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 Posted - July 06 2014 : 09:33:57 AM
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Another "yesterday" acquisition at an antique store, this Revell Track Cleaner car came with the box, no insert, and a broken truck. But nice stones!  I've got more than a few of this car, sans cleaning parts, just as the Maintenance car version. They seem to be rather common as the MC, I think this may be my first real Track Cleaner version. Anyway, nice to have the box with it.
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 Posted - July 06 2014 : 5:10:57 PM
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Here are my Tyco Hookers!!
bottom one is a old Red Box & more detailed
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Posted - July 06 2014 : 6:35:38 PM
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My COTW is a refugee from a yard sale box that had been nearly trashed with an attempt at weathering with brown enamel paint. This is a Cox Big Pine Lumber Fire Car. Unfortunately the original paint and markings were not salvageable, so I repainted and decaled for my home road.
 
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Posted - July 06 2014 : 6:50:53 PM
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I like that tanker Jerry. One of these days I will learn how to make and decal my own road name.
Buss, I like your Hookers also.
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Posted - July 06 2014 : 8:10:36 PM
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Yes, those are some of the nicest Tyco cars I have seen. The bottom one must be the oldest, it has more lettering 
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Posted - July 06 2014 : 9:13:20 PM
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Good stuff like always guys. My COTW this week is a Mantua 1890 passenger coach in Rio Grande livery.
-Steve
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Posted - July 06 2014 : 9:49:54 PM
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quote:Yes, those are some of the nicest Tyco cars I have seen. The bottom one must be the oldest, it has more lettering
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â July 06 2014Â :Â 8:10:36 PM
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you are correct! Its also heavier & I said it was a Red Box Tyco
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Posted - July 06 2014 : 10:21:22 PM
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A rail car bought by my ex wife years ago. I love it. But i may just display it boxed somewhere in the basement, due to it's conflicting size of cars...
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Posted - July 06 2014 : 10:31:01 PM
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quote:My COTW is a refugee from a yard sale box that had been nearly trashed with an attempt at weathering with brown enamel paint. This is a Cox Big Pine Lumber Fire Car. Unfortunately the original paint and markings were not salvageable, so I repainted and decaled for my home road.
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â July 06 2014Â :Â 6:35:38 PM
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Wait, do you print your own decals?
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Posted - July 06 2014 : 11:56:41 PM
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My COTW is this Varney AT&SF outside braced wood box car
Regards John *************
We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power.. the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. <> Patrick Henry
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Posted - July 07 2014 : 01:00:35 AM
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| You've been busy Jerry.
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Posted - July 07 2014 : 07:44:49 AM
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* I really like Jerry's fire car. It really came out good. The decals are great. Cox sold some good train sets in their days. I remember the Big Pine lumber company set with the wood saw mill building that you slid a log in one end, and a neatly stacked pallet of 2X4's came out the other end. I thought that the quality of the low nose GP9 that came with the set was of questionably quality, but every one I have had, through out the years, all continued to run well. Some how Walters wound up with the dies for it and has made a lot more low nose GP9's.
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Posted - July 07 2014 : 07:51:18 AM
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My car of the week is a old AHM, made by Lilliput crane, in Boston and Main colors.
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Posted - July 07 2014 : 6:47:20 PM
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quote:My car of the week is a old AHM, made by Lilliput crane, in Boston and Main colors.
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - July 07 2014 : 07:51:18 AM
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Nice crane Frank, I've always liked those but rarely see them. And thanks for the kind words about the Fire Car. I have found Cox cars to be well designed and built, good quality. One of the few brands I don't feel the need to change out the trucks and wheelsets on, and the bolster pins they use eliminate the fear/danger of breaking the tabs - which I have done on AHM and Tyco cars, when removing the trucks.
PRR 4800 - yes, I make my own decals for my railroad. The ones on the Fire Car are homemade (logo) and a mix of leftover Microscale decals.
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Posted - July 07 2014 : 11:26:30 PM
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My sister May is a closet Tycoette. Recently sent me this NIB SOS 50' box.
Amazing, colors bright as they were in 1970's. To see this sweet damsel
rolled to the water's edge for cargo, please refer to my latest Tycomaniacal
video, "Penn Central: Tyco Style," posted under Loose Ends.
Caution, slippery slopes ahead!
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Posted - July 07 2014 : 11:39:27 PM
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quote: You gotta love the old Red Box Tycos.
-Steve
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Posted - July 08 2014 : 6:49:12 PM
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quote:
You gotta love the old Red Box Tycos.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â July 07 2014Â :Â 11:39:27 PM
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yes I agree more detailed & Mantua was too
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Posted - July 08 2014 : 9:40:32 PM
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quote: quote:
You gotta love the old Red Box Tycos.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â July 07 2014Â :Â 11:39:27 PM
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yes I agree more detailed & Mantua was too
Originally posted by microbusss - July 08 2014 : 6:49:12 PM
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The drop shadow appears to be missing from the word "Hooker" too.
And Chops, the tug and the SOS box share a color scheme!
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