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 Posted - March 29 2015 : 10:19:26 PM
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I picked up an oddball today, a 60s era Booster 0-4-0T lettered Union Pacific that has a bright yellow shell with faded red lettering, the same as the caboose that came with it.
Until now the only non-black example I was aware of was the green Army one. But Tony Cook's page on these only has pictures of Army and GN which appears to be black.
Did any others come in bright colors? Shades of the Varney bright color docksides, which had six variants (NYC green, UP yellow, SP grey/orange, MP blue, FEC red, NH orange/black).
The Tyco Booster could also be had in B&O, CN, NYC, PRR, RDG and SP.
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Posted - March 30 2015 : 12:12:15 AM
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The Yellow UP Booster was part of the UP Work Train Set of the Red Box Era. There is also a Yellow NYC Booster, which was part of the NYC Work Train Set of the same era.
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Posted - March 30 2015 : 01:16:05 AM
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Ah, I've seen those numerous times on the internet and I believe even in person. It looks strange, yes, but they do exist. 
-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 30 2015 : 04:39:02 AM
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In trying to find an example of this set, I found this -
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MANTUA-GHC-GANDY-DANCER-HO-SCALE-WORK-TRAIN-SET-WITH-BOX-VINTAGE-1950s-/331497439112?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d2ec97f88
Maybe worthy of another topic, but who is GHC? Note the brown cab on the switcher - I've run across two of those over the years and this is the first I've found any indication of where that might have come from.
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Posted - March 30 2015 : 09:04:56 AM
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GHC (General Hobbies Corporation) was a Bernie Paul company. Bernie Paul was also the owner of IHC (International Hobbies Corporation) and AHM.
Edited by - waw47 on March 30 2015 2:41:33 PM
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