I picked up these 5 HO locomotives at a yard sale this weekend for $15. 3 of them are Athearn kits but I can not determine the manufacture of 2. I believe them to be Tyco, but unsure. Here are the 3 I know to be Athearn. All 3 are in various stages of assembly. going to be my first attempt at a kit build.
Here are the 2 I can't determine manufacturer or model. The only markings say made in china. Any help would be great. Thanks.
You were lucky to find a Frisco locomotive. Obviously, the seller has no idea of the value of such materials. Charlie
They look distinctly like Tyco's to me. I say that Tyco Rollingstock is OK, Tyco locos are barely even worth the shells
I asked about the price several times and the lady just wanted to get rid of them. I made sure this was not a steamed lady getting rid of her husbands stuff as part of a messy divorce. I will never want anything that badly.
I looked through the past Tyco offerings and can't match it up to any set they offered. It also came with a caboose with SLSF reporting marks. I agree with it being Tyco.
The Tycos were designed differently. They would have snap in trucks. One powered on not. Then the middle weight would be there as a snap or possibly screw in piece. I had a Tyco F unit, as I recall the bottom of the weight said Tyco on it. For an F unit the front coupler mounting seems wrong for a tyco as well If the finish on the silver unit is more of a chrome dip job than a paint job, I would be more inclined to say bachmann or life like.
The Bicentennial engine is definitely a Tyco C430. I don't know of any other manufacturer offering a plastic C430 (but N scale is my focus). Only 16 C430s were made in reality, the majority with Hi-Ad trucks as opposed to the AAR trucks this model has. None of them were painted as Bicentennial units. Like all Tycos, I wouldn't expect it to run well, especially since it's old.
Would have been worth double that amount but the Frisco GP38-2 knocked the price down Didnt Tyco do a C636 once? I have never managed to find one, would love to get my hands on one and pair it with a Stewart Hobbies chassis (have to mod the trucks though!)
