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My set is one that I've been looking for for a while. A High Baller's set of 1870's passenger cars.
The baggage car.
The combine.
The coach/sleeper car (2 of these).
And the express car.
I've seen them once-in-a-while and they were running from $25 to $40 each. I got
this set for $15 each. They have central Valley trucks and are set up for link-n-pin couplers.
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Posted - March 21 2016 : 4:39:22 PM
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Mega score, Old Tymer. I can't wait to see these
on your rails. Are they metal? And that eagle
emblem looks very crisp. Is it a decal??
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Posted - March 21 2016 : 5:24:15 PM
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Very nice!
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Posted - March 21 2016 : 7:34:11 PM
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My SOTW is some Southern cars to go with the Loco
Even thought I don't do southern
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Posted - March 21 2016 : 10:17:31 PM
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The paint job is factory. The bodies are metal and the floors are wood. I've got the 1860's and 1890's cars and have been wanting the 1870's but they are not very common and are really rare in a complete set like this. Now I gotta fix up a loco to pull them.
Nice southern set there BN. Gonna look great with the loco pulling 'em.
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Posted - March 21 2016 : 10:20:57 PM
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I can't wait to see what those link and pin couplers
look like. Maybe you could add a three fingered
brake man to complete the mis-en-scene. But
truly, those are super nice. Muy jealous.
Look's like you've rounded out the Crescent Limited
score, Island. I'd love to see that photographed
in action here on the Forum. I notice that RPO
is a tad shorter than all the rest, and that baggage
car is a most interesting design. A unique and
beautiful train you've put together.
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Posted - March 21 2016 : 11:12:52 PM
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neato
can't do mine until April 1st
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Posted - March 22 2016 : 07:59:17 AM
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Sugar Set negotiates the reverse loop at El Paso Model Train Club.
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Posted - March 22 2016 : 4:17:37 PM
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Need to change the name on that loco to "Diabetes Express"
God, what a sugar rush!!!!!!!!
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Posted - March 23 2016 : 11:04:37 AM
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Note to self: get a photograph of gondolas loaded
with insulin syringes and insulin vials. I have plenty
of each. Hold the chocolate.
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Posted - March 23 2016 : 10:55:50 PM
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The very rare Hobby Town Diabetes set. Rare. Very.
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Posted - March 24 2016 : 02:33:47 AM
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OMG that is funney I need to show my wife it, she is a diabete also.
Btw what is that blue Conrail engine, was that a real engine?
Modeling on the cheap
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Posted - March 24 2016 : 12:30:05 PM
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quote:OMG that is funney I need to show my wife it, she is a diabete also.
Btw what is that blue Conrail engine, was that a real engine?
Originally posted by fourteen - March 24 2016 : 02:33:47 AM
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yes was made by GE
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Posted - March 24 2016 : 4:02:59 PM
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| Ah yes, the Levemir/Toronto Express to the rescue.
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Posted - March 27 2016 : 10:24:49 AM
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Glad you enjoyed it Fourteen. I have a taste for the
zany, and it is nice to know at least one Tycohead
out there gets the humor.
Hey, I see you're a Rock Island man. I'd sure
enjoy seeing some Bankruptcy Blue. Give us
some posts!!!
I found the E33, I think that's what it is,
(Micro, help me out here) in
a garage under a pile of stuff from an estate
sale. It is a vintage Hobby Town and it came
in Virginia colors. The prototype first came into
being in the 1950's as a coal hauler and same
RR, was later sold to NH, then it went PC, and
then finished out its life in the 1980's under
a coat of Conrail Blue.
From photos of the real E33, I believe they used
a 3 axle truck, so I never knew why Hobby Town
elected to use a four axle. Guess they had a lot
in stock.
The motor got a cleaning and lube, and it runs
really great and pulls like a Clydesdale. A can
of French Blue spray paint, and voila! This
is one of my favorite locos as I am a big
time juice head.
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Posted - March 27 2016 : 1:49:46 PM
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Pretty fine George. Cool to run across the complete set in one swipe. Be fun to see 'em up and runnin'.
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