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Posted - April 09 2021 : 3:13:08 PM
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You could say "the Pennsylvania, Grand Trunk, The Presidential, the Canadian, or the Queensland Rail C430's range from rare to difficult to acquire. I have them all; in fact and with the exception of the QR, I'm pretty sure I have two of each. Personally, the GN was the hardest one for me to acquire, I had to actively scour ebay for years before I found one. I was looking on ebay two or three time a day waiting for one to appear. So this is why I consider it one of the "Holy Grail" of TYCO trains. When I originally seen one on ebay, I passed on the auction because my family and I was leaving for a cruise that day. I eventually found one, but it wasn't like the one from the auction I passed on. I won the one with the goat herald on it. Fast forward many, many, many years I finally acquired the variant of the one I let get away!!! I have found my white whale!!!!
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Posted - April 09 2021 : 7:53:33 PM
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Beauty! Never knew Tyco did this scheme.
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Posted - April 09 2021 : 9:12:57 PM
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Congratulations! I didn't know there were 2 different variants.
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Posted - April 10 2021 : 7:40:25 PM
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That one on ebay last week sold for 355.00!
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Posted - April 10 2021 : 11:11:56 PM
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Posted - April 11 2021 : 12:19:44 PM
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well this is the last scheme GN did & it only lasted 3-4 years!
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Posted - April 25 2021 : 12:42:54 PM
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There are actually two versions of this streamline also. I will try to find both of the ones I have.
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Posted - April 25 2021 : 6:11:24 PM
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well this scheme only lasted 3-4 years until the 1970 mega merger of Burlington Northern! so this is the shortest scheme in GN's history
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Posted - April 25 2021 : 9:30:01 PM
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Very cool to know.
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