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 Posted - October 15 2025 : 12:53:43 AM
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Another Tyco trolley for the collection:
This one makes six, I think.
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Posted - October 15 2025 : 01:06:01 AM
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The latest in the triple dome tank car saga — Bachmann:
I haven’t come across one of these lately.
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Posted - October 15 2025 : 01:13:54 AM
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…and these were worth the price of early admission:
They might well have been gone if I’d waited.
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 Posted - October 15 2025 : 10:28:09 PM
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Cool. Thank you for sharing.
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Posted - October 15 2025 : 11:57:53 PM
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Posted - October 16 2025 : 08:57:38 AM
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quote:Another Tyco trolley for the collection:
This one makes six, I think.
Originally posted by gmoney - October 15 2025 : 12:53:43 AM
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SEE?? this IS what Trolley 2 is made from!
not Bachmann
SEEEEE????
& yes I DO WANT ONE!
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Posted - November 07 2025 : 11:32:08 PM
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These are AHM and I already have examples of both but I thought I needed more:
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Posted - November 10 2025 : 11:01:02 AM
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My wife found a cache of trains hiding in the closet! I don’t remember buying any of this stuff!
First up — a Bachmann quad hopper lettered for the C&O:
…first C&O quad I’ve found.
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Posted - November 10 2025 : 11:20:52 AM
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Next up…
Not one - but two - Monon operating hoppers:
They both have their roofs. I think all my Monon examples have roofs. I wish I could say the same for my Holly Sugar cars!
I am really addicted to these things!
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Edited by - gmoney on November 10 2025 11:26:43 AM
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Posted - November 10 2025 : 11:39:33 AM
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Two more AHM Flexi-Flow hoppers:
Their piping is intact, and they both have their end ladders and brake wheels!
I believe I already have at least one example of every livery, but one always needs more!
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Posted - November 10 2025 : 11:56:10 AM
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A twofer of sorts:
Two HiCubes, a 40ft Lionel Burlington Northern and a 62ft Tyco Soo Line. I probably already have both, but whatever…
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Posted - November 10 2025 : 7:08:29 PM
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Why do I keep getting Mantua Swift reefers?
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Posted - November 10 2025 : 7:18:23 PM
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Here’s something like the . . . 87th Varney/Life-Like black NYC flat . . . Ida know…
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Posted - November 10 2025 : 7:26:26 PM
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Here’s a gem:
A Red Box Stewart Enterprises promotional flat car. In my experience, these are really hard to find!
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 Posted - November 22 2025 : 01:55:36 AM
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I attended a train show several weeks ago outside of Pittsburgh, and just now am getting around to posting some stuff.
I picked up what turned out to be another Mantua/Tyco trolley lettered “Broadwayâ€:
I forgot that I just recently got the “Broadway†trolley! They both have their trolley poles though, so if necessary, I can swap one onto another trolley that needs one.
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Posted - November 22 2025 : 09:09:30 AM
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quote:A twofer of sorts:
Two HiCubes, a 40ft Lionel Burlington Northern and a 62ft Tyco Soo Line.  I probably already have both, but whatever…
Originally posted by gmoney - November 10 2025 : 11:56:10 AM
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kool
had this custom made from that tyco Soo Line boxcar
Also this one I KNEW I wasn't crazy when I seen this BAR boxcar that usually has Products on it with POTATOES on it! 
think I read why it was changed to Products was there was a potato blight, crop failure or something like that to change it
Also Why do I have 2 Tyco Purina Chugg-Chugg Hi-Cube bopxcars?
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Posted - November 22 2025 : 7:37:04 PM
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Three more Roco quad hoppers:
I already have a Roco B&M, so naturally I needed a second one!
The Norfolk and Western is a new one for me. I do have a Bachmann lettered N&W though.
The Great Northern is also a new one for me . . . I think . . . I’m not sure . . .
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Posted - November 22 2025 : 7:49:53 PM
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Virginian error quad hopper #3:
This one is rough, and it’s missing both corner steps on the other side, but it was 3 bucks.
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Posted - November 22 2025 : 10:55:39 PM
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My 4th Armour/Kahn’s error car:
This one is missing stirrups, as you can see, the roof walk is damaged on one end, and the graphics are scratched up, but only $3.
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Posted - November 22 2025 : 11:05:03 PM
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My 3rd Canadiana boxcar:
Somebody “improved†it with weathering and hand painted graffiti. Any suggestions for removing it?
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Posted - November 22 2025 : 11:21:58 PM
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Another promotional car from Tyco:
I see only one other Stokely car that I have posted, but I believe this is the 3rd one I’ve found.
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Posted - November 22 2025 : 11:40:53 PM
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‘Nother example of the Tyco Kellogg’s CenterFlow:
Not the Red Letter edition.
I still need the Maxwell House CenterFlow, but I’m not paying a hunnert bucks for it!
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Posted - November 22 2025 : 11:47:13 PM
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A better example of the Shell triple dome than the one I already have:
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Posted - November 23 2025 : 12:18:50 AM
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My 3rd Bachmann Rio Grande HiCube:
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Posted - November 23 2025 : 12:26:20 AM
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. . . umm . . . another Sprekel’s Sugar operating hopper:
I think this makes ten.
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Posted - November 23 2025 : 12:43:48 AM
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. . . and . . . since now I’m collecting the Tyco piggyback trailers and containers, I picked up the silver and white Santa Fe’s, along with another, nicer example of the SeaLand trailers:
I believe I have all the easy-to-find ones now!
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Posted - November 24 2025 : 9:04:53 PM
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Containermania! Nice finds.
Slip sliding away...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy-QsoFNW6s
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Posted - November 24 2025 : 9:38:15 PM
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Good to hear from you Chops! I hope you’re doing better.
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Posted - January 06 2026 : 10:48:15 PM
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I added to the quad hopper collection. Here’s the black version of Lionel’s Alaska RR quad:
Yes, that’s a nasty crack in the side.
Here’s a second iteration of a Bachmann in L&N livery:
If I remember correctly, this is a Fleischman:
My first Fleischman.
Bachmann:
I don’t think I have this one already.
AHM:
I don’t think I already have this one either.
….and another Tyco Union Pacific 40ft HiCube:
This is sort of a new tangent — two versions of Tyco’s plug door RailBox:
Silver roof and ends:
Yellow roof and ends:
I got these two because they were available and I happen to already have the later simplified version. So now I have a complete set.
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Posted - January 07 2026 : 4:37:26 PM
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That Missouri Pacific hopper is actually HObbyline. Lionel ended up buying some molds from HObbyline when they went under, and the quad hopper is one of them. Because of this, that black Alaska hopper is nearly identical!
Other things Lionel bought the molds to were the 0-4-0 tank engine, the 0-4-0 W/ slopeback tender (modified to be an 0-6-0, and later a 2-4-2), the ALCo FA diesel, the 10 panel 40 foot gondola (not to be confused with the similar looking Marx 10 panel, the American Flyer 10 panel or Tyco/Mantua 11 panel), the single dome tank car (Lionel added a platform around the dome to make it a chemical tank car), and the 40 foot boxcar (in addition to being used for normal boxcars it was also used for the exploding boxcar & the minuteman car).
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Posted - January 07 2026 : 8:40:45 PM
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I compared the Mopac and Alaska hoppers and they are almost identical. Lionel added some strengthening to the corner steps, resized the hole for the brake wheel, and made changes to install a different underframe. But the odd thing is Lionel relocated the mold’s gate from the bottom to the inside, and changed its design.
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