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 Posted - November 09 2014 : 10:06:32 AM
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Hope you give a hoot, I found this C&FW Hooterville Mantua car at the Big Flea yesterday, I was hoping the Toy Guy was going to be there, but he wasn't. I wandered the aisles, and spotted this lone car on a shelf, for $4 my Hooterville Cannonball set is off the starting blocks.  Only need the engine, tender, and another car? to go. What is interesting about this one is that there are no couplers on it, and I don't see how they are attached, it's all smooth at each end. Whuh? Anyway, nice find.
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Posted - November 09 2014 : 10:30:07 AM
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Huh. That's strange.  Anyway, my COTW is a Tyco Burlington Northern box car from my train group's junk bin. It's actually one of the only intact freight cars in that bin aside from one missing coupler.
-Steve
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Posted - November 09 2014 : 10:54:36 AM
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My car this week is a Life Like Caboose picked up at a train show for $1.00
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Posted - November 09 2014 : 11:23:02 AM
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my 2 were found at a flea market 32 miles away for $6
Varney boxcar & a D&RGW 45' 3 bay hopper by Bowser
Flea market had lots of trains
Like a Lionel-like Budweiser set in box
Marx O set in box & lots of accessories & Lionel & Marx O tracks
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Posted - November 09 2014 : 2:11:27 PM
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PC Caboose, gift of Microbus. Sara Lee box car from U.P. Engineer friend, who started me down
this slippery slope a few years back!
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Posted - November 09 2014 : 2:42:30 PM
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My COTW is a Athearn "Virginia Gentleman" box car I got at the train show Saturday for $5. It was a new kit, I added Kadee couplers and some P2K wheels.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - November 09 2014 : 3:45:54 PM
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quote:Hope you give a hoot, I found this C&FW Hooterville Mantua car at the Big Flea yesterday, I was hoping the Toy Guy was going to be there, but he wasn't. I wandered the aisles, and spotted this lone car on a shelf, for $4 my Hooterville Cannonball set is off the starting blocks. Only need the engine, tender, and another car? to go. What is interesting about this one is that there are no couplers on it, and I don't see how they are attached, it's all smooth at each end. Whuh? Anyway, nice find.
Jerry
Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â November 09 2014Â :Â 10:06:32 AM
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Hi Jerry you don't have the right trucks on the car.
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Posted - November 09 2014 : 6:16:16 PM
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My COTW is this Mantua metal-sided reefer lettered for Borden's Fine Cheeses. It's in really good shape for its age.
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Posted - November 09 2014 : 6:35:28 PM
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My car of the week is a Gilbert Santa Fe caboose. Photo taken at the Hollow.
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Posted - November 09 2014 : 7:46:43 PM
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In my first outing since surgery I scored these plus the engine in LOTW for $20
this one completes my collection of all 4 versions of the rail box cars
 
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Posted - November 09 2014 : 8:24:14 PM
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quote:
this one completes my collection of all 4 versions of the rail box cars
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Originally posted by babuff - November 09 2014 : 7:46:43 PM
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do you has the Jail Box too?
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Posted - November 09 2014 : 8:46:53 PM
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My Tyco Peanut hopper!
Edited by - walt on November 09 2014 10:00:53 PM
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Posted - November 10 2014 : 08:03:31 AM
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babuff, if your talking Rail Box Varients, there are five of them. If you look on GIC site you can see them.
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Posted - November 10 2014 : 10:07:48 AM
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Sorry ben don't have that one. from what I see you have not had any luck there either.
GG1 Rats!!! now I am going to have to keep looking. BTW I have seen 2 more variants in real life One has the TTX markings and logo above the rail box arrows, the other has rail box painted out and says " united car rebuilding services " with the rail box logo intact
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Posted - November 10 2014 : 4:37:48 PM
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| Glad to see you back in the TF, Babuff. How's that Hudson steaming?
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Posted - November 10 2014 : 5:55:26 PM
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| Badbuff, the ones I have seen the are black ones with yellow writing.
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Posted - November 12 2014 : 12:38:46 PM
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| Colorful cars as always. This one is New Haven mail carrier car. 
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Posted - November 12 2014 : 1:25:40 PM
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awwww nuts that's a cool car
quote:My Tyco Peanut hopper!
Originally posted by walt - November 09 2014 : 8:46:53 PM
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just me Ray... and just because I have Tyco doesn't mean I am not a model railroader
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Posted - November 12 2014 : 4:07:04 PM
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I has that Planters car too
Note the SAL marks
Seaboard Air Line?
The other one Tyco made & I want is the Budweiser car 
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Posted - November 12 2014 : 4:17:14 PM
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quote:I has that Planters car too
Note the SAL marks
Seaboard Air Line?
The other one Tyco made & I want is the Budweiser car
Originally posted by microbusss - November 12 2014 : 4:07:04 PM
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SALted peanuts
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - November 12 2014 : 5:26:19 PM
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Richard,
That is a very interesting New Haven RPO. I really like the paint scheme.
Regards, John
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Posted - November 13 2014 : 01:35:45 AM
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| WKS: Classic NH black and orange framed by green.
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Posted - November 27 2014 : 2:56:09 PM
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Hey! your car has the same road number as mine! How is that possible?!
quote:My Tyco Peanut hopper!
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Posted - September 03 2015 : 04:04:06 AM
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PC Caboose, gift of Microbus. Sara Lee box car from U.P. Engineer friend, who started me down
this slippery slope a few years back!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â November 09 2014Â :Â 2:11:27 PM
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I got the prototype of the pc caboose from a friend a few years ago
devin "give me the ugly steam none of that streamlined stuff"
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