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Hello Tom nice to see in the 80s John Deere had a 2 year or 1500 hr warranty and the farmers could work on them Guess we can even call the 1980s now the good old days 🇺🇸 Great video thank you .Hope you are keeping up with the cold and snow on the Farm 🇺🇸❤️

XWell Tom this video brings back memories of high school one neighbor had just bought a brand new John Deere and I was hauling silage wagons for a 17-year-old driving a brand new John Deere thanks for the memories 🇺🇸🏆p s. Even thou i had Red in my veins at age 2 with my Dad's Farmall A

Good stuff Tom. Was those smaller horsepower tractors still made in house by deere?

Good looking tractors Tom! I think you need the 2240 in four wheel drive with front end loader. Would suit you well! Thank you as always for sharing!

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1971, I was in the eighth grade. I don't know how many times I read that catalog cover to cover and deliberated over which boxcar or accessory I was going to buy through the mail order from Glen's Train Shop in Akron, Ohio. It don't seem like 54 years ago, does it?

Good looking equipment…..I am very thankful for you Tom and for wanting to share with us.

Thank you Tom! I am still enjoying “Tommy’s Trains”!

I have 3 of those Illinois Central GP-9's one of them I made into a GP-7 and added an electronic horn. Thank You for sharing this video and as always Happy Railroading.

Those were good days. I wish I had gotten one of those Lake Shore Limited sets and one of those Frisco U36B's and.... well, you get the picture. Thanks for sharing.

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This was my father's train set from when I was very little. I spent years hunting this set down. I found it NEW in the original box from Trainz! I really enjoyed the video.

Thank you Tom!

I'm a total newbie to model trains, but I'm considering buying this train set. I know these trains don't have sound, but if I were to buy a DCC loco with sound, would it function with this set, for instance, would I be able to hear the sound effects?

I have this same exact tractor but with a Kohler motor and a 50 in. deck.. The electric clutch had to be replaced, the coils, and a spring on the deck. All under 200 hours. They were covered, but it had to go in the shop 3 times, each taking over a week. And it is loud. At this point, I wish I never bought it.

Marx guy here, grain merchants know little about marketing toys. Proven by General Mills with Lionel and Quaker Oats with Marx Trains.

Lionels sound of steam, Lionel has figured out how a baby rattler works

May have been the MPC era, but to us kids, we still loved them. First thing I saw was my Yardmaster set! Thank you Tom! Still enjoying the train videos!

That looks nice

Thank you for this video. I’m going to be purchasing one in February. My question is I’m a retired farmer my pastures get overgrown and I would like to clip them . A bush hog takes me about 3 weeks of mowing hence this mower I would believe would be quicker. Once say the 3 foot tall grass lays down, does it decay pretty quickly? Or does it just smother any new growth trying to come up. Again thank you .

I must also note 3 things: the pilot ie: steamchest is plastic, the motor is not a can motor but an Lionel MPC Pullmor motor, and the better steamers for instance the 2-4-2 and 4-4-2 steamers all came with the rubber traction tires whether they had diecast boiler shells or plastic ones. I hope that this helps to clarify some things and as always Happy Railroading!!! Sincerely, MPC Matt.

Enjoyed the video. I have a 1020 that I restored. I also enjoyed seeing the attachments that were available.

Thanks Tommy👍👍🙏

Awesome Overview of the set.👍👍👍

Very interesting! Good looking tractors too. I enjoy looking back at stuff from 40, 50 or more years ago. Thanks for sharing Tom!

I did that too Tom at the IH dealership. Loved those brochures.

I have that same Jersey Central steam engine and tender. I also have a spare tender, these engines are very good pullers with their small but powerful MPC motors. Thank You for sharing this and as always Happy Railroading!!!

Tom, I have never seen this set….but it is really nice! Really enjoyed this video, and will look for this set. Thank you as always for sharing!

I had a Black River Freight set. Got it for Christmas, I was 2d or 3d grade I think. I thought the steam loco meant 1800's cowboys and indians. I think a brother or sister got married and took it for their kids late 80's or early 90's. I didn't care, I never liked it much. I never saw or heard of the Johnny Cash ads til about 6 months ago, I wonder if that influenced my Dad to get it for me. I found one on ebay and got it out of nostalgia sake and it was pretty much brand new! I couldn't believe it! All the plastic accessories still in bags, the cardboard buildings were still flat, unfolded. Box was worn but ran great. But I like the 60's and 70's diesel era. And to the point I love the MPC stuff, those red boxes with the white logo, those multicolored boxes with all the photos. Greatness. Just a train... not a space shuttle. Transformer plugs into the wall, the tubular track, no need for a computer, smart phone, remote. Work on it yourself. I love it. Old skool - best skool.

1967 my grandfather bought 2 4020 powershifts to farm with and he had to have powershift so his kids could disc. On their 4010 the boys couldnt reach the clutch and with power shift they didnt need to be able to reach clutch

Update, the silioind went out, it was pretty when i bought it, Led lights run fast, cut good, turn good, but no quality at all, no more Cubcadet for me , i wasted my money

Do you sell any of your trains?

Both cars are really neat cars. Again, any Lionel operating accessory is cool. Yea, some are not realistic but who cares. We are interested in enjoyment and they do their job well. Thank you Tom as always for sharing!

I'm an american flyer guy but i do enjoy your content

Next time no loud bells, so hard to hear you! Great info. We're considering 5 K/D X pregnant ewes for sale nearby, so I found your video. Great news about meat flavor! That happened to me one time when I was eating lamb leftovers the next day and forgot I had cooked the Walmart marinated lamb I bought. It tasted like beef, so good, then I remembered I had cooked the lamb the day before.

Had my eye on this set for a while, I'm thinking I see it in my near future now after this video

I have a 2016 xuv 560. Mine shifts fine until the weather gets cold then it's stuck in whatever gear I parked it in. As you described, I have no problem at all with the 4wd shifter, but once it gets cold it's not going to shift until the weather warms back up. An friend of mine had a 550 and he actually broke the shifter lever off when it was cold trying to change gears and I took a piece of 5/16" round stock and made him a new lever for it. But I don't understand, if a person pays thousands of dollars for a machine like this it should function better. This is a flaw on John Deere's part.

Give me a good Lionel train every time. I will take Lionel over any other brand or scale. I say this even though I do have some Williams, Atlas and MTH. They are OK, but I still love my Lionels. I think 027 is a little under appreciated. It allows you to set a nice layout in a smaller space. Thanks for sharing.

Tom, I have never heard of this car, you got one over on me lol! I didn’t know what the video was really about when it started, and I thought something was really wrong. Shows how realistic it was! Thanks Tom for sharing and for the laugh!

MTH also made 2 different John Deere sets you might want to look at getting

Can u run more than i loco at a time using that controller?

THANK-YOU !!!! This is exactly what I have been looking for all over youtube. Question is ….. what is the blue box in the bottom right corner of the screen ? Is that an additional power pack just for the automatic signal ?

LOVE watching/listening about Limerick's history, as I spent my formative years on a 90-acre farm off Rt 160 on the Cornish line. One of my best friends was a Provencher (Paul), as the two prominent families in Limerick at the time (mid-to-late 70s) were the Provencher and the Carroll families. Absolutely loved Limerick, and one of the worst days in my life was the family having to abruptly move away from Limerick to Boston for economic reasons. Good stuff, and thanks for the in-depth historical accounts of the town.

I like your laid back, matter of fact delivery I also like your attitude; these are trains - you can buy stupid crazy fancy, but toy trains don't really need to cost $4000 for a set, or worse for a single locomotive

Another great set Tom! And I agree about the 4-4-2 locomotive. Extremely durable, and such wonderful memories from childhood! Those locomotives were virtually indestructible lol! But, I have never liked crew talk when installed in steam locomotives. During the days of steam the engineers would receive train orders at different stations…they could not talk with the tower because radio communication didn’t exist. Yet, every steam locomotive made today has someone talking to the tower. But if that is what sells….lol. Thank you for sharing Tom!

Since it's not a steamer, dont buy! 😲

I have owned a Mahindra 2816 for about 8 years. No mechanical issues, although I had to replace a couple of hydraulic hoses after dropping a log on the hood. Easy repair and was able to beat the dent out of the metal hood. I bought a Mahindra 6075 this week as it is a bigger and more powerful tractor that I need. I didn't consider JD because of the EGR and DPF. Plus they are proprietary in repairs, and the JD compact tractor and engine are not manufactured in the United States.

My main problem with John Deere is their refusal to work with independent shops or provide owners with the resources to fix and maintain the equipment. You are basically forced to go through John Deere for any kind of repair work or even diagnose the problem.

They definitely dropped the ball. Their main market must be entry level toys to give the flavor of the hobby, but at times it leaves more to be desired. They been running the same overland limited set with the steamer but yet keep putting post steam era 50’ plug door box cars and covered hoppers. Replace those 4 cars with 40’ boxcars. And replace the log car and cattle car with a 2 gondolas. Period accurate road names and scheme and tell have a higher quality starter set. Also maybe do away with the steel Track? Does that really dive up the cost much more to consolidate the ez track line? Bachmann has a lot more potential and capabilities to put out reasonable models than they currently do.