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 Posted - February 16 2014 : 11:06:52 AM
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Rather than batting clean-up, I'm just gonna clean up the first post, with this nice Tyco Boraxo boxcar. Forgot where I got this one, but one of my nicer billboard cars.
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Posted - February 16 2014 : 11:37:27 AM
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nice car jerry mine is an ahm frisco ken
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Posted - February 16 2014 : 8:56:29 PM
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My COTW is a modern South Branch Valley RR box car from my home state of WV:
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Posted - February 16 2014 : 9:27:54 PM
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The Ohio box car by Mantua...
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Posted - February 16 2014 : 9:47:22 PM
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I think I will post a old one 
Still need to find the Wonder Bread cars 
I love that SBVR car, JNXT 
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Posted - February 16 2014 : 11:21:36 PM
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quote:nice car jerry mine is an ahm frisco ken
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Originally posted by catfordken - February 16 2014 : 11:37:27 AM
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here's mine, just a BIT modified
Modeling the Modern Pacific Electric, freight operations in HO scale.
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Posted - February 16 2014 : 11:30:53 PM
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crazy thing is not ONE of those cars exist today! 
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Posted - February 16 2014 : 11:41:17 PM
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Notice this car has a step missing Ben. That's one thing that will stop me from a purchase every time...
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Posted - February 17 2014 : 12:06:21 AM
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Yeah that stops me too.
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Posted - February 17 2014 : 12:31:13 AM
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yeah well IDC anyway I'll get them fixed someday 
I like my cars perfect anyway but sometimes you wants a car bad & you'll buy it in any condition
I broke those anyway
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Posted - February 17 2014 : 09:02:06 AM
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* A interesting car, not often seen. I think made first by Globe, Athearn, Charles Menzies,and last Bowser. I don't think they are made anymore. Also the 50' cars didn't sell as well as the 40' cars. This makes them harder to find.
* These are sheet metal cars. Some made of brass, depending on when, and who was making them. They had a wood floor on which metal detail was fastened. You can see on this car all lettering was screen printed, over a properly colored car. They were sold undecorated also, of bare metal. The brass cars are more sought after then the tin ones. I have seen some collectors keep them built unpainted.
* I think this car is neat because of the" Seaboard Railway's" reference too one of their little referred to name train, the" Orange Blossom Special ". I have 2, 10038 and 10096. For me a great east coast car, that would mostly have been found east of the Mississippi river.
* I hope you like it.
Frank
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Posted - February 17 2014 : 09:14:24 AM
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Nice looking car Frank! And I like the Seaboard too. I was born just before Seaboard ceased to be and it's cars (and ACL's) are a part of my early childhood.
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Posted - February 17 2014 : 09:52:55 AM
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quote:Nice looking car Frank! And I like the Seaboard too. I was born just before Seaboard ceased to be and it's cars (and ACL's) are a part of my early childhood.
Originally posted by gmoney - February 17 2014 : 09:14:24 AM
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Hi Glen. The ACL's freight car were commonly seen up here in the NYC area. One of there light pacifics was used for fan trips out of Whippany NJ back in the 1980's. I remember it as being a USRA style loco. That and the 4-6-0 that the ACL used for local passenger power looked a lot like the Varney and Bowser one. Do you have passenger trains powered by these?
frank
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Posted - February 17 2014 : 10:45:53 AM
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Thanks busss - did you know you are missing some wheels?
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Posted - February 17 2014 : 2:08:17 PM
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Sorry I forgot to mention It's a Life-Like 
& yeah I knows about the missing wheels
Plus car is NOT in Tony Cook's Life-Like section on 40' steel boxcars!
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Posted - February 17 2014 : 11:51:52 PM
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quote: quote:Nice looking car Frank! And I like the Seaboard too. I was born just before Seaboard ceased to be and it's cars (and ACL's) are a part of my early childhood.
Originally posted by gmoney - February 17 2014 : 09:14:24 AM
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Hi Glen. The ACL's freight car were commonly seen up here in the NYC area. One of there light pacifics was used for fan trips out of Whippany NJ back in the 1980's. I remember it as being a USRA style loco. That and the 4-6-0 that the ACL used for local passenger power looked a lot like the Varney and Bowser one. Do you have passenger trains powered by these?
frank
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Hey, don't hate me Frank, but I'm primarily a diesel/freight guy! I grew up watching tired first generation geeps (and later, Family Lines System GP16 rebuilds) switch the small branchline yard a block from my house, with nary a passenger car to be seen! That's where my heart truly lies, so no, no steam powered varnish in my stable.
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Posted - February 18 2014 : 12:18:41 AM
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Hey, don't hate me Frank, but I'm primarily a diesel/freight guy! I grew up watching tired first generation geeps (and later, Family Lines System GP16 rebuilds) switch the small branchline yard a block from my house, with nary a passenger car to be seen! That's where my heart truly lies, so no, no steam powered varnish in my stable.
Originally posted by gmoney - February 17 2014 : 11:51:52 PM Same here Glenn. Grew up with a railroad yard close by, full of diesels... 
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Posted - February 18 2014 : 04:14:33 AM
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Good for you Glenn. We do model our memories. Our layouts are reflections of what we have seen. What we know. If it makes you happy it is the right thing to do. This is a great hobby.
frank
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Posted - February 18 2014 : 10:32:05 AM
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Here's my COTW. An Athearn Rio Grande stock car made in the '50s and '60's. Best part is I got it for free! I was looking at it and the seller said I could have it for free. Also, the car was originally not weathered. The seller weathered it and added Kadee couplers.
/tyco/forum/uploaded/kovacste000/20140218103106_IMG_0132.jpg
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I found out all that information about the car from the HOSeeker Athearn page.
http://www.hoseeker.net/athearn.htm
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Posted - February 18 2014 : 11:30:50 PM
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quote:Here's my COTW. An Athearn Rio Grande stock car made in the '50s and '60's. Best part is I got it for free! I was looking at it and the seller said I could have it for free
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â February 18 2014Â :Â 10:32:05 AM
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microbuss is blowing steam outta his ears right now
just me Ray... and just because I have Tyco doesn't mean I am not a model railroader
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Posted - February 19 2014 : 12:23:02 AM
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quote: quote:Here's my COTW. An Athearn Rio Grande stock car made in the '50s and '60's. Best part is I got it for free! I was looking at it and the seller said I could have it for free
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â February 18 2014Â :Â 10:32:05 AM
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microbuss is blowing steam outta his ears right now
Originally posted by rgcw5Â -Â February 18 2014Â :Â 11:30:50 PM
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mmm nopes I has a few of them already & 1 by Tyco!
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Posted - February 19 2014 : 09:40:59 AM
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Here is my COTW:
It is a CERA Box Trailer - HO Gauge brass by S. Soho & Co..
Sean
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Posted - February 20 2014 : 05:45:49 AM
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  HO scale covered hopper cars
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Posted - February 20 2014 : 07:03:51 AM
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| sean,another great item,and very rare ken
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Posted - February 20 2014 : 7:40:18 PM
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quote:* A interesting car, not often seen. I think made first by Globe, Athearn, Charles Menzies,and last Bowser. I don't think they are made anymore. Also the 50' cars didn't sell as well as the 40' cars. This makes them harder to find.
* These are sheet metal cars. Some made of brass, depending on when, and who was making them. They had a wood floor on which metal detail was fastened. You can see on this car all lettering was screen printed, over a properly colored car. They were sold undecorated also, of bare metal. The brass cars are more sought after then the tin ones. I have seen some collectors keep them built unpainted.
* I think this car is neat because of the" Seaboard Railway's" reference too one of their little referred to name train, the" Orange Blossom Special ". I have 2, 10038 and 10096. For me a great east coast car, that would mostly have been found east of the Mississippi river.
* I hope you like it.
Frank
Originally posted by toptrain - February 17 2014 : 09:02:06 AM
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If I recall right, the tin-side ones with wooden frames are usually Athearn red-box (I guess Globe might have made them too, don't know), Bowser's version of the car is of course a completely different, modern tooling. And not often found? I've gotten two different variations of PRR circle-keystone and an N&W car, all the original Athearn kits, in the last year, and I haven't been looking for them in particular.
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Posted - February 20 2014 : 9:20:30 PM
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The Bowser metal cars were produced from the old Varney tooling. The Athearn tooling was used to produced the Menzies, Pacific HO and Park Varieties cars.
Frank's Seaboard box car is an Athearn or Menzies car. Both companies produced the 50' Seaboard box car.
Edited by - waw47 on February 20 2014 10:19:01 PM
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Posted - February 21 2014 : 4:27:16 PM
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Interesting car, I've never seen one like that before.
http://tycodepot.com/
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