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 Posted - March 09 2014 : 01:03:41 AM
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Here's my COTW. A pair of Athearn box cars.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - March 09 2014 : 09:27:13 AM
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my car this week has got to be the walthers tongue in cheek jailhouse ken
knew i would find a use for these figures
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Posted - March 09 2014 : 1:53:56 PM
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my COTW is an ex NYC painted to Conrail (saw a car like this once and it screamed paint me!)
Modeling the Modern Pacific Electric, freight operations in HO scale.
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Posted - March 09 2014 : 2:41:20 PM
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Tyco's yellow version...
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Posted - March 09 2014 : 4:49:15 PM
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N I C E 
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Posted - March 09 2014 : 5:40:43 PM
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quote:my COTW is an ex NYC painted to Conrail (saw a car like this once and it screamed paint me!)
Originally posted by SD9_Cadillac - March 09 2014 : 1:53:56 PM
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I can still see the NYC logo under the Conrail paint job.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - March 09 2014 : 6:44:47 PM
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Nice stuff guys...
My TYCO PC boxcar, a gift from a friend...
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Posted - March 09 2014 : 8:42:16 PM
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A Operation Lifesaver caboose - I had leftover decals from a locomotive project and an old, stripped caboose that needed something to do.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - March 09 2014 : 9:12:00 PM
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neat caboose JNXT 7707 I want a similar one in BN 
Course I gotta someday do that lone truckless ex-CB&Q wood caboose that was a consession stand at a local ball park in HO with wheels
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Posted - March 09 2014 : 9:22:06 PM
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quote:A Operation Lifesaver caboose - I had leftover decals from a locomotive project and an old, stripped caboose that needed something to do.
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â March 09 2014Â :Â 8:42:16 PM
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That turned out really well.
-Steve
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Posted - March 09 2014 : 10:35:40 PM
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quote:I gotta someday do that lone truckless ex-CB&Q wood caboose that was a consession stand at a local ball park in HO with wheels
Originally posted by microbusss - March 09 2014 : 9:12:00 PM
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Was it something like this?
/tyco/forum/uploaded/scsshaggy/20140309223248_r_cab_red_full.jpg
This was built for a CB&Q subsidiary (Hannibal and St. Joe) in 1889 and is the oldest caboose still operating in Illinois. More info here:
http://www.thefreeportshow.com/equipment.htm
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Posted - March 10 2014 : 07:04:39 AM
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* For this week a beat up old all metal reefer from the 1940's By MANTUA.
** "SWIFT PREMIUM HAM " SRLX 21045.
FRANK
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" It's a Heck of a Day " !!!
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Posted - March 10 2014 : 7:02:54 PM
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quote:
Was it something like this?
/tyco/forum/uploaded/scsshaggy/20140309223248_r_cab_red_full.jpg
This was built for a CB&Q subsidiary (Hannibal and St. Joe) in 1889 and is the oldest caboose still operating in Illinois. More info here:
http://www.thefreeportshow.com/equipment.htm
Originally posted by scsshaggy - March 09 2014 : 10:35:40 PM
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I'd say its close Will get info on the original numbers & pics of what it looks like now
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Posted - March 11 2014 : 03:29:16 AM
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| Nice looking cars so far. This caboose comes from The Strasburg Railroad located in Lancaster PA. This N scale model was bought at a nearby hobby shop.   
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Posted - March 11 2014 : 6:32:48 PM
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quote:| Nice looking cars so far. This caboose comes from The Strasburg Railroad located in Lancaster PA. This N scale model was bought at a nearby hobby shop.
Originally posted by wks - March 11 2014 : 03:29:16 AM
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That's a cool caboose you got there. I like how it lights up.
-Steve
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Posted - March 12 2014 : 12:48:01 AM
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My COTW is also a caboose. A NKP High Speed Service by Atlas.
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Posted - March 12 2014 : 10:26:22 AM
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| Nice photograph of that caboose Steven; it looks real.
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Posted - March 12 2014 : 2:42:19 PM
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This Texas & Rio Grande covered hopper is my car of the week. This was a Jell-o Tyco car. It was donated to the train club that I was a member of back in the 90's. It was assigned to the surplus box and was not to be run. I took it home with the intention of making it a little less bright. This was my first attempt to weather and apply home made decals. It was not a great job, but is was allowed on the layout, I always suspected that the other members were just being kind.
Regards, John *******************************
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Posted - March 12 2014 : 2:52:28 PM
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quote:This Texas & Rio Grande covered hopper is my car of the week. This was a Jell-o Tyco car.
Originally posted by JRG1951Â -Â March 12 2014Â :Â 2:42:19 PM
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I think this beautifully illustrates a point. Many of the old Tyco cars were not bad models. The most toy-like thing about them was the color. Tone it down or repaint the car and the toy becomes a credible model. It may not be to the standard of a craftsman kit, but in a train from a normal viewing distance, it fits right in.
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Posted - March 12 2014 : 6:53:51 PM
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quote:This Texas & Rio Grande covered hopper is my car of the week. This was a Jell-o Tyco car. It was donated to the train club that I was a member of back in the 90's. It was assigned to the surplus box and was not to be run. I took it home with the intention of making it a little less bright. This was my first attempt to weather and apply home made decals. It was not a great job, but is was allowed on the layout, I always suspected that the other members were just being kind.
Regards, John *******************************
I don’t have a fear of heights. I do, however, have a fear of falling from heights. <> George Carlin
Originally posted by JRG1951Â -Â March 12 2014Â :Â 2:42:19 PM
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You can hardly tell it's the same car!
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - March 13 2014 : 09:33:58 AM
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quote:my car this week has got to be the walthers tongue in cheek jailhouse ken
knew i would find a use for these figures
Originally posted by catfordken - March 09 2014 : 09:27:13 AM
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Nice "Chain Gang" Ken! and there are Selly man too! - Erich
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