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MDC Roundhouse kit I got at the LHS Friday, been staring at it for months. Has a metal chassis.
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Posted - January 05 2014 : 1:30:54 PM
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Tyco's Rocky Mountain Line...
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I got one of them, walt but not the loco!
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Posted - January 05 2014 : 1:43:07 PM
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I managed to find the Tyco Lincoln Graphics car a few weeks ago.
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Posted - January 05 2014 : 1:49:56 PM
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hard car to find, eaglerock? Cause I just GE-ed the place & its now a church 
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Posted - January 05 2014 : 2:31:48 PM
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If you Google "Lincoln Graphics Cherry Hill" and see their website, you get an address of "1111 S Union Ave, Cherry Hill NJ 08002." This maps to a place that looks like a print shop on Street View. It doesn't look like a very big facility, so I imagine these cars were part of a very short run of custom cars. This should be a rare specimen.
IF you just look at Cherry Hill NJ, it will probably take you to some sort of geographic centroid for the town or zip code. That's probably where the place that looked like a church was.
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Posted - January 05 2014 : 2:36:00 PM
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Jerry, I've seen a picture of a Roundhouse center cupola caboose printed on an old box, but your photo is the first I've ever seen of anyone really having one. Congratulations on finding one. That's a nice model.
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quote:Jerry, I've seen a picture of a Roundhouse center cupola caboose printed on an old box, but your photo is the first I've ever seen of anyone really having one. Congratulations on finding one. That's a nice model.
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The LHS has a very small section of old BB kits and I think 2 old MDC Roundhouse lits (now 1 ) among all their other Big Buck kits. It only cost $7.99. Was a lot of fun to build, easy but required some modeling skills too. The other MDC kit is a PGE 50' box car for $5.99, I might see if it's there next month!
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quote:hard car to find, eaglerock? Cause I just GE-ed the place & its now a church
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Buss, I've heard of this car but had never seen one. I believe it is a harder one to find.
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Posted - January 05 2014 : 3:43:51 PM
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nice cars guys posted this awhile back,so for newbees a second viewing,anyway thats my excuse ken
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Posted - January 05 2014 : 6:30:46 PM
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Ken well I like the old Oats box car. Looks like a old all wood kit. Maybe a Main Line model. Thanks for the post. nice to c.
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Posted - January 05 2014 : 6:34:39 PM
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quote:nice cars guys posted this awhile back,so for newbees a second viewing,anyway thats my excuse ken
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nice cars ken, thanks for posting. Looking at the trucks on those cars, reminds me of the trucks on the MDC caboose I posted. Have never seen this type of truck before, thought it was curious on the caboose and then I see similar ones on yours.
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Posted - January 05 2014 : 6:47:13 PM
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| they are called fox trucks,which were not very popular,due to jamming ken
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Posted - January 05 2014 : 7:24:49 PM
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| Those trucks are really period looking; I dig it. I'm overwhelmed at the number of variations in trucks there are and what you subsequently need to know if you're chasing any sort of authenticity in your model railroad; or for that matter making a purchase of something you think is great and then . . .
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Posted - January 05 2014 : 7:36:46 PM
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quote:If you Google "Lincoln Graphics Cherry Hill" and see their website, you get an address of "1111 S Union Ave, Cherry Hill NJ 08002." This maps to a place that looks like a print shop on Street View. It doesn't look like a very big facility, so I imagine these cars were part of a very short run of custom cars. This should be a rare specimen.
IF you just look at Cherry Hill NJ, it will probably take you to some sort of geographic centroid for the town or zip code. That's probably where the place that looked like a church was.
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either way it doesn't exist anymore
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Posted - January 05 2014 : 7:49:28 PM
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quote:Those trucks are really period looking; I dig it. I'm overwhelmed at the number of variations in trucks there are and what you subsequently need to know if you're chasing any sort of authenticity in your model railroad; or for that matter making a purchase of something you think is great and then . . .
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Now imagine the horror when you're trying to do a fully-prototypical rebuild of an AHM helium car and discover that the particular sort of truck you need happens to be the ONLY ONE that NOONE HAS EVER MANUFACTURED (friction bearing clasp-brake freight trucks)... trying to make them, and destroying the only pair of roller-bearing clasp-brake trucks you've ever seen... alright, I'm done. Anyone have some MDC clasp-brake trucks to spare? Tall order, but I may as well ask...
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Posted - January 05 2014 : 8:03:20 PM
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Now imagine the horror when you're trying to do a fully-prototypical rebuild of an AHM helium car and discover that the particular sort of truck you need happens to be the ONLY ONE that NOONE HAS EVER MANUFACTURED ... trying to make them, and destroying the only pair of roller-bearing clasp-brake trucks you've ever seen... alright, I'm done.
Originally posted by PRR 4800Â -Â January 05 2014Â :Â 7:49:28 PM
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Well, once the price of 3D printers come down, you can really design and make your own side frames. I'm glad I don't suffer from either SRCS or APDR ( Strict Rivet Counting Syndrome or Actual Prototype Design Required ), I'm strictly I brung it and I'll run it! I have multiple AHM Helium cars, so you say the trucks are not what they actually ran on the originals? Oh well, I could care less, for me. I do intend to make up a helium / blimp consist, I have the helium tanker cars, just need to make up some blimp support cars and it'll be a fun consist to run.  I've run the Helium tankers some, I replaced the original frames with Bowser units so the couplers are body-mounted.
Anyway, on to my COTW, another Lionel HO, this time a NYC flat. Might hold some blimp parts eventually. Last of my Lionel OTW posts this week.
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With regard to trucks, etc. Check out Shapeways 3D printing.
http://www.shapeways.com/search?q=ho+truck&s=0#more-products
I have gotten interested in HOn30. I got a print out of 30 foot narrow gauge passenger car from them for around $20, which I thought was quite reasonable. They also have a bunch of trucks and other rr stuff, as well as tons of other stuff.
They are a printing house and will do cutom printing if you've got the file or they have a lot of in house files (and/or files licensed to them) they can print for you.
The technology just blows me away and the prices are pretty good. For example, there's a bunch of HO trucks for around $10 a pair.
The future is here!
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| The load for your 0808 NYC Flat is a Mactbox Tractor.
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Posted - January 06 2014 : 11:33:01 AM
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this is what waw47 was referring to Jerry, ken
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Posted - January 06 2014 : 11:50:23 AM
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 that GOTTA be rare!
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Posted - January 06 2014 : 12:08:02 PM
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| hi ben,what makes it even harder or rarer is that the matchbox tractor,was released by matchbox in light blue,the one for this flat car is red,ken
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| It goes for +/- $200.00 mint in the box.
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Posted - January 06 2014 : 1:29:08 PM
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quote:hi ben,what makes it even harder or rarer is that the matchbox tractor,was released by matchbox in light blue,the one for this flat car is red,ken
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Very nice, Ken ! I love the old Matchbox line.
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An example of the Lionel 0808 without the box.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LIONEL-HO-0808-NYC-Tractor-Flatcar-With-4-Matchbox-Tractor-/141158368695?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item20ddb1c5b7#ht_139wt_1021
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Posted - January 06 2014 : 2:37:34 PM
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Shouldn't have left my caboose in the back sidings.......damn hoodlums!!
Bought this athearn SP Baywindow kit at my favorite train store for $8 NIB, bought some graffiti decals for about $5 and decided to recreate the baywindow caboose the UP Saugus Local uses, and the local has ran around my town of Santa Clarita since the 90's and we've followed it from when it was SP units to SP/Rio Grande mix, then to patched SP units, and now onto just UP units.
I buy, repair, and collect
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Posted - January 06 2014 : 3:09:00 PM
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Ken, try this revised link.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LIONEL-HO-0808-NYC-Tractor-Flatcar-With-4-Matchbox-Tractor-/141158368695?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item20ddb1c5b7#ht_139wt_1021
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Posted - January 06 2014 : 6:07:34 PM
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quote:nice cars guys posted this awhile back,so for newbees a second viewing,anyway thats my excuse ken
Originally posted by catfordken - January 05 2014 : 3:43:51 PM
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Are those real springs on those trucks, Ken. If so, it must look nice circumventing less than perfect track.
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Posted - January 06 2014 : 8:38:06 PM
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| Hey Rich, those Shapeways products do look pretty interesting. Would you post a photo or two of the car you got from them? Thanks, Barry
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Posted - January 06 2014 : 8:49:57 PM
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that real SP caboose still used? Well I'D be embarassed to even be IN that caboose sheeesh
Oh I'd certainly get it repainted 
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Posted - January 06 2014 : 9:59:14 PM
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Yes sir! Used today, has been since it was built :p It's sad, you'll see it with a fresh coat of paint one weekend, then the next weekend it'll be fully tagged again
Here's a photo from a couple weeks back from the road
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Posted - January 06 2014 : 10:04:02 PM
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| I'd hide that caboose Like in a shed or something
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Posted - January 06 2014 : 11:10:10 PM
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| hi String boB,if i remember rightly they are sprung on either end,not in centre as the arch bar ones are,will check and let you know ken
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Posted - January 08 2014 : 02:13:55 AM
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quote:hard car to find, eaglerock? Cause I just GE-ed the place & its now a church
Originally posted by microbusss - January 05 2014 : 1:49:56 PM
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The variety of Tyco seems infinite. Like postage stamp collecting, but this is way more fun. Postage stamps do not roll.
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Posted - January 08 2014 : 7:31:32 PM
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oh yes they do!
When its the Tyco Unloading Mail Car Set!
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Posted - January 08 2014 : 10:21:52 PM
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| That espee caboose looks great , but can we get a good look at that John Deere steeple cab in the background?
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Posted - January 08 2014 : 11:33:23 PM
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My COW:
A pair of Ohio Seamless Tube cars I purchased last weekend for $15
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Posted - January 09 2014 : 08:12:40 AM
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Damn Sean, where do you get these great finds, I have been looking for a seamless tube car for a while, great find!
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Not sure whether I've posted this excursion car before or not. I built the top excursion apparatus and the benches on an IHC or Bachmann flat car to replicate the one in the photo, but I've been shy on people (and you can see the ones in the photo of the original, the cars are pretty crammed full). So this photo of my car shows it populated a wee bit more. This is for that shadowbox that I've been progressing very slowly on.
And Jerry, I still don't have my loaf pan, but . . . does a fancy feast can count for anything?
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Posted - January 10 2014 : 10:07:47 AM
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| great modeling barry,love it ken
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Posted - January 10 2014 : 11:52:33 AM
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| Thanks Ken.
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Posted - January 10 2014 : 12:11:41 PM
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Barry, that excursion car is a neat idea, well executed. The flatcar converted to passenger service is still common:
/tyco/forum/uploaded/scsshaggy/20140110120504_r_flat_blue_thumb.jpg
That car is on a railroad where I volunteer:
http://www.thefreeportshow.com/scs.htm
Anyhow, I think your car with the wooden railings, painted that classy red, looks about as nice as such a car can look.
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Posted - January 10 2014 : 3:44:17 PM
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| neat car but I has seen gondolas turned into excursion cars too
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| me to lol
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Posted - January 10 2014 : 5:49:14 PM
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Really nice car Ken! Is it made of real wood? I love the feel of real wood cars! Although it is difficult to get true scale from them, they just seem to feel better than the plastic counterparts!
Purchased a bunch more yesterday myself...
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Posted - January 10 2014 : 9:24:04 PM
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quote:Damn Sean, where do you get these great finds, I have been looking for a seamless tube car for a while, great find!
Phil
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Here's another one for you, although not nearly as nice as Sean's - an AHM seamless tube car
http://tycodepot.com/
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And Jerry, I still don't have my loaf pan, but . . . does a fancy feast can count for anything?
Originally posted by Barry - January 10 2014 : 12:58:29 AM
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Barry after all that attention to detail you try to sub a Fancy Feast can for a loaf pan??
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Posted - January 11 2014 : 10:24:22 AM
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quote:Jerry, I've seen a picture of a Roundhouse center cupola caboose printed on an old box, but your photo is the first I've ever seen of anyone really having one. Congratulations on finding one. That's a nice model.
Originally posted by scsshaggy - January 05 2014 : 2:36:00 PM
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I have 2 roundhouse cabeese (fine, cabooses), one is an GN offset-cupola and the other is a BN center-cupola. Fun kits to build, and I like the weight the metal chassis provides. It feels like a solid, quality model.
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quote:I have 2 roundhouse cabeese (fine, cabooses), one is an GN offset-cupola and the other is a BN center-cupola. Fun kits to build, and I like the weight the metal chassis provides. It feels like a solid, quality model.
Originally posted by ChessieRRÂ -Â January 11 2014Â :Â 10:24:22 AM
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My layout has more or less standardized on the Roundhouse metal chassis caboose. It is a solid, quality model. They're a pleasure to use. They track nicely and they mount the couplers in just the right place. In short, they just work.
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