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 Posted - June 29 2014 : 12:03:16 AM
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My COTW is a Mantua Rio Grande 1890 combine coach I got with my Mantua 4-6-0 a couple of days ago.
-Steve
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Posted - June 29 2014 : 10:53:43 AM
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here is the Tyco MKT stock car that came with set in SOTW
cool yes? 
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Posted - June 29 2014 : 11:32:28 AM
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Yeah it's cool!
-Steve
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Posted - June 29 2014 : 12:15:57 PM
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My car this week is an Old Time Tank car. I have been having this car for years and just came across it this week.
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Posted - June 29 2014 : 4:13:02 PM
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The interior of a vintage Amtrak coach, I suspect from the very early days
of Amtrak, say 1972? Of interest was that the paper silhouettes were
held in with bits of (now yellow and crumbling) Scotch Tape and there
was a strip of reflective foil along the base of the car to reflect the lamp.
When first run, these coaches tumbled merrily off the rails. Lacking good
lead weights, and nails and washers seemed to light, I grabbed a
handful of crushed granite off my yard and glued them in place.
You can see the results by clicking on the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykT39gJTQtg&feature=player_embedded
Edited by - Chops124 on June 30 2014 12:40:14 AM
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Posted - June 29 2014 : 5:30:14 PM
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A Walther's Troop Pullman.
Regards, John ******************
If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut. <> Albert Einstein
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Posted - June 29 2014 : 7:30:59 PM
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old Tyco Bobber caboose with old loop couplers
a domeless Burlington car
unknown maker but this will be in my "scrap line" on my layout anyway
the other side has a spot where it was burned
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Posted - June 29 2014 : 7:55:50 PM
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Have not had this one out in a while...
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Posted - June 29 2014 : 9:04:42 PM
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Here's a couple of recent yard sale/train show finds I just finished. The NYC is an Athearn I think, and the PRR is a Roco.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - June 29 2014 : 9:24:43 PM
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quote:
Have not had this one out in a while...
Originally posted by walt - June 29 2014 : 7:55:50 PM
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Another Tyco car I missing 
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Posted - June 29 2014 : 11:50:00 PM
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Chops, That Amtrak coach was actually Tyco's "new" version with the plastic trucks and brass pickup wipers. I think Tyco jumped the gun with the Amtrak scheme! I wonder if that's what happened with Tyco's Penn Central locos in Jade Green. Below is my Cotw find on the "old stuff" table at my local shop. All Varney with sprung trucks. 
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Posted - June 29 2014 : 11:58:04 PM
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Adams, I'm jealous of that flat! What road name's on it?
Glenn
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
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Posted - June 30 2014 : 12:09:43 AM
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It's Santa Fe. You might be able to just make out the AT&SF on the left end. Here's one more cotw to post while I'm here...the real RGM&N owned only one 25 ton gas-mechanical loco and no cars to my knowledge, and only shipped about 30 loads before being abandoned. However in my world, they were somewhat more successful! The toughest thing about lettering this car was getting all those words in a straight line!
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Posted - June 30 2014 : 08:27:59 AM
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* Here is a Gilbert, 33512, New Haven Railroad box car. It is in surprisingly good shape.
frank
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Posted - June 30 2014 : 10:10:04 AM
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| Jeff that was a fun video. I liked the way car "village" along side the tracks.
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Posted - July 01 2014 : 2:07:11 PM
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I have been tryng to get one of these 1977 MRIA Commemovative Box Cars for a ling time. Then at the end of May one of these came up on eBay and went for $90, I tapped out around $15. I won this one today for $50. Auctually, had somone not bid four times in the last 20 seconds, I would have had it for $15. Oh well, whoever you are you lost!!
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Posted - July 02 2014 : 12:58:13 AM
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My COTW is um... this? 
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Posted - July 02 2014 : 01:19:45 AM
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back to my custom stuff
this started life as a Roundhouse cement hopper. where I live, OWL rock was next to the Baldwin Park (Azusa) Branch. Since the layout is loosely based on that branch (just...came out that way without realizing it) Owl would have rail based cement cars
just me Ray... and just because I have Tyco doesn't mean I am not a model railroader
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Posted - July 02 2014 : 12:15:12 PM
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quote:My COTW is um... this?
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â July 02 2014Â :Â 12:58:13 AM
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It's an Elvis collector's H0 scale train set. That is really strange but cool.I like weird stuff.
-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 - July 02 2014 : 12:29:41 PM
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My COTW
A nice little hand made wood flat car:
Sean
"If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!" - Mario Andretti!
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Posted - July 03 2014 : 12:04:04 AM
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quote:A Walther's Troop Pullman.
Regards, John ******************
If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut. <> Albert Einstein
Originally posted by JRG1951Â -Â June 29 2014Â :Â 5:30:14 PM
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Sweet troop car, I have seen a real one at a RR museum in New Buffalo,MI
in the Photo
At the readers left hand side, with the two smaller windows, that is the Sergeants Room.
In middle part is where the grunts were quartered.
At the readers right side, no windows, that was the latrine end.
It had one throne, one sink, and shower stall not much larger than a phone booth if you remember those
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Posted - July 04 2014 : 10:14:57 AM
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nice cars guys mine is an unboxed empire car ken
arrived today well pleased,kmt brass
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Posted - July 04 2014 : 9:13:55 PM
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quote:nice cars guys mine is an unboxed empire car ken
Originally posted by catfordken - July 04 2014 : 10:14:57 AM
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Not bad, catfordken.
-Steve
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Posted - July 04 2016 : 6:43:21 PM
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quote:Chops, That Amtrak coach was actually Tyco's "new" version with the plastic trucks and brass pickup wipers. I think Tyco jumped the gun with the Amtrak scheme! I wonder if that's what happened with Tyco's Penn Central locos in Jade Green. Below is my Cotw find on the "old stuff" table at my local shop. All Varney with sprung trucks.
Originally posted by Adams - June 29 2014 : 11:50:00 PM
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Gave this to my nephew back in May He was soo excited that he first said,, "I can't take that"...
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