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Hardly depressing, I found this nice all-metal Marx HO depressed Center flat at the Spring Carlisle auto flea on Friday. $7.50 was the price. Not sure what goes in the center yet. Will have to research that.
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Posted - April 28 2013 : 10:45:58 AM
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| 2 Cable Reels
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Posted - April 28 2013 : 1:11:32 PM
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Union Pacific helium car
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Posted - April 28 2013 : 1:43:13 PM
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Today I'll go with a Penn-Line open hopper. C&O.
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Posted - April 28 2013 : 8:45:35 PM
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One of my several operating Mantua hoppers. Horribly over-weathered, been cleaning at it. But, up on trucks, and gen-you-wine Mantua couplers.
Someday I'll get the rest of the garbage off it.
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Posted - April 28 2013 : 8:48:36 PM
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YAY! got another Fire Fox car! Need the rest now 
Did any real flatcars have the brakewheel where this is located? 
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Posted - April 28 2013 : 9:02:33 PM
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quote:
Did any real flatcars have the brakewheel where this is located?
Originally posted by microbusss - April 28 2013 : 8:48:36 PM
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Why, yes, they did, Ben. One type, the piggyback, would be very inconvenient to put the brake wheel on the ends, when the trucks needed to roll off them, they'd be in the way. Here's a link to C&NW piggyback with the brake wheel on the side.
http://www.cnwhs.org/photos/images/mtown/sands/cnwz400059-1967.jpg
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Posted - April 28 2013 : 10:31:30 PM
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Speaking of flat cars, here's mine with a Tyco and Autoworld slot cars:
[URL=http://s1228.photobucket.com/user/jdboomer904/media/004-14_zps84bd10a3.jpg.html] /tyco/forum/uploaded/Redneck Justin/004-14_zps84bd10a3.jpg [/URL]
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Posted - April 29 2013 : 08:34:38 AM
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Hey Ben, I think I've seen that one before!
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Posted - April 29 2013 : 08:55:55 AM
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first pic is for jerry,second is my car of the week,ken
williamsburg centennial car,had 2 of these one is now in usa
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Posted - April 29 2013 : 09:27:05 AM
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quote:Hey Ben, I think I've seen that one before!
Originally posted by gmoney - April 29 2013 : 08:34:38 AM
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well DUUH! I bought it from you Plus the gondola
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Posted - April 29 2013 : 10:36:18 AM
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| Big Cat, I live in Chesapeake / Norfolk area of Virginia and funny, my wife and I stayed in Williamsburg last weekend in our time share. I did not know this car existed; I’m going to have to look for one.
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Posted - April 29 2013 : 11:09:37 AM
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| hi gg-1 guy i had 2 one went to a member here who said they are pretty rare,ken
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Posted - April 29 2013 : 12:53:05 PM
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Williamsburg car : My thoughts !
* This was a group of 13 centennial cars one for each state. The Williamsburg car was added. The District of Columbia car also. There were 13 colonies, why make a car for just one state capitol. and what does the District of Columbia have to do with our Revolutionary War. To me both cars dont belong. So what if it was Virginias capitol. There were 12 other capitols. Events in Boston caused the British to leave New England. No car for Boston. In upstate New York a British army was forced to surrender. There is no car for Saratoga. Another Army was captured in Carolinas', no car for there. What did Williamsburg do that no other Colony did. They all fought and bled.
* Why is there a Williamsburg car? The first of a unfinished set? If this is so, it is understandable. But, as, a, standalone, car, for, a, undone set. What the heck is a District of Columbia car for? As a Capitol PHILADELPHIA does! Trenton does! It has no place in this set.
* After these cars were issued some other group of people had a event. They had TM remake a large number of cars of one of these non Revolutionary Wars cars mentioned, and stuck there event stamp on it. People are saying that this car is now a 16th car to the set. Another unrelated car to the revolutionary War, some people say belongs in the set. I won't honor it with the name of the event or which car was used. It doesn't deserve it. It has no place in a set of cars for the Revolutionary War.
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