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Vendor at the York PA Toy Show had an eclectic collection of stuff to sell, he had Lionel, AF, Marx, and HO, as well as non-train stuff. I bought a big lot of Marx O gauge for $50, and he had this nice "set" of all silver passenger train, I THINK it's Penn Line, could be wrong. All dummy engines. $25 for the whole set. Will be a perfect set to customize, as it's clean of all roadnames. Could be the diesel Coors Lite express, or the R.J. Reynolds express ( aluminium ). But for the price and condition, I couldn't pass up this nice set.
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Posted - November 25 2012 : 9:37:10 PM
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Jerry, the cars look Athearn to me.
Here is the Varney B&O set I got today at the Greenberg Train Show.
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Posted - November 26 2012 : 3:45:11 PM
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Nice passenger sets guys. I like those dome cars Jerry, and the royal blue looks good on those heavyweights Frank. I wish observations still had open platforms. 
Last week I posted my Silver Streak set from Christmas '79. This week, Christmas 1980:
This set is original and complete except for the box lid, which disappeared shortly after I got it. I always thought of this set as a companion piece to the Silver Streak set, you know, silver and gold.
And here is the paperwork, including the "OOPS" sheet:
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Posted - November 26 2012 : 10:05:12 PM
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Listed in 1962 as the Denver Limited and caked in a half century of dirt, this Tyco Rio Grande streamliner is the latest addition to my roster.
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Posted - November 26 2012 : 10:10:29 PM
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Very nice find DaCheez!!!
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Posted - November 26 2012 : 11:07:19 PM
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Thanks Mike! This seems to be one of the harder sets to find so I'm pretty happy. It should look good once cleaned up 
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Posted - November 26 2012 : 11:22:34 PM
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I want it  oh well A nice set & yeah am JEALOUS!
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Posted - November 27 2012 : 07:32:38 AM
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Mike , the Buss, and me agree. That is one special Tyco set. It looks like just some dirt that will clean off. Great find.
frank
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Posted - November 27 2012 : 11:09:15 AM
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| Thanks! It all just looks like surface dirt to me...the tops smell like tobacco so I'm hoping there's no staining. Otherwise a quick scrub and they should be good to go
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Posted - November 27 2012 : 2:29:16 PM
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I hate to say it but it looks good dirty
You could say that its getting filthy cause of poor maintenace & low ridership 
Could look good if its cleaned up
Did the locos have the Rio Grande logos removed or what? IF I had this I'd put them back on
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Posted - November 27 2012 : 6:18:46 PM
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They do look good dirty, but I like my Tyco's shiny :P. As for the engines, I'm not sure what happened to the decals. The engines need a lot of work...I haven't decided how far I want to go with them yet 
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Posted - November 30 2012 : 6:26:58 PM
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Rare HO Scale Fleischmann F3a-a Diesel / Passenger Car Set
http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/9977705@N05/8233784276/
Sorry. Can't upload photos from my cell phone.
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Posted - November 30 2012 : 9:24:27 PM
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quote:
Rare HO Scale Fleischmann F3a-a Diesel / Passenger Car Set
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - November 30 2012 : 6:26:58 PM
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Nice score, MnT, I have those same two engines, I got mine through a Craigslist score last year. Ebay auction valued around $100 each from what I've seen. Maybe one day I'll run across the passenger cars, too. Awesome!
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Posted - December 01 2012 : 02:22:29 AM
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quote:Jerry, the cars look Athearn to me.
Here is the Varney B&O set I got today at the Greenberg Train Show.
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - November 25 2012 : 9:37:10 PM
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Frank, I just noticed you bought that set. I was talking to the seller about it. He was the same guy that sold the Riv 2-10-2 for $25.
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Posted - December 01 2012 : 02:26:02 AM
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Nelson a RR 2-10-2 for $25? I HOPE you bought that thing!
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Posted - December 01 2012 : 02:30:36 AM
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Sadly no, John. We were talking about the B&O set and he mentioned that he just sold it. 
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Posted - December 01 2012 : 02:34:45 AM
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ERRRRR, I'da gave you what ya got in it plus some for your time and thought and shipping!
You find any more with a price tag like that and buy it, I'll pay you for it! $30 and under, runs or dead! Runs closer to $30, dead less then $20. Tender or not either way! You know what I'm gonna be doing with them!
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Posted - December 01 2012 : 07:44:20 AM
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quote: quote:
Here is the Varney B&O set I got today at the Greenberg Train Show.
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - November 25 2012 : 9:37:10 PM
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Frank, I just noticed you bought that set. I was talking to the seller about it. He was the same guy that sold the Riv 2-10-2 for $25.
Originally posted by NickelPlate759Â -Â December 01 2012Â :Â 02:22:29 AM
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Well Nelson I do remember the 2-10-2 being there on Saturday morning and being sold in the morning, saturday. As to the Varney set it remained on the the dealers table almost all day sunday. I got it about 2 PM on sunday.
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