Re: 70's Tyco alive and well

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Tailend charlie
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70's Tyco alive and well

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Here are a few pics of the Tyco layout I built with my 9 yr old son. It is a copy of the one I had as a kid in '75. We also built a O gage track to in circle his room 7' of the ground. I hope you enjoy the pics.
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[ICE]monkey
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Re: 70's Tyco alive and well

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looks good , mind you i wouldnt want a de railment at that height,
all the best,ice
on second thoughts lets not go to Camelot ,it is a silly place
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Re: 70's Tyco alive and well

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Hello Tailend charlie,
        Thanks for posting the pictures for us all to injoy,great train layout also.I like the railcars with a lot of the clasic names on them.
You also have a nice collection of engines,a good variety of locomotive power.That is a layout that anyone would be proud to own.The over-head track is also a cool set-up.There are some restaurants around are area who have some set up that way and are very popular with the customers.Thanks again for posting the pictures.
                                          BIGMIG  ;D ;D
Tailend charlie
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Re: 70's Tyco alive and well

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Thanks guys. It looks like mine did at the time. With the exception he has twice as much stuff. Everything I wanted, but couldn't get. He set everything up. Half the time you find engines and cars sharing the roads. Still have to put the roads down and install the famous Tyco flashing traffic lights. I use to have a 12'x12' O gage set up with full comand control, but a work related accedent forced me to sell of most of it. One day i will have my Lionel back. Til then Tyco all the way.
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With the layout I'm working on I have bought quite a few misc-buildings for it off ebay and as you well know some of these buildings and houses have great detail in them,they are so great.This is one thing I have found that seems to be fairly safe to buy used and at a big savings from new prices.A lot of this stuff for sale there and I have been very lucky so far getting buildings in good condition and as advertised,although a little dusty and some cleaning was in order.         
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Tailend charlie
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I really like the Woodland scenes HO buildings. Talk about detail. The problem is they cost as much as O gage structures that have half the detail.  So right now I am sticking with the $2 to $5 Tyco structures. When my son gets older I will build him a better and more detailed HO set up. Maybe with digital control. For now if something gets damage it is not a major loss.
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