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- Spend the month of May purchasing auction locomotives. Ad's said they were in good running order. Let's see how many will actually run. Includes Tyco brown box, Tyco Red Box, AHM-Tempo, Rivarossi, Varney, Athearn Blue Box, & Bachmann.
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I have a great time just watching you and your slapstick comedy...
I appreciate that :-)
Ahh the Ebay Tyco rabbit hole of Doom! It amazes me the garage sale folks by me who think because it's an old Tyco train it's worth thousands lol. I love fixing them up and reselling at a fair price to keep these vintage memories rolling, but let's be honest these are not worth what most Ebay twits are asking, especially in the condition they post them in lol. Great video as always!
Seems $15-$30 for a decent, not banged up common Tyco diesel loco is fair. I don't care if it runs or not but I want it to not have broken gears or burned up commutator. I'll do $30-$50 for a common steamer. Some of the rare ones go for big bucks. Ive spent and fought hard for a few of them on the auction site.
Oh my...
Digging the coveralls and hat. I was really rooting for all of em, but it looks like you get to do that thing you do so well. Enjoy...
I knew you would love the git-up I was wearing :-). I was rooting for more than 7 of the 21 to run. will give me good fodder for stuff to fix up. Take care Ol' Friend
Very entertaining video. Yeah, those Bachmann steam locos can be a bugger to work on.
Thanks
Great video! The Mallet is awesome! You will have a lot of fun cleaning and fixing up your new locomotives. I find it really fun to get them working again. If you have th e correct gauge screws you maybe able to screw in the Athearn motor. All the best and looking forward to your repair/restoration videos. Take care!! Oh not sure if you remember but I did find a Tyco Mantua 4-6-2 for less than eBay prices on the Goodwill bidding site. Crossing fingers as no idea if it will run. Goodwill has a many lots for sale and some full sets now and then.
Greetings EC. Thanks for the nice words on my video! Congrat's on finding yourself a Pacific. Ive received a couple of them in train lots from Goodwill. I hope you get her running nice and smooth :-)
Nice Collection of Engines.
Thank you very much!
Should be a lot of fun trying to get all of those engines running again. Good Luck!
Fingers crossed!
The Santa Fe GP20 shocked me the most due to the dirt on it. It was amazing to see it run.
As far as the Athearn GP7, there are louver vents down around the battery box which distinguish it from the GP9. This feature is easily overlooked, and many people would not know much of the difference. Another feature which changed on the GP9 was the radiator fans on top. Later model GP9s had a large single fan in place of the two smaller fans. This is something to note.
The last thing I wanted to talk about was the designation of the Tyco F9A. I believe that these engines are actually late model F7As. The real F9As had an extra louver in front of the port hole windows near the cab. The Bachmann F9A has this feature, but Tyco doesn't. To add to the confusion of the model F9As, the real F9As were sometimes built from wrecked F units. So, did Tyco use a rebuilt F9A as their model for their engine or was this just a marketing one up scheme to sell models? Who really knows?
Yup, That S.F. is a dirty bugger. Most of the MU drives always seem to "go" They were build real good. give em some love, and get another 60 years out of them :-)
@@classicmodeltrains I have that exact same GP20. Bought it for $20 at an antique shop, untested, and it ran! It has gotten a LOT of use over the past couple years, and has been great! Very smooth and peppy for its age!
There were a few F-9 locomotives made with the 36" dynamic brake fan, but they figured out pretty quick to make them with a 48" fan. Tyco called that an F-9, but anybody who knows would call it an F-7. 💙 T.E.N.
Been there. Got a lot of 33 engines. No dummies. Auction said 14 worked. So as I was going through the feelings similar probably to withdraw waiting for my package to get here. Well set up small circle on kitchen table and went to work. 14 did run but about 5 needed traction rings. Which np. Had few extra parts from other lot buys. Took the traction wheel off and upgraded them to full metal wheels. Man what a difference. Anyways. Went on had all the engines moving but not all on tracks. ended up with 28 ready for the tracks and 5 that needed parts. This set was how I got 3 atlas gps 1 was just chassis but worked on track other 2 were DCC (DT&I & N&W) . Plus a cpl other gems. Which is how I ended up buying 4 more of the athearns sd-45 emd GM engines . Gonna turn 1 DCC with a digitrax 126 . Love the looks of it. Had other gems to. Great deal for what I paid. Seemed almost unreal I won at what I paid. Someday when I have room I might get more into doing videos about them. As of now I fix them collect them and have smaller 2 track test setup. Just to get them out to play. Have around 300 as of last train show in Lansing Michigan. Got lost and forgot to do a cpl videos for CZcams. I was high on trains. Uhm so I guess I come to you. I think I have a problem. Lol
WOW!! sounds like you got a sweet eBay find and paid a fair price for it. Great job getting almost all of them running again. A few more to add to the "parts" collection, which is a necessary evil. At 300 loco's sounds like you got a pretty good collection!!
@@classicmodeltrains my baby brother passed away 9 yr ago Jan 2. I was on downhill spiral. Couldn't get out of it. It's always been us 2 no mom drunk dad. At least my dad had a train and slot car set. We played in Bay window with them. I went to sleep one night after waking up after a crying fit. In my dream we were playing with trains again in same window and when I woke up it was like I knew what I needed to do with myself. So here I am today. Still miss him dearly. When I do I get them out. Where I reminisce my past by remembering everything we done together. We explored the world. And when I am ready I will recreate those worlds on my layout. Of the small town we grew up around. No matter how much I hated being there. Racist people. Farm town.
Great collection of 'classic model trains'! The Tyco General is indeed 'tender powered'. Those Tyco and Mantua 0-4-0 and 0-6-0 locos are built like tanks. It is rare that I can't get one working again with just wheel cleaning and/or commutator cleaning. Remember that those particular locos pick up power from one rail on the tender and the loco picks up the power from the other rail. Typically nice little open framed 5-pole motors. Thanks for the tip on HOseeker. I have some things to send his way..
Thank you very much!
The Mallet running was worth all the other dogs. I've got a yellow box GP 9 that has been giving me fits.
I was shocked the Mallet ran myself. Hope you get your GP 9 back into running good
@@classicmodeltrains thanks Ron. The gearboxes are frightening lol
Nice Layout.
Thanks!
excellent haul looking for a rock island like that hard to find in my neck of the woods up here in toronto canada looking forward to more up coming videos
Thanks for the kind words. Hope you find a R.I. up there. Greetings from just south of ya here in Montana
The C430 you have is “ILLINOIS CENTRAL “. The C630 you showed along with it is “ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF”. If you see a C630 with “ILLINOIS CENTRAL “ you might want to buy it. They have prototype sideframes and a Rivarossi drivetrain. Far as I know they were a one year limited production.
They also appeared with the Delaware and Hudson and Santa Fe road name. Look at the sideframes to tell the difference. Brown box C630 have the so called “vampire trucks” and power torque motor.
Ive been wanting the Riv drive C630. Now I know what to look for. Thank you for the information!!
Great Video!!!!! Greetings from Argentina
Hello Andy T.T.! Thanks for the kind words once again :-)
Thank You I Say you'll be busy for a while but that's OK a great haul of equipment!!! Alot of the fun is to make em run!!! Be Well!!!
That's the plan! keep me out of trouble for a few months I'm guessing :-)
Congratulations! 700 followers!!!
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Good evening Regis! We celebrated "Memorial Day" up here in the states. it can be up to a 3 day celebration. I celebrated for 4 days :-/ Now I'm playing catch up. I seen the 700 number show up over the weekend. makes me very happy. Thank you for noticing and always having a kind word to share :-)
You’re very welcome!
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Hey Ron did you get that 4005 Big Boy a new Boiler Cover, Handrails and get her running. And the Mallet was a primo find as well. Those Rivarossi's are good pullers but a bit Growlie, still worth their weight in Gold. Keep up the Good Work...and nice Fashion Show as well. My Brothers used to make fun of me an 'Me Engineers Cap"...now they're just jealous!! LMAO!!
The Big boy did end up running but it needs new gear boxes in it. the originals are falling apart due to petroleum lubricants degrading the plastic. no cosmetic repairs have been done to it and the Mallet has not been serviced yet. We need to bring back the engineers cap for everyday wear!!
Hi there Ron, nice collection of locos you have managed to snare. The Rivarossi mallet and big boy look terrific. I don't understand why some people despise Rivarossi, I have half a dozen or so and they all run spot on. Cheers for the video, I enjoy your presentations.
Hello Steve, Thanks for the kind words. I didn't know Rivarossi had some haters. Takes all kinds to make the world go round I guess. :-)
@@classicmodeltrains I've heard them compared equal in quality to Tyco amongst the highest crowd.
@@stevenpeaketrainsandstuff3682 Well, the rivet counters are never happy. I'm not that high Falootin type of people. My pickup is an old chevy. My trains are old department store stuff. my dog is a mixed breed. I'm a happy man!! :-)
Still love those ahm Rivarossi passenger cars. They're actually pretty popular.
Rivarossi steam locomotives have very large wheel flanges. They will only run on Code 100 track. On code 83 the flanges hit the ties.
Cool stuff! Wish n scale engines could be had as cheaply as HO!
I agree!
Very cool haul , My favorite Tyco is
The GP-20 . You scored 3 of them that aren’t always easy to come by. Canadian National , Penn Central , and New York Central. The rare ones are Western Pacific and Gulf Mobile and Ohio.
Hello Christopher, I did feel like I kinda found a few rarities, now thanks to you I know for sure :-). Thanks for sharing some good information, and now I know which ones to be on the lookout for. :-)
I need those horns off of the Chessie F9 for my Chessie F9! Beautiful looking locomotives for cheap, mine's a great runner.
Yes they are!
Really enjoy your video's, very informative. I am curious about the dimensions of your layout. Looks very good.
Thanks for your kind words. That first layout was 4' deep and 11'6" wide for the main folded dog bone loop. The stock yard is 24' deep by 8'
@@classicmodeltrains It looks much bigger, but very well proportioned
Nice
Thanks
Tyco also makes 2 versions of the GP-20 In Illinois Central Orange and White and a Red and Silver paint scheme.
I was unaware of the red/silver. Another one to "hunt" down. Thanks :-)
@@classicmodeltrains RP Model Railroad has a video on the red/silver Illinois Central GP 20 on CZcams.
Good morning sir! The Athearn is a GP7: the difference between a GP7 and a GP9 is related to the number and the position of the louvers on the body. This, in fact, is a hybrid, because she has the louvers (number/position) of a GP7, but has a 48 inches dynamic brake fan, which was used on the GP9 (the 7 has a 36 inches one). All the F units are F7s phase I: 4 horizontal louvers between the portholes and a 36 inches fan cooling the dynamic brake. It’s good to watch a new video; keep posting! Greetings from the (now) cold south!
hi regis. a GP7 is 1500 hp. a GP9 is 1750 hp. the dynamic brake fan can be either 36 or 48 inch diameter on the GP7. they are 48" on the dynamics on all GP9s. late production GP9s use 48" fans instead of each pair of 36" fans.
the Athearn model is strictly a GP7 with a winterization hatch over the rear most 36" fan. the short good also is equipt with a steam generator.
it was all hashed out in the early 1970s publication extra 2200 South, the absolute authority on locomotives. I'll discuss the athearn rendition later, along with f unit variations.
@@suppylarue220 thanks for clarifing the issue!😊
Hello Regis! Good day to your Sir! A lot of good information shared here with you and suppy larue. Thanks to both of you guys for sharing. Makes us all one more smarter :-)
I have my 25 steam engines project to see if I can restore the engines I inherited from my uncle Lance. Getting some running learning a lot.
WOW! Lots of enjoyment ahead getting them running :-)
For the RockIsland 4301s - possibly Athearn stanchions would be an option? They come in short and long options.
I've been using A-line stanchions on my Athearn's. I'm hoping they fit the tyco's :-)
All N All It’s worth it keep It up. If you could Try To Buy 100 Engines and See What you can Do. I think You would Love that.
I Think I have bought over a hundred engines in the last couple of years. Many have video's made about them, many are still waiting :-)
Don’t Stop Anytime Soon.
well they were all runners at one time....and i am sure with your level 5 tidy they will all run. again stay well
Hopefully they all ran when they came out of the box :-)
Hola veo tu canal de CZcams excelente programa soy un fanatico de locomotoras tyco tengo algunas y carros tyco a veces compro por eBay ojalá pudieran ser con subtítulos en español pero solo salen subtítulos en inglés ,algo entiendo de tu lenguaje ojalá pudiera leer los subtítulos en español gracias por tu canal ahora soy fanatico de tu canal ,gracias y saludos desde Chile en latinoamerica ,ciudad de viña del mar
Hola Ruben. Gracias por tus amables palabras sobre mi video. Saludos desde Montana en los Estados Unidos :-)
Try ship building sites for grabrails\handrails ... you might find something that approximates what you need..
Brands I have seen in the past - Markits, Inner-City Models, Caldercraft, Bowser and Alan Gibson.
Hello Malt, I build hand rails from scratch. Made a couple video's. But thanks for the input for some video's to watch to increase my skill level :-)
That's alot of motive power🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂👍🙋
It sure is. Lots to work on now :-)
Boiler fronts are found in the scrap yard box
My Scrap yard box isn't very full of treasures yet.
the athearn geep is a GP7. it was originally marketed as a GP9. athearn had several points of confusion at that time . the first one was done up in an espee black widow scheme using a GP9 number. SP did not purchase GP7s. GP7s have 3 sets of louvers on the battery boxes below the cab. GP9s have only one set of louvers, or none.
Hello suppy, Thanks for watching and commenting :-)
I just recently got back into collecting vintage ho scale you have any you wanna sell or trade lookin for about anything ho old athearn Tyco bachmann life like etc! Just any vintage ho stuff thanks you make some outstanding videos I've seen em all at least twice lol! Keep em coming!
Hello Ron, currently I don't have any duplicates I'm looking to get ride of. When something won't "restore" it becomes a donor item. I'm trying to collect every loco Tyco / Mantua made. I probably won't collect Bachmann, life-like. Just running outa space. Perhaps one day we might be able to put together a deal. Thanks so much for supporting my channel like you do :-)
I’ve wanted one of those rivarossi mallets for a while, I love they way the front looks. There just way to expensive. I can’t justify spending more than 50 per loco
They are a cool looking loco. I Think I gave $115 for this one.
@@classicmodeltrains not as bad as I've seen. They usually go for like 200
Hoy visite la página donde aparecen toda la información sobre marcas y modelos de locomotoras,por supuesto que revise las que pertenecen a tyco ,gracias por la información y saludos desde chile 🇨🇱
Gracias
Nice purchase, can’t wait to see how many you get running. That Big Boy is gonna take some work. How good of a deal did you get on it?
Thanks 👍 I paid $110 for it. It was advertised as a parts loco, and they meant it!
V&T stands for Virginia and Truckee.
Thanks for commenting. I have corrected the error's in my ways :-)
Wear What You Wanna Wear for Model Railroading.
I like to have a bit of fun on the channel. Don't think I'll be wearing this fancy getup to town though :-)
I still have my TYCO Mantua GP20 Santa Fe from 1970. She runs noisy...
Some cleaning and re-lube will bring her back around
playing catch up on the videos. You got plenty of projects
Yup, Always something to work on. Thanks for supporting my channel :-)
You need weight and tanks for NYC? I got em you'll be hearing from me soon
That would be great! Thanks for watching :-)
the ahm ihc and rivs should almost always fire up, they weren't crap like Tyco
All manufacturers out there have a 50/50 chance of running after being stored up for years.
Podrías realizar un video donde expliques y realices en una locomotora tyco súper alco 630 ,instalar dos motores de para mejorar su torque ,creo que inicialmente los fabricantes de locomotoras tyco tenían esa idea ,pero no la llevaron a cabo por completo ,lo que sí hicieron fue instalarle un motor cardanico rivarossi a una súper alco 630 ,pero me gustaría saber si se puede instalar dos motores tyco a una locomotora,gracias y saludos desde chile 🇨🇱
Hola Ruben, Creo que sería muy fácil poner dos motores de torque de potencia en un 630. Tal vez debería hacer un video del procedimiento pronto. Gracias por comentar, Saludos desde Montana, USA
Tyco painted the Southern railroad wrong not the right green and the lettering should have been gold. Only the freight scheme was Black with white lettering with numbers on the tender.
Yeah, Tyco took a lot of liberties with paint back in the day :-)
I have all the information on Southern railway and I live in South Carolina which is the home of the Best Friend of Charleston which run first in 1827 and blew up in in 1830 when fireman tied tied the check valve shut.
You don't pronounce the "s" in Illinois. Cheers from eastern TN
Yup, know that now. Even remember it sometimes :-)
Familiar with the Tyco Forum Page?
Yes I've got it bookmarked :-)
Hi Ron! Hey listen, I have a guy that lives next door and he keeps stilling my trains. I go to work at 4:45am Monday-Friday and I don’t think he works. The police will not help me, the neighbors in my neighborhood all work 8 to 5 and tell me they don’t see anything at that time. Cameras are up, but they still them as well. Do you have any suggestions?
Sorry to hear this. I guess get better locks, put your camera's up higher and have them remote monitored, install better fencing, get a big dog or 2. These are things I do to protect my property
Get a dog then let's see him try to steal your trains.
Lemme tell ya as a young model railroader I deffinetly don't look the part.
Whenever I tell people the most common question I get is "do you like Thomas The Tank Engine?"
People....... They can be so cruel sometimes. I'm 6'7" tall and everybody asks me if I play basketball
@@classicmodeltrains Yea people are ignorant but it don't really affect me heavily, too use to it.
Lmao. You should to another you tube video. Something like funny enigner videos
I don't know many funny engineers :-)
The 440 V& T stands for Virginia & Truckee
Yup. I blew it on that one
I got a full set of tyco handrail for a c45 I think if your interested email me give me what yiu think they worth and I be happy
Thanks for the offer. I just custom hand make my railings now. a few bucks and a few hours :-)