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 Posted - July 27 2014 : 4:29:26 PM
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My COTW this is an Athearn Genesis CSX Hi-Cube car I got with my first model train set about ten years ago.
-Steve
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Posted - July 27 2014 : 5:14:44 PM
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My car this week is a Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco Boxcar. It does not have the maker stamped on but it has screw in truck like an atheran. Not sure who make it.
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Posted - July 27 2014 : 6:12:42 PM
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Nice car tramp - reminds me of the old joke we wore out as kids: "You have Prince Albert in a can? Well let him out!"
My COTW is a B&O/REA box car I found at an antiques store. Not sure the manufacturer - Roundhouse?
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - July 27 2014 : 6:15:22 PM
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quote:My car this week is a Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco Boxcar. It does not have the maker stamped on but it has screw in truck like an atheran. Not sure who make it.
Originally posted by thetramp - July 27 2014 : 5:14:44 PM
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The National Joy Smoke? That box is hoot!
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Posted - July 27 2014 : 6:28:59 PM
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Tyco Sound Car. Not certain of vintage, but think
it dates to 1970's. Uses 9 volt battery and wheels
of one truck turn a set of gears and a cam. Link shows
it in operation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV0yDDz5bZs
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Posted - July 27 2014 : 7:57:11 PM
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not sure who the maker is, but this one said "buy me" when I saw it at a hobby shop that
specializes in used trains.
[URL=http://s1202.photobucket.com/user/jbsmith966/media/album2/003-3.jpg.html] /tyco/forum/uploaded/jbsmith966/003-3.jpg [/URL]
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Posted - July 27 2014 : 11:42:13 PM
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Not sure why I like the yellow version of the Tyco Burlington Northern... I have 2 of them.
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Posted - July 28 2014 : 12:23:23 AM
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quote:
Not sure why I like the yellow version of the Tyco Burlington Northern... I have 2 of them.
Originally posted by walt - July 27 2014 : 11:42:13 PM
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Looks like you're suffering the infamous Tyco slippery slope. 
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - July 28 2014 : 01:02:03 AM
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Not sure why I like the yellow version of the Tyco Burlington Northern... I have 2 of them.
Originally posted by walt - July 27 2014 : 11:42:13 PM
[/quote]Looks like you're suffering the infamous Tyco slippery slope.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â July 28 2014Â :Â 12:23:23 AM
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I was on the slope for many years Stephen but I've reached the bottom now... I had to convince myself that I was done buying train cars. Even with my fairly large layout, I might have "too many"!
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Posted - July 28 2014 : 08:56:14 AM
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A Walters beer Reefer. Peerless Beer.
toptrain
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Posted - July 28 2014 : 8:40:42 PM
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Darn it, never heretofore seen a yellow Tyco
BN, now I want it as badly as...a bowl of
Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco. Slippery slope
has struck again!
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Posted - July 28 2014 : 9:06:45 PM
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Probably shown this off. Oh well, first car that was handy!
[URL=http://s1228.photobucket.com/user/jdboomer904/media/009_zps3acecad4.jpg.html] /tyco/forum/uploaded/Redneck Justin/009_zps3acecad4.jpg [/URL]
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Posted - July 28 2014 : 11:47:25 PM
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quote:Probably shown this off. Oh well, first car that was handy!
[URL=http://s1228.photobucket.com/user/jdboomer904/media/009_zps3acecad4.jpg.html] /tyco/forum/uploaded/Redneck Justin/009_zps3acecad4.jpg [/URL]
Originally posted by Redneck Justin - July 28 2014 : 9:06:45 PM
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Bachmann will be releasing a new run of these horse cars soon,,scroll sown they are there. Just might get one of each,,1 horse 1 deer mysef.
The X-mas one has deer instead.
for anyone that missed it , here it is
http://www.bachmannindustriesinc.com/pdf/NMRA_2014.pdf
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Posted - July 29 2014 : 01:21:11 AM
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My COTW is thisFire Fox firefighting car. I am unfamiliar with the origin of this one. 
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Posted - July 29 2014 : 01:23:08 AM
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Didn't know these came in yellow, will have to watch for one.quote: quote:
Not sure why I like the yellow version of the Tyco Burlington Northern... I have 2 of them.
Originally posted by walt - July 27 2014 : 11:42:13 PM
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Looks like you're suffering the infamous Tyco slippery slope.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â July 28 2014Â :Â 12:23:23 AM
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Posted - July 29 2014 : 06:43:08 AM
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quote:My COTW is thisFire Fox firefighting car. I am unfamiliar with the origin of this one.
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â July 29 2014Â :Â 01:21:11 AM
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NICE! That is a Cox model, or at least I assume so. They had one in Big Pine Lumber livery (Fire Car X-07)
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - July 29 2014 : 12:09:21 PM
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quote: quote:My COTW is thisFire Fox firefighting car. I am unfamiliar with the origin of this one.
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â July 29 2014Â :Â 01:21:11 AM
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NICE! That is a Cox model, or at least I assume so. They had one in Big Pine Lumber livery (Fire Car X-07)
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â July 29 2014Â :Â 06:43:08 AM
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You are basically correct. AHM produced these from Cox molds as part of their Firefox Fire Fighting set, which also included an airplane launcher. The airplane can be hard to find as they usually got separated from the set.
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Posted - July 29 2014 : 12:41:00 PM
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To keep with the theme... Here is my fire car...
Its actually it was "converted" from a tender from a brass Kosmos Timber Company's #11 2-6-6-2 steam locomotive..
Sean
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Posted - July 29 2014 : 2:27:05 PM
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This is actually my brother's car, but his computer took a nosedive
This was his third go at pigment weathering and the first time he copied a photo
just me Ray... and just because I have Tyco doesn't mean I am not a model railroader
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Posted - July 29 2014 : 2:31:31 PM
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quote:This is actually my brother's car, but his computer took a nosedive
This was his third go at pigment weathering and the first time he copied a photo
Originally posted by rgcw5Â -Â July 29 2014Â :Â 2:27:05 PM
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Nicely done, that's a really good weathering job!
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Posted - July 29 2014 : 7:47:09 PM
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quote:
You are basically correct. AHM produced these from Cox molds as part of their Firefox Fire Fighting set, which also included an airplane launcher. The airplane can be hard to find as they usually got separated from the set.
Originally posted by Redwoods - July 29 2014 : 12:09:21 PM
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Ahhh..OK, you know I kind of suspected that - it seems like almost every older model has been redone by another company using the old molds. Thanks for the info!
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - July 29 2014 : 7:48:14 PM
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quote:To keep with the theme... Here is my fire car...
Its actually it was "converted" from a tender from a brass Kosmos Timber Company's #11 2-6-6-2 steam locomotive..
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - July 29 2014 : 12:41:00 PM
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Really like that fire car Sean
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - July 29 2014 : 8:52:43 PM
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| Indeed, that fire car is fine. That paint work is slick.
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Posted - July 31 2014 : 5:54:28 PM
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here is a El Cheapo Bachmann caboose for the PetSmart set
I KNOWS one of you has the PetSmart set but is missing the caboose hehe
I has the gondola & flatcar for that FireFox set
Least I know what goes to set
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Posted - July 31 2014 : 5:58:05 PM
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quote:Indeed, that fire car is fine. That paint work is slick.
Originally posted by Barry - July 29 2014 : 8:52:43 PM
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Thanks Jerry & Barry!
Sean
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Posted - July 31 2014 : 10:06:43 PM
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A couple of Bachmann covered hoppers. I think these were part of a train set with a UP 4-8-4
engine.
Regards John ********
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Posted - July 31 2014 : 10:42:15 PM
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quote:A couple of Bachmann covered hoppers. I think these were part of a train set with a UP 4-8-4
engine.
Regards John ********
Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. <> Albert Einstein
Originally posted by JRG1951Â -Â July 31 2014Â :Â 10:06:43 PM
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It did! Here's a photo.
-Steve
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Posted - July 31 2014 : 11:31:30 PM
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quote:Darn it, never heretofore seen a yellow Tyco
BN, now I want it as badly as...a bowl of
Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco. Slippery slope
has struck again!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â July 28 2014Â :Â 8:40:42 PM
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Yes Jeff, there's something about that Yellow BN box car...
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Posted - August 03 2014 : 1:49:14 PM
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quote:My car this week is a Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco Boxcar. It does not have the maker stamped on but it has screw in truck like an atheran. Not sure who make it.
Originally posted by thetramp - July 27 2014 : 5:14:44 PM
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Train-miniature 40' Double-Sheathed boxcar. These came in about a million paint schemes and I hardly ever see the same one twice.
quote:
My COTW is a B&O/REA box car I found at an antiques store. Not sure the manufacturer - Roundhouse?
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â July 27 2014Â :Â 6:12:42 PM
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Yup, Roundhouse - you can tell by the stirrup steps, they're molded into the frame instead of the shell on later roundhouse boxcars like this one.
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