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 Posted - March 02 2014 : 03:47:01 AM
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Shown are several Coca Cola freight cars made by Athearn.  .  . 
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Posted - March 02 2014 : 08:31:07 AM
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Nice Coke set! Almost should have been in SOTW instead  . Well, my COTW is a threefer - a COTW, a Microbusss teaser AND I need an ID on it. Got this at my Train shop job for $8, I had passed on it originally, until I later noticed later that it had a switch on the bottom....what? Turned it on, and the rear marker lights came to life. Nice! Decided I needed to get this car. I don't have too much Rio Grande stuff as yet, but I got enough I could use it. Just don't know who made it, looks sorta like an Athearn, but not sure. Anyone know?
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Posted - March 02 2014 : 09:56:35 AM
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My COTW is a Tyco DuPont tank ...
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Posted - March 02 2014 : 11:18:54 AM
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My COTW would be the coaches I got for my Hornby Flying Scotsman.
-Steve
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Posted - March 02 2014 : 12:37:28 PM
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my car this week is a sanka coffee car ken
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Posted - March 02 2014 : 1:08:30 PM
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Roco CE&I gondola.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - March 02 2014 : 1:30:33 PM
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I'll let Ben decide...part of a large lot given to me by a fellow modeler...
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Posted - March 02 2014 : 7:19:10 PM
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This one is a bit late but I just got it...........
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Posted - March 02 2014 : 7:45:16 PM
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wks - Those would look good behind the IHC Coke loco & Diet Coke caboose 
shaygetz - only ones I needs are C&H & STP
AMC - very nice 
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Posted - March 03 2014 : 10:07:51 AM
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After a long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long search I finally ran across the yellow GM & O box car. In fact, the listing came with two of them. The bad part is that is it early TYCO and I can't put horn hook couplers on it.
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 Posted - March 03 2014 : 11:03:50 AM
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so it has old couplers Just change one
Its what I'm gonna do to my old Tyco caboose but will keep the old coupler
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Posted - March 07 2014 : 5:04:36 PM
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My COTW is a hand made wood HO interurban box car to be used on a trolley line.
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Posted - March 07 2014 : 5:13:11 PM
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Jerry,
The D&RG Caboose is way cool. I like the paint job.
Regards, John
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Posted - March 07 2014 : 5:50:26 PM
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quote:This one is a bit late but I just got it...........
Originally posted by eaglerock109Â -Â March 02 2014Â :Â 7:19:10 PM
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I just love this car
Andy
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Posted - March 07 2014 : 6:30:28 PM
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quote:After a long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long search I finally ran across the yellow GM & O box car. In fact, the listing came with two of them. The bad part is that is it early TYCO and I can't put horn hook couplers on it.
Originally posted by GG-1 Guy - March 03 2014 : 10:07:51 AM
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That looks a lot like my old n scale Arnold yellow box car from the early to mid 1960's.
-Steve
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Posted - March 07 2014 : 7:14:41 PM
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* Today I'll post a photo of the train Miniature work car. It looks like a bay window, box car. May be called a Engineers car.
** Western Union Telegraph Company. The gold lettering is hard to read.
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Posted - March 08 2014 : 09:04:19 AM
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quote:After a long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long search I finally ran across the yellow GM & O box car. In fact, the listing came with two of them. The bad part is that is it early TYCO and I can't put horn hook couplers on it.
Originally posted by GG-1 Guy - March 03 2014 : 10:07:51 AM
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Phil, it is OK to collect and run these cars. They are out there and aviable, most times inexpensive. What I have done to allow mixed operation with cars with other couplers is make a transition car with one different couplers on each end. Many times I have replaced talgo type couplers with a Kadee coupler box and either a Athearn horn hook (X2F) coupler or Kadee type on the other. I even have conversion car for X2f to Kadee, and X2F to Fleischmann.
* On the Horn hook type mantua the easiest thing to do is remove the horn hook on one end and replace it with a coupler box and new different type coupler. On some cars it is a little bit of a project.
* Once this is done and you see a used car with a different type coupler at a train show, flea market, or hobby shop, with a great low price, and you know you have a use for that type of car. You don't have to pass up buying the car because of the coupler type.
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Posted - March 08 2014 : 11:32:53 AM
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I just need a little sugar....
Modeling the Modern Pacific Electric, freight operations in HO scale.
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Posted - March 08 2014 : 11:45:48 AM
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| hi SD9_Cadillac,love those dumpy tankers,who makes em ken
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Posted - March 08 2014 : 11:53:41 AM
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quote:hi SD9_Cadillac,love those dumpy tankers,who makes em ken
Originally posted by catfordken - March 08 2014 : 11:45:48 AM
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Hey Ken, it's a older Walthers kit. It came with a Corn Syrup car that I needed. I was going to sell it (it was originally marked for Staley), but an evil thought came to mind just after I built an old SP liquid sugar car from a Tyco single tank tankcar, and well...here ya go!
Modeling the Modern Pacific Electric, freight operations in HO scale.
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Posted - March 08 2014 : 1:28:43 PM
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My COTW is a Tyco DuPont tank ...
Originally posted by walt - March 02 2014 : 09:56:35 AM
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Very spiffy! where did you find that? Never seen one before.
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Posted - March 08 2014 : 9:03:39 PM
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quote:
That's so cool! The local club has a couple of interurban boxcars with the round ends just like that one, I think they were some old craftsman kit from the 50's that the really old guy who does catenary has been keeping since then. Nice find!
--CRC
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