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 Posted - June 28 2015 : 08:58:48 AM
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Ok, posting my other Mantua Heavy I got a few weeks ago, this Pacific fruit growers Express car is in fantastic shape, as was the gondola last week. Great grabs for $5 each. :)
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Posted - June 28 2015 : 09:19:15 AM
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$5 for something that good?! Wow, that's awesome, man!  Anyway, my COTW is a Penn Line Pennsylvania observation coach.
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Posted - June 28 2015 : 10:11:37 AM
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Nicely toasted. Coach looks beat to Heck and back. Slap a PC logo
on it, and its crispy creme.
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Posted - June 28 2015 : 10:15:19 AM
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Back after a short absence with a Texaco tank car by Tyco.
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Posted - June 28 2015 : 11:05:14 AM
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quote:Nicely toasted. Coach looks beat to Heck and back. Slap a PC logo
on it, and its crispy creme.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â June 28 2015Â :Â 10:11:37 AM
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  No kidding, it totally looks like a PC car.
-Steve
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Posted - June 28 2015 : 11:09:07 AM
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hi jerry wish my 3 were in as good a condition as yours ken
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Posted - June 28 2015 : 12:26:03 PM
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quote:Back after a short absence with a Texaco tank car by Tyco.
Originally posted by thetramp - June 28 2015 : 10:15:19 AM
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Wekcome back tramp - was wondering where you were. Nice photo of the texaco tanker
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - June 28 2015 : 12:30:19 PM
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quote: quote:Nicely toasted. Coach looks beat to Heck and back. Slap a PC logo
on it, and its crispy creme.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â June 28 2015Â :Â 10:11:37 AM
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No kidding, it totally looks like a PC car.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â June 28 2015Â :Â 11:05:14 AM
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What are you kidding?? It's a brave new world just after the merger, and PC is leading the way. HERE is a PC observation car
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - June 28 2015 : 12:58:23 PM
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quote: They basically just stamped the PC logo on a lot of their passenger cars. Especially in their early era.
-Steve
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Posted - June 28 2015 : 2:13:30 PM
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quote:hi jerry wish my 3 were in as good a condition as yours ken
Originally posted by catfordken - June 28 2015 : 11:09:07 AM
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Any idea what company made those reefers? I think I have the Armour car (will have to dig it out to check number) but it's one of the few cardboard side cars I can't pin down.
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Posted - June 28 2015 : 3:43:23 PM
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quote:They basically just stamped the PC logo on a lot of their passenger cars. Especially in their early era.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â June 28 2015Â :Â 12:58:23 PM
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Maybe in your world, Stephen - but in mine the PC rules the Northeast, and is getting ready to take over the entire eastern half of the country
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - June 28 2015 : 5:28:36 PM
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quote: quote:They basically just stamped the PC logo on a lot of their passenger cars. Especially in their early era.
Originally posted by kovacste000Â -Â June 28 2015Â :Â 12:58:23 PM
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Maybe in your world, Stephen - but in mine the PC rules the Northeast, and is getting ready to take over the entire eastern half of the country
Originally posted by JNXT 7707Â -Â June 28 2015Â :Â 3:43:23 PM
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Oh, okay. So your's is like an alternate universe.
-Steve
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Posted - June 28 2015 : 6:19:56 PM
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I'm having PC envy. Would love to see that PC universe! Bring it on!
By the way Tramp, very nice shot of a classic piece. Love that
brass rail.
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Posted - June 28 2015 : 6:51:01 PM
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quote:
Any idea what company made those reefers? I think I have the Armour car (will have to dig it out to check number) but it's one of the few cardboard side cars I can't pin down.
Originally posted by PRR 4800Â -Â June 28 2015Â :Â 2:13:30 PM
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Um, if you read my first post at top, it's a Mantua. If you didn't, it's still a Mantua - heavies edition. Blue box type.
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Posted - June 29 2015 : 09:02:19 AM
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Imagine my surprise when I walk into my local train shop and seen this. Actually, I did a double take because I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. Yes, it was right in front of the junk section, the owner considers TYCO and Mantua either toys or trash. He knows I'm a TYCO collector, so when he sees me grab it with the quickness, I think I may have over played my hand. I compose myself, then ask "How much"? His reply"10 buck should do it". Can you say "SCORE"!!!!! I think the last time I seen this on eBay it went for close to eighty dollars.
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| GG-1, Is there any identification on the box? The BSA cars usually turn up in Mantua Boxes.
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Posted - June 29 2015 : 2:08:39 PM
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Posted - June 29 2015 : 4:54:43 PM
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** Mantua Union Pacific Bunk Car.
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Posted - June 29 2015 : 9:39:10 PM
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Lots of nice classic stuff already this week!
Here's mine. I picked it up on ebay. I don't want to start controversy, but it was cheap and I figured I'd better get one while I can.
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Posted - June 30 2015 : 11:25:54 AM
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I has that car, toptrain
Along with the 2 flatcars & the gondola
one flatcar is a former derrick car but it was missing when I got it 
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Posted - July 04 2015 : 6:28:43 PM
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quote:** Mantua Union Pacific Bunk Car.
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - June 29 2015 : 4:54:43 PM
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Dang!
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Posted - July 04 2015 : 9:24:12 PM
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quote:I has that car, toptrain
Along with the 2 flatcars & the gondola
one flatcar is a former derrick car but it was missing when I got it
Originally posted by microbusss - June 30 2015 : 11:25:54 AM
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I should add that I even have a few of the newer MOW gondolas that Tyco did in the BB era
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