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 Posted - April 12 2015 : 09:28:41 AM
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"tossing" this one out first this week, I have an AF Gilbert Tie Ejector car in HO. I'm debating whether or not I should give this to Microbuss, since this usually brings good money. I already have one, so I don't really need a double. Decisions, decisions....I'll think about it.  
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Posted - April 12 2015 : 10:36:07 AM
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My COTW this weeks is a Tyco Rock Island caboose that goes with the Alco Century I posted in LOTW.
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Posted - April 12 2015 : 11:37:51 AM
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 I love that American Flyer, man. You must be very lucky. My COTW is a rather beat up (but still working) Lionel H0 poultry car. Definitely an interesting oddity, never seen one of those before, and apparently it was made between 1959 to about 1960.
-Steve
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Posted - April 12 2015 : 4:48:03 PM
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*makes Grabby Paws!* yes puh-leeasseee gimmies!! 
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Posted - April 13 2015 : 5:31:10 PM
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My COTW is an undecorated silver Con-Cor sleeper I recently nabbed off ebay. It came with upgraded trucks - fully-sprung, 4 springs per side. I imagine they are worth far more than what I paid for the car.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - April 13 2015 : 5:56:54 PM
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Tyco Penneys box car
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Posted - April 13 2015 : 6:27:43 PM
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Posted - April 13 2015 : 6:31:29 PM
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The classic Dutch Maid follows up this consist. Not well visible, the girl on the caboose
is pitching out a pail of mop water.
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Posted - April 13 2015 : 8:29:13 PM
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quote: Made in Austria, eh? Now that's definitely unusual.I have some other Con Cor coaches and they say "Made in USA" on the base.Those are very nice trucks on that thing, though.
-Steve
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Posted - April 13 2015 : 10:06:27 PM
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Yeah same here Stephen, that's the first Austrian made Con-Cor car I had seen - although not really surprising since several Con-Cor locos are Austrian made too.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - April 14 2015 : 10:02:55 AM
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quote: quote:
Yeah same here Stephen, that's the first Austrian made Con-Cor car I had seen - although not really surprising since several Con-Cor locos are Austrian made too.
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â April 13 2015Â :Â 10:06:27 PM
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 I think I may have a couple of Austrian made freight cars from Tyco, actually. A Penn Central streamlined caboose if I recall. Gonna have to dig through my train cases again.
-Steve
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Posted - April 14 2015 : 2:53:55 PM
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As a kid, I had some AHM freight cars that were made in Austria by Roco. I just googled "Roco Trains Concor" and it looks as if Concor once sold some Roco passenger cars.
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Posted - April 14 2015 : 5:51:57 PM
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Central Valley sprung trucks. Nice catch. By themselves, they're worth about twice what the original car itself is worth...
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Posted - April 14 2015 : 8:33:34 PM
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quote:As a kid, I had some AHM freight cars that were made in Austria by Roco. I just googled "Roco Trains Concor" and it looks as if Concor once sold some Roco passenger cars.
Originally posted by scsshaggy - April 14 2015 : 2:53:55 PM
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Interesting....
-Steve
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Posted - April 15 2015 : 05:58:45 AM
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Athearn made some cars for Lionel to sell around 1960. The Lionel L in a circle shows this to be one of them.
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Posted - April 15 2015 : 07:42:03 AM
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Thanks to Chops for the goodie box, I have this nice little Monon hopper.
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Posted - April 15 2015 : 08:43:52 AM
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I think that the trucks on Jerry's car are made by GSB. They were a short lived manufacturer that made a few detail parts (I had some wipers) and a they made a few SD-40's. Google them for the whole scoop.
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Posted - April 15 2015 : 1:17:20 PM
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quote:I think that the trucks on Jerry's car are made by GSB. They were a short lived manufacturer that made a few detail parts (I had some wipers) and a they made a few SD-40's. Google them for the whole scoop.
Originally posted by rbturner - April 15 2015 : 08:43:52 AM
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They do have "GSB" and "Hong Kong" stamped on the bottom.
That's a pretty interesting story about the company - too bad they didn't survive.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - April 15 2015 : 10:21:45 PM
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Nice Monon! So please my JOTW found a good home.
I didn't even know it was in there.
Nice Wabash, by the way. Don't see that everyday!
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Posted - April 15 2015 : 11:12:22 PM
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quote:Thanks to Chops for the goodie box, I have this nice little Monon hopper.
Originally posted by wildecoupe - April 15 2015 : 07:42:03 AM
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Very nice! I'm partial to the old 55 ton hoppers. If I had seen that in Chops' JOTW, the price might have been 8 cents instead of 6!
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Posted - April 16 2015 : 4:57:54 PM
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My double-dip COTW is another Con-Cor. A WP California Zephyr "Silver Planet" dome observation. These cars are the definition of "streamliner" to me.
Interesting thing, although I didn't get a photo  - the "made in Austria" was ground off, by the looks of from the mold itself. The car is new old stock, has not been altered.
http://tycodepot.com/
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 Posted - April 16 2015 : 5:30:10 PM
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Jerry,
Many Years ago I purchased a batch of discounted Life Like brass turnouts form a craft store. These turnouts were identical to the older Atlas units except there was a deep Life Like Logo where the old Atlas logo had been. I wonder how many USA and European model train production tool sets ended up in Hong Kong or China. I bet the MRC Model Power Line is made in China with old Mantua, Mehano, and even Varney tools. The MRC-MP Hopper looks like an old Varney
Regards John,
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Posted - April 16 2015 : 9:49:51 PM
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quote:Jerry,
Many Years ago I purchased a batch of discounted Life Like brass turnouts form a craft store. These turnouts were identical to the older Atlas units except there was a deep Life Like Logo where the old Atlas logo had been. I wonder how many USA and European model train production tool sets ended up in Hong Kong or China. I bet the MRC Model Power Line is made in China with old Mantua, Mehano, and even Varney tools. The MRC-MP Hopper looks like an old Varney
Regards John,
I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here.
Harry S Truman
Originally posted by JRG1951Â -Â April 16 2015Â :Â 5:30:10 PM
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Yep - the Con-Cor box has their anniversary logo on it, I think 1992(?) so I am assuming production had shifted to China by then. Looks like they simply took a grinder to the mold, can almost make out the original letters.
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - April 16 2015 : 10:50:56 PM
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quote: quote:Jerry,
Many Years ago I purchased a batch of discounted Life Like brass turnouts form a craft store. These turnouts were identical to the older Atlas units except there was a deep Life Like Logo where the old Atlas logo had been. I wonder how many USA and European model train production tool sets ended up in Hong Kong or China. I bet the MRC Model Power Line is made in China with old Mantua, Mehano, and even Varney tools. The MRC-MP Hopper looks like an old Varney
Regards John,
I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here.
Harry S Truman
Originally posted by JRG1951Â -Â April 16 2015Â :Â 5:30:10 PM
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Yep - the Con-Cor box has their anniversary logo on it, I think 1992(?) so I am assuming production had shifted to China by then. Looks like they simply took a grinder to the mold, can almost make out the original letters.
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â April 16 2015Â :Â 9:49:51 PM
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I believe even companies like Tyco and Mantua did that after they split. Some Tyco cars that were around in the Mantua era had the Mantua name blotted out and/or vise versa. I have a Mantua 1890 coach from the 80's (originally, it was in the Tyco lineup) and where the Tyco name was just so happened to be blotted out into a mound of plastic.
-Steve
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Posted - April 18 2015 : 6:11:28 PM
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My COTW is a tyco brown box Sara Lee Express Reefer. Tony
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Posted - April 18 2015 : 8:28:54 PM
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quote:My COTW is a tyco brown box Sara Lee Express Reefer. Tony
Originally posted by skimpy tone 44Â -Â April 18 2015Â :Â 6:11:28 PM
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there is 2 versions of this car
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