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 Posted - March 25 2012 : 10:32:33 AM
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Ok, not to put a damper on anything, but I'm going to fire up the COTW topic again this week, with a special tanker - the fire-fighting tanker by Cox.
I know Microbusss has the "hots" for this one, I just got a great deal on one this week, so I expect some Benvy from this post.  Wonder if I can replace the plastic water cannon with a real metal needle-type, so I can actually remotely via DCC shoot water out of it? Hmm... wouldn't THAT be fun at train shows? 
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 Posted - March 26 2012 : 10:02:05 AM
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Hi AMC_Gremlin_GT,
I have this car. It's one of only two Cox cars for me.
I like the real water idea. I was at a train show yesterday and they had a fire truck shooting real water into a burning house on one of the layouts. It was nifty.
Thanks for sharing.
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Posted - March 26 2012 : 2:28:36 PM
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my car(s) of the week are these brass mantua cars,been after a set for ages ken
all i want now is the belle to pull them
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Posted - March 26 2012 : 5:46:03 PM
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Union Starch refining Co.
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Posted - March 27 2012 : 4:40:53 PM
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Always liked that firefighting car. I modified mine a bit...
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Posted - March 27 2012 : 5:48:53 PM
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| Love that car Spider I want one like that
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Posted - March 30 2012 : 10:54:06 AM
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AHM FireFox version of that tanker...
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Posted - April 01 2012 : 12:03:33 AM
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Bleh, no firefighting tanker for me. Just a regular old Varney tanker... except that I just built it as my very first kit I've finished! GATX 648, lettered "Carbide and Carbon Chemicals."It was a NIB kit from the 50's, so I'm probably the last person to build one of these. Somehow I think it looks really sharp, even though one side handrail was missing. I used three chopped-up kadee coupler-box shims to jury-rig the couplers so I could use a pair of Kadee #148 whisker spring, and it works great! 
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