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 Posted - April 07 2013 : 4:44:05 PM
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Well guess I'll start with this Tyco Tropicana boxcar hehe
This is a hard-to-find car Right? Went to the Tropicana promo set?
I needs to find the orange one by Bachmann
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 Posted - April 07 2013 : 4:53:32 PM
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my car this week,great northern,fully glazed with lights and window blinds,love this baby ken
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Posted - April 07 2013 : 4:55:23 PM
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ooooo! nice one Ken & is the shortest paint scheme that GN or any railroad ever did 
Cause in 1971 the Mega-Merger of BN happened
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Posted - April 07 2013 : 5:02:42 PM
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| hi ben maybe one of shortest colour schemes but its one of the smartest ken
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Posted - April 08 2013 : 12:57:28 AM
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Another Mantua boxcar (reefer). MDT, got it for $6 NIB at a train show, wanted it for the red white and blue stripes.
I buy, repair, and collect
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Posted - April 09 2013 : 1:09:37 PM
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Rivarossi Santa Fe cafe observation car
I bought this one cause I had the N scale version & sent it to someone in here
The N scale one I got from a garage sale 
Who makes interiors for these? 
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Posted - April 09 2013 : 7:42:31 PM
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I found this Louisiana Car by Mantua in a box of old cars.
I was going to try and find one at the next big train show in July but I don't need to now.
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 Posted - April 09 2013 : 8:27:10 PM
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quote:Rivarossi Santa Fe cafe observation car
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Who makes interiors for these?
Originally posted by microbusss - April 09 2013 : 1:09:37 PM
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IHC makes them. About the only thing that hasn't changed since their takeover.
You may be lucky to find older AHM or Riva Rossi interiors. There are also "Lighted" assemblies out there.
While these cars are generally light, I have always admired their simplicity towards assembly and detail.
John 
P.S. Could you imagine weighing these down with pennies? What if you had to pay $1 for a roll of pennies, to use them as weight? NOW your wheels are turning!  
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Posted - April 09 2013 : 8:58:00 PM
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My COTW is an Ohio Seamless Tube gondola, found in a box under some shelving in the basement this weekend while cleaning and organizing. Totally forgot about these Varney cars I had. Anyway, has some whitish mold on it, need to clean it up some, but otherwise it's in nice shape.
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Posted - April 09 2013 : 9:55:49 PM
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quote:I found this Louisiana Car by Mantua in a box of old cars.
I was going to try and find one at the next big train show in July but I don't need to now.
Originally posted by thetramp - April 09 2013 : 7:42:31 PM
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You should anyway! There might be all 50 states out there!
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Posted - April 10 2013 : 11:47:34 AM
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Hello everyone!
My COTW is a Redball Fruit Car:
Sean
"If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!" - Mario Andretti!
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Posted - April 10 2013 : 12:53:07 PM
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quote:Hell everyone!
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - April 10 2013 : 11:47:34 AM
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Is that what you meant to say?
Glenn
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Posted - April 10 2013 : 1:07:31 PM
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quote: quote:Hell everyone!
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - April 10 2013 : 11:47:34 AM
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Is that what you meant to say?
Originally posted by gmoney - April 10 2013 : 12:53:07 PM
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LOL! No!
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Posted - April 10 2013 : 4:09:47 PM
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I got this one at the Hickory train show this past weekend. It's for the '50s era layout I'm "going to build."
Glenn
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Posted - April 10 2013 : 9:52:20 PM
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Here is my car of the week, I was told that back in the 50's or 60's Mantua had a train set that all the cars and caboose was Star-Kist. I had seen members on this site with with the cars, I think they were 4 different colors, but I never seen the caboose. Well I won this one on eBay and it is so cool.
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