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Posted - September 11 2023 : 2:44:54 PM
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am missing Dog & Cat Chow, Good & Plenty boxcars & a powered Campbell's Soup loco 
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Posted - September 12 2023 : 9:59:26 PM
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I mentioned way earlier that I have a Coca-Cola triple dome tanker packed away somewhere. I finally stumbled across it:
Also, I mentioned way earlier in some thread, maybe this one, maybe not, that when I was a kid I repainted a Tyco Union 76 single dome tanker black to represent the black tankers I saw in real life. Ben asked to see it. I finally stumbled across it too. Ben, here it is:
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Posted - September 12 2023 : 10:23:31 PM
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I don’t think I‘ve ever posted this one before either, for the same reason:
This is from my childhood collection, and it inspired the collection of 40ft hi-cubes I now have, since I had to get a 40ft Soo Line hi-cube to go with this 62ft one.
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Posted - September 26 2023 : 11:46:56 PM
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More ACF CenterFlow insanity!
I think this is an AHM:
It’s constructed like an AHM, but I can’t find any examples online that exactly match this car’s data.
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Posted - September 27 2023 : 12:03:23 AM
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Interesting CF hopper. While riding the Sunset Limited into El Paso this
afternoon, I first noticed a pile of wheels and axles piled haphazardly
near the yard throat. A minute later came upon four or five CF hoppers
lying on their sides, one spilling grain. The trucks were completely vanished.
Looked like they had flopped over where they lay.
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Posted - September 27 2023 : 7:18:09 PM
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about the Good & Plenty boxcar?
I absolutely HATE licorice  yuck
but still want the boxcar cause Choo Choo Charlie is on the side
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Posted - November 05 2023 : 01:09:43 AM
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My second visit to Hilltop Hobby Shop in Akron, Ohio:
Another Varney/Life-Like flat:
I have at least one other silver NYC version, but one is not enough.
Maybe they have different car numbers… 
Another quad hopper, of unknown manufacture:
There’s a pad on the bottom of the underframe where the original manufacturer’s mark was removed. I have another in Penn Central Jade, but again, one is not enough.
They could be different…
And lastly, a Mantua/Tyco Holly Sugar operating hopper:
I probably already have at least half a dozen of these, but again… 
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Posted - November 05 2023 : 08:54:35 AM
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still sliding
Somewhere I got the older HO Safeway box car maybe
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Posted - November 05 2023 : 11:50:39 AM
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I especially like the aqua truck, Busss.
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Posted - November 05 2023 : 2:14:12 PM
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| Another flat! Go GMoney!!
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Posted - November 05 2023 : 9:22:50 PM
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From an antique mall in Canton, Ohio today:
A Tyco quad hopper lettered for Burlington Route. I already have an example of this one, but it’s one I put together from parts I found in a junk box at a model train show. This one is pristine.
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Posted - November 06 2023 : 3:23:18 PM
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Posted - November 07 2023 : 11:55:08 AM
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quote:I especially like the aqua truck, Busss.
Originally posted by gmoney - November 05 2023 : 11:50:39 AM
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thats one of those Mini Metals trucks
course the 1 Safeway truck I want is that triple trailer one from Con-Cor I think is who made it idr
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Posted - November 24 2023 : 11:59:57 PM
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Anutter quad hopper:
This one is a Roco.
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Posted - November 25 2023 : 12:09:47 AM
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I’m still suffering from the Varney/Life-Like Flat Car Disorder:
I already have several of these black NYCs. But obviously not enough…
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Posted - November 25 2023 : 12:12:42 AM
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| Have you tried the LL/VFC Support group in your area? Many people now live flat car free lives.
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Posted - November 25 2023 : 09:06:55 AM
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But…
Why would I want to do that? 
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Posted - November 26 2023 : 12:50:26 PM
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I want MOAR HO Lionel accessories!
this one I had with my 027 The Rock Island Line set
As you can see just like the 027 one it towers over the loco!
I totally get why 027er want these "HO" signals & stuffs
So what I want might be hard to find
the loco is a HO Lionel too
but the gears are worn out
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Posted - November 26 2023 : 8:24:04 PM
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I dig the wig-wag signal Busss!
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Posted - November 27 2023 : 7:19:18 PM
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quote:I dig the wig-wag signal Busss!
Originally posted by gmoney - November 26 2023 : 8:24:04 PM
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thanks I think I got it from a model railroader on FB or one of those places
course I do have a '61 Lionel catalog with HO in it & boy do it make me DROOOL for the HO Lionel made then
yes I got a few from the 70s such as the Spaulding & AMF boxcars
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Posted - February 28 2024 : 10:41:03 PM
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Another foray into Akron to visit Hill Top Hobby Shop…
I already have the complete set of Tyco pulpwood cars, but my old Chattanooga Railroad example is missing a corner stirrup. This here new Chattanooga Railroad example has ‘em all:
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Posted - February 28 2024 : 10:54:54 PM
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Here is correct Tyco Burlington Northern boxcar no. 5:
She’s a skidder but she was free!
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Posted - February 28 2024 : 11:07:45 PM
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…and the quad hopper nonsense continues…
Here are two examples from Bachmann’s minimalist (i.e. cheap) period:
I may already have these, but one can always use more, right?
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Posted - February 28 2024 : 11:38:26 PM
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Now this one is part of a set that I’ve had for years, but it’s been in storage so no picture until now:
This one is also Bachmann but better designed, having corner stirrups with a finer cross section and body mounted knuckle couplers. It’s also not in Bachmann’s minimalist tradition.
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 Posted - February 29 2024 : 12:08:40 PM
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Nice photos Glenn. Some collection you have.
Not exactly a slippery slope situation but I do have an extra stock and searchlight car. Still satisfied with the results.
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Posted - February 29 2024 : 1:52:17 PM
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Nice set of Durango equipment Richard! Is the locomotive MU-2 powered?
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Posted - February 29 2024 : 7:36:53 PM
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Regular Tyco powered engine Glenn. Runs good.
Few nice Tyco trolley units.
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Posted - February 29 2024 : 8:19:07 PM
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quote:Now this one is part of a set that I’ve had for years, but it’s been in storage so no picture until now:
This one is also Bachmann but better designed, having corner stirrups with a finer cross section and body mounted knuckle couplers. It’s also not in Bachmann’s minimalist tradition.
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That one would be the upgraded car from the train sets. These types of car can often be found cheap on Bachmann's website under "Warehouse FInds." The individually sold Silver Series cars take the improvements a step further, with proper NMRA weight and metal wheelsets. They are some of the best running cars on the market, right out of the box.
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Posted - March 10 2024 : 11:54:38 PM
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Scored my second L&N Life-Like/Varney flat car:
Same road number as the first.
And here’s the latest addition to the Hi-Cube collection - a Lionel Illinois Central Gulf:
I believe this is the first Lionel ICG in my collection.
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Posted - March 11 2024 : 7:08:45 PM
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never seen that ICG hy-cube boxcar 
AGAIN? yes again!
yeah I shown these WAAAYYY too many times 
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Posted - March 12 2024 : 09:40:42 AM
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Sweet little collection of Tyco trolleys you’ve got there, Richard!
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Posted - March 13 2024 : 11:38:58 AM
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quote:Sweet little collection of Tyco trolleys you’ve got there, Richard!
Originally posted by gmoney - March 12 2024 : 09:40:42 AM
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I agree! looking for some of those
but if I get a oogly bad one I want it to look like this:  *droooools!*
pic found on Net
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Posted - May 23 2024 : 11:29:35 AM
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Ooops, I did it again...and down the Slippery Slope we slide. WKS posted some rather nice
offerings on feeBay, and danged if one didn't catch my eye and suck me right down the old
sewer pipe. Which one? Stay tuned to this channel. I did get a nice deal on it, but the taxes
and shipping raised the cost about 50%.
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Posted - May 23 2024 : 2:37:55 PM
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Glad to help Jeff.
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Posted - May 24 2024 : 8:07:49 PM
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My small collection of Tyco trailers.
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Definitely a huge deep slope of trailers obsession.
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Posted - June 03 2024 : 3:29:18 PM
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The spiral slope for this collector.
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still sliding but  glad I got the Italian Style Foods version
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Posted - January 24 2025 : 3:12:59 PM
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. . . still sliding down the operating hopper slope . . .
I found this Monon example at a train show in Austintown, Ohio the first weekend of January. The Monon version has been somewhat elusive for me; I think this is just the third one I’ve found in more than a decade of collecting.
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Posted - January 24 2025 : 3:15:00 PM
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. . . and the Varney/Life-Like flat car collection keeps growing:
The first Clyde Beatty Circus version I’ve ever seen.
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Posted - January 24 2025 : 3:17:38 PM
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. . . and the Varney/Life-Like flat car collection keeps on growing:
Six more NYC flats for a total of $10 — four complete, one missing wheel sets, and one missing trucks.  (I don’t worry about couplers or those stupid wheel chocks!)
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Posted - January 24 2025 : 3:18:52 PM
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Here is my third (at least!) example of Tyco’s electronic steam chuffing boxcar:
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Posted - January 24 2025 : 4:49:15 PM
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| More Varney flats! When will the madness end?!
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Posted - January 25 2025 : 11:31:49 AM
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had to check to see if I did post the Chef Boyardee set & nopes I didn't yay
the one that is unassembled is a modified Center St series building called Doug's Drugstore
I probably shouldn't assemble that one
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Posted - January 25 2025 : 2:15:08 PM
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| Heckuva score there, Ben!
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Posted - January 25 2025 : 6:02:47 PM
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quote:Heckuva score there, Ben!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â January 25 2025Â :Â 2:15:08 PM
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think I paid $20 or so for it idr
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Posted - January 25 2025 : 6:41:06 PM
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quote:More Varney flats! When will the madness end?!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â January 24 2025Â :Â 4:49:15 PM
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I don’t think the Madness will ever end.
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Posted - January 26 2025 : 12:13:37 PM
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& still won't
WITH 7UP!!!
Life-Like
Athern!
I got 7up on trucks, a garbage can & a bottle trinket too
Lionel ducking giraffe car
now with moar ji-raffs!
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Posted - January 27 2025 : 1:46:48 PM
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Now you just have to build that kit and set up your dream layout Ben. With the sub zero temperatures you have plenty of time. Have fun.
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