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 Posted - January 10 2006 : 4:34:46 PM
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Patrick McGinnis' flashy New Haven paint scheme compelled model railroad companies from Lionel to Athearn to offer miniature versions.
I'm curious to know whether anyone has seen a Mantua/Tyco F in the Mcginnis paint. Crazy, you say? Well, Tyco offered a one-sheet in 1960 titled "ready to run ho train sets for '60" which clearly shows a McGinnis A/A pair head-ending T617, the Colonial Limited. Is the engine a one-off? Is it (more likely) a pair of "borrowed" Athearn McGinnis F's? (Tyco's initial catalog appearance of the auto-loader shows what appears to be a thinly disguised Athearn auto-loader, laden with Athearn Cadillacs, so there is another clear example to my Athearn/Tyco speculation.)
Old hands out there: pick your brains on the matter and chime in.
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Posted - February 17 2011 : 05:32:00 AM
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The only EMDs carbody units in McGinnis were the FL9s. For carbody units they went to ALCO and FM. They had FAs, PAs, C-liners and one DL-109 made it into the new scheme. Any Fs are non prototypical.
The original three color Mcginnis is a tough paint scheme to do. So most likely a one off.
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Posted - February 17 2011 : 08:57:13 AM
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Hi Todd. You fogot this one...   Carl
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