TYCO?

[chutton01]

microbuss

yeah me too I do the same & there is a website dedicated to Tyco as well

What, this one that I mentioned 5 years ago? Tyco Brown Box resources
Actually, if you hunt around that site you'll find links to AHM, LifeLike, Revell and others resources too.

Do not throw away DC trains! EVER!!!

Well, I would assume that for non-operating freight cars (operating meaning things such as the search-light caboose, or the Burlington boxcar car which kicked out the little crates in it's electric powered unloading station when you pressed the power button) it doesn't matter if they're DC or DCC or whatever.

And certainly some "DC trains" deserve to be tossed, after they have served as learning practice for weathering techniques, and then for checking if the fascia you designed really will prevent a freight car from falling off the module onto the floor...

[microbuss]

that one yeah  But there is also tycoforums.com too

I'll get DC locos no one wants & repair them I did that to my Tyco UP City of San Francisco E7

The problem was the tiny Pinion Gear slipped & caused the motor to race Oops

[Geared Steam]

richhotrain

OK, that's it.  I am going to find a thread from 1999 and reply to it.  

Rich

There's your challenge Rich, to find the oldest thread possible and revive it (for a short time anyway)

I would be willing to bet it is one of these following subjects

1)  The high price of the hobby

2) The hobby is dying

3)  This internet thingy won't last long.

4) Still waiting on "fill in the company name" to release the "fill in the model" , anyone else heard anything?

5) Brass track is better than nickel silver. 

6) DCC is just a phase the hobby is in.

7)  Sheldon just started refurbishing his house. 

8) Model Railroader will never release the entire collection on DVD. 

[IRONROOSTER]

Geared Steam

richhotrain

OK, that's it.  I am going to find a thread from 1999 and reply to it.  

Rich

There's your challenge Rich, to find the oldest thread possible and revive it (for a short time anyway)

I would be willing to bet it is one of these following subjects

1)  The high price of the hobby

2) The hobby is dying

3)  This internet thingy won't last long.

4) Still waiting on "fill in the company name" to release the "fill in the model" , anyone else heard anything?

5) Brass track is better than nickel silver. 

6) DCC is just a phase the hobby is in.

7)  Sheldon just started refurbishing his house. 

8) Model Railroader will never release the entire collection on DVD. 

9) RTR is killing the hobby

10) Real model railroaders build kits

Enjoy

Paul

[SteamFreak]

Geared Steam

There's your challenge Rich, to find the oldest thread possible and revive it (for a short time anyway)

I would be willing to bet it is one of these following subjects

1)  The high price of the hobby

2) The hobby is dying

3)  This internet thingy won't last long.

4) Still waiting on "fill in the company name" to release the "fill in the model" , anyone else heard anything?

5) Brass track is better than nickel silver. 

6) DCC is just a phase the hobby is in.

7)  Sheldon just started refurbishing his house. 

8) Model Railroader will never release the entire collection on DVD. 

GS, I've been away from this forum for a few years, so it's good to see that nothing's changed.

And seriously, send all of your junkers to Microbuss... he'll take anything!

( Ben.)

[microbuss]

yeah I will take anything hehe

& thanks

[Geared Steam]

SteamFreak

GS, I've been away from this forum for a few years, so it's good to see that nothing's changed.

And seriously, send all of your junkers to Microbuss... he'll take anything!

( Ben.)

Hey SF!

Good to see you...

Can't take this stuff to seriously, everyone else already does ! 

[microbuss]

thank you, GS Who are you again?

[Jumijo]

My  only experience with Tyco was when I received a Spirit of '76 train set for Christmas. I enjoyed the set, and didn't care about how unprototypical it was. 

[mobilman44]

Hi,

I've stayed away from this thread long enough - but now I need to put in my nickels worth.........

The Tyco of the 70s/80s was almost toy like, and relatively inexpensive.   But an awful lot of folks bought their sets for kids, which started many of them off into the hobby.  

Put another way, to a much lesser extent, Tyco was to the kids of the latter part of the 20th century as Lionel/Flyer was to the kids of the mid 20th century.

Today, you will find some of those Tyco pieces on some nice layouts - but of course they have had KDs and wheels and other modifications to bring them up to a higher standard.

For an HO newbie with money constraints, I would strongly urge them to pick up Athearn BB kits off Ebay or at shows.........

[zstripe]

Me too!! I want to put my,penny's in....I have a late 50's Tyco,0-4-0 slope back tender,with added valve gear,that stills run's...

Cheers,

Frank

[richhotrain]

microbuss

thank you, GS Who are you again?

GS (Geared Steam) is the Ruler of the Forum.  Be nice to him!  

Rich

[ChadLRyan]

Or try adding some brass parts & detail it.

[EMD.Don]

mobilman44

For an HO newbie with money constraints, I would strongly urge them to pick up Athearn BB kits off Ebay or at shows.........

I love the Athearn BB kits! My LHS has tons of these kits in stock, and seeing as how I seem to be the only one interested in them, I don't have much competition for them . Heck I often get a buy one get one discount. Can't go wrong with that . 

Happy modeling!

Don.