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 Posted - February 14 2013 : 10:34:54 AM
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These are near where I live. There are a couple more sections to the right of the picture, so there are more than enough for a flatcar load! 
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 Posted - February 14 2013 : 10:42:31 AM
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| Actually Tyco put these in a gondola Both Red & Brown Box versions
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Posted - February 14 2013 : 10:51:47 AM
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Drain pipes I think. Pretty cool though. Now all we need to see if they use a tractor or a crane to unload!
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Posted - February 14 2013 : 10:57:30 AM
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I beLIEve these came in/on a Tyco Gondola and a flat car... Interesting pic gmoney.
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Posted - February 14 2013 : 10:57:56 AM
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Actually he's right, TYCO put them on the skid flat cars & skid flat cars w/load (Western Maryland & Gr. Northern).
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Posted - February 14 2013 : 11:42:23 AM
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here is a Tyco Red Box with culvert pipes
I has one of these in Brown Box in UP too
Walt is right Tyco made them both ways 
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Posted - February 14 2013 : 1:17:58 PM
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| Cool! If you can just find a giant plastic tractor I would buy them!
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Posted - February 14 2013 : 8:44:40 PM
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| I have a UP car that came with three of those. I believe it was brown box.
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Posted - February 14 2013 : 11:11:21 PM
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Walt - glad you appreciate the pic.
I have at least two skid flats that came with the culvert pipe:
- Green Western Maryland I traded a friend for back in the day
- Red Great Northern that came with my Silver Streak set
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Posted - February 15 2013 : 03:30:18 AM
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actually, if you zoom in on the actual photo, you can make out "TYCO" on the inside edge flange on the aqua/blue paint end.
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Posted - February 15 2013 : 4:54:16 PM
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quote:I have a UP car that came with three of those. I believe it was brown box.
Originally posted by tkruger - February 14 2013 : 8:44:40 PM
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like this one?
I has a few of these cars too One is in Mantua
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Posted - February 16 2013 : 7:37:04 PM
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Glenn, whatever you do, don't pull out that hunk of wood!
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Posted - February 16 2013 : 10:20:15 PM
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You know Nelson, I thought about that! But I didn't notice it until after I got out of the truck. Those pipes have been there for quite a while so I guess that piece of wood could give way any moment! Guess I got lucky!
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Posted - March 05 2013 : 3:11:41 PM
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UPDATE: I noticed today that the culvert pipes are gone. I didn't get to see what Tyco accessory was used to move them, however!
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Posted - March 08 2013 : 07:23:06 AM
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Speaking of Tyco culverts...I've been collecting the Scotch Tape hubs out of our office empty tape dispensers, because they looked like they'd make excellent culvert substitutes. They're actually a bit bigger than the Tyco culvert, but they have one interesting thing - the tyco culvert lip fits the inside diameter of the tape hub almost perfectly!  Not sure what that portends, but I think they can be used as "joiners" or alternate loads. Or make culvert mushrooms out of them. Anyway, here's my BN Tyco gon with both loads.
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