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I actually BOUGHT something at the LHS on Friday.
Presidents Choice 4-8-2 Mountain Express set.
It has seen little or no use, and I think $100 is a fair market price.
Not sure about the drovers caboose on a coal train, though.
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Posted - September 01 2014 : 6:59:13 PM
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 Is that a Bachmann made train set or a Mehano/IHC made train set?
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Posted - September 01 2014 : 7:21:34 PM
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As far as I know, all the PC sets were made by Mehano.
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Posted - September 01 2014 : 7:53:00 PM
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quote:As far as I know, all the PC sets were made by Mehano.
Evan
Originally posted by PGE33Â -Â September 01 2014Â :Â 7:21:34 PM
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The locomotive, by itself, is worth $150!
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Posted - September 01 2014 : 8:01:17 PM
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My "Set Of The Week" involves my latest purchase, albeit on a payment plan at my LHS...
My Baldwin Demonstrator Centipedes, accompanied by my equally striking sharks!
Now, that said, the Centipedes are both numbered 6000 officially. Baldwin counts them as the second 6000's...
But, the Sharks are also numbered 6000A+B as well as 6001A+B... Anyway, enjoy!
John
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Posted - September 01 2014 : 8:13:25 PM
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quote:As far as I know, all the PC sets were made by Mehano.
Evan
Originally posted by PGE33Â -Â September 01 2014Â :Â 7:21:34 PM
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Okay, that clears it.
-Steve
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Posted - September 01 2014 : 8:25:26 PM
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| Yes, all the PC sets were made by Mehano. The engines from those sets are some of the best runners you will ever encounter. I have set #10 "The Mini Chefs Express" and the Yard Bull engine (0-8-0) from another set.
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Posted - September 01 2014 : 9:48:49 PM
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quote:Yes, all the PC sets were made by Mehano. The engines from those sets are some of the best runners you will ever encounter. I have set #10 "The Mini Chefs Express" and the Yard Bull engine (0-8-0) from another set.
Originally posted by Retired Alex - September 01 2014 : 8:25:26 PM
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I actually have the engine from the PC set "President's Choice" from 1993.The engine does seem like it needs to be oiled though but other than that it's really smooth.
Here's the set.
And here's my locomotive.
I also found out IHC sold it individually that year so yeah.
-Steve
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Posted - September 03 2014 : 10:39:55 PM
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quote:
Hey I'm not sure about a drover's caboose with "President's Choice" on it! 
But regrdless that is a great set and a very minor detail that can easily be remedied. Impressive locomotive, I've been wanting a 4-8-2 but the prices always stop me. Heck of a deal there.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - September 03 2014 : 11:54:17 PM
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quote:My "Set Of The Week" involves my latest purchase, albeit on a payment plan at my LHS...
My Baldwin Demonstrator Centipedes, accompanied by my equally striking sharks!
Now, that said, the Centipedes are both numbered 6000 officially. Baldwin counts them as the second 6000's...
But, the Sharks are also numbered 6000A+B as well as 6001A+B... Anyway, enjoy!
John
Originally posted by zebrails - September 01 2014 : 8:01:17 PM
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Gorgeous engines, John....
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Posted - September 04 2014 : 2:28:27 PM
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| are Fruity Os the same as Froot Loops & other similar brands?
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Posted - September 04 2014 : 4:48:34 PM
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quote:My "Set Of The Week" involves my latest purchase, albeit on a payment plan at my LHS...
My Baldwin Demonstrator Centipedes, accompanied by my equally striking sharks!
Now, that said, the Centipedes are both numbered 6000 officially. Baldwin counts them as the second 6000's...
But, the Sharks are also numbered 6000A+B as well as 6001A+B... Anyway, enjoy!
John
Originally posted by zebrails - September 01 2014 : 8:01:17 PM
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Boy John!
That shark on the far right is on such a steep grade, it looks like a real shark charging up from the deep and breaking at the water surface for the surprise attack and kill!
Sean
"If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!" - Mario Andretti!
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Posted - September 04 2014 : 6:58:26 PM
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[/quote]
Boy John!
That shark on the far right is on such a steep grade, it looks like a real shark charging up from the deep and breaking at the water surface for the surprise attack and kill!
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - September 04 2014 : 4:48:34 PM
[/quote]Jaws anyone?
-Steve
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Posted - September 04 2014 : 7:05:55 PM
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Nice PC set. $100 is what they cost new and the engines alone are well worth that...that price is also A LOT better than the freaks who show up at trains shows with $200 price tags on them.
Buss: Fruity O's are store (President's Choice) brand fruit loops.
Here's the PC Pacific Express:
cheez
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Posted - September 04 2014 : 9:08:41 PM
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these are pretty cool
Wish I could get the PC Insider's Express 
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Posted - September 04 2014 : 10:32:02 PM
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I just oiled my IHC Mogul and my gosh, it has got to be one of the smoothest running DC engine I have ever run in my life.Oh, and great SOTWs so far guys.
-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 - September 04 2014 : 10:43:23 PM
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quote:
cheez
Originally posted by DaCheez - September 04 2014 : 7:05:55 PM
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Nice shot!
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - September 04 2014 : 11:31:41 PM
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Thanks! I dug that out of my old photobucket account. I also found this one...
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Posted - September 05 2014 : 10:35:32 AM
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The Shark picture is close to the one I used on on the MRH forum.
/tyco/forum/uploaded/JRG1951/20140905101950_Loco.gif
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/14404
Regards, John ******************
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorius triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. <> Theodore Roosevelt
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Posted - September 09 2014 : 9:29:38 PM
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quote:
Silly guy! (didn't see an Alec Baldwin )
My locomotives, the one on the far right seemingly jumping out, it was actually on a different level of track. The contrasting angle is a true one... just up and to the right of the picture. I wanted to show the whole "set" of Baldwin demo's I had. BTW, that shark to the right is the ROCO version while the A+B in the middle are Bachmann's DCC versions. I do have two other sharknoses in both CN schemes.
John
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Posted - September 09 2014 : 11:40:04 PM
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quote: quote:
Silly guy! (didn't see an Alec Baldwin )
Originally posted by zebrails - September 09 2014 : 9:29:38 PM
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Nice one, John.
-Steve
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Posted - September 10 2014 : 11:08:14 AM
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| plus you misspelled Centipede
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Posted - September 10 2014 : 6:15:19 PM
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quote:plus you misspelled Centipede
Originally posted by microbusss - September 10 2014 : 11:08:14 AM
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THE INFORMER... 
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Posted - September 10 2014 : 6:15:41 PM
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Thanks MB,
Your are the first to point out that glaring mistake. 
Centipedes (from Latin prefix centi-, "hundred", and pes, pedere, "foot") are arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda of the subphylum Myriapoda. <> WIKIPEDIA
I shall apply 20 self inflicted lashes to atone for my sin.
Regards, John
Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets. <> Gen George S. Patton
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Posted - September 10 2014 : 6:24:20 PM
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quote:
I shall apply 20 self inflicted lashes to atone for my sin.
Originally posted by JRG1951Â -Â September 10 2014Â :Â 6:15:41 PM
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oui al iznt goot spelerz
evn eye mak miztakes
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Posted - September 10 2014 : 6:32:25 PM
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quote: quote:plus you misspelled Centipede
Originally posted by microbusss - September 10 2014 : 11:08:14 AM
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THE INFORMER...
Originally posted by walt - September 10 2014 : 6:15:19 PM
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I was biting my tongue Walt, but thought I'd leave the honor to you
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