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My COTW is the Bachmann Cat Chow....
Edited by - walt on December 21 2015 10:39:25 PM
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Posted - December 22 2015 : 3:05:02 PM
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Lately, I've been getting into where a car like this came from. While it may not be the only place, there was a Bachmann "Ralston-Purina" set that included the Cat Chow box car and a "Dog Chow" box car. The set had a Santa Fe engine and caboose and the only "special" cars were the "chow" box cars.
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Posted - December 22 2015 : 4:29:07 PM
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My COTW(?) is a few Penn Line Pennsylvania coaches. So, technically, this is a SOTW of mine, but whatever. This is how they all looked after they were cleaned up from all those years of being in an attic somewhere.
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"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 - December 22 2015 : 9:06:14 PM
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quote:Lately, I've been getting into where a car like this came from. While it may not be the only place, there was a Bachmann "Ralston-Purina" set that included the Cat Chow box car and a "Dog Chow" box car. The set had a Santa Fe engine and caboose and the only "special" cars were the "chow" box cars.
Rich
Originally posted by Helm - December 22 2015 : 3:05:02 PM
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Rich, I bought this one on ebay. It's kind of colorful where the dog chow is just green and plain. I probably will never buy the dog chow piece. However, I have all the cars I really want. I may buy 3 or 4 more train cars before I die, depending on how soon that is... 
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Posted - December 23 2015 : 5:33:05 PM
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My COTW is a kitbashed beet rack car, now with beets. I scratchbuilt the rack from styrene to fit a Tyco skid flat. The beets are rye seed that I colored with clay that I collected on a fishing trip to Lake Shasta.
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Posted - December 23 2015 : 8:58:05 PM
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| That beet car looks real fine Thomas.
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Posted - December 24 2015 : 01:49:14 AM
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| I agree. I especially like how you did the beets.
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Posted - December 24 2015 : 09:50:00 AM
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Here is my old Mantua metal caboose
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Posted - December 24 2015 : 11:16:27 AM
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hey Walt
there is a Dog Chow one too
I have one but need to replace it & get that Cat Chow too
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Posted - December 25 2015 : 01:34:50 AM
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Well, that one beets the competition! Remarkable
how you took a common Tyco flat and turned it
into a work of model railroad art. Superb job.
Thank you Steven for posting the Penn Line
coaches. They are really, really cool.
Walt, I love the Cat Chow, but even more that
BN cordwood car in the background is even
better. I've only seen them in Southern red.
Is that a lamppost next to the Bekin's van??
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Posted - December 25 2015 : 02:20:54 AM
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Yes, Jeff...I believe that is a lamppost!
The green wood car behind the Cat Chow boxcar is a nice piece. A common car in green and the red. I also have the blue U.S. Steel car of the same. Sold by Tyco with a load of "steel Beams" I believe. I have added the wood load to the blue one...
Merry Christmas to you!
Edited by - walt on December 25 2015 02:31:47 AM
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Posted - December 25 2015 : 08:18:29 AM
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A US Steel car in the pulpwood format by Tyco??
Now I want one!
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Posted - December 25 2015 : 09:43:41 AM
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Merry Christmas everyone!
Tyco boxcar Made in USA
yes that IS snow in the background
While you are getting Shorts Weather
WE gonna get 3-6 inches Fri Afternoon to Saturday Morning 
Edited by - microbusss on December 25 2015 09:45:41 AM
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Posted - December 26 2015 : 01:00:11 AM
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Unusual yellow Conrail Box of uncertain manufacturer.
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Posted - December 26 2015 : 01:34:17 AM
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quote:Merry Christmas everyone!
Tyco boxcar Made in USA
Originally posted by microbusss - December 25 2015 : 09:43:41 AM
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Nice Microben... This is one, of maybe four Tyco cars that I might buy sometime in the future, if I even have room for what I have now.
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Posted - December 26 2015 : 09:04:37 AM
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quote:if I even have room for what I have now.
Originally posted by walt - December 26 2015 : 01:34:17 AM
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Space: the final frontier...
Carpe Manana!
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Posted - December 27 2015 : 12:44:45 PM
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quote:My COTW is the Bachmann Cat Chow....
Originally posted by walt - December 21 2015 : 10:32:53 PM
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Is it just me or does the muzzle on the illustrated cat look funny? I think I will just stick with Chessie.
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Posted - December 27 2015 : 12:49:12 PM
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quote:My COTW is a kitbashed beet rack car, now with beets. I scratchbuilt the rack from styrene to fit a Tyco skid flat. The beets are rye seed that I colored with clay that I collected on a fishing trip to Lake Shasta.
Originally posted by Redwoods - December 23 2015 : 5:33:05 PM
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I love car projects like this! Most model railroaders dismiss the Tyco skid flat as a "toy" with no useful potential. A new thread needs to be started in the kitbashing forum focusing on skid flat rebuilding projects like this. As I recall someone built a traction "bus exterminator" model using a skid flat with a howitzer mounted to it.
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Edited by - Srenchin on December 27 2015 12:52:45 PM
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