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 Posted - October 28 2015 : 09:13:28 AM
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anyone got any info please,ramax co
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Posted - October 28 2015 : 10:32:02 AM
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Ken I don't remember seeing that name before, though I may have seen it in a Walters Catalog. The only thing I can say or ask is the box say UP and the model is C&O. Maybe it isn't even a RAAX Model, but something else just put in the box. I am only saying that because I do that a lot. Bowser made that model of 34' 2 bay hopper, open and covered with sides like that.
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Posted - October 28 2015 : 10:40:00 AM
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you could be right frank,does the underneath look like a walthers one ken
picture quality is rubbish
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Posted - October 28 2015 : 10:50:16 AM
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the box is a ramax co tooling which was bought by detail associates and re tooled,about 20 years ago apparently,but will be cautious and not buy it,also the kit i found is much different
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Posted - October 28 2015 : 7:17:37 PM
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Ken now that I see the bottom it is a Athearn hopper car. It has Kadee trucks and couplers. Some one painted it black and put C&O decals on it. The cover is probably the new tooling. Maybe repainted by last owner. Its a nice car. You got a good one.
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Posted - November 01 2015 : 7:41:09 PM
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The Ramax Co. only ever made one model, a 2-Bay Centerflow Hopper, for a few years in the mid-80s before (I think) being gobbled up by Walthers. The car there is an Athearn offset-side twin with a custom roof that appears to be modified from an E&B Valley kit. IMO it's actually a much more interesting car than the one that's supposed to be in that box. I have a spare Ramax centerflow shell in C&O Chessie paint left over from building one of those cars if anyone can use it.
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