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For this week, my AOTW is a box that belongs to my little brother's Bachmann daylight circa 1980. I kept the box for him because he wanted to throw it away.  
-Steve
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Posted - February 15 2015 : 07:22:44 AM
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It was ever so. Give a kid a shiny new toy and he plays with the box. 
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Posted - February 15 2015 : 11:14:26 AM
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quote:It was ever so. Give a kid a shiny new toy and he plays with the box.
Originally posted by scsshaggy - February 15 2015 : 07:22:44 AM
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 Believe it or not, there's actually a TV show I used to watch when I was little that went into that.
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Posted - February 15 2015 : 3:30:00 PM
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My Life-Like signs...
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 08:17:59 AM
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Posting this "uplifting" accessory I just found at a thrift store, a NASA truck and rocket, approximately HO scale, close enough to use, anyway. Made by Matchbox, I think in the '80's, not an easy one to find complete nowadays. Will go with my eventual space-themed dio's when I get around to them.
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 09:31:56 AM
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Nice space truck. I've actually got a spaceship that comes from a bigger version of this made by Buddy L in the early 80's. Very interesting piece.
-Steve
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 11:20:02 AM
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Well Jerry, now I know... I found the flatbed trailer that goes to that in somebody's 25-cent bin and I've been wondering what it went to. Nice find, all complete!
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 11:24:06 AM
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Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â February 17 2015Â :Â 08:17:59 AM
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ohhh I wanna BITE you for that one!
Course here is my entire NASA collection
Still looking for the Majorette Space 3000 ones too
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 1:30:42 PM
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quote:
Well Ben, your lucky day.
My entire space collection. The only one I actually bought on purpose was the old Majorette semi in back like the ones you've got. 33 CENTS, figured I could rebuilt it to haul a transformer. I've had the one Space-3000 transporter since I was 5 and it doesn't fit my collection... PM me and I can add it to that box
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 7:30:38 PM
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A pump jack, or "iron donkey." El Paso Model Train Club, taken today. When
I lived out in Pecos these things were ubiquitous and kids used to amuse themselves
by playing on them going up and down. Probably explains why the population is so
diminished out there. 24 hours a day these machines pumped out little dribbles of
oil into storage containers from the already diminished geology. Put as the price
of oil soared past $100 a barrel, these little pumps created a steady stream of
income for the lucky owners, at pennies a stroke; all day, all night, all month, all year.
I sincerely wished I had one in my back yard. No so luck.
Edited by - Chops124 on February 17 2015 7:32:05 PM
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 8:58:14 PM
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quote: /tyco/forum/uploaded/Chops124/20150217192659_Pump Jack.jpg
A pump jack, or "iron donkey." El Paso Model Train Club, taken today. When
I lived out in Pecos these things were ubiquitous and kids used to amuse themselves
by playing on them going up and down. Probably explains why the population is so
diminished out there. 24 hours a day these machines pumped out little dribbles of
oil into storage containers from the already diminished geology. Put as the price
of oil soared past $100 a barrel, these little pumps created a steady stream of
income for the lucky owners, at pennies a stroke; all day, all night, all month, all year.
I sincerely wished I had one in my back yard. No so luck.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â February 17 2015Â :Â 7:30:38 PM
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Nice pump jack! If I decided to place a Pennsylvania pump jack on a layout, it'd have to be about half that size ... they're only lil' bitty things compared to the ones in Texas. Here's one just outside of Franklin, PA.
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 9:09:16 PM
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quote:
Nice pump jack! If I decided to place a Pennsylvania pump jack on a layout, it'd have to be about half that size ... they're only lil' bitty things compared to the ones in Texas. Here's one just outside of Franklin, PA.
Originally posted by RDC1Â -Â February 17 2015Â :Â 8:58:14 PM
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tiny Are they?
Send me one & I'll rig it to just "pump"
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Posted - February 17 2015 : 10:13:18 PM
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quote: quote:
Nice pump jack! If I decided to place a Pennsylvania pump jack on a layout, it'd have to be about half that size ... they're only lil' bitty things compared to the ones in Texas. Here's one just outside of Franklin, PA.
Originally posted by RDC1Â -Â February 17 2015Â :Â 8:58:14 PM
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tiny Are they?
Send me one & I'll rig it to just "pump"
Originally posted by microbusss - February 17 2015 : 9:09:16 PM
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I've considered doing that haha
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Posted - February 18 2015 : 12:29:11 AM
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| That is amazing. One forgets that the oil industry started in Pennsylvania.
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Posted - February 18 2015 : 10:54:25 AM
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quote:That is amazing. One forgets that the oil industry started in Pennsylvania.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â February 18 2015Â :Â 12:29:11 AM
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yeah
Where you think PENNziol comes from
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Posted - February 18 2015 : 11:13:12 AM
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quote: quote:That is amazing. One forgets that the oil industry started in Pennsylvania.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â February 18 2015Â :Â 12:29:11 AM
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yeah
Where you think PENNziol comes from
Originally posted by microbusss - February 18 2015 : 10:54:25 AM
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Kentucky? 
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Posted - February 18 2015 : 11:15:24 AM
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quote:Where you think PENNziol comes from
Originally posted by microbusss - February 18 2015 : 10:54:25 AM
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Interesting point about that: Pennsylvania oil is high in paraffin, which makes it a better lubricant than most oil.
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Posted - February 19 2015 : 09:01:00 AM
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quote: quote:That is amazing. One forgets that the oil industry started in Pennsylvania.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â February 18 2015Â :Â 12:29:11 AM
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yeah
Where you think PENNziol comes from
Originally posted by microbusss - February 18 2015 : 10:54:25 AM
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Not here any more. Nor is Quaker State, nor is Wolf's Head. The last refinery in Oil City was sold to Gulf Wax; the only thing operating now is the wax unit, which gets various wax feedstocks off the WNY&P. Hauled by big Alcos.
I remember when it was still operating, and the big green Quaker State TankTrain cars were always passing through on hte old Erie.
The PA oil-region refineries still running are United, in Warren, which refines most of the gasoline sold in the region, and American Refining in Bradford, which makes Brad-Penn lubricating oil, which I think is the last lubricating oil produced from 100% Pennsylvania paraffinic crude.
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