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 Posted - August 26 2012 : 4:32:22 PM
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This is a Tyco kitbash I did years ago.
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Posted - August 26 2012 : 5:42:05 PM
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 awesome hot sauce Caboose, Ray! I want one! But a different roadname
How is it on curves?
Anyway here is my $2 garage sale find Early Tyco Brown Box I think
I will get the car I promised posted in here later 
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Posted - August 26 2012 : 6:10:50 PM
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quote:How is it on curves?
Originally posted by microbusss - August 26 2012 : 5:42:05 PM
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It tracks great. Better than a 4 wheel caboose actually.
That one was built from the leftover parts from this kitbash.
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 Posted - August 26 2012 : 6:20:13 PM
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Nice cabeep, Ray.
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Posted - August 26 2012 : 6:30:59 PM
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How about a 3-fer? Same vendor's $1 box,I found these 3 cabooches, the HO Bachmann needs a new base,but I liked the sliding doors, didn't know any had that feature. The other two are American Flyer S gauge.
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Posted - August 26 2012 : 7:15:51 PM
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My CotW is a Quality Craft wood kit for a B&O Canstock Car - a favorite of mine. Got this mint unbuilt a few weeks ago... it takes some time but was straightforward and a lot of fun to build. I had to correct a few errors/flaws with the kit, but otherwise it's pretty nice for 1972.
Here's what it looked like fresh out of the box:
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Posted - August 26 2012 : 7:50:01 PM
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nice kits and finished model Tony,my car is a main line kit,good old Budweiser ken
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Posted - August 26 2012 : 8:55:01 PM
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I've got 2 this week. bought them at my favorite train store for $20 all together. They are Athearn Bluebox kits, Bought them because I love the color  took only 30 minutes to build, love every bit of them. Also heard they are rare.. anybody know?
 baggage and RPO MOW work train
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Posted - August 26 2012 : 9:57:43 PM
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As I found it, in a shed falling in on itself, that held the skeletal remains of a long forgotten model railroad, the only thing I did was seal the natural grime (with a minor roof touch up w/ paint and chalks) with some clear flat...
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Posted - August 26 2012 : 10:11:09 PM
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quote:
Tony, You make me SICK! showing a B&O OR could have been Chessie "Canstock Car"
You have no idea how bad I want one of those..... IF I hmmmmmmm.errrr nevermind! I got a plan!
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Posted - August 27 2012 : 05:24:39 AM
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quote:
Nice set Hyde!
Those are AWESOME CSX MOW cars! I'll be custom painting me a set of them to extend the MOW fleet to other roadnames!
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Posted - August 27 2012 : 05:25:40 AM
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Then my COTW....
I custom painted this box car some time ago, wagon top box car from MDC Roundhouse.
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Posted - August 27 2012 : 1:07:31 PM
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My COTW:
A vintage all wood w/ metal details Arpee & Western drovers caboose parked in front of my scratchbuilt brass PRR T1:
/tyco/forum/uploaded/Mustangs_n_Trains/20120827123726_drovers.jpg
The drovers caboose I now own can actually be seen about 5-pictures down on this page:
http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19856&whichpage=5
Apparently the caboose formerly belonged to a Mr. Dick Genthner of NJ. Of the 4 seen in the link I purchased the first three starting from the left. The best that i could find out about Mr. Genthner was the following:
"Dick Genthner relocated to New Jersey and brought along parts of his layout, the Arpee & Western. Dick, a Master Model Railroader, immediately started hosting operating sessions on his in-progress layout, being built into an area of 75’ x 18’! The layout was dismantled in April of 2012 when Dick moved to a new residence." I pulled that info from this page: (3/4 of the way down)
http://www.njdivnmra.org/Layouts.html
He is/was a member of the New Jersey Division MER-NMRA
Sean
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Posted - August 27 2012 : 2:32:10 PM
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Sean,
Again, you pull off something interesting....not the caboose itself, but the trucks that carry it. Those are Kiesel trucks, and instead of coil springs, they are leaf sprung......I'm looking for both version, leaf and coil spring type "Kiesel" trucks.....The B&O used ALOT of them!
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Posted - August 27 2012 : 2:57:26 PM
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Well Hyde posted 2 CSX MOW cars in CSX "Pumpkin" so, I'll continue! Heres a Athearn Bay Window painted for MOW services!
I custom painted this one like I will a set of Athearn passenger cars to be like those Hyde posted.....
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Posted - August 27 2012 : 4:43:37 PM
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Well didn't find the Gilbert C&O dump car 
But this Tyco operating hopper is close enuff
This is one that I got from Loopy
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Posted - August 27 2012 : 8:19:26 PM
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Thanks john! Yeah i love every bit of them! Also your cabeese make me jealous!
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Posted - August 27 2012 : 8:20:58 PM
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Hyde,
Hed over to the LOTW forum.....I'll be posting something there that will get ya going! I just can't help myself!
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Posted - August 27 2012 : 8:43:35 PM
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Jerry, is that Reading a diecast caboose? I'm just getting into American Flyer again.Sean, love that caboose! Share some more photos or info on that scratchbuilt duplex!
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Posted - August 27 2012 : 10:27:59 PM
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quote:Jerry, is that Reading a diecast caboose? I'm just getting into American Flyer again.Sean, love that caboose! Share some more photos or info on that scratchbuilt duplex!
Originally posted by Redneck Justin - August 27 2012 : 8:43:35 PM
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Justin, They are both plastic. This is a Pre-WWII one I have that is all metal:
If you compare the two models, it will become very easy to tell the plastic models from the die cast models.
Sean
Sorry I beat you to it Jerry.
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Posted - August 29 2012 : 11:26:37 AM
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This was a prayer answered, but I felt guilty paying the 23 bucks for it. When it came I felt it was well worth the price, it's a great looking car and very difficult to acquire.
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Posted - August 29 2012 : 4:56:06 PM
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Got these Mantuas in a box my sis-in-law brought me yesterday
feel kinda funny gettin this stuff for free when other peoples' stuff gets stolen
GN boxcar needs a top door track and one door..all steps are there...not bad
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Posted - August 29 2012 : 5:13:54 PM
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GG-1 Guy - Jealous of you finding that car! Yup do want one
caboose 1 - Nice finds I sees a couple I want
shaygetz - neat caboose I do love getting odd cars with someone else's roadname on it
EM- 1 - Is that prototypical of how CSX's MOW cars are?
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Posted - August 29 2012 : 5:35:04 PM
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quote:GG-1 Guy - Jealous of you finding that car! Yup do want one
caboose 1 - Nice finds I sees a couple I want
shaygetz - neat caboose I do love getting odd cars with someone else's roadname on it
EM- 1 - Is that prototypical of how CSX's MOW cars are?
Originally posted by microbusss - August 29 2012 : 5:13:54 PM
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microbuss...pm me we'll chat...
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Posted - August 29 2012 : 9:07:25 PM
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I found an undecorated Roundhouse box car and came up with this.
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Posted - August 29 2012 : 9:29:47 PM
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quote:GG-1 Guy - Jealous of you finding that car! Yup do want one
caboose 1 - Nice finds I sees a couple I want
shaygetz - neat caboose I do love getting odd cars with someone else's roadname on it
EM- 1 - Is that prototypical of how CSX's MOW cars are?
Originally posted by microbusss - August 29 2012 : 5:13:54 PM
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Ben,
You betcha it is! heres the real thing:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=715979
Thing is, its a basic Athearn bay window caboose, that should have had panels put into the windows and others moved around alittle but when I painted it, I didn't bother, it still looks good, but isn't a real replica has I have been doing.....This caboose was painted up when Microscale first came out with the black CSX "MOW" or "pumpkin" type lettering.....
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Posted - August 29 2012 : 9:32:02 PM
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quote:I found an undecorated Roundhouse box car and came up with this.
Originally posted by eaglerock109Â -Â August 29 2012Â :Â 9:07:25 PM
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Now THATS an AWESOME car! LOL
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Posted - August 29 2012 : 10:30:44 PM
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| EM-1 - if you look at that pic it has a pumpkin on it with M of W on it
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Posted - August 29 2012 : 10:36:46 PM
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Picked this up at an antique shop for $7 two weeks ago near the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum...
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Posted - August 29 2012 : 11:00:36 PM
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quote:EM-1 - if you look at that pic it has a pumpkin on it with M of W on it
Originally posted by microbusss - August 29 2012 : 10:30:44 PM
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Yep Ben, I know......That wasn't in the decal set as it was the only one that had that on the caboose and then in year was removed, to be all orange and now, (being its an old B&O Bay Window caboose) looks like this:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=302302
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2216156
BUT, originally CSX was going to paint ALL of the MOW cabs that way, till they again, changed there mind and then they were painted like this:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1287687
Was much simpler to do for the CSX paint shops around the system, and much cheaper and eaier so to get them done faster as CSX to this day, still has a large roster of cab's for a time when the FRED's took over for that piece of equipment.
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Posted - August 30 2012 : 02:50:54 AM
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quote:...the HO Bachmann needs a new base,but I liked the sliding doors, didn't know any had that feature...
Jerry
Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â August 26 2012Â :Â 6:30:59 PM
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The Side-Door ATSF Caboose was actually operational... closing it to a bit of skill... Spring loaded.
It had a "catch-lever" just below the door, so that when it passed a trigger, I believe a box came out with the man as the door was sprung open.
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Posted - August 30 2012 : 05:52:26 AM
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John,
In any case that was a VERY interesting car!
I believe it was a operating accessory by Bachmann. I thought it was an operating mail car? How ever, I', not certain on that and have been wrong before!
Nice tho! Would love to find one for myself!
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Posted - August 30 2012 : 06:13:57 AM
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Posted - August 30 2012 : 09:56:57 AM
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* Athearn 50' two trailer carrier. Reading RR.
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Posted - August 30 2012 : 12:24:26 PM
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Mike - you just picked up a rare car
Ok one more from my collection
AHM Warp's Plastics hopper
This still exists today too
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Posted - August 30 2012 : 3:33:17 PM
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quote:
AHM Warp's Plastics hopper
Originally posted by microbusss - August 30 2012 : 12:24:26 PM
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That's an unfortunate name for a plastic company, though.
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Posted - August 30 2012 : 4:41:27 PM
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quote: quote:
AHM Warp's Plastics hopper
Originally posted by microbusss - August 30 2012 : 12:24:26 PM
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That's an unfortunate name for a plastic company, though.
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â August 30 2012Â :Â 3:33:17 PM
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True NKP but this is how Harold Warp made his fortune & also opened up a museum in Minden, Nebraska called Harold Warp's Pioneeer Village
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Posted - August 30 2012 : 4:44:17 PM
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quote: quote: quote:
AHM Warp's Plastics hopper
Originally posted by microbusss - August 30 2012 : 12:24:26 PM
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That's an unfortunate name for a plastic company, though.
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â August 30 2012Â :Â 3:33:17 PM
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True NKP but this is how Harold Warp made his fortune & also opened up a museum in Minden, Nebraska called Harold Warp's Pioneeer Village
Originally posted by microbusss - August 30 2012 : 4:41:27 PM
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Hey Buss !
There are 10 different ones. Which ones aren't rare.
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