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 Posted - December 14 2014 : 12:32:08 AM
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Well sort of a made up by me set of Bangor & Aroostook potato State of Maine cars:
Sean
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Posted - December 14 2014 : 08:34:11 AM
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My set is my latest acquisition , a set of 6 of the Shinkhansen high-speed rail train cars, sold by Model Power ( Also Playart, too ). I love the old-style bullet nose look, and the nose lights up, too. Neither engine is powered, but I have two more from previous buys that at least one is powered, so I am going to try to see if I can get a 6-car set to run. Should be interesting!
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Posted - December 14 2014 : 09:03:24 AM
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A week ago a friend Bob L came over to run trains . This is the set he brought over. The " Bell of the Eighties " with 3 car set. I only can wish it was mine.
frank
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 Posted - December 14 2014 : 09:30:56 AM
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ok this a cheap set hehe But the tracks are HO size! 
& look where the tender is! WRONG! 
Course I found out that the tender doesn't have a 2nd coupler on it! 
So looks like I'll get a friend to make me one
Plus loco has a RED headlight! Wrong again hehe
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Posted - December 14 2014 : 12:04:20 PM
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Microbusss, they screwed up so bad on that set it's not even funny.Seriously, how did they mess up that bad? So anyway, my SOTW is an Arnold Rapido N scale train set made between 1963-1964. The caboose is missing because the axle was broken so I used it as a drive thru building on my N scale layout section.
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Posted - December 14 2014 : 12:09:41 PM
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quote:Microbusss, they screwed up so bad on that set it's not even funny.Seriously, how did they mess up that bad?
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â December 14 2014Â :Â 12:04:20 PM
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yes but will fix both problems later 
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Posted - December 14 2014 : 2:08:02 PM
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quote:A week ago a friend Bob L came over to run trains . This is the set he brought over. The " Bell of the Eighties " with 3 car set. I only can wish it was mine.
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - December 14 2014 : 09:03:24 AM
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Oooooh ooooo oooo! Gimme Gimme Gimme!!
Sean
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Posted - December 14 2014 : 3:27:52 PM
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Buss, that set brings back many early childhood memories of Christmases and birthdays!
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Posted - December 14 2014 : 4:29:46 PM
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quote:Buss, that set brings back many early childhood memories of Christmases and birthdays!
Originally posted by gmoney - December 14 2014 : 3:27:52 PM
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it do? I did find it at Family Dollar this month
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Posted - December 17 2014 : 3:13:06 PM
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| Very nice sets shown so far. This one is a MTH Christmas set. 
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Posted - December 19 2014 : 11:00:44 PM
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Well Mustangs-n-trains, I totally get that State of Maine "set." The affordability
of Tyco allows us to make spectacular consists of billboard cars, mixed or
one brand, road names, etc. My descent down the slippery slope began with
picking up one, then another, and another, of Tyco Penn Central cars everyone else
considered to be junk. As to myself, I became fascinated by the variations in green, and
types of cars. This pic is the tail end of a twenty five car consist of Tyco Penn Central,
with an HO Lionel thrown in to boot. Also have thirty orange NH box cars, a seven car
Dutch Maid Express (hauled by a yellow Rio Grande Krauss Maufei), twelve car Jello train,
six car Auto loader train, and on and on. Love what you are doing. What are you going to
haul it with?
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