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I’m A Tyco Collector, and I’m proud! So last night I came home from work after a hard day and didn’t feel like watching TV anymore. I have a 4X8 set up in the living room and I sat at my desk and started tinkering with a TYCO Virginian Alco I purchased at a model RR show a couple weeks ago. I paid 50 cents for it as it was not only a non-runner but pretty ugly and dusty, but complete. I took it all apart and cleaned it up, lubed the gears checked the wiring and in a couple of hours it was tearing around the track at a scale speed of 150 mph with the cab light just glowing, casting shadows around the walls from structures and cars on the layout. The lights were dim, the fireplace was emitting a warm heat, and my Siberian Husky was curled up at my feet. And then it happened. I think it was from the speed and the sight of that Tyco engine just flying around the track, but more than likely it was the sound emitting from the hollow body and open chassises that took me back 30 years to the Christmas mourning when I received my first Tyco set. Mom and Dad were still married and my siblings still talked to each other. The tree brimmed with light and tensile reflections and I once more basked in the sight, smells, and sound of the best toy ever, A Tyco F-7 Santa Fe, pulling freight duty on December 25th 1971. Wow what a rush and a morale builder at that. I also purchased a BN Shark Nose, and a Kansas Durango GP-20 for $5.00 both not running and another Alco 1776 for a buck, same condition. I can’t wait for another hard day at work without the TV. Cheers
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