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 Posted - February 16 2026 : 01:07:07 AM
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I know everybody was beginning to wonder where the quad hoppers were, so here they are:
Top to bottom, Model Power, Bachmann, Lionel.
I think this is the 1st Model Power CN hopper I’ve gotten, and maybe only the 2nd CN hopper of any make.
An M&StL hopper is one of the first Bachmann hoppers I ever got, with the typical talgo couplers. This one has body mounted couplers, so it’s a variation I didn’t have.
I already have a black Lionel Alaska hopper, but it has a big crack in one side, so I really needed this one!
Glenn
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Posted - February 16 2026 : 01:26:59 AM
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Also from the Canton show, the latest piggyback trailer acquisition:
According to research conducted by GoingInCirclez (Tony Lucio), these shouldn’t exist. The white Santa Fe trailer was one of Tyco’s early piggyback offerings, and was retired before the overhead piggyback loader/unloader was introduced. Roof overhangs we’re added to the piggyback trailers to work with the overhead loader/unloader, so no Santa Fe trailers should have roof overhangs, but these do.
Now I need another intermodal flatcar to go with these trailers.
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Posted - February 16 2026 : 01:43:30 AM
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L@@K!!! Even more Varney/Life-Like flats!
I already have 3 Clyde Beatty flats; one like this one, a white one with red lettering, and a red one with white lettering. 2 things about this one that I’ve never noticed before is that it was made in Hong Kong instead of Taiwan, and instead of wheel chocks on the deck, it has retaining clips.
And of course my fifty-leventh silver NYC flat!
Glenn
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Posted - February 16 2026 : 01:51:15 AM
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And winding up my Canfield toy & train show review are these triple dome tankers:
My 2nd Coca-Cola tanker and my 2nd Exxon tanker.
Glenn
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Posted - February 28 2026 : 6:17:06 PM
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I attended a train show near Youngstown, Ohio on February 21st and got more goodies I didn’t need but had to have!
First up, let’s do the requisite quad hoppers!
The Peabody and Pennsy are AHM, and the Frisco is Cox.
I already have an AHM Peabody, but it’s livery has the black lump of coal, and this one does not!
I already have an AHM Pennsy too, and two Cox Friscos.  Trainset quality cars in boxcar red aren’t very common, so I really like those!
Glenn
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Posted - February 28 2026 : 6:31:27 PM
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Four posts above this one, I showed a pair of Santa Fe trailers and mentioned needing a flatcar for them, but I forgot I also wanted a flatcar for the pair of Bubble Yum trailers I have.
Got ‘em:
Glenn
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Posted - February 28 2026 : 7:27:22 PM
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Also from the Youngstown show, the latest batch of Mantua/Tyco operating hoppers:
I now have at least 10 Burlington hoppers, at least 10 Holly Sugar hoppers, at least 14 B&M hoppers, at least 17 Virginian hoppers, and at least 88 operating hoppers in total.
Glenn
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Posted - February 28 2026 : 7:56:40 PM
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I also picked up 2 more Bachmann Union Pacific 40ft Hi Cubes:
I already have 1 of these, with a crooked UP shield. The shields on these 2 look pretty straight though.
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