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My COTW is a pair of 40' boxcars I picked up yesterday - a Bachmann Penn Central and an old Roundhouse Burlington Northern with a metal chassis.
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Here's my COTW. An Accurail Great Northern grain car.
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The ole Tyco Jello Hopper.
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jellojellojellojellojellojellojellowjellowjellowjellowjellowjellowjellow, can't get enough of that jello- arrrrrgh I can't stop! The slippery slope is upon me!
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take the Jell-O boxcar & the grain hopper & notice they both have the SAME numbers!
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Aaaaaaaargh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't stop! That one has a slightly different shade of green and I don't have it!!! I keep trying to claw my way out, but keep sliding to the bottom!
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So, last Wednesday I come home from a sixteen hour day, and I find this box and open it. Inside is one of the Tyco pieces on my "bucket" list- a gift from a Boston and Albany collector, by the name of Leo, whom I met in the Trading Post. This sweet, shining piece rolled my socks down!

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real cool, Chops124 I has one & a original Sanka coffee cup Just to prove that "caffein" ISN'T misspelled
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jellojellojellojellojellojellojellowjellowjellowjellowjellowjellowjellow, can't get enough of that jello- arrrrrgh I can't stop! The slippery slope is upon me!
Originally posted by Chops124 - April 27 2014 :  11:58:51 AM


Get enough Jello on any slope and it'll certainly be slippery.
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jellojellojellojellojellojellojellowjellowjellowjellowjellowjellowjellow, can't get enough of that jello- arrrrrgh I can't stop! The slippery slope is upon me!
Originally posted by Chops124 - April 27 2014 :  11:58:51 AM


Get enough Jello on any slope and it'll certainly be slippery.

Originally posted by scsshaggy - April 27 2014 :  3:50:18 PM

Oooooooohhhhhhh!!!!!
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A private car built for me by one of our members as a gift...
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That is the coolest ride I've yet seen. Commodore Vanderbilt of NYC had a private train like that: a grand old 1880's American Type pulling a single Pullman coach. Photographed in front of a New York City resteraunt, where it had "pulled up." On the oil fueled headlamp it had his (Vanderbilt's) picture painted on the side. Git 'er done, Bob!
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Nice cars so far. This one is MTH gold colored Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Nice cars so far. This one is MTH gold colored Pennsylvania Railroad.


Originally posted by wks - April 27 2014 :  9:29:24 PM



I normally don't go for the shiny-mirror finishes but I love that car.
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That is the coolest ride I've yet seen. Commodore Vanderbilt of NYC had a private train like that: a grand old 1880's American Type pulling a single Pullman coach. Photographed in front of a New York City resteraunt, where it had "pulled up." On the oil fueled headlamp it had his (Vanderbilt's) picture painted on the side. Git 'er done, Bob!




Originally posted by Chops124 - April 27 2014 :  8:18:56 PM



Yes...it makes me feel like James West in "The Wild, Wild West"....
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A private car built for me by one of our members as a gift...



Originally posted by shaygetz - April 27 2014 :  5:32:55 PM

Whoever made that did a marvelous job on it. You can't even tell it's a custom unless you do some research and find that they never made those.Really, it looks that good.
-Steve

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While we are on the subject of shiny things I thought I would share my Golden Eagle caboose.
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While we are on the subject of shiny things I thought I would share my Golden Eagle caboose.

Originally posted by metalsmith1 - April 28 2014 :  12:56:34 AM

I've seen one of those in the box along with the engine, both in decent condition for $30 at a train show one time. It was gone when I came back to that table.
-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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A private car built for me by one of our members as a gift...



Originally posted by shaygetz - April 27 2014 :  5:32:55 PM

Whoever made that did a marvelous job on it. You can't even tell it's a custom unless you do some research and find that they never made those.Really, it looks that good.

Originally posted by kovacste000 - April 27 2014 :  11:38:45 PM



I have it being pulled by a TYCO 0-4-0 in the picture that he also did...a fine running beast that he modified with better pickups. I normally pull it with an AHM 4-4-0 Genoa with a Pocher Lincoln funeral car, making for a pretty boss looking lineup in the yard...
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While rooting through my boxes of train "stuff" today I came across this box of 2 street cars. No manufacturers name or anything, just marked "Made in China". Neither one is motorized.
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While rooting through my boxes of train "stuff" today I came across this box of 2 street cars. No manufacturers name or anything, just marked "Made in China". Neither one is motorized.





Originally posted by Retired Alex - April 28 2014 :  6:28:24 PM

I bet you some poor fellow back in the day those were made bought them thinking that they were running H0 scale locomotives when in fact it's just a dummy.
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While rooting through my boxes of train "stuff" today I came across this box of 2 street cars. No manufacturers name or anything, just marked "Made in China". Neither one is motorized.



Originally posted by Retired Alex - April 28 2014 :  6:28:24 PM



Part of a promotion given out by Reader's Digest in the 90s...they are based on Bachmann offerings and can be modified easily to fit their perspective mechanisms...
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Part of a promotion given out by Reader's Digest in the 90s...they are based on Bachmann offerings and can be modified easily to fit their perspective mechanisms...


Originally posted by shaygetz - April 28 2014 :  7:24:06 PM



Good to know, thanks.
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That is one heckuva crummy! Nice to see it in full use.
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EEYES!! My Tyco DC Comic cars collection is now complete!!

Will post all 4 next week
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While we are on the subject of shiny things I thought I would share my Golden Eagle caboose.

Originally posted by metalsmith1 - April 28 2014 :  12:56:34 AM

I've seen one of those in the box along with the engine, both in decent condition for $30 at a train show one time. It was gone when I came back to that table.

Originally posted by kovacste000 - April 28 2014 :  10:46:41 AM



Well then... I have a mint-in-box pair, minus the handrails and box cellophane from the engine, that need a home. There's a bunch of other stuff in the box too though, could anyone tell me what originally came in a golden eagle set? I'm not much of a Tyco-head myself
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I would never imagine them commanding such high prices. I got the caboose and engine for 40 and they were/ are in like new condition. I always thought about selling the set but never go thru with it. Like them too much.
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Originally posted by metalsmith1 - April 28 2014 :  12:56:34 AM

I've seen one of those in the box along with the engine, both in decent condition for $30 at a train show one time. It was gone when I came back to that table.

Originally posted by kovacste000 - April 28 2014 :  10:46:41 AM



Well then... I have a mint-in-box pair, minus the handrails and box cellophane from the engine, that need a home. There's a bunch of other stuff in the box too though, could anyone tell me what originally came in a golden eagle set? I'm not much of a Tyco-head myself

Originally posted by PRR 4800 - April 30 2014 :  4:29:39 PM


Check out this thread:
http://www.tycoforums.com/tyco/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12902
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Old Roundhouse kit--have 3 more to build
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I like that Roundhouse car, Adams - especially the window treatments on them. I'm going to look for one for my steam train.
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