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 Posted - April 15 2012 : 10:23:32 AM
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Reaching back into ancient HO history, I found this Gilbert spotlight/generator car languishing on a table just inside the door of the big Timonium , MD train show. Heavy and all metal, for $10 I snapped it up quickly, as I knew it wouldn't last long. He had some other great cars and deals as well. But this is a nice old classic.
Jerry
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Posted - April 15 2012 : 11:22:52 AM
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my cars this week are my mantua brass cars,a real piece of history,ken
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Posted - April 15 2012 : 12:17:41 PM
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AMC,
Your spotlight/generator car was made by Penn Line.
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Posted - April 19 2012 : 10:59:27 PM
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This is one of my cars from the Bellmore Flee market on Sunday (where I got my locomotive). It's a Tyco "Cities Service" tanker, and it is great condition with a meager box with a gouged out front. It will run on my railroad one day, but for now I admire its paint scheme. Not bad for a second hand Tyco found at the local scrap sale!
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Posted - April 20 2012 : 08:36:08 AM
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nice tank car, Islanderh93
Cities Services still exists today!  Better known today as Citgo hehe
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Posted - April 20 2012 : 10:54:24 AM
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quote:
Ken, do you know if these brass cars were the only 3 of them by Mantua? I have the last 2 you pictured but I don't have that top one! VERY NICE they are I must say, mine aren't in that great of shape!
~John
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Posted - April 20 2012 : 11:00:09 AM
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| as far as i know that is the set ken
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Posted - April 20 2012 : 11:06:59 AM
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I thought so..... wasn't sure.......I will be keeping an eye out for a car like the one you pictured on the top of the picture.......
~John
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Posted - April 20 2012 : 12:00:25 PM
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i am sure you know,but the one you need is the baggage car ken
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Posted - April 21 2012 : 4:46:39 PM
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Feel like a coffee... I paid $2 for this one.
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Posted - April 21 2012 : 7:32:10 PM
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Ken,
You would be right!
As for this topic, I got me a train show tomarrow so.....God only knows what I'll come up with once its all over!
~John
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