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[8D][quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by nfmisso Or just buy an Athearn Genesis unit - it will be less expensive. [/quote] But then all the modeling is done for you,. what fun would that be! [8D][:)][8D][:)][8D] [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by cacole I don't mean to sound like I'm putting anyone down, because I realize that a lot of people can't afford the higher quality items, but unless this Tyco locomotive has a lot of sentimental value it's not worth the cost and effort of trying to replace the traction tires. **** ****. At the local train club we give Tyco locomotives and rolling stock to children who attend our open houses because I have never seen one that ran good enough to use on a club layout, **** ****Bachmann locomotives and rolling stock that come with Christmas train sets are also not worth trying to save. [/quote] Then I must be waisting my time then guys.[8D][:)][8D][:)][8D] Actually I have been given alot of stuff that falls in what shall I say this "Substandard Model Railroad Equipment" classification by friends and family. Since these people also regulary see the layout, I have tried to make a full faith effort to use their gifts to full effect. I once did the project I described above on a pair of old Varney/Life-Like F-Units so they could head up a Santa Fe Passenger Train I was working. They turned out nice, and allowed me to say that these were the engines that so and so, (in this case my grandma) had given me.
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