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 Posted - July 13 2012 : 7:49:09 PM
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Hello Guys--This is one of my favorite passenger cars, but I have no clue who made it or how to find any others--it has no labels or wording anywhere. It is a "shorty", has metal wheels and plastic axles, interior, working diaphragms and body-mounted couplers--very nice quality. It is not from the Penn-line/Life-Like molds...in fact, it's about a scale foot or two longer than those. Thanks, and if anyone knows of any for sale, let me know--
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Posted - July 13 2012 : 9:20:12 PM
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looks like my roundhouse UP coach. Same trucks and wheels. My best guess is roundhouse. In fact they still make these brand new.
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Posted - July 13 2012 : 10:05:09 PM
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Thanks, I'll have to look around at what Roundhouse has. The only passenger cars of theirs I am familiar with are their oldies and Harrimans..... (in fact, with a quick look, I'm not seeing any of these in the Roundhouse line--their closest car is the arch-roof Harriman)
Edited by - Adams on July 13 2012 10:09:13 PM
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Posted - July 13 2012 : 11:02:31 PM
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Looks a lot like a revamped Varney, AHM/Penn Line/Life-Like Scene Master coach...
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Posted - July 14 2012 : 12:01:53 AM
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| I thought so too, but it's actually a bit longer, a bit different, and of course a lot more detailed. I'm fairly certain it's not that. I've just noticed that Con-Cor has a line of 65 foot heavyweights. Maybe this could be an earlier version of that--the new ones are more detailed and also lighted.
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Posted - July 14 2012 : 08:35:45 AM
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hi Chris,i love the way the body is attached to the chassis never seen so many screws,nice quality plastic,but i have checked all suggested makes and there is one big difference,the air tanks and coupler boxes,i will find em ken
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Posted - July 14 2012 : 1:16:16 PM
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I'm wondering if this is a Walthers Trainline coach. Here is the link:
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/931-773
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Posted - July 14 2012 : 1:30:26 PM
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| hi thomas you got it i am very sure ken
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Posted - July 14 2012 : 4:32:56 PM
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I was going to say that it wasn't a MDC Roundhouse as it has to refined detail on the underside and it looks to be a 60 foot car, and to that, its a Celestory roof car, MDC's were Harriman style.
So it as shown would have to be either Walthers, or Rivarossi as those are the only 60 foot cars I know of thats being made to even think of such, with the level of detail on the car.....
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Posted - July 14 2012 : 7:16:21 PM
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| Yes! Walthers Trainline seems to be the make--Thanks all for the help--these are very nice cars. While looking for these, I ran across Con-Cor's shorty heavyweights--they are magnificent also, with the addition of lighting to boot. Most of their cars are in the 50-60 dollar range, but I just found a 5 car set for $125, so I purchased it. I'll post pics when it arrives.
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