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 Posted - December 02 2012 : 12:41:20 PM
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While organizing my dining room and trying to empty it of trains today ( wife is on me again ), I ran across my piggybacks, and so will post those today. Opening one box lot of HO stuff I'd bought through Craigslist, I came across this piggy car, forgotten I'd had a Sealand ( one day I'm gonna get my stuff documented in a spreadsheet! ). Anyway, probably my only Sealand Piggyback, but who knows.
Now that you've seen this, go check out my other post in AOTW....
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Posted - December 02 2012 : 1:04:42 PM
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Illinois Central PS1 boxcar
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Posted - December 02 2012 : 1:31:56 PM
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Just finished this caboose CofG X17
caboose 1
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Posted - December 02 2012 : 1:57:41 PM
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A Cox anti-aircraft boxcar to go with my railgun...
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Posted - December 02 2012 : 2:15:24 PM
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Posted - December 02 2012 : 3:02:03 PM
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My 2 cars are old AHM gondolas being made into excursion cars! Painted them yesterday, steps will be built and seats will be added in the future.
I buy, repair, and collect
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Posted - December 02 2012 : 4:24:44 PM
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quote:A Cox anti-aircraft boxcar to go with my railgun...
Originally posted by shaygetz - December 02 2012 : 1:57:41 PM
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I have one of those in my collection too.
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Posted - December 02 2012 : 4:25:30 PM
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quote:cox troop car ken
Originally posted by catfordken - December 02 2012 : 2:15:24 PM
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I'm on the lookout for one or two of these cars!
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Posted - December 02 2012 : 6:06:18 PM
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AHM Barnum Special Car $4 Anyone have a extra coupler for these?
R.M.L. caboose The one car I forgot to take a pic with the train show finds 
Anyone need caboose?
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Posted - December 02 2012 : 7:53:32 PM
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Thats an awesome caboose Ben!! Love the colors!
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Posted - December 02 2012 : 9:16:36 PM
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Here is my weekly offering, Mantua Hi-Way Hobby House 25th Anniversary car. I got this on the cheap cheap from the "Bay"
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Posted - December 02 2012 : 9:58:39 PM
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quote:
Ben,
That passenger car made by Pocher or Bachmann? I bet, in the lot of couplers you will be getting from me, there is atleast one in there!
Let me know I'll see what I have for couplers from the factory, for it!
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Posted - December 02 2012 : 10:24:38 PM
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Here's a Tyco promotional car from the Corn King set, this one is a bit harder to find.
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Posted - December 02 2012 : 10:31:55 PM
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The MDC, (Roundhouse products), 40' box car, IN B&O. For EM-1
TOPTRAIN1
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Posted - December 02 2012 : 10:32:12 PM
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| I seen that one on ebay couple weeks ago, good buy!
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Posted - December 03 2012 : 06:55:15 AM
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quote:A Cox anti-aircraft boxcar to go with my railgun...
Originally posted by shaygetz - December 02 2012 : 1:57:41 PM
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Now THAT'S and interesting car! My sets don;t have this car.....I'll be keeping my eyes out on one of those for sure if not 2!
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Posted - December 03 2012 : 06:56:51 AM
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quote:cox troop car ken
Originally posted by catfordken - December 02 2012 : 2:15:24 PM
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I've got 4 or 5 of these cars.... they make GREAT "MOW" cars, needless to say, the ones I repainted, had very bad painting and I sure could not use them as-is with the sets I have so......And I'm making interiors for mine as well!
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Posted - December 03 2012 : 07:02:54 AM
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Frank,
Thanks! I actually have 2 of everyone of these cars you pictured! Nice MDC Roundhouse cars......specially the "wagon Tops"
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Posted - December 03 2012 : 5:12:07 PM
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My COTW:
A new Athearn Blue Box flat car kit I found in a Carhart shoe store!
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Posted - December 03 2012 : 9:01:21 PM
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Nice find Glenn! And I might add, in an odd place, of all places, to find it!
Hope the price was reasonable!
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Posted - December 04 2012 : 12:11:52 AM
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10 bucks, John. Okay by me, especially since Athearn stopped making them. Besides, there was no train show close by this weekend, and i needed a "fix"! The lady running the store said the trains were her husband's thing, and she lost him a little while ago, so when the trains were gone, there wouldn't be anymore.
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Posted - December 04 2012 : 07:36:50 AM
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I hate hearing that with the wife selling off the husbands stuff, and then to boot, they would be gone...
Not a bad price tho! I have a local place I hit every now an again....its a Antique store, that has a section (half the store) devoted to trains of all scales and sizes!
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Posted - December 04 2012 : 08:20:20 AM
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John, I think maybe I was too vague there. The trains are actually store inventory, not her husband's personal collection. But he was the one who wanted to sell trains in the store, she isn't going to order anymore inventory, so once it's gone, it's gone. I apologize for any confusion.
Now concerning that antique store; I'm extremely jealous!  On occasion I go with my wife, and her mother and sister, to antique stores, and to make it more bearable I look for trains. I seldom find any, let alone half the store! I guess some of us are luckier than others! 
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Posted - December 04 2012 : 7:50:07 PM
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My COTW is a New Haven Trailiner. My very first and only one I own! Imagine that!
Just purchased on eBay as a BIN for $14.99.
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Posted - December 05 2012 : 08:57:40 AM
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quote:
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I'm sorry for the misunderstanding! Well thats nice to know that she is selling off the "inventory" her husband had gotten to sell!
As for my local Antique store, I get cars for around $4.00 to $5.00 each....Locomotives from $10.00 and up!
So its not a bad deal there at any given time!
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Posted - December 05 2012 : 09:49:28 AM
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EM-1 - Next time you go there Take pics of the stuffs 
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Posted - December 05 2012 : 10:13:59 AM
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John, you're not helping my jealousy any!
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Posted - December 05 2012 : 11:18:18 AM
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Ben,
Will do! Its like 4 blocks from where I live so.....
Glenn,
I'm sorry! I don't mean to make the jealousy any more then it already is!
~John
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Posted - December 05 2012 : 8:59:26 PM
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Well with all my comments, I thought I ought to add a car of the week too!
I just had to buy that one.....THEN, I seen this:
I just had to by this one too, because of this:
Total paid? $3.25! I thought the Kadee trucks on the 4 truck flat car was worth what I paid......Local "Thrift Store"
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Posted - December 07 2012 : 6:48:59 PM
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figured it's been a while here's my COTW(end) tyco operating 2 bay repainted for Vulcan materials.
this one and currently 4 of its cousins will be running from my garvel plant to a concrete plant
just me Ray... and just because I have Tyco doesn't mean I am not a model railroader
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Posted - December 07 2012 : 8:46:05 PM
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| rgcw5 - thats the same exact color Union Pacific uses for their MOW cars
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Posted - December 08 2012 : 3:17:33 PM
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yeah originally they were gonna be ex UPMW, sometime after painting, Vulcan materials seemed more workable.
just me Ray... and just because I have Tyco doesn't mean I am not a model railroader
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Posted - December 08 2012 : 3:38:12 PM
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Well I got another rather interesting model to post here, that came to me on Thursday evening....\
Aristo-Craft (Pocher) Rotary Snow Plow.....I plan to add that little tender made for oil to it as a steam driven model.....It looks to have been made as a dieselized version.....I just can't handle it diesel powered!
Will be going in one of my MOW trains......
~John
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Posted - December 08 2012 : 8:58:45 PM
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quote:Well I got another rather interesting model to post here, that came to me on Thursday evening....\
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I have a couple like that John! The nicest one I purchased was listed as a BIN for $25 in the weee hours of the morning. It was super detailed, weathered and had a tender. Honestly, I can not remember if it was metal & wood or if it was plastic. Either way it looked awesome and was a super sweet buy. I have several variations including one exactly like yours... All of which are currently packed away in storage with no photos.
Sean
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Posted - December 09 2012 : 08:23:32 AM
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Sean,
Yeah? I loved the looks of the little guy compared to the HUGE Athearn version I also have.....(I actually have 3 or 4 of the Athearn version), that needs built, and I have 2 of them, built already...
I thought this one was AWESOME for its size and different, I'll be adding a motor for the blades as you can see, the trucks, are NOT factory as the drive unit it had was missing the 2 gears so.....And the rubber band it had was shot and one of the pulleys was missing (the largest one) so.....The trucks you see, are pewter castings, I made some time ago, (I got out of that type of cast work some time ago)
I'll be running a wire between the snow blower and the tender for power pick up and I'll be adding working lights to the unit as well!
But you mentioned different version, you have pictures of them?
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