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Unfortunately, my Mother passed away a few years ago. Love ya still, Mom! My COTW post will be a hometown nod, I picked up a Tyco 4647 RF&P caboose at an antique flea on Saturday, ANY RF&P stuff is hard to find, I wasn't aware that Tyco had done one. But I got one now!   Will add it to my Athearn boxcars and my Atlas GP-40 engine consist soon. Will be a short consist, but hey, it's a start.
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 Posted - May 11 2014 : 11:54:46 AM
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ohhh maaan!!! You better tell Tony Cook about this!
Cause this car is NOT listed in either Tyco Red or Brown Box sites!
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Posted - May 11 2014 : 1:00:55 PM
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Sure it's not just a custom decal job?
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Posted - May 11 2014 : 3:29:29 PM
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quote:Sure it's not just a custom decal job?
Originally posted by PRR 4800Â -Â May 11 2014Â :Â 1:00:55 PM
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It may well be, as they ARE decals, and not silkscreen painted. I just noticed the blue paint around the silver cupola, the mask-off wasn't perfect. But, whoever did it did a NICE job on it! For $8, I'm not arguing about who did what, it's a Tyco and it's RF&P, so that doubles my pleasure. :)
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Posted - May 11 2014 : 5:04:32 PM
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| Very cool repaint! the RF&P is one of those roads that never got much love from the hobby manufacturers.
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Posted - May 11 2014 : 5:47:22 PM
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no thats super true, metalsmith1!
Life-Like had a RF&P in a 50' Hi-Roof boxcar Do want! hehe
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Posted - May 11 2014 : 5:53:56 PM
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Atlas offering...part of a box lot I got a couple years back...
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Posted - May 11 2014 : 6:58:55 PM
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Alright fine. I'll repost my COTW here. It's a Roundhouse Southern Pacific box car I got at the train show for $15 as is.
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Posted - May 11 2014 : 8:58:21 PM
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Hey Stephen I was wondering if you had a COTW  That is a nice one!
My COTW is a Tyco Hires Root Beer reefer I picked up a few weeks ago.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - May 11 2014 : 9:26:07 PM
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kool I should have all 4 of those Tyco old time reefers 
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Posted - May 11 2014 : 9:52:07 PM
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My COTW is a Tyco red roof Purina box car...
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Posted - May 12 2014 : 12:25:18 AM
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Since we were talking custom painted cabooses, here are two of my favorites in LC&P and C&EI colors.
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Posted - May 12 2014 : 01:05:56 AM
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score!! That Hires is da bomb!
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Posted - May 12 2014 : 07:50:34 AM
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Here is my car(s) of he week, both variants of the CP Rail cabooses.
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I stole this picture from Ebay because my camera was acting up. I got a Lionel Horse Car at the Merchants Square Train Show in Allentown, PA. Merchants Square is the old office wing of the WWII Vultee aircraft plant , converted into little shops. They have some kind of show every week in what used to be the cafeteria.
I never saw this car before and had to have it! Of course now I've seen a couple on Ebay, but that's not what I paid! The horse heads are balanced on a pivot so that any movement of the car makes them move their heads in and out. Pretty cool and fool proof - no springs or rubber bands.
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Posted - May 12 2014 : 12:08:15 PM
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quote:Here is my car(s) of he week, both variants of the CP Rail cabooses.
Originally posted by GG-1 Guy - May 12 2014 : 07:50:34 AM
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This reminded me of some uber nice VIA CP Tyco caboose shells I saw on Ebay
I wants one yeah cause I have ALOT of ATSF cabooses I could use the frame for the caboose shells
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Posted - May 12 2014 : 12:34:19 PM
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quote: quote:Here is my car(s) of he week, both variants of the CP Rail cabooses.
Originally posted by GG-1 Guy - May 12 2014 : 07:50:34 AM
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This reminded me of some uber nice VIA CP Tyco caboose shells I saw on Ebay
I wants one yeah cause I have ALOT of ATSF cabooses I could use the frame for the caboose shells
real cool GG-1 Guy
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GG-1 Guy is pretty cool I have to admit.
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Posted - May 12 2014 : 12:41:21 PM
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I found this at a local train store that I try to avoid. It was 5 bucks and I assume it's scarce too.
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Posted - May 12 2014 : 1:19:29 PM
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quote:I found this at a local train store that I try to avoid. It was 5 bucks and I assume it's scarce too.
Originally posted by raysouthernpac - May 12 2014 : 12:41:21 PM
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AVOID?? what wrong with it?
If it had used trains I'd visit it ALOT
Any convention, custom railroad names or special run cars would be hard to find since so few were made
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Posted - May 12 2014 : 1:43:49 PM
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I really dislike the people that work there. They are know. To be jerks. We are lucky to have 6-7 train stores within 50 miles of SoCal so I prefer to go to whistlestop, allied trains, roundhouse (favorite), arnies trains, Pegasus and any other place besides trainshack. I just happened to be in the area so stopped off.
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Posted - May 12 2014 : 2:08:41 PM
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quote:I really dislike the people that work there. They are know. To be jerks. We are lucky to have 6-7 train stores within 50 miles of SoCal so I prefer to go to whistlestop, allied trains, roundhouse (favorite), arnies trains, Pegasus and any other place besides trainshack. I just happened to be in the area so stopped off.
Originally posted by raysouthernpac - May 12 2014 : 1:43:49 PM
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ah ok Well you know me Still looking for trains I ain't got
Like billboard/ad cars
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Posted - May 12 2014 : 9:04:58 PM
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something new,,,from Bachmann,,rest is self evident.
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Posted - May 13 2014 : 01:34:58 AM
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Those CP cabooses totally rock. What a nifty flip on the CP logo. That horse car is totally ripped. Never seen nor imagined such an item.
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Posted - May 13 2014 : 01:35:52 AM
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Posted - May 13 2014 : 07:22:06 AM
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This is a Die cast metal gondola made by Walters. I don't know when it was made. It is clearly labeled Walters on the bottom.
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Posted - May 13 2014 : 2:16:50 PM
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Sorry, this is a repeat from last week, but I am still having a love affair with this piece. Just staring at it makes me think, "Relax Joe! Have a cup of Sanka!" Or, "For the love of Mike, Chops! Get over it, and drink your damn coffee!"
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Posted - May 14 2014 : 01:24:19 AM
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That gondola looks as old as time. Love that single gleaming brass wheel. Itsa keeper.
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Posted - May 14 2014 : 05:49:21 AM
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quote:That gondola looks as old as time. Love that single gleaming brass wheel. Itsa keeper.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â May 14 2014Â :Â 01:24:19 AM
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Jeff. I never seen one before, or another after I got this one. It is heavy and needs no load to give it weight. The only other gondolas I have seen similar to it are the Gilbert ones from the late 1930's and 1940's. The Walters being a larger gondola. I should take a photo of the two together . I cant right now because all my trains are put away into boxes because a contractor will start soon installing new windows in the attic. I know where the Gilbert ones are but not that Walters one. When the work is done, that is if I remember, It will be one of the first photos I take.
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Posted - May 14 2014 : 09:41:16 AM
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quote:I really dislike the people that work there. They are know. To be jerks. We are lucky to have 6-7 train stores within 50 miles of SoCal so I prefer to go to whistlestop, allied trains, roundhouse (favorite), arnies trains, Pegasus and any other place besides trainshack. I just happened to be in the area so stopped off.
Originally posted by raysouthernpac - May 12 2014 : 1:43:49 PM
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I don't think me or my brother has ever been to train shack, the one I always hated was milepost 38!
just me Ray... and just because I have Tyco doesn't mean I am not a model railroader
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Posted - May 14 2014 : 12:42:30 PM
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quote: quote:I really dislike the people that work there. They are know. To be jerks. We are lucky to have 6-7 train stores within 50 miles of SoCal so I prefer to go to whistlestop, allied trains, roundhouse (favorite), arnies trains, Pegasus and any other place besides trainshack. I just happened to be in the area so stopped off.
Originally posted by raysouthernpac - May 12 2014 : 1:43:49 PM
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I don't think me or my brother has ever been to train shack, the one I always hated was milepost 38!
Originally posted by rgcw5Â -Â May 14 2014Â :Â 09:41:16 AM
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Never been to milepost 38. I guess for me it's roundhouse and whistlestop over the rest. Arnies is good but it's just too far.
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Posted - May 14 2014 : 6:53:09 PM
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quote:This is a Die cast metal gondola made by Walters. I don't know when it was made. It is clearly labeled Walters on the bottom.
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - May 13 2014 : 07:22:06 AM
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My bet is mid-late 1940s or sometime around then. Should you ever dig it out, if you post a picture of the bottom, I could probably tell you what year(s) it's from, especially if you happen to have the original couplers or know what they looked like, might help...
Also the single gleaming wheel is because that's actually a pair of caboose trucks that /should/ have one side brass, one side plastic wheels for electrical pickup. I have one lying around that matches them. Original trucks will look rather like Varney sprung bettendorf trucks, except with large rubber plugs where the springs should go, just like HOTCO made in the 70s-80s.
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Posted - May 15 2014 : 01:45:30 AM
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Here is a hot fresh find from todays adventures.
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Posted - May 15 2014 : 12:46:05 PM
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quote:This is a Die cast metal gondola made by Walters. Original trucks will look rather like Varney sprung bettendorf trucks, except with large rubber plugs where the springs should go, just like HOTCO made in the 70s-80s.
Originally posted by PRR 4800Â -Â May 14 2014Â :Â 6:53:09 PM
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Are these the trucks you mean?
I got this and one other like it on an old Mantua Shifter. They did not, at first, make good tender trucks, because when the rubber springs compressed, the electrical connection between the side frames and truck bolsters was bad. I fixed that with the bronze strips from the axles to the bolsters that you see in the pictures.
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Posted - May 15 2014 : 1:00:04 PM
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quote:Here is a hot fresh find from todays adventures.
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â May 15 2014Â :Â 01:45:30 AM
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OOOOO! I love that one! Some kind of promo car?
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Posted - May 15 2014 : 11:02:41 PM
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quote: quote:This is a Die cast metal gondola made by Walters. Original trucks will look rather like Varney sprung bettendorf trucks, except with large rubber plugs where the springs should go, just like HOTCO made in the 70s-80s.
Originally posted by PRR 4800Â -Â May 14 2014Â :Â 6:53:09 PM
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Are these the trucks you mean?
I got this and one other like it on an old Mantua Shifter. They did not, at first, make good tender trucks, because when the rubber springs compressed, the electrical connection between the side frames and truck bolsters was bad. I fixed that with the bronze strips from the axles to the bolsters that you see in the pictures.
Originally posted by scsshaggy - May 15 2014 : 12:46:05 PM
Yup that's them alright, Walthers' first truck design. I wonder how they ended up on a Mantua shifter?
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