As an american, I don't know about these things, but would think wrapping a Canadian train in hockey tape would fix almost any problem.

Way to go Harrison. Not too shabby for $7. Definitely sounds much better.. The Harrison magic touch works once again. 💜😊💜

DUDE!! This was your best by far!!! Somehow you resurrected a Tyco! Why? Because this hobby is fun! The Hockey tape on a CN locomotive! You couldn’t script that any better!!! Awesome!!!

I change out brushes in a couple of my older locos I've had for 2+ decades a few years ago. I got the replacement brushes from Athearn.

Nice work Harrison!

Removing the hockey tape, leaving grime on it... wow, it now looks like a hard worker with exhaust and grease. Don't remove too much of it... add some hand railings and you got an awesome brute... And, from one side it's a C430... the other, it's a C630! John

Well....the OCD in me says put the same side frames on the same truck, as it's totally believable that MLW would do anything to keep another ALCO controlling mosquitoes on lines around the Great White North. But, I can't argue with Opa. Nice work as usual 🙂!

i am shocked. You are the first person i've ever seen who has fixed one of these godforsaken Tyco bogies...

With some body modifications and the inclusion of some correct Alco 6 axle sideframes and small aIr tanks in place of those Tyco GP-20 fuel tank parts below the frame you could have a FC del Pacifico AP1620 Empalme shops (1979 ) rebuild.

That's really cool you got it running. That looks to be the same era hey gp20 that I have but it had an unfortunate accident because I accidentally dropped it. When I looked up the Canadian national Tyco locomotives are rare in the states I think they were mostly marketed in Canada. I read that info from a tyco website that I sent you I think. I got to say hearing that story that your grandfather told you made me smile plus I never thought of that idea.

For some reason this locomotive made me smile seeing it at the end. There sure was a lot up build up on it but the thing really just wants to run and you did an awesome job getting it there. I hope it now has a nice spot in your collection

You did well. It's amazing TYCO made so many ALCO diesels no GE engines the ALCO resembled the GENERAL ELECTRIC engines. I was so glad you found spare parts for this ALCO , Harrison I could hardly tell the difference on the side frames on the trucks. You make this CN model railroader on this side of the border even happier you saved this engine. Great job👍✅

Glad to see you got it going. Unfortunately I think you were overcharged by the store. A looney in the "for parts" bin would have been more appropriate. If you don't have a spares box the outlay would have been more , not counting your labour. Good work!

I was 13 in 1970 when my parents got me a TYCO HO set for Christmas. It had the Penn Central F9 and I still have it. Loved model railroading ever since.

its good to see these Restoring videos. it can help restore some of my model trains. they are from the same era as this! id love to show you them if i could!

I love this Canadian National locomotive. Good job in repair you locomotive. You 🐱 is friend of my dog Scooby Doo. Scrappy Doo is a nice pup. Scooby Dum is a very nice. Astro is my Great Dane.

I've been watching a lot of your restoration videos and I really enjoy them! It makes me happy to see old trains run like new, especially less desirable ones like this.

A miracle indeed, Harrison -- the kind we have come to expect from your ability to work wonders. I may have missed something over the years, but I can recall only one time that you did not completely restore an engine to running order. Keep up the excellent (and entertaining) good work.

Dude! I’m impressed!! Love seeing your videos of rebuilding and making these locomotives have a second life! Keep it up Harrison!

Hey SMT! Im back! Haven't been able to watch anything for quite some time now. This one was a cool project! Good job!

8:38 ah, explains why all the tyco locomotives I’ve tried to fix don’t work. Thanks lol

Hi Harrison, Watching your videos I happened to notice

Great video now I can try to fix my CN locomotive that looks like this but I’m still gonna take it to my local hobby shop

I was at my local train store yesterday and one of the guys working there told be that if you have damaged cars, people will only focus on the first and last two

You had me laughing at "Hockey Tape" again. Good job. I think those other side covers were from a GG-1. Love it.

Great to see it running again, SMT.

Classic tyco

You hot a great deal on the engine. That is awesome you got it running. Thank you for a great video and for sharing your knowledge of the model railroads. Have been enjoying your channel and content. ❤🇨🇦

Cool stuff man, yeah I grabbed a Tyco GP20 that was missing almost all it's truck covers lol from a train show for 8 dollars that was non operable at the time. Not too bad considering I fixed it so now I have to see what I want to do with it lol

she ll pull through with flying colors!

You need to move to Bakersfield to join are model Railroad Club' you know a lot about fixing thing and wire a switch also' these old people cry over getting to old to fix stuff and work on the layout,

Yes, I was just about to comment that you should swap the bogie caps.

great video! keep fixing all these locomitives

Love the videos man!!!

I have a Rock Island one my mom found great video :)

Reminds me of the Milwaukee Road's SDL39s on the right side - maybe a "never was" MLW M430CL

An example of a Tyco foobie - no C430's were sold in Canada by either Alco or MLW. Only 16 were built Original Owners Owner[ Quantity Numbers Notes Green Bay and Western Railroad 1 315 New York Central Railroad 10 2050-2059 Reading Railroad 2 5211-5212 Seaboard Coast Line Railroad 3 1275-1277 ex Alco (demonstrators) 430-1 to 430-3 Of course, it's your railroad, nothing says CN couldn't have bought some. Here's a list of MLW-Bombardier built Four axle Century series locomotive models Model Build date Total produced Wheel arrangement Prime mover Power output C-424 1963-1967 92 B-B 16-251B 2,400 hp (1,790 kW) M-420 1973-1977 91 B-B 12-251C 2,000 hp (1,490 kW) M-420B 1975 8 B-B 12-251C 2,000 hp (1,490 kW) M-420R 1974-1975 5 B-B 12-251C 2,000 hp (1,490 kW) M-420TR type 1 1972 2 B-B 12-251C 2,000 hp (1,490 kW) built for Roberval and Saguenay M-420TR type 2 1975 15 B-B 12-251C 2,000 hp (1,490 kW) built for Ferrocarril del Pacifico M-424 1980-1981 72 B-B 16-251B 2,400 hp (1,790 kW) (16 built for Ferrocarril del Pacifico, 3 built for Unidos del Sureste and 53 for Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico)

Sweet locomotive

Smoke, arching, Oh my!!!!

On the silver side covers you should have the 6 axle on the front on 4 axle on the back it would look very nice

Damn, what a loco

69th like nice love this content love learning about how to maintain your model trains hails harrison 🤘

your videos are the very best

You should look into resin casting and mold making.

Nice work...poor ol thing

if you put the comm brushes on a piece of cardboard and touch them with a hot soldering iron you would see all the old oil they absorbed come out , and make it run better

SMT - I think the mounting method you used for the fuel tank is similar to how Tyco mounted the front coupler on the pre power torque motor F units.

Serenity!

Love those canadian national locos!

" Hockey Tape! " " The handyman's secret weapon!".

You could try making a mold of the truck cover.

I believe these had traction tires on one set of wheels.

i could smell the carbon through the screen 😂

what did u use to remove the adhesive from the tape off the choo choo train?

I would like to kit bash a tyco with 2 motors just to see how it would work.

I got given a corkey canval c liner looks like it runs well

Put a small drop of superglue on the motor pinion gear.

Isn't the horn on top of the cab facing the wrong way? Not that I know about such things. Is that one of those cosmetic things you were talking about? Loved the video, btw!

I saw a little bit of blue in the cab

I have to ask, what brand is your controller for your layout? My son models HO scale while I model N scale. We both like the controller you use. We just wanted to know what brand it is. I hope you don't mind me asking.

What brand of power pack do you have? I've never seen one with meters and I would like to get one.

OSHA is not going to go with those missing handrails..)

My gosh, Harrison. Is there any loco you CAN'T fix?????

Hey I have a question for you what did you use to put the glass on the edge of your train set to stop the trains from derailing because I would like to add it to my set

This kid has nightmares about dirty commutators lol 😂

I wonder how many TYCO engines ended up melting. I had a Conrail F unit that ended up having part of the cab melt as well.

It could be worse...I think a Life Like Locomotive would be alot worse to fix then a Tyco locomotive.

An ask what rails do you use for your layout

I dont know about you people BUT I just love the old Tycho engines , not so much those like this pancake motor , I think they call it but the older ones with the worm gear ... dont you ?

You should make a long train with a dpu

You need to paint the Trucks Black would look so much better...

Hmmm…Are you going to put a junk yard on the layout?

I have right now is 5oo just train video's. on my KZfaq ' But we need more people in are club; just tell them you know a lot about DCC just think what I did to melting that switch. They went to a place for a week to see the 1776 ' 1976 locomotive the red white and blue unit, when they come back they be new rules they run the show,

How do you clean off your carbon fiber pen when it's dirty

lol “…is that smoke…? lol

Hello

Have a locomotive and I need to see If I could fix it so tell me if it’s chargeable I’ll make a video about it

I have a problem with the pinion gear spinning around the motor spindle. Without the pinion gear, the locomotive doesn’t move. Do you have a suggestion how I can affix the pinion gear to the spindle so that when the spindle moves so does the pinion gear? Solder doesn’t want to take because the spindle is stainless steel. Ideas?

I'm calling him Frankie stein.

What controller do you use I want to buy one with the guages on it since I'd like to repair my own locos

Not that this is relevant but, my Life-like little blue controller finally died. (I was expecting this to happen since it’s from the 80’s-90’s) I’m stuck trying to find a controller that is cheaper but reliable. I only have 5 ho scale locomotive and just like to run them for fun. Any suggestions?

You know a lot about DCC right

Can you put new brushes in it.

You need a 3d printer for new parts for the Locomotives

If it would have been a EMD Engine everything would have just been Golden!!! Not a Ole Junk GE Engine...

Would you be interested in selling this locomotive?

Rubber tires, that is maybe is so slow

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smt I give you Microsoft train simulator you give me train tracks and locomotive.

I don't know why but the last 3 or 4 videos I had to turn on Closed Captioning I couldn't hear you and my volume is all the way up I can hear other videos just fine but not yours I have no idea what's wrong.

I heard the ad loud and clear but I can't hear you at all.

Would you be interested in selling this locomotive?