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 Posted - July 29 2012 : 06:54:01 AM
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Tyco and it has all four steps :)
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Posted - July 29 2012 : 12:08:22 PM
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Picked this up this week at my LHS...
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Posted - July 29 2012 : 2:29:15 PM
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my car this week a Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul ken
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Posted - July 29 2012 : 4:33:32 PM
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This is a custome decaled car. I picked it up a few weeks ago.
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Posted - July 29 2012 : 5:04:36 PM
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funny car, eaglerock A good one too 
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Posted - July 29 2012 : 5:14:09 PM
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thats a good one,very original ken
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Posted - July 30 2012 : 12:56:15 PM
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My COW...mainly 'cause there's no markings.(MFGR)..WFLX 6194...log dump car probably
anybody know who made this?
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Posted - July 30 2012 : 4:37:54 PM
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Caboose 1,
Marx is my guess or was a Marx mold originally.
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Posted - July 30 2012 : 4:48:01 PM
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seen that in a marx set,so agree with alco fan ken
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Posted - July 30 2012 : 8:19:27 PM
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THANX GUYS.....I dont know why I didnt notice that "funky" Marx brown color...
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Posted - July 30 2012 : 9:33:51 PM
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Broadway Limited California Zephyr with the old Tyco freight station.
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Posted - July 31 2012 : 2:56:10 PM
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Doritos by Life-Like!
Have posted this before but it still a neat car
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Posted - July 31 2012 : 8:15:06 PM
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Hey, Microbusss...
Now, that's what I call "Chipping In!!"
John
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"I love your catenary!"
Is that a power-trip or just another pick-up line?
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Posted - August 02 2012 : 7:21:00 PM
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OK, Here is my COTW:
It is a Ambroid payroll car:
That is another on in the plastic bag behind it. It is not completely built yet, but all the important stuff is there. I have at least one more complete model that is packed away in storage...maybe two more.
Sean
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Posted - August 02 2012 : 8:44:22 PM
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Sean,
THAT is a NICE model......I may end up making one of those as well as the old time 4 truck flat car!
Anything to add interest to my MOW fleet.......I just can't help myself!
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Posted - August 02 2012 : 11:34:34 PM
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Why so many rooftop vents? Was the money stinky?
Seriously, that payroll car is an interesting old timer- are there any real prototypes for it?
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Posted - August 02 2012 : 11:48:44 PM
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Nice car Sean,
I have been trying to restore an old wooden express reefer kit (Main Line Models or Laconia I think) Hope it turns out as nice as that one.
I had to strip off a couple of layers of thick paint.
Ray
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Posted - August 03 2012 : 07:46:21 AM
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| Since I have been on this site I have really grown as a model train collector. Case and point, when I first started, I got lots of trains from my friends in my Masonic lodge; we had a fund raiser so he gave me the train lot. When I got home, all I really wanted was TYCO's so I tossed all the wooden kits in the trash. Now I feel like a fool and wish I had known better. So every time I see some of these old wood kits, I think about the ones I tossed in the trash.
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Posted - August 03 2012 : 08:46:30 AM
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quote: I tossed all the wooden kits in the trash. Now I feel like a fool and wish I had known better. So every time I see some of these old wood kits, I think about the ones I tossed in the trash.
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I took a pain pill last night before bed and all morning I have felt like I want to throw up... after reading this, I feel worse. I do not even want to know what you threw away or why. one rule of thumb.. One man's trash is another's treasure.
Next time, before you throw some old toy or train away, stop yourself and try to find one like it on line or offer it up for sale on eBay or something.
Someone threw this away in the trash:
It was found in a box, in pieces, sitting on top of the trash sitting next to the freight elevator inside the Saks office building in NYC. A delivery driver saw it and asked to make sure it was being tossed out before taking it. Since it was, he took it and listed it on eBay. Not knowing what it was, he listed it as "misc trains parts 7 pieces". I paid $155 shipped. I have since been offered $5,000. It is entirely scratchbuilt of brass. The only cast parts are the drivers. The rest is all hand tooled.
A few years ago, I acquired with a lot of trains a little metal tootsitoy-like metal fire truck. (can't remember the make now) I instinctively grabbed it and was about to throw it away. With my hand hovering over the garbage can, I stopped myself and decided to do a little research first on it. I saw one similar sold for ~$5 so I said, "Heck, lets list it...". It sold for $46.. That $ amount I do remember.
Sean
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Posted - August 03 2012 : 09:46:05 AM
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quote:Nice car Sean,
I have been trying to restore an old wooden express reefer kit (Main Line Models or Laconia I think) Hope it turns out as nice as that one.
I had to strip off a couple of layers of thick paint.
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Thanks & good luck Ray!
It is much more difficult to restore than to start from scratch, but sometimes it is impossible to get these vintage wood kits not started yet. Those express reefers are really cool though!
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@ siouxlake: I think is was to release heat rather than stink. They did not have AC back then. That car just sitting in the sun, I am sure built up a lot of heat.
Sean
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Posted - January 07 2013 : 6:33:40 PM
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quote:OK, Here is my COTW:
It is a Ambroid payroll car:
That is another on in the plastic bag behind it. It is not completely built yet, but all the important stuff is there. I have at least one more complete model that is packed away in storage...maybe two more.
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - August 02 2012 : 7:21:00 PM
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Hey Sean,
Question on the "payroll" car...... whats the length of that car? (I plan to model one, BUT I want to make it as close in wood as possible. THEN, I'm thinking of making one in metal car sides riveted. YES, I'm scratchbuilding BOTH of them!
~John
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Posted - January 08 2013 : 08:51:46 AM
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quote: quote:OK, Here is my COTW:
It is a Ambroid payroll car:
That is another on in the plastic bag behind it. It is not completely built yet, but all the important stuff is there. I have at least one more complete model that is packed away in storage...maybe two more.
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - August 02 2012 : 7:21:00 PM
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Hey Sean,
Question on the "payroll" car...... whats the length of that car? (I plan to model one, BUT I want to make it as close in wood as possible. THEN, I'm thinking of making one in metal car sides riveted. YES, I'm scratchbuilding BOTH of them!
Originally posted by EM-1Â -Â January 07 2013Â :Â 6:33:40 PM
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The roof length is 55'. If you need more, I can, but it will be later today/evening.
Off to work now!
Sean
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