I have a scrapbook of HO train set advertisements from the 1970's. The spirit of 76 train set with diesel loco was $29.99 top of the line set. I still remember the jingle. The spirit of 76, the red white and blue. The spirit of 76 for me and for you. Alas all of my HO trains were stolen from my storage unit while I was in the Air Force. I have a scale Williams GG-1 and a K line in Bicentennial colors.The K Line plays God Bless America when you press the horn button. My cutoff date is the Bicentennial on my PENN CENTRAL layout.
About ‘75, I got the Tyco Spirit of 76. It was based on the Alco 430. I got my first train set on Christmas ‘69. That one was also an Alco 430. It was a Santa Fe “War Bonnet” (red & silver). I don’t have a layout now.
Super. My railroad only had one Bicentennial locomotive, a Tyco EMD F-7A unit, bought new in 1976, with an Aussie variation of the Mantua MU-2 truck drive. It still operates on my railroad, almost fifty years later, both inside and outside, and has a nice patina on the paint job now that makes the locomotive look very realistic. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N. Edit: I wonder if there will be any "Bicentennial and a half" Red, White, and Blue locomotives or rolling stock for 2026? 🙂
Nice Collection God Blessed the USA!
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I have a scrapbook of HO train set advertisements from the 1970's. The spirit of 76 train set with diesel loco was $29.99 top of the line set. I still remember the jingle. The spirit of 76, the red white and blue. The spirit of 76 for me and for you. Alas all of my HO trains were stolen from my storage unit while I was in the Air Force. I have a scale Williams GG-1 and a K line in Bicentennial colors.The K Line plays God Bless America when you press the horn button. My cutoff date is the Bicentennial on my PENN CENTRAL layout.
About ‘75, I got the Tyco Spirit of 76. It was based on the Alco 430. I got my first train set on Christmas ‘69. That one was also an Alco 430. It was a Santa Fe “War Bonnet” (red & silver). I don’t have a layout now.
Happy 4th of July!!!!
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Super. My railroad only had one Bicentennial locomotive, a Tyco EMD F-7A unit, bought new in 1976, with an Aussie variation of the Mantua MU-2 truck drive. It still operates on my railroad, almost fifty years later, both inside and outside, and has a nice patina on the paint job now that makes the locomotive look very realistic. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N. Edit: I wonder if there will be any "Bicentennial and a half" Red, White, and Blue locomotives or rolling stock for 2026? 🙂
I hope the railroads step up for 2026!
I also wonder if we will get any Red, White, and Blue models, or if this will make Bicentennial models more valuable? 💙 T.E.N.
@@tracynation2820 I’m hoping for a complete American freedom train. I think it’s around 21 cars.
The Santa Fe Bicentennial unit is still around in a museum.
Quite the Collection of Trains.
Seaboard Coastline all the way. Nice set.