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I bought a set of 3 Amtrak passenger cars and a GG1, all in the same lot some years ago, and wanted to dit it out. I'd forgotten what condition it was in, so tonight, with the wife gone, I tore apart the stacks of boxes to get to my train stuff near the floor. Finally retrieved the storage box it was in. Got all 4 pieces out,and after looking the GG1 over carefully, I realized it was all there, just needed the wires soldered back to the trucks. I thought it was broken or missing pieces, but as I've been working on more and more engines lately ( and Tycos ), I'm recognizing what should be there and what shouldn't. The body is near perfect, I don't see any breaks or chips in it. So I took them all out of the paper wrappings and put them into my ClearBags Crystal plastic tube containers, and then back in the storage box until I can work on it this weekend. I also found another Tyco Amtrak passenger set in the basement a few weeks ago, cleaning up, I'd forgotten I'd bought those, and since I recently bought two Tyco Observation cars on Ebay, I now have more cars than I thought. :) Ah, well, I can make a longer train with them. I'm bidding on an FB unit, Burlington, by Bachmann, with a DCC decoder in it, to power two Observation cars for my Silver Sausage passenger consist. Missed the one tonight, got outbid at 22.05, hope I can get this guy's last unit tomorrow, seen them sell for $45 plus shipping from others, but his history people were getting them at $17-21 . Hope my luck is as good! Anyway, I'll post pics later. Time for bed!
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Posted - July 09 2010 : 04:47:12 AM
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| Blue stripe or tri-colour passenger cars, AMC_Gremlin_GT? The Silver Sausage railcar sounds a real riot! Good luck in your FB ebay quest.
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Posted - July 09 2010 : 07:34:57 AM
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quote:Blue stripe or tri-colour passenger cars, AMC_Gremlin_GT? The Silver Sausage railcar sounds a real riot! Good luck in your FB ebay quest.
Originally posted by tykowolf - July 09 2010 : 04:47:12 AM
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3 colors, actually! ! I have a Blue Amtrak, the red/blue, and a red stripe Santa Fe. I'm thinking of doing the B unit with a white strip, so I'll have a red, white, and blue striped consist.
The Ebay bid war was successful, I bid $10 over my max bid in the last few minutes, and got a snipe attempt at $5, but I still won at $23. :) Can't complain about that price any for a new unit with DCC inside.
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Posted - July 09 2010 : 9:18:21 PM
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Finally took some pics of the GG1. I'll have to get it assembled, since it's in such nice shape.
I don't think anything's broke, just needs rewiring. I'll try to get to it this weekend.
Jerry
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Posted - July 09 2010 : 10:31:34 PM
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I love Tyco's streamliners. Get some pics of it once you get it all set up.
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Posted - July 09 2010 : 10:33:54 PM
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quote:I love Tyco's streamliners. Get some pics of it once you get it all set up.
Originally posted by DaCheez - July 09 2010 : 10:31:34 PM
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See my post in customizing/kitbashing Forum on concept passenger train for that picture. - Jerry -
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Posted - July 09 2010 : 10:43:06 PM
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 another on my WANT list 
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Posted - July 09 2010 : 11:01:38 PM
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| Alas, I do well remember mocking those when they came out...I just had to get one when it was offered.
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Posted - July 10 2010 : 04:27:25 AM
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| That shell looks pretty sharp. The Broadway Limited's one of my favourite sets even though it's powered by the lovechild of a GG-1 and a C630! Tyco gets points for at least attempting an affordable GG-1 and for making their competitor's rosters look decidedly dull.
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