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As AntonioFP45 said above, when the Tyco GP20 first came out it was a well done model for it's day. My first HO train was a Tyco set (in the early 60's) the had a Burlington GP20 for the locomotive. It was well constructed, looked like a Burlington GP20 right down to the GP20 Model Plates that Burlington had on theirs. For their day even the paint and lettering was well done. And they did only accurate road names. (I am refering only to the GP20 here). AND, compared to Athearn at the time, Tyco had the only scale width hood. At the time the GP20 first came out, believe it or not, it was one of the better HO locomotives avaliable at the time! About the only thing against it was it had only 4 wheel drive. It was far better than the GP20's of the 70's. After the release of the C430, which was the last "Quality" diesel they made, Tyco went down hill in quality. The decline seems to have begun with the C630, then older products were also down graded with cheaper motors and drives. So, if you want to see Tyco at it's best get a GP20 in the red box from the early to mid 60's...you will not believe it is a Tyco.
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