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 Posted - February 09 2011 : 6:26:27 PM
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Hi guys,
my name is Mike, i was an avid model railroader when i was a kid in New York (mostly with Tyco trains from the late 70's and early 80's) I am looking to get back into it (I got out of it when my family moved to Florida) now i am looking back almost 25 years later and seeing what is what in the model railroad environment and my times have changed...
I hopefully i can get a run down of my current Tyco inventory soon and see what i can do with it (getting it ready for Rail use again)
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Posted - February 09 2011 : 7:54:39 PM
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Welcome Mike! Enjoy the Tyco trains the second time around.... I recollected my childhood Tyco train & slot cars on ebay the last few years... and had a lot of fun doing it!
Walt
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Posted - February 09 2011 : 8:05:58 PM
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| Besides the Tyco Brand there are some other brands mixed in with it as well ( i been scouring the net recently trying to at least nail down where my grandfathers CNW F9 ( i believe its an F9) Locomotive came from - using railpics.net i have nailed down the paint scheme on the locomotive from the 60's but i will have to sanp a picture (when i find the locomotive)
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Posted - February 09 2011 : 9:00:17 PM
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| I put the pics up in the Identify section
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Posted - February 09 2011 : 9:50:30 PM
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OK Mike, Photos are the thing to do. I don't know much about the other brands but a lot of these guys on here are very knowlegable. I'm sure one of 'em will know what ya got!
Walt
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Edited by - walt on February 09 2011 9:52:43 PM
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Posted - February 09 2011 : 11:14:51 PM
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Hey, MIke, welcome to Tyco Forums. Should have a good time here. Is your name SUndowner by any chance related to a certain AMC car model? I'm sure that's a long shot, but both the Pacer and Gremlin had Sundowner editions.
Jerry
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Posted - February 09 2011 : 11:30:44 PM
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actually, Jerry, the Nickname "Sundowner" has a very different route when it comes to me. I was station on the USS Kitty Hawk back in the mid 90's and one of the F-14 tomcat squadrons was the VF-111 Sundowners
here is their logo
its a military thing for me really.
hope that helps some
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 Posted - February 10 2011 : 12:28:06 AM
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Hi Sundowner,
Welcome to the group. You live in my old stomping grounds. Sure do miss it.
I think you will like it here, Lots of great folks.
Mike
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Posted - February 10 2011 : 07:05:30 AM
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quote:actually, Jerry, the Nickname "Sundowner" has a very different route.... one of the F-14 tomcat squadrons was the VF-111 Sundowners
here is their logo
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its a military thing for me really.
Originally posted by Sundowner - February 09 2011 : 11:30:44 PM
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Hey, pretty cool! I like that! Thanks for sharing it. My Dad was '40's Navy, I never served myself. My Model Train club, PWMRC.org, has probably 50% or better military members ( our actual club layout is in the VRE train station on Marine Base Quantico, VA). So I'm around lots of military guys constantly. 
Jerry
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