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Flashing the COTW with my new purchase, a Bachmann Zenith Chromacolor boxcar. Highlights are great. 
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Posted - December 09 2012 : 07:30:31 AM
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A 40 foot box ar made by Walters. Great Northern paint.
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Posted - December 09 2012 : 10:48:02 AM
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An IHC Pullman hospital car.
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Posted - December 09 2012 : 10:56:49 AM
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pair of tenshodo japanese railway cars ken
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Posted - December 09 2012 : 1:01:19 PM
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Well I missed out on getting some trains at a garage sale 8 of them for $5 
But I was contacted thru a Craigslist ad I posted & got this for $5
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Posted - December 09 2012 : 1:56:01 PM
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My coach is 1 of 5 that I won on ebay as a matching SSW set. Comes with 4-4-2, water tender, and 5 daylight scheme coaches! I'm just gonnapost the observation coach being observation cars are my favorite! Sadly as I've said this set is one of my christmas gifts...
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Posted - December 09 2012 : 3:30:51 PM
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My COTW
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Posted - December 09 2012 : 8:01:24 PM
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Unless I find something else lying around, I'll be showing unbuilt blue box kits for the next few weeks. Here's a tank car I picked up at the last train show I went to:
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Posted - December 09 2012 : 8:54:24 PM
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I have that tank car assembled!
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Posted - December 09 2012 : 10:25:43 PM
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quote:I have that tank car assembled!
Originally posted by SCVR66Â -Â December 09 2012Â :Â 8:54:24 PM
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I'll probably assemble this one with my girls someday, but right now I'm stockpiling these kits while they're available and relatively cheap. I really don't have a positive outlook for where this hobby is heading.
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Posted - December 09 2012 : 10:27:18 PM
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I'm a youngster and have been putting these together since i was 5 years old! Lots of fun!
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Posted - December 09 2012 : 10:41:12 PM
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quote:I'm a youngster and have been putting these together since i was 5 years old! Lots of fun!
Originally posted by SCVR66Â -Â December 09 2012Â :Â 10:27:18 PM
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Awesome. By the way, I took a look at the site in your signature. Your layout looks like the kind of thing I'd like to do once I get my new garage built next year.
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Posted - December 09 2012 : 11:07:13 PM
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My new layout? I appologize for not updating, there has been a LOT more news regarding new engines and layout progress. Haven't had the time to do in depth updates. But thank you for checking out my cite!!
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Posted - December 11 2012 : 10:26:09 AM
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Got this one from Mike's trains at the Nassau Hobby Center's annual show at the Freeport Rec center. It was free, because he wanted to rid himself of a large box of athearn caboose parts. If only I had realized their worth back then.
I have since bought from him at subsequent shows, but the number on his business card he gave me is out, so I cant' find him for parts now. He had literally everything. Lil' monster parts, AEC cars.... one of those parts gurus.
What do you all think? Does a NH caboose look better with a green coupla?
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Posted - December 11 2012 : 12:28:05 PM
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that cupola came from a AHM or ROCO caboose...it has the grabs on it...Athearn does not...dunno 'bout the green though
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Posted - December 11 2012 : 6:29:00 PM
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quote:What do you all think? Does a NH caboose look better with a green coupla?
Originally posted by Islanderh93Â -Â December 11 2012Â :Â 10:26:09 AM
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It might work for the Christmas season, but I think I'd do something about it by New Years!
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Posted - December 12 2012 : 11:22:21 AM
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This is my COTW:
I picked up two more this week! Varney Ohio Seamless Tube Gondolas. The car in the small image has already come and it is perfect and has the overhead beam, but it has never been mounted. The other one has not arrived yet and I do not anticipate it having the beam for the open end. I am not sure, but i may have 4-5 by now.
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Posted - December 12 2012 : 3:42:02 PM
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quote:This is my COTW:
I picked up two more this week! Varney Ohio Seamless Tube Gondolas. The car in the small image has already come and it is perfect and has the overhead beam, but it has never been mounted. The other one has not arrived yet and I do not anticipate it having the beam for the open end. I am not sure, but i may have 4-5 by now.
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - December 12 2012 : 11:22:21 AM
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I have a Verney car with that same paint but the gondola is not open ended. It is a standard box. Also the undercarriage is yellow and not black.
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Posted - December 13 2012 : 1:17:27 PM
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quote:
I have a Verney car with that same paint but the gondola is not open ended. It is a standard box. Also the undercarriage is yellow and not black.
Originally posted by tkruger - December 12 2012 : 3:42:02 PM
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Hi,
There are a couple versions. The car in the large pic above did not come from the factory with the end beam. It is just like yours. This topic from October depicts a view of a car I have with the open end look from the factory:
http://www.tycoforums.com/tyco/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12337
Here is a real nice view from one I found on line:
http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2012/04/freight-car-and-caboose.html
Sean
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Posted - December 13 2012 : 3:04:14 PM
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Sean,
I'd love to get my hands on just one of those gondola's! I still have to get that article in MR scanned for you to see!
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Posted - December 14 2012 : 09:47:56 AM
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Another train show junk box find:
I don't know the manufacturer.
Glenn
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Posted - December 14 2012 : 12:08:41 PM
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An AHM NH caboose.
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Posted - December 14 2012 : 12:57:19 PM
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I believe these are Life Like and the blocks on top of the flat are for circus cars.
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Posted - December 14 2012 : 2:17:24 PM
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quote:I believe these are Life Like and the blocks on top of the flat are for circus cars.
-Thomas
Originally posted by Redwoods - December 14 2012 : 12:57:19 PM
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Thanks Thomas! I was wondering what the blocks would have been for. I thought they were aftermarket and not factory though.
Glenn
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| The NYC flat car is Life Like, it is also Varney. The circus flat car came out when the Varney name was being phased out in favor of the Life Like brand. The flat car can be found in Varney and Life Like boxes.
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Posted - December 15 2012 : 11:50:28 PM
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Well time to add a Car of the week as I have the other "of the week" series on here.....Got a few to add!
These pictures, are of the SAME caboose, one is one side and the other, is the opposite side of the same car! Been looking for this model for awhile, thanks to a forum member for the trade.....
Then I also got:
A few CSX Safety Caboose's to add to my fleet of "safety" caboose's that I've been wanting, and finally got them...Again, from the same forum member in trade!
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Posted - December 16 2012 : 10:27:29 PM
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quote:An AHM NH caboose.
Originally posted by Ray Marinaccio - December 14 2012 : 12:08:41 PM
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Did I hear someone say New Haven caboose!
The second picture is just to show the depth of the box to give you some idea as to how many are in there. I have a large bin just stuffed full of the freight cars.
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