I started working with the free/new/unused Tyco accessories I aquired, the track, etc..
I had started on a bashed boxcab idea and it inspired me to pay some mind to the display too.
After about 3½ hours, I had recalled all that I had hated about 70s Tyco.
The track and all contacts seemed to reoxidize every 5min; engine herk-a-jerking all the way. The operating boxcar couldn't keep contact on the dock though all seeable contacts are gleaming. It also has issues with the box pushers throw travel(length). There was no torque end the end of the throw. If a crate doesn't eject, it needs to be pushed back in. No second, third, or tenth button press will eject it.
I might wire the bocar direct ,try more voltage, and glue things down for a non rolling display, but Athern/ Atlas quality...this aint.
I had an extra motor, a bunch of hackup F-7 panels, had been dreaming on a boxcab, coincidentally looking at the early Cheifs and their evolution into the Bulldog face too. Then later I picked up an N scale jewel case, and noted its size was near spot on HO loco width. A bit later I had this rough outline, loosely based on what I had looked at that day.
Only about a dozen cuts left to flush in the F-7 panels, but I likely wont finish it since I'm expecting the ho ideas to be a wash anyhow, but It was fun getting a rough idea going though. If I land some nickle/silver to replace that old track? Maybe..but that boxcar was the "star". I just wanted something small (and free...I had a theme going, lol) to shunt it with.
