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 Posted - March 22 2015 : 08:22:59 AM
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Found this guy at a local Hobby store a few weeks ago, decided it needed to join my AMC consist. :) I think this will give me 4 or 5 of them now.
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Posted - March 22 2015 : 10:18:19 AM
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Tyco-Mantua Pennsylvania Railroad Bunk Car.
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Posted - March 22 2015 : 10:32:58 AM
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For this week, my COTW is another Con Cor Illinois Central coach that I got with my $60 lot. 
-Steve
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Posted - March 22 2015 : 12:20:34 PM
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My car this week is a Bachmann boxcar with the Smucker's logo. I picked up at a train show.
Won't let me post picture. I can upload it than when I click to add to post - nothing happens
Anyone else having problems?
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Posted - March 22 2015 : 1:27:31 PM
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toptrain - I has that in Union Pacific yellow with a gondola & 2 flatcars with 1 missing the crane!
AMC - Do want to find a real Dodge L 700 like that & restore it in UP colors with matching trailer
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Posted - March 22 2015 : 9:21:32 PM
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quote:My car this week is a Bachmann boxcar with the Smucker's logo. I picked up at a train show.
Won't let me post picture. I can upload it than when I click to add to post - nothing happens
Anyone else having problems?
Originally posted by thetramp - March 22 2015 : 12:20:34 PM
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I know you've posted a lot in the past, so I assume you know the hidden tricks of downsizing
it to 1000 in width, etc. I didn't have any problems last week, even after my various tirades
(I was wondering if I would be banned). I think maybe WKS was also saying he had trouble,
and usually posts a ton of pictures.
Dang nice flat there, Gremlin. Sounds like you got a sweet little set of five there. As a former
OTR trucker, I really dislike trucks, sorry truck fans, but in this case I'm won over. Those cab
over's, as depicted, were real kidney beaters and ear drum mashers.
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Posted - March 22 2015 : 9:39:38 PM
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quote: quote:My car this week is a Bachmann boxcar with the Smucker's logo. I picked up at a train show.
Won't let me post picture. I can upload it than when I click to add to post - nothing happens
Anyone else having problems?
Originally posted by thetramp - March 22 2015 : 12:20:34 PM
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I know you've posted a lot in the past, so I assume you know the hidden tricks of downsizing
it to 1000 in width, etc. I didn't have any problems last week, even after my various tirades
(I was wondering if I would be banned). I think maybe WKS was also saying he had trouble,
and usually posts a ton of pictures.
Dang nice flat there, Gremlin. Sounds like you got a sweet little set of five there. As a former
OTR trucker, I really dislike trucks, sorry truck fans, but in this case I'm won over. Those cab
over's, as depicted, were real kidney beaters and ear drum mashers.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â March 22 2015Â :Â 9:21:32 PM
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My photo is not too big. I just checked others and my photo is within their size. I will try again. I posted in JOTW with no problem.
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Posted - March 22 2015 : 10:10:51 PM
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quote:
Won't let me post picture.
[b]Anyone else having problems?
Originally posted by thetramp - March 22 2015 : 12:20:34 PM
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yeah, I had a problem this morning, the Forum wouldn't let my pictures post, when I'd go to select one, it would jump back to the Folder area again. After 3-4 attempts, it finally took, and I had no more problems, but I did have some issues this Sunday morning for a bit. A glitch of some sort, maybe.
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Posted - March 22 2015 : 10:52:36 PM
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My COTW is a Train Station Products Budd Hi-Level Coach-Dorm Car kit that will be joining my Amtrak Sunset Limited when built:
Thrown in for good measure, I couldn't pass up this pair of Bachmann tenders from the Train Show. Will be great kitbash material:
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - March 23 2015 : 10:45:34 AM
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Tyco bobber re-build
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Posted - March 23 2015 : 11:00:17 AM
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Nice work on that rebuild Randy. The hand railings work really brings that to life.
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Posted - March 23 2015 : 1:05:29 PM
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My car this week is a Bachmann boxcar with the Smucker's logo. I picked up at a train show. The problem was the ' in the picture name.
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Posted - March 23 2015 : 5:29:02 PM
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Tyco Sea-Land. 
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Posted - March 23 2015 : 8:15:43 PM
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quote:
Tyco bobber re-build
Originally posted by rbturner - March 23 2015 : 10:45:34 AM
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 That has so much character, man. This is why Tyco shouldn't be called junk.
-Steve
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Posted - March 23 2015 : 11:37:01 PM
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quote: /tyco/forum/uploaded/rbturner/20150323104434_IMG_4137.JPG
Tyco bobber re-build
Originally posted by rbturner - March 23 2015 : 10:45:34 AM
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Great looking bobber, Randy! Is the lettering a decal? In the photo it looks just like the stamping Tyco originally used on these. Very clean work indeed.
My CotW is a Rivarossi car I repainted a few years back.
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Posted - March 24 2015 : 10:07:25 AM
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This week's car is a new rounndhouse old-time boxcar kit. I found them for $10 each o ebay.
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Posted - March 24 2015 : 1:45:41 PM
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Hey Eric, the B&O caboose was originally B&O I think. It had been painted over several times and required a lot of time in the stripper. I painted it with Floquil caboose red. Then I used some decals that I found a few years ago that were printed by a nice man named Hanley. He offered B&O caboose, double sets for $5. So of course this was before Microscale offered a B&O caboose set so I bought ten sets. I have 9&1/2 sets left.
Notice in the picture the left hand corner of the cupola is bent down a little. It appears that it was placed to close to something hot and deformed some.
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Posted - March 24 2015 : 7:24:09 PM
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quote:
Notice in the picture the left hand corner of the cupola is bent down a little. It appears that it was placed to close to something hot and deformed some.
Originally posted by rbturner - March 24 2015 : 1:45:41 PM
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Randy it just adds some authentic character to it. Looks good.
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Posted - March 24 2015 : 9:30:21 PM
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Well Jerry, I have a lot of trains with "character". LOL
And good news! The Amtrak F unit has been found.
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Posted - March 25 2015 : 2:27:16 PM
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Crane Car, 1972 El Paso Model Train Club Open House. What interests me
most is not the car, but the guy's hat. The Club did not start keeping serious
records until about 1972, so by oral tradition the Club started as a project
at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in 1950 by a Colonel Thomas,
and that this project evolved into the Fort Bliss Model Train Club by 1960.
This hat is one of the few clues we have to the origins of the Club, which is
now 65 years old. It should be noted that Ft. Bliss and WBAMC are
adjacent one another, and that El Paso is home to the largest, in terms of
geography, Army bases in the United States.
I believe that it was General Sherman, or one of his contemporaries, who
stated, "If I owned El Paso, I'd rent it out and live in Hell."
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Posted - March 25 2015 : 2:38:04 PM
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quote:Well Jerry, I have a lot of trains with "character". LOL
And good news! The Amtrak F unit has been found.
Originally posted by rbturner - March 24 2015 : 9:30:21 PM
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Best news I have heard all day 
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Posted - March 25 2015 : 2:42:26 PM
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Blowing up the photo, it appears he is trying to prod an early (smokebox bell) Mantua Mikado (single lead wheel) to move. Noticed also there does not appear to be a coupler on the crane..possibly the hoop of a Mantua bent up badly, but that's a guess.
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Posted - March 27 2015 : 03:08:56 AM
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My COTW is a tyco planters peanuts covered hopper recently bought for $4.00. Looks in unused condition. Tony
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Posted - March 27 2015 : 06:53:22 AM
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| Awesome deal on that Planters car, looks like it's in great shape.
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Posted - March 27 2015 : 07:34:19 AM
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| Thanks Locodub . Its a good looking hopper and I have more which I will show in next weeks COTW. Tony
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Posted - March 27 2015 : 09:28:40 AM
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quote:Blowing up the photo, it appears he is trying to prod an early (smokebox bell) Mantua Mikado (single lead wheel) to move. Noticed also there does not appear to be a coupler on the crane..possibly the hoop of a Mantua bent up badly, but that's a guess.
Dave
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Actually, I think he's trying to get it on the rails, honestly, especially in a spot like that.
-Steve
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Posted - March 27 2015 : 11:22:28 AM
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quote:My COTW is a tyco planters peanuts covered hopper recently bought for $4.00. Looks in unused condition. Tony
Originally posted by skimpy tone 44Â -Â March 27 2015Â :Â 03:08:56 AM
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Tony, that is a great looking car.
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Posted - March 27 2015 : 10:32:37 PM
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quote: quote:Blowing up the photo, it appears he is trying to prod an early (smokebox bell) Mantua Mikado (single lead wheel) to move. Noticed also there does not appear to be a coupler on the crane..possibly the hoop of a Mantua bent up badly, but that's a guess.
Dave
Originally posted by ScaleCraft - March 25 2015 : 2:42:26 PM
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Actually, I think he's trying to get it on the rails, honestly, especially in a spot like that.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â March 27 2015Â :Â 09:28:40 AM
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Excellent detective work!
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Posted - March 27 2015 : 10:47:48 PM
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Older layout shots can be so interesting because of the vintage roster. I also notice a New One Camelback to the right of the coal tipple. The brass Pacific is a beaut.
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Posted - March 27 2015 : 11:11:37 PM
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quote: quote:My COTW is a tyco planters peanuts covered hopper recently bought for $4.00. Looks in unused condition. Tony
Originally posted by skimpy tone 44Â -Â March 27 2015Â :Â 03:08:56 AM
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Tony, that is a great looking car.
Originally posted by thetramp - March 27 2015 : 11:22:28 AM
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Yes, The Peanut hopper is a great looking piece!
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Posted - March 27 2015 : 11:27:48 PM
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| Cool photo Jeff and nice story about the start at Beaumont. I wonder, though, do you think El Paso is rentable? Just kiddin' man. Actually, I kind of dig the desert country around there . . . maybe because I'm not there everyday.
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