I Unboxed a 26-Year-Old Lionel Century Club GG1… Will It Run?

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  @WhatAboutTheBee · 3 months ago

  I really like this new type of video. &nbsp;One where an older, new in the box, item gets unboxed. &nbsp;Its an extra layer of intrigue. &nbsp;<br><br>Well done &nbsp;Eric

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• SE

  @SeaKing61 · 3 months ago

  I can&apos;t be the only person who saw 26 years old and thought wow, a model from the 70s!

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• TR

  @TrainNinja21 · 3 months ago

  i feel like a mint-in-box should be like a playlist or a video series

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• MI

  @Mikethetoytrainfan · 3 months ago

  Electric! Your first Century Club locomotive! I can’t believe you’re trying to get all the vision models of the GG1.

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• SU

  @SuperLanyard · 3 months ago

  Eric, thank goodness that battery didn’t ruin that beautiful old locomotive.

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• WA

  @wayneantoniazzi2706 · 3 months ago

  Eric, when you opened that box up you must have felt as Howard Carter did when he opened King Tut&apos;s tomb! &nbsp;<br>&quot;What do you see?&quot; &nbsp;&quot;WONDERFUL things!&quot; &nbsp;🤩<br>Some hard-core collectors might have said &quot;Leave it in the plastic wrapped box!&quot; but what fun would that be? &nbsp;Like the Springsteen song says it was &quot;Born to run!&quot;<br>Thanks for sharing it with us!

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• BU

  @budw.8362 · 3 months ago

  Thanks for the think piece at the end. Great video Eric!

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• TU

  @turdferguson4124 · 3 months ago

  The irony about the idea that ‘Pulmor’ motors were being used for nostalgia is that Lionel didn’t use the term in the postwar era. &nbsp;Pullmor was an American Flyer marketing term for their engineering response to Magne Traction (rubber traction tires). &nbsp;If you look at the Lionel catalog image at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ndNP8bZdYA&amp;t=1235">20:35</a> they refer to this style of AC open frame motor as the Lionel Direct Worm-Drive Motor.

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• GA

  @GATX2115 · 3 months ago

  At the end of the video, Rubin’s train made me happy.

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• RE

  @regen_alexander · 3 months ago

  Gandy Dancers permanently closed around late 2005 or early 2006 just before you began building the AWRX layout.

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• JA

  @jamisonwhite7525 · 3 months ago

  That Century Club GG1 is as old as me! 😃

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  @seancobian8416 · 1 month ago

  Haven&apos;t seen this channel since triplex 10 years ago and still love it. Love both my post war Hudsons