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oh? you like these 7up stuff?
well have some MOAR!! 
may use this on the plant
yes I actually have a garbage can
the REAL ingredients!
old can!
well you did want randomness hehe
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Posted - February 17 2025 : 01:52:34 AM
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quote:. . . and the Varney/Life-Like flat car collection keeps growing:
The first Clyde Beatty Circus version I’ve ever seen.
Originally posted by gmoney - January 24 2025 : 3:15:00 PM
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It’s actually the second Clyde Beatty Circus version I’ve ever seen.
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Posted - February 17 2025 : 01:56:23 AM
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I attended a train show in Cleveland Saturday and slid down the slope a little further.
First off, I added to the Mantua/Tyco reefer collection. A proper Red Box Swift with open corner steps and screwed-on trucks:
When I first realized I wanted to collect all the Red Box reefers I already had a Kraft example, and in the 10+ years since I’ve never seen another one until now:
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Posted - February 17 2025 : 03:12:45 AM
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Second off, here be some more quad hoppers.
A Bachmann M&StL in the Minimalist scheme:
I already had a Bachmann in the Minimalist Union Pacific scheme, but here be another Bachmann in the Minimalist Union Pacific scheme, but from different tooling:
And finally, here be a Bachmann in the proper Union Pacific scheme:
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Posted - February 17 2025 : 03:27:36 AM
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Thirdly, a third Chattanooga Railroad pulpwood flat:
I NEED more of the Great Northern and United States Steel versions now!
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Posted - February 17 2025 : 03:50:41 AM
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And fourthly, I found a second hard-to-find green version of the Tyco CP Rail 50ft plug door boxcar!
Oddly, the inside of the shell appears to have both red and yellow paint overspray, but there’s no red or yellow paint on the outside (obviously). The lettering and Multimark are tampo printed so the car appears to have come from the factory this way.
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Posted - February 18 2025 : 12:52:35 PM
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quote:And fourthly, I found a second hard-to-find green version of the Tyco CP Rail 50ft plug door boxcar!
Oddly, the inside of the shell appears to have both red and yellow paint overspray, but there’s no red or yellow paint on the outside (obviously). The lettering and Multimark are tampo printed so the car appears to have come from the factory this way.
Originally posted by gmoney - February 17 2025 : 03:50:41 AM
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you know you can put in multiple pix in the same thread
don't have to make alot of individual threads 
plus if you make a miztaek you can go back & correct it
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Posted - February 18 2025 : 4:17:32 PM
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Umm…if you notice, Busss, I put multiple pix in the post about the hoppers.  And further, you’ll also notice there’s 15-20 minutes between posts.  I didn’t do it all at once.
And are you suggesting I made a mistake?
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Posted - March 24 2025 : 11:01:35 PM
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My second Mantua/Tyco Armour Swift error car:
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Posted - April 14 2025 : 12:30:47 AM
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Yesterday’s antique mall find:
This is only the fourth Mantua/Tyco operating hopper lettered for the Pennsy I’ve ever come across in over a decade suffering from TOHD. It’s only the third one I’ve acquired though.
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Posted - April 23 2025 : 9:07:47 PM
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Custom Mantua/TYCO operating hoppers I acquired a while ago.
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Posted - April 24 2025 : 7:30:40 PM
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Hey, those are pretty cool!
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Posted - August 27 2025 : 9:45:53 PM
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I went to a Greenberg show in Monroeville, PA at the beginning of August and slid down the slope a little further!
More Varney/LifeLike flats:
This is the third L&N flat I have found. It has the same road number as the other two I have. I’ve lost count of how many NYC flats I have - between 20 and 30 maybe?
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Posted - August 27 2025 : 10:13:41 PM
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…and a couple of Tyco 40ft Western Maryland flats - the hard-to-find bright green one, and the boxed example, you can’t really tell in the picture, is unpainted green plastic. I don’t know if it’s uncommon or not, but I’ve never noticed one before, so I got it just in case.
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Posted - August 27 2025 : 10:29:45 PM
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It’s been a while since I found a triple dome tanker I didn’t have. This one is Playart:
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Posted - August 27 2025 : 10:42:38 PM
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A Tyco Johnson Wax caboose:
I didn’t know I needed this until I realized I already have a couple of the promo boxcars. That means I need the complete set, right?
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Posted - August 27 2025 : 11:02:56 PM
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The quad hopper obsession continues!
The Clinchfield and Roberval Saguenay are Rivarossi, and the others are AHM.
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Posted - August 27 2025 : 11:14:30 PM
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Another Mantua/Tyco reefer lettered for the Super Chief, because I think I only have one already!
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Posted - August 28 2025 : 12:10:11 AM
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I scored a second Canadiana boxcar!
This one, along with the bright green Western Maryland flat, was gifted to me by the vendor.
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Posted - August 28 2025 : 12:36:20 AM
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And now more 40ft HiCubes:
I very well could be wrong, but I don’t think I have the AHM Burlington already. I do already have a Bachmann Rio Grande, however.
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Posted - August 28 2025 : 01:14:14 AM
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More CenterFlow madness!
I already had an AHM CenterFlow in this same scheme; now I have a Bachmann too!
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Posted - August 28 2025 : 01:31:29 AM
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SANKA!!!!!
This one has been eluding me for a long time! I still have the one from my childhood, but it got dropped and the end bracing was destroyed. Now all I need are Maxwell House and Alcan Chemical Products. I could have gotten the Maxwell House at the Greenberg show if I had been willing to let go of a hundred bucks, but I couldn’t see that happening!
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Posted - August 28 2025 : 12:15:02 PM
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quote:SANKA!!!!!
This one has been eluding me for a long time!  I still have the one from my childhood, but it got dropped and the end bracing was destroyed.  Now all I need are Maxwell House and Alcan Chemical Products.  I could have gotten the Maxwell House at the Greenberg show if I had been willing to let go of a hundred bucks, but I couldn’t see that happening!
Originally posted by gmoney - August 28 2025 : 01:31:29 AM
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I need the BOXCAR of Maxwell House & the Sohio triple dome tank car 
the 2 that keep eluding me
Along with the AHM Lipton Tea, Niagara Starch Spray & the rest of the Bachmann Zenith & Hershey train sets
last 2 I got the loco for
also that UP colored loco in ATSF by Marx since I have the caboose
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Posted - October 08 2025 : 12:38:28 AM
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I attended a couple of shows recently and bought even more quad hoppers.
Tyco:
Model Power:
In order - Tyco, Lionel, can’t remember  , the rest Rivarossi:
The Lionel is one I’ve been trying to get for a while; the ones I was finding were either in rough shape or too expensive.
Top row - Rivarossi, Rivarossi, Lionel (yes, I found a second one)
2nd row - Bachmann, Bachmann, Bachmann
3rd row - Bachmann, Tyco, Tyco
4th row - Tyco, Tyco, Tyco
5th row - late Tyco (made in Yugoslavia, w/roller bearing trucks), Tyco, Tyco:
Also, I came across a black version of the Lionel Alaska hopper. I’ve never seen the black one before, but the seller wanted a lot more for it than I was willing to pay. Now I’ve got something else to look for!
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Posted - October 08 2025 : 01:50:59 AM
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My TOHD is alive and well!
I have so many Virginians now that I usually pass them up, but this one was only $2.50.
I don’t usually buy operating hoppers with missing corner steps anymore, but I did buy a second Spreckels (not pictured) missing a corner step because it had the roof for a Monon car with it, just in case I ever found another good Monon hopper without a roof.
That gamble paid off:
In my experience, the Reading, Pennsylvania, and Monon cars are somewhat harder to find, but the real prize for me is the DT&I, only the third one I’ve ever stumbled upon, and only the second one I’ve acquired.
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Posted - October 08 2025 : 5:47:38 PM
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The Varney/Life-Like flat car obsession also continues!
Here’s another silver NYC:
I have relatively few of these compared to the black version.
Speaking of which:
I got another black NYC too, along with another Life Like Shows flat…
…and another Life Like Shows flat:
And another Clyde Beatty Circus flat in white:
Another Pennsylvania:
And finally another SLSF:
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Posted - October 08 2025 : 5:58:29 PM
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The latest Tyco trolley:
I don’t know how many of these I have, but I do have a few!
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Posted - October 08 2025 : 6:13:55 PM
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More Tyco pulpwood flats - Great Northern and U.S. Steel:
This is probably my third or fourth U.S. Steel car, but only the second Great Northern. So I definitely needed the GN!
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Posted - October 08 2025 : 11:15:42 PM
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I found another rough Presidential Seal Spirit of 76 locomotive for regular money:
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Posted - October 08 2025 : 11:59:34 PM
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I got my first Mantua/Tyco 40ft Penneys boxcar:
I passed up the first one I ever saw because it was in rough condition and I kicked myself for it. The second one probably was priced higher than I was willing to pay. $15 for this one seemed not unreasonable. It’s missing one corner step.
Now I need the 50 footer.
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Posted - October 09 2025 : 12:40:56 AM
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This was a real score!
Both the Bubble Yum and True Value trailers are hard to find.
…so I’m apparently collecting the Tyco trailers now, because I also got these:
The SeaLand trailers (with the red band logo and Mansfield bars) are not common either.
Now I need some Santa Fe flat cars to haul these trailers!
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Posted - October 09 2025 : 09:55:02 AM
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do want Nob Hill trolley
oh that Alaska RR car might be a Lionel as I have same car in that color & black
I have only one boxcar from that Johnson Wax train set
the Clean n Clear boxcar BUT if I get set I'll add my Pine Sol boxcar to it too
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