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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!
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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:
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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.
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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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Posted - February 28 2026 : 9:49:38 PM
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The Youngstown show yielded anutter Mantua 40ft reefer:
When I found this one, it was packed like this:
… and sealed in plastic wrap so I couldn’t get a good look at it. I could see the roof and ends were blue but I couldn’t tell if it was custom painted or delivered from the factory that way. Since it has a red box scheme, I thought I might have found a “rare” variant, but if it turned out to be custom painted it would still be a nice example to have. Turns out it was produced by the reincarnated Mantua, which is just fine, because after finding the reincarnated Mantua’s A&P version, I now want the rest of them too!
And incidentally, I actually prefer this blue roof version over the red box all silver version.
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Posted - February 28 2026 : 11:03:53 PM
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I grabbed my third Enjay Plastics example of the AHM/Roco FlexiFlow hopper at the Youngstown show:
All the steps, grabs,and piping are intact, and it has its brake wheel stand and both end ladders.
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Posted - March 01 2026 : 12:14:32 AM
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The train show in Youngstown yielded 2 MU-2 locos.
A New Haven C430:
I don’t know if this one is “rare” or not, but it’s not one I’m familiar with, so I grabbed it.
An Illinois Central GP20:
I’m pretty sure the Illinois Central version isn’t common, so I grabbed it too.
Both of these were reasonably priced.
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