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For this week, my AOTW is the box for my AHM/Rivarossi 0-4-0 that I posted in my LOTW last week, I believe.
-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 - March 29 2015 : 2:29:12 PM
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I don't which I like better, the box or the
paper towel. No, wait, maybe itsa draw.
I will rummage through my files and see
if I can throw down anything, anything.
Edited by - Chops124 on March 29 2015 2:32:25 PM
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Posted - March 29 2015 : 4:35:58 PM
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Paid dearly for this pack of Fluorescent poles... Won on Ebay, will ship tomorrow...
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Posted - March 29 2015 : 5:55:28 PM
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More light posts!! No wonder they can't be had at
any price! What next, HO scale dumpsters??
Edited by - Chops124 on March 29 2015 5:56:00 PM
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Posted - March 29 2015 : 7:17:41 PM
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Dumpsters? No problem - Lower right hand corner. Got a bunch at the Dupage county Il. monthly train show, also where the PV factory, fork lift and KFC came from. More spread out on layout 
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Posted - March 29 2015 : 7:46:40 PM
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the KFC is missing a bucket 
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Posted - March 29 2015 : 8:04:10 PM
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Actually, I mounted the bucket on it's own pole on the other side.
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Posted - March 29 2015 : 9:15:29 PM
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Good news - something I didn't know I had that I ran across sorting through some old parts.
Bad news - now I have something more to fix because it has a short.
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Posted - March 29 2015 : 10:18:51 PM
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quote:Actually, I mounted the bucket on it's own pole on the other side.
Originally posted by Gary BÂ -Â March 29 2015Â :Â 8:04:10 PM
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ah yes
old KFCs did that too
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Posted - March 29 2015 : 11:35:59 PM
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quote:More light posts!! No wonder they can't be had at
any price! What next, HO scale dumpsters??
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â March 29 2015Â :Â 5:55:28 PM
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That's a fun one Jeff ! But not as good as the pastel green with envy !!
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 Posted - March 30 2015 : 12:46:31 AM
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a cheap power/light pole I "painted" with a grey permanent marker
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Posted - March 30 2015 : 2:22:27 PM
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In his mad ambition to buy up every single Tyco lamp on the open market,
Walt overlooked these Bachmann telephone poles, which I leaped upon to
create trolley catenary. Hah! Score one for the little guy. Er, in my case, the
somewhat big little guy. The dumpsters behind the Ace Market are purely up to
your imagination, as Walt bought all the other ones before I could get one!
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Posted - March 31 2015 : 11:49:35 PM
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So here is my AOTW. I got these in a junk box along with a host of other stuff for 2 bucks. Here is my question for the forum.Obviously the one on the right is a Tyco but who made the one on the left. It is without doubt an earlier version but is missing some of the details of the Tyco one and was designed to run on battery power. Who made it?
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Posted - April 01 2015 : 11:12:11 AM
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| Nice photos as usual. This next one shows happy figures in a life like setting in Tycoville. 
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Posted - April 01 2015 : 11:57:48 AM
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| PARTAY! They must be train spotting.
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Posted - April 01 2015 : 11:59:23 AM
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quote:Dumpsters? No problem - Lower right hand corner. Got a bunch at the Dupage county Il. monthly train show, also where the PV factory, fork lift and KFC came from. More spread out on layout
Originally posted by Gary BÂ -Â March 29 2015Â :Â 7:17:41 PM
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I took a second look at this, "Bonolo Industries?" This stuff is great! Why haven't we
seen more of you?? Please post some pics of your work, your layout, I love that
track pasted directly to the board; classic Tycomania.
Bring it on!
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Posted - April 03 2015 : 2:03:46 PM
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Not batting clean-up yet, but close, my AOTW is a rolling piece, a track cleaner car, which I THINK is by Marx ( judging by the trucks? ), but no markings on it anywhere. Interesting. Anyone know different? Oh, didn't someone say the center pins, if not brass, were Model Power? Or another reseller? First time I'd seen this track cleaner before.
Jerry
 
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Posted - April 03 2015 : 2:52:48 PM
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Jerry, The track cleaning car is A. C. Gilbert (American Flyer) from the early 60's. It is missing a silver canister, which covers the weight and a red plastic tool box.
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Posted - April 03 2015 : 4:41:38 PM
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| Now that is one nifty track cleaning car.
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Posted - April 03 2015 : 8:36:10 PM
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quote: [
I took a second look at this, "Bonolo Industries?" This stuff is great! Why haven't we
seen more of you?? Please post some pics of your work, your layout, I love that
track pasted directly to the board; classic Tycomania.
Bring it on!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â April 01 2015Â :Â 11:59:23 AM
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Thanks again Chops! There will be more to come. I tried joining this forum a while ago and I could not get in. Tried again when the owner took over and now I'm here. Not sure about your track comment, it is on road bed and mostly ballasted, if badly so.
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