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Here's my COTW. A few old Tyco/Mantua confederate coaches that I got for my Rivarossi 4-4-0.

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Tyco SOO Line boxcar

I needs the UP one of this car & 2 or 3 more of the SOO
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Here's my COTW. A few old Tyco/Mantua confederate coaches that I got for my Rivarossi 4-4-0.


Originally posted by kovacste000 - April 13 2014 :  11:44:44 AM



I got one to, in good shape, all decals. Do you want a 4th to make a quadrille? Test your locomotive's pulling power. PM for possible trade with something that doesn't quite fit your collection, but might fit mine.

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Finally, some graffiti I can relate to. Painted on side of Tyco Jello box car, artist unknown, came out of Palmetto, Florida, from my sister May.

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A couple of rare affordable antique store finds this weekend, a Tyco Sanka car and an Athearn 50' L&N flat with a trailer, new in the original box.



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Arrgh, why can't I find a Sanka! Remember that old Sanka TV commercial where the guy is pitching a small fit and Joe Demaggio shows up holding a cup and saucer and big, sunny smile, saying, "here, Joe, try some Sanka..."

Come to think of it, maybe I need some Sanka...arrrgh!

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kool I envious of the L&N Piggy-Back
& the caffein is NOT misspelled I has proof in the way of a Sanka coffee cup
Also I wanna know if there are any trains left at that antique store

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kool I envious of the L&N Piggy-Back
& the caffein is NOT misspelled I has proof in the way of a Sanka coffe cup
Also I wanna know if there are any rains left at that antique store

Originally posted by microbusss - April 13 2014 :  10:28:03 PM


YOU misspelled "coffee!"

AND "trains!"

Glenn

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That L & N trailer looks so real Jerry.
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I started my assault on Lionel operating car and here is the first of several. I love this radioactive waste car, but the light was not workig when I got it. I had to take the top part off and re-seat the red light. I think I am going to get the AEC husky, 3 more waste cars and the AEC caboose.

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thats the car I missed for $1 at a train show!!
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I started my assault on Lionel operating car and here is the first of several. I love this radioactive waste car, but the light was not workig when I got it. I had to take the top part off and re-seat the red light. I think I am going to get the AEC husky, 3 more waste cars and the AEC caboose.



Originally posted by GG-1 Guy - April 14 2014 :  09:04:30 AM


The bomb.

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I started my assault on Lionel operating car and here is the first of several. I love this radioactive waste car, but the light was not workig when I got it. I had to take the top part off and re-seat the red light. I think I am going to get the AEC husky, 3 more waste cars and the AEC caboose.



Originally posted by GG-1 Guy - April 14 2014 :  09:04:30 AM



Cool car. Make sure you put an empty flat behind the loco and in front of the caboose

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just won off ebay,should be here in a couple of days,and have a pair of roof fixings and couplings for them ken
arrived today 19th


all 4 together

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Ken,
Those Funeral cars are rare and hard to find. Great find.

Jerry,
The Sanka car is neat too. I wonder how many cups could be made with a load from a full size hopper.

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Ken,
Those Funeral cars are rare and hard to find. Great find.
Jerry,
The Sanka car is neat too. I wonder how many cups could be made with a load from a full size hopper.
Regards, John ******************
Originally posted by JRG1951 - April 15 2014 :  1:53:18 PM


yeah It was Lincoln's personal car originally I want one someday
well take the weight & turn it into gallons & you'll have your answer
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My COTW is an HO scale Athearn 86 foot auto parts boxcar:

I added Atlas 100 ton roller bearing trucks and Kadee couplers. Them Atlas trucks make this car roll like it's gliding over the track!

I'm home schooled, I love to work on cars and anything with an engine and wheels, I love model RR'ing, and listening to Dire Straits.
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excess height? well yeah but it also should have on the sides Excess Length
I want one of those in BN
I saw 2 of them cars years ago in both CB&Q & BN
Sometimes I still see them on the rails today
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Those funeral cars are pretty fine. Why was it they used the extra trucks? For a smoother ride?
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Those funeral cars are pretty fine. Why was it they used the extra trucks? For a smoother ride?

Originally posted by Barry - April 15 2014 :  7:35:43 PM



Barry, if you Google "Lincoln Funeral Train" you'll get some interesting sites and info, but I have yet to see anything real in-depth on why it had the extra trucks. The car was built originally as the day's equivalent to "Air Force One", but Lincoln never rode in it while alive.
My guess is that it was a particularly heavy car? Would like to learn more about it.
There is a group in the process of building a replica of the train for 2015.

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excess height? well yeah but it also should have on the sides Excess Length[LOL
Originally posted by microbusss - April 15 2014 :  7:09:06 PM



I know! Amazingly enough, this car runs fine on 18" radius curves. That's excellent for a car that long! Speaking of length, that car in HO scale is 1 foot long not counting the couplers.

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I can't remember where I read it, but the Lincoln Funeral car had four trucks because it was heavy. Because, as one would expect of a presidential vehicle, it was armored; at least on the floor to protect it from explosive devices placed on the tracks.

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when the car was sold off,by union pacific,it only had half its trucks,ken
/tyco/forum/uploaded/catfordken/20140416110557_LincolnFuneralCar.jpg
and the car i will be using to replicate it
/tyco/forum/uploaded/catfordken/20140416112825_DSCF7150.JPG
worth a look
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pyd52yQ2r8&list=FLI76Dq_GK0828lkKOH6a1jw#t=68
http://www.the2015lincolnfuneraltrain.com/
https://www.facebook.com/2015LincolnFuneralTrain
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hat video was pretty cool Ken! Thanks for posting!
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When UP got that car they found some silverware & dishes in it & that started the Union Pacific Museum in Omaha
I believe that car later burned to the ground
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I didn't know they were doing a replica train of Lincoln's funeral train. Thanks for showing us, catfordken.
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excess height? well yeah but it also should have on the sides Excess Length
I want one of those in BN
I saw 2 of them cars years ago in both CB&Q & BN
Sometimes I still see them on the rails today

Originally posted by microbusss - April 15 2014 :  7:09:06 PM



Few years ago, I saw freshly painted Milwaukee Road 86'ers in Vancouver, BC... freshly painted in pink with bold black lettering.

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Good information guys. Thanks. That car of yours looks pretty good Ken.
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just won off ebay,should be here in a couple of days,and have a pair of roof fixings and couplings for them ken


Originally posted by catfordken - April 15 2014 :  1:24:10 PM


Dang! You bagged an amazing piece! Didn't know President Lincoln's funeral car was ever modeled.

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Those funeral cars are pretty fine. Why was it they used the extra trucks? For a smoother ride?

Originally posted by Barry - April 15 2014 :  7:35:43 PM


That was Lincoln's funeral car, if I am not mistaken, that took his remains and entourage on a national tour of mourning before being laid to rest in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois. I believe the extra trucks were because the car was particularly heavy and rail was often light and bridges not that good in 1864.
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Those funeral cars are pretty fine. Why was it they used the extra trucks? For a smoother ride?

Originally posted by Barry - April 15 2014 :  7:35:43 PM


That was Lincoln's funeral car, if I am not mistaken, that took his remains and entourage on a national tour of mourning before being laid to rest in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois. I believe the extra trucks were because the car was particularly heavy and rail was often light and bridges not that good in 1864.

Originally posted by Chops124 - April 17 2014 :  02:12:33 AM

Correction: Lincoln died in 1865 not 1864. Other than that it sounds correct. Sorry, just had to point that out.

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Lionel 0873 horse car from a train show in March. Came with 4 other cars and misc stuff for $10! Photo Bucket is acting silly.



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ooo Tyco Coke boxcar! Need that one twice!
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Lionel 0873 horse car from a train show in March. Came with 4 other cars and misc stuff for $10! Photo Bucket is acting silly.
Originally posted by Redneck Justin - April 17 2014 :  7:48:11 PM


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* My car of the week was made in very limited numbers. Old. From the late 1950's, and made in Japan. A International Models, cast metal body, with a wood floor and underbody detail. 40' outside braced box car. Painted and lettered for the Denver & Rio-Grand Western.
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