AM

Yes, you do. I had some of my early Ebay diecast purchases stored away in a big box, so I also pulled that out to go thru, put away in 1999 and hasn't seen the light of day since. I collect more AMC diecast these days than '57 Chevy, but I still love them both. I hope to display the AMC stuff somewhere in my house this year.