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Again I start one 
2 Tyco Sara Lee boxcars with different lettering colors
2 Model Power or Life-Like Green Giant boxcars that are the same but different
You likes these, Chops? hehe
Either I get up too early or everyone is at church when I post stuff
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 Posted - May 24 2015 : 11:43:49 AM
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Maybe both, actually. Anyway, my COTW is a Tyco Santa Fe cattle car that I actually quite like.
-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 - May 24 2015 : 12:30:53 PM
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Aaaaaargh! And the Sprout IS facing the other way!
Hangover Monday at the Tyco plant? Makes me
think of the Flying Jenny stamp.
Looks like the second Sara Lee was running
out of paint. Shades of Penn Central Syndrome, there.
Muis kool.
Oh, heck, I just noted the backdrop is white,
too. Why only these thing happen in Nebraska?
I hope it snows another 12 inches.
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Posted - May 24 2015 : 12:55:53 PM
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My contribution this week is a "diabetes" car. Just picked it up for my "Junk Food" train.
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Posted - May 24 2015 : 3:27:30 PM
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Eat your asparagus. Love those blurry graphics. Add this one to my
"must have" list.
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Posted - May 24 2015 : 5:39:40 PM
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| Prefer cauliflower and broccoli.
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Posted - May 24 2015 : 6:17:25 PM
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Hi everyone! It's been a while. Here's an AHM Heinz vinegar car picked up at an antique store:
Sorry about the blurry picture.
I've also got two different versions of a Heinz pickle car...I guess I'm starting a fleet! Wonder what other Heinz products are out there?
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Posted - May 24 2015 : 9:03:22 PM
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quote: Wonder what other Heinz products are out there?
Originally posted by burlington77Â -Â May 24 2015Â :Â 6:17:25 PM
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yes the Tyco pickle factory was originally called Heinz Pickle Factory
Now its Klassic Pickle Factory
Also I think I made Chops envious of my boxcars hehe
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Posted - May 25 2015 : 01:18:24 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by microbusss - May 24 2015 : 11:31:03 AM |
You'd think Consolidated Foods would have been more careful with the print registration on cars that promoted their own company! The red tampo is actually crooked on the top car!
Glenn
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
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Posted - May 25 2015 : 02:18:59 AM
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Makes it really unique. Love it. I had three, and
traded one off to Island Trains. Now kicking
myself in kiester. Had not noticed these
nuances until you pointed them out.
Now I see to the slogan is a charmingly awkward
double negative: "Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee?"
I am getting nice little trade in return, but until
Microbuss pointed out the finer points, I didn't
get it. Good eye, Micro.
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Posted - May 25 2015 : 02:25:30 AM
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Burlington 77 is headed down the slippery slope. A pickle train would be
just so kool. Hope he keeps collecting those hotties. I gather there
are some variants in color and design. Bring it on!
This little honey a sweet gift from my sister and honorary Tycohead,
"Underdog," who resides in Florida and seriously collected antique
Kewpie dolls as one of her fascinations. Everyone should have a
sister like mine.
El Paso Model Train Club, harbor scene by George Redpath, Gordon
Pugh, and Fred Sunderman; talented modelers all. And yes, that spur
is fully functional.
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Posted - May 25 2015 : 10:55:07 AM
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| Sara Lee is owned by Bimbo (beem-boe) now
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Posted - May 28 2015 : 01:12:55 AM
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quote:Sara Lee is owned by Bimbo (beem-boe) now
Originally posted by microbusss - May 25 2015 : 10:55:07 AM
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By Fred Sunderman, El Paso Model Train Club. Sounds like NAFTA got
another one. The back story is that a Bimbo rep was passing out these
Bimbo trucks at the El Paso Airport, and Fred snagged a handful and
built up this scene around them.
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Posted - May 28 2015 : 10:55:53 AM
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cool, Chops
I want one truck hehe
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Posted - May 28 2015 : 1:18:24 PM
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I bets u do.
Hey, did you ever see a lime green Sara Lee, same
swoosh and logo?
Saw one on ebay last night, thought maybe the
lighting was off. Only seen them in chocolate tan.
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Posted - May 28 2015 : 7:30:01 PM
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| Nice photos. This next one a MTH Philadelphia Phillies car.
Maybe the team will do better next year.
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Posted - May 28 2015 : 8:58:33 PM
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quote:| Nice photos. This next one a MTH Philadelphia Phillies car.
Maybe the team will do better next year.
Originally posted by wks - May 28 2015 : 7:30:01 PM
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O.O do they make one with Colorado Rockies??
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Posted - May 29 2015 : 12:54:03 AM
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My COTW is this Mantua/Tyco operating hopper in Virginian colors:
This car was a gift from my inlaws, purchased on a recent trip to Ohio. Apparently, they have a model train vendor at a flea market there on the lookout for these things, because as soon as they walked up, he held it up from across his shop and said "You owe me six bucks!" He'd been holding it for about a year!
So this makes 8 or 10 of these I have in Virginian paint now!
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Posted - May 29 2015 : 12:36:08 PM
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I would love to see the Virginia coal drag soon.
Great backstory.
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My COTW is this Maine Central Boxcar:
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Posted - May 30 2015 : 8:30:45 PM
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Oh, that is so cool BNSFIA. That lighting is just
too cool. Looks like glow in the dark.
On my dream calendar for 2016, this one goes right to
October.
Please be posting more of your work! Great stuff!
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Posted - May 30 2015 : 8:50:30 PM
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** Last day for this post. I have here a Tyco-Mantua box car. Santa Fe, ATSF 12079, Shock Control, DF.
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quote:Oh, that is so cool BNSFIA. That lighting is just
too cool. Looks like glow in the dark.
On my dream calendar for 2016, this one goes right to
October.
Please be posting more of your work! Great stuff!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â May 30 2015Â :Â 8:30:45 PM
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Thanks Chops!
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Posted - May 30 2015 : 10:08:37 PM
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quote:I bets u do.
Hey, did you ever see a lime green Sara Lee, same
swoosh and logo?
Saw one on ebay last night, thought maybe the
lighting was off. Only seen them in chocolate tan.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â May 28 2015Â :Â 1:18:24 PM
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I see those all the time at the local train show. About as common as the brown ones. If you're looking for one, I can pick one up next time it's on in September.
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Posted - May 30 2015 : 11:05:00 PM
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quote:
I see those all the time at the local train show. About as common as the brown ones. If you're looking for one, I can pick one up next time it's on in September.
Originally posted by PRR 4800Â -Â May 30 2015Â :Â 10:08:37 PM
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yeah? they Marx or what?
in different schemes?
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Posted - May 31 2015 : 2:05:15 PM
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| Oooooooooo
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my favorite football themed boxcar !!!!!!
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