Railfanning St. Canard - Jan 2007

A Santa Fe Athearn EMD GP40-X holds the line at the US12 crossing, to allow an extra headed by a rare Tyco Great Northern Alco 430 to pass.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• model
• railroad

[heelblocks]

What kind of decoder is that???

[spiderj76]

It's an MRC decoder. I forget which model but it was cheap as new ($40) 2 years ago. I had to add an oval speaker for fit though, and that was another $10.

[ovationpdh]

Does the beacon on top of the cab flash on stock GP40X models? I mean does it work this way out of the box, or did you make it work? Thanks.

[spiderj76]

Good question, I honestly don't know if it comes that way or not since I immediately installed a decoder. The beacon is wired to the AUX light function on the decoder, which was preconfigured as a flasher. So that was pretty easy at least.

I'm actually inclined to say that it probably does NOT flash as stock (without a decoder), but it may light up.

[waltsa200]

I understand that Tyco trains company was sold to Consolidated Foods Corparation in the 70s. I would guess that's where all the food & products cars were born....

[Silver1Sprg]

I think you need to clean your track and or wheels on your engines to get a more smooth run. Video shows your engines are in a jerking movement. Not sure if it's just the video or what.

[trainz675]

thats one angery tyco

[BrettKasey]

@spiderj76 I have one just like that

[oppport]

@rockguy47  n scale is 1:160

[rockguy47]

can you tell me what scale is this i have n.scale 36 in by 9 feet and i just got done with it

[xmasterfunk]

wheres the graffiti on it

[zumarblast94]

are you 12? or a 40 yr. old virgin?

[JOHNL848]

@MrBlemph ,was it a part of our race,or did you venture out side the box ? (family pet)

[JunkMan16]

WTF- No Graffiti on the box cars???

[RedResurrections]

the train cars dont have grafitti

[tom618ful]

@MrBlemph what