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my car this week is an early 50s mantua model based on the readings 4 wheel crummy caboose,love it thanks to american branch of pgw,ken
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Posted - December 18 2011 : 11:51:05 AM
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Here is a all metal caboose Any idea on maker? 
It was $1 So how could I pass it up? 
& just for fun ALL of the most common Tyco boxcars I have
The bottom 2 are reefers
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Posted - December 18 2011 : 12:32:49 PM
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I picked this up at a garage sale this spring for a $1.00. Any ideas on a maker? All I can find is made in Yugoslavia.
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Posted - December 18 2011 : 12:35:18 PM
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hi royal blue,made in yugoslavia would be mehano,but they make for a lot of usa based makers,my guess is ahm ken
http://www.ho-scaletrains.net/ahmhoscalefreightcars/id7.html
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Posted - December 18 2011 : 12:50:21 PM
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| Thanks Ken
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Posted - December 18 2011 : 1:36:59 PM
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Hey Buss ; I think it is Roundhouse (MDC). when you get it repainted it will look great.
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Posted - December 18 2011 : 2:51:07 PM
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naah don't think I will I may just trade or sell it 
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Posted - December 18 2011 : 2:51:21 PM
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ben,ME WANTS ken
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Posted - December 18 2011 : 3:06:04 PM
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Newly purchased at a Greenberg show the 17th, here's the matching Bachmann NW Bicentennial caboose to go with my NW Bicent engines I have. So at least I now have them both. :)
Maybe I can pull my newly acquired 5-car NW passenger set with the NW engine/caboose pair some day.
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Posted - December 18 2011 : 4:54:34 PM
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I have been chasing one of these for over a year. I finally found one that needed a little work and assembly. Long journey but well worth it.
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Posted - December 18 2011 : 6:42:26 PM
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 Posted - December 20 2011 : 2:48:02 PM
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Hi All,
Nice stuff guys!
Here is my car of the week. Not sure who made it. It is missing the base. It was in the batch of cars my Wife gave me a few weeks ago. Trying to stay in the Christmas spirit.
Thanks for sharing.
Mike
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Posted - December 20 2011 : 3:36:43 PM
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* looking at it better it is Accurail.
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Posted - December 20 2011 : 5:11:09 PM
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Heres a another freebie from a friend ( minus my latest upgrades) a ancient Mantua wooden reefer ( metal floor ). Added Kadee #5's in place of the poor and previous Kadee conversion and added the metal Kadee sprung trucks.
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Posted - December 21 2011 : 1:02:20 PM
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My car is a shortened MDC widow-maker caboose:
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Posted - December 22 2011 : 5:26:07 PM
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My COTW. A Model Power SP Daylight diner, metal wheels, interior. Quite nice
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Posted - December 22 2011 : 10:46:40 PM
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very nice Adams Those long cars always did look odd going around a tight curve
What is the red & white tower behind it?
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Posted - December 23 2011 : 03:33:20 AM
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quote:very nice Adams Those long cars always did look odd going around a tight curve
What is the red & white tower behind it?
Originally posted by microbusss - December 22 2011 : 10:46:40 PM
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I am gonna guess a rotating spotlight/radar or water tower.
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Posted - December 23 2011 : 10:11:25 AM
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Hi toptrain,
Thanks for the ID help. I will note that in my database.
Mike
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Posted - December 24 2011 : 1:29:05 PM
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| Yes, It's a LifeLike rotating radar tower. Just unboxed it recently. Probably going to take it off the layout though. It works well, but I've got too much on my little 4x6 already.
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Posted - December 24 2011 : 1:46:42 PM
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| I know you is gonna keep it Adams BUT I wants one someday
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Posted - December 24 2011 : 4:08:35 PM
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| Stay tuned, microbuss, I may let it go.
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Posted - December 24 2011 : 6:58:29 PM
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This historical oddity is a Tyco 50' billboard boxcar spruiking Mail Pouch Tobacco. Blergh!
Don't get me wrong, it's a handsome enough freight car that oughta come with a Surgeon General's warning. To be kind, a toy of its time is all.
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Posted - December 24 2011 : 8:20:21 PM
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then explain the next car behind the Mail Pouch car, tykowolf
Also this car is common & not hard to find
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Posted - December 24 2011 : 8:33:37 PM
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| hi ben it may be common in usa,but have never seen one here in uk,let alone australia ken
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Posted - December 25 2011 : 4:44:41 PM
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quote:then explain the next car behind the Mail Pouch car, tykowolf
Originally posted by microbusss - December 24 2011 : 8:20:21 PM
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When's the last time you saw a kid smoking a cigar? I don't think any amount of sly advertising would work for those stinky things.
quote:hi ben it may be common in usa,but have never seen one here in uk,let alone australia ken
Originally posted by catfordken - December 24 2011 : 8:33:37 PM
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True enough. When you're talking about Tyco in these parts, you take what you can get!
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