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Hello everyone. I model a freelanced regional railroad in southern ky called the SOKY ( Southern Ky). I have been modeling for bout 10 years now. I mostly have Athearn and Atlas stuff that i run on the club layout. I also have several old TYCO and AHM locos that I run. Most of my tyco stuff has been rebuilt using can motors and 8 wheel drives on custom frames. I like the old stuff. Most of the guys in club joke and pick on me for buying them and rebuilding them because it takes so much time and effort, however they are cheaper to come buy. I do have 6 of the old tyco c430s that are 100% orginal that I run as a set painted for my rr. Four of them are powered and since the club layout has no grade on them I can pull a
50-60 car coal drag with them. I love the old TYCOs.
Modeling a freelanced regional in southern ky.
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Posted - October 18 2010 : 11:56:12 PM
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Welcome Daniel! Have fun & post some photos if you wish
Walt
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Posted - October 18 2010 : 11:56:17 PM
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| WOW! Welcome to the forum. It sounds like you'll fit right in. Post pictures of anything you want...we love pictures. Don't let those guys in the club push you around!
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Posted - October 19 2010 : 12:06:43 AM
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60 cars?....AWESOME I'd love to see some pics of your 6 unit string.
Welcome to the forum!
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Posted - October 19 2010 : 12:25:50 AM
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Welcome, Daniel. If the guys rib you about repowering older, cheaper locos, you should congratulate them for their skill in RTR box opening and being able to get all of those tiny wheels on the rails.  At least you're showing ingenuity.
Are those 6 C430's MU-2 powered? I guess they could pull that many free-rolling cars, assuming the traction tires are fresh and they don't buck each other too much.
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Posted - October 19 2010 : 02:53:54 AM
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Now, now NickelPlate, those boxes can be tricky.
Danielsokyrail, you'll find the full spectrum of model train folks around here, from serious tinkerers to RTR loop runners like myself. This really is a most excellent forum to be on so welcome aboard!
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Posted - October 19 2010 : 6:10:51 PM
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Yes they have the mu-2 motors in them, the 60 coal cars that i pulled with them were the little 34 foot 2 bay hoppers by athearn. They were extremly free rolling. Togather they will only pull 51 modern 4 bay hoppers. Believe me it took everything they had to pull those cars.
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Posted - October 19 2010 : 9:36:58 PM
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| Welcome aboard!
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Posted - October 28 2010 : 7:18:29 PM
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Welcome aboard. I like the old Tyco as well. I have 9 Chatttanooga 639's. All but 2 run but will be running soon. Most are with the orginal motors but I have 2 that have CD player motors in them and they will haul all the cars I have room for. I come from a railroad family from New Brunswick Canada. I love the old steam engines. Ask Nelson!!!
Anyway welcome to the best forum on the net.
Ken
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Posted - October 28 2010 : 10:32:21 PM
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| Welcome, Daniel & hello from Louisville!
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Posted - October 29 2010 : 09:58:15 AM
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Daniel welcome !
Another unfussy modler. Modles his own way. Not following the heard, are you. Only doing what makes you happy ! Yep ! We all try to be that way. We just do it different in other ways.
So welcome to the Tyco Forum. Have fun looking around. Also get those photos in.
frank
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