|
|
 Posted - December 08 2013 : 2:05:49 PM
|
Crown NYC 40' boxcar. Knuckle couplers and metal wheels added.
http://tycodepot.com/
|
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 08 2013 : 5:09:06 PM
|
my car this week revell up stock car ken
|
Country:  United Kingdom ~
Posts: 8294 ~
Member Since: September 28 2006 ~
Last Visit: October 20 2021
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 08 2013 : 9:40:28 PM
|
An old favorite of mine from the past... The Life-Like crane.
|
Country:  USA ~
Posts: 6279 ~
Member Since: February 18 2009 ~
Last Visit: March 04 2022
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 08 2013 : 10:04:06 PM
|
Tyco Steam Engine Sound
Picked it up last month
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 140 ~
Member Since: November 29 2006 ~
Last Visit: February 18 2026
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 09 2013 : 12:01:42 AM
|
quote:
An old favorite of mine from the past... The Life-Like crane.
Originally posted by walt - December 08 2013 : 9:40:28 PM
|
L-L also made that crane with treads too For their construction site (still want)
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 14999 ~
Member Since: February 23 2009 ~
Last Visit: February 25 2026
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 09 2013 : 12:43:51 AM
|
Yes they did Ben. The rolling stock version is very light weight and derails often. The scenic version was a good idea. In the 70s, I used my crane as a side track display...
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 6279 ~
Member Since: February 18 2009 ~
Last Visit: March 04 2022
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 09 2013 : 09:04:08 AM
|
hi ben,are these what you talking about ken
|
|
Country: United Kingdom ~
Posts: 8294 ~
Member Since: September 28 2006 ~
Last Visit: October 20 2021
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 09 2013 : 10:30:29 AM
|
no
Life-Like made the exact crane on the flatcar but with treads for their construction set
I do want that construction set 
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 14999 ~
Member Since: February 23 2009 ~
Last Visit: February 25 2026
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 09 2013 : 10:36:34 AM
|
| hi ben forgot these were ihc not lifelike ken
|
|
Country: United Kingdom ~
Posts: 8294 ~
Member Since: September 28 2006 ~
Last Visit: October 20 2021
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 09 2013 : 11:57:46 AM
|
Here is the REA express box car posted by siouxlake 2 weeks ago.
http://tycoforums.com/tyco/forum/uploaded/siouxlake/20131126100436_B%20O%20REA%20Box%20Car%20jpg.JPG
* Here I'll post the 4 I have. B&O Railway Express Agency box cars by MDC.
First the error car, B&O REA 1907
/tyco/forum/uploaded/toptrain/20131209120122_mdc box 40 BO 1907 REA.jpg
second : another blue, B&O REA 1880.
/tyco/forum/uploaded/toptrain/20131209120839_mdc box 40 BO 1880 REA.jpg
Third the first Pullman green car is . B&O REA 1885.
/tyco/forum/uploaded/toptrain/20131209121211_mdc box 40 BO 1885 REA.jpg
The forth is a second Pullman green, B&O REA 1999.
/tyco/forum/uploaded/toptrain/20131209121836_mdc box 40 BO 1999 REA.jpg
toptrain
" It's a Heck of a Day " !!!
Edited by - toptrain on December 09 2013 12:19:19 PM
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 7538 ~
Member Since: August 07 2008 ~
Last Visit: December 06 2025
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 09 2013 : 3:36:08 PM
|
Nice REA cars - I don't think I have seen the green B&O/REA cars before 
http://tycodepot.com/
|
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 13 2013 : 8:11:09 PM
|
Found what I think is a prewar Varney B&O streamlined obs for a whopping 50 CENTS or so. Pic is from hoseeker tho... mine is not nearly so nice. Reason it was so cheap is that the body is almost completely rusted! I bought it for the beautiful sprung trucks. After 2 hours with a toothbrush, baking soda and wd-40, a corroded white pair of trucks is back to being black and works perfectly!
--CRC
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 930 ~
Member Since: January 25 2012 ~
Last Visit: August 23 2023
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 14 2013 : 07:15:54 AM
|
hi PRR 4800,i got one of those,had it for a couple of years,given to me by a member ken
|
|
Country: United Kingdom ~
Posts: 8294 ~
Member Since: September 28 2006 ~
Last Visit: October 20 2021
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 14 2013 : 10:57:33 AM
|
quote:hi PRR 4800,i got one of those,had it for a couple of years,given to me by a member ken
Originally posted by catfordken - December 14 2013 : 07:15:54 AM
|
![]() 
Here is an NYO&W boxcar I made up more years ago than I care to remember. It started out as an A scale AF boxcar shell and I used S scale decals from the old Enhorning Company to decal it. Someone mentioned O&W boxcar decals yesterday, so I thought I would show that they were available at one time, but I don't know about HO. In all the photos I've seen, I don't think I've ever seen an O&W boxcar, at least not one this new
String Bob
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 85 ~
Member Since: December 13 2013 ~
Last Visit: February 27 2014
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 14 2013 : 11:50:03 AM
|
 I like the graffiti on the side of the OW boxcar Out & Walk
or Old & Weary
About that rusted B&O passenger car you got, PRR 4800?
You could always stick it on a siding that was "forgotten" in the woods & put car there 
Great cars guys
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 14999 ~
Member Since: February 23 2009 ~
Last Visit: February 25 2026
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 14 2013 : 7:08:45 PM
|
| Top Train, that is one cool set of REA cars.
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 2087 ~
Member Since: March 16 2013 ~
Last Visit: July 05 2018
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 14 2013 : 7:21:19 PM
|
quote:Here is the REA express box car posted by siouxlake 2 weeks ago.
http://tycoforums.com/tyco/forum/uploaded/siouxlake/20131126100436_B%20O%20REA%20Box%20Car%20jpg.JPG
* Here I'll post the 4 I have. B&O Railway Express Agency box cars by MDC.
First the error car, B&O REA 1907
/tyco/forum/uploaded/toptrain/20131209120122_mdc box 40 BO 1907 REA.jpg
second : another blue, B&O REA 1880.
/tyco/forum/uploaded/toptrain/20131209120839_mdc box 40 BO 1880 REA.jpg
Third the first Pullman green car is . B&O REA 1885.
/tyco/forum/uploaded/toptrain/20131209121211_mdc box 40 BO 1885 REA.jpg
The forth is a second Pullman green, B&O REA 1999.
/tyco/forum/uploaded/toptrain/20131209121836_mdc box 40 BO 1999 REA.jpg
Originally posted by toptrain - December 09 2013 : 11:57:46 AM
|
Frank,
VERY interesting to see.......... These MDC Roundhouse kits...... which is the standard roof Box Car. I ALSO have these cars with the Wagon-Top type, also from Roundhouse, with different numbers......NICE set tho! I don't have the standard roof ones! I will, one day as well.. a member here, had one that I got in trade................. #1900 (Thanks Ken!)
~John
Many have tried to, and failed, ya just can't repair stupid...
Do NOT try to Idiot-Proof anything!!!! God, will simply create a better......IDIOT!
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 2911 ~
Member Since: March 26 2012 ~
Last Visit: January 14 2014
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 14 2013 : 7:35:34 PM
|
So.....while I'm here, I'll toss one in for the record.....Picked up at the last Show I attended.....
I *THINK* its a MDC car of the type Gondola they made (for the life of me, escapes my thought on the car type of car) BUT, in C&O paint none the less!!!!!! ALSO has what looks to be operating doors on the underside, and all the parts are there, I just have to come up with some pins to make the hinges, work! Can't complain for $2
~John
Many have tried to, and failed, ya just can't repair stupid...
Do NOT try to Idiot-Proof anything!!!! God, will simply create a better......IDIOT!
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 2911 ~
Member Since: March 26 2012 ~
Last Visit: January 14 2014
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 17 2013 : 8:58:21 PM
|
quote:
What I'm planning is for it to be the centerpiece of a scrapyard, surrounded by some smashed up bits of passenger car that I've found a lot of lately. A crumbling steamer (the tender is about 3/4 dust) and a varney FT shell will be next to it!
--CRC
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 930 ~
Member Since: January 25 2012 ~
Last Visit: August 23 2023
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 17 2013 : 9:25:18 PM
|
crumbling steamer? let me guess Zinc Rot?
I'd like to see that
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 14999 ~
Member Since: February 23 2009 ~
Last Visit: February 25 2026
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 18 2013 : 08:02:28 AM
|
| nice looking gondolas john,ken
|
|
Country: United Kingdom ~
Posts: 8294 ~
Member Since: September 28 2006 ~
Last Visit: October 20 2021
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 18 2013 : 3:54:40 PM
|
quote:crumbling steamer? let me guess Zinc Rot?
I'd like to see that
Originally posted by microbusss - December 17 2013 : 9:25:18 PM
|
The worst zinc rot I've ever seen in my life. When I take it home next time I'm there I'll dump the remains out on a newspaper and post it as my LOTW
--CRC
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 930 ~
Member Since: January 25 2012 ~
Last Visit: August 23 2023
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 18 2013 : 4:08:12 PM
|
quote:hi ben,are these what you talking about ken
Originally posted by catfordken - December 09 2013 : 09:04:08 AM
|
I really like those cranes, Ken. I would have liked something on that order for my concrete block factory
String Bob
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 85 ~
Member Since: December 13 2013 ~
Last Visit: February 27 2014
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 18 2013 : 6:14:05 PM
|
| if i had won them,but sniped ken
|
|
Country: United Kingdom ~
Posts: 8294 ~
Member Since: September 28 2006 ~
Last Visit: October 20 2021
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 18 2013 : 6:14:23 PM
|
| Those are nice cranes Ken. Who made those? Or are they scratch built? Thanks. Barry
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 2087 ~
Member Since: March 16 2013 ~
Last Visit: July 05 2018
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 18 2013 : 6:15:05 PM
|
hi barry they were released by ihc ken
came in 2 versions this being the other
http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/ihc/ihc36008.htm
this is an easy conversion (sold on ebay)
/tyco/forum/uploaded/catfordken/20131218183328_ihc.JPG
Edited by - catfordken on December 18 2013 6:33:43 PM
|
|
Country: United Kingdom ~
Posts: 8294 ~
Member Since: September 28 2006 ~
Last Visit: October 20 2021
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 31 2013 : 02:06:42 AM
|
quote:
An old favorite of mine from the past... The Life-Like crane.
Originally posted by walt - December 08 2013 : 9:40:28 PM
|
Loving that flat, salt box roof line. A sweet blast from the past. Nice work!!!
JMcNeal
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 11628 ~
Member Since: December 09 2013 ~
Last Visit: February 25 2026
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
Home
Forums
Events Calendar
Forum Admins & Mods
Register
