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My COTW is this LifeLike Canadian Pacific mechanical refrigerator:
I got it from the Canadian Pacific. Years ago, I was riding on a steamboat down the Illinois River and struck up an acquaintance with a sales rep. from the CP. He ended up sending me some promotional material including the car, a booklet about the CP and a map of railroads in North America.
The car had truck mounted couplers that interfered with the ability of the trucks to pitch upward when starting up a hill, so I converted it to body mounted couplers. I also swapped out the wheelsets for ones with flanges that dealt more gracefully with the guard rails on turnouts. The car is not a very good fit for my layout, but for sentimental reasons, I keep it around and was willing to do the modifications mentioned here.
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Posted - June 12 2016 : 11:31:34 AM
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| Good story Don.
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Posted - June 12 2016 : 11:44:50 AM
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This week's submission for me is this unusual boxcar. I'm not familiar with Crosley, obviously not a Mid-Atlantic company in Virginia. I liked the name, though, so I bought it.
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Posted - June 12 2016 : 12:42:42 PM
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| Great looking car Gerry.
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Posted - June 12 2016 : 3:24:01 PM
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quote:I'm not familiar with Crosley, obviously not a Mid-Atlantic company in Virginia.
Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â June 12 2016Â :Â 11:44:50 AM
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As it says on the boxcar, they made Radios and Televisions. I was not aware of the wash machines. They also made record players. For a time, they also made automobiles. They were really small cars that got impressive gas mileage for the time.
If memory serves, their televisions may have been among the last of the U.S. made T.V.'s on the market.
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Posted - June 12 2016 : 5:29:30 PM
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Much more about Crosley:
:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powel_Crosley,_Jr.#Crosley_Radios
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Posted - June 12 2016 : 6:56:23 PM
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quote:
As it says on the boxcar, they made Radios and Televisions. I was not aware of the wash machines. They also made record players. For a time, they also made automobiles. They were really small cars that got impressive gas mileage for the time.
If memory serves, their televisions may have been among the last of the U.S. made T.V.'s on the market.
Originally posted by scsshaggy - June 12 2016 : 3:24:01 PM
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this is a Bachmann & it came in a 4 car set with this car, tank car caboose & loco
I saw it one time at a Crosley dealer
Crosley also made those really tiny cars, pickups & that Farm-O-Road Jeep thing
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Posted - June 12 2016 : 7:37:24 PM
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Crosely Car and Products:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/1949_Crosley_Hotshot_%26_Appliance_Display.jpg/1280px-1949_Crosley_Hotshot_%26_Appliance_Display.jpg
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Posted - June 12 2016 : 11:26:57 PM
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Ya know, I had a feeling when I saw Crosley on it, if it was somehow related to the 1940's and 50's Crosley automobile. That it is is really perfect for me. :) I just HAD that feeling...
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Posted - June 13 2016 : 10:30:10 PM
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Coming way out from left field,
Curtis-Mathes was the last TV made in the USA.
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Posted - June 13 2016 : 11:19:43 PM
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quote:Coming way out from left field,
Curtis-Mathes was the last TV made in the USA.
Evan
Originally posted by PGE33Â -Â June 13 2016Â :Â 10:30:10 PM
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yeah
it even was a cheap crap Kmart brand for a while 
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Posted - June 14 2016 : 01:19:05 AM
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| Dig that Crosley!
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Posted - June 14 2016 : 01:22:32 AM
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Tyco Tropicana Flat car... Interesting box cars this week!
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Posted - June 14 2016 : 08:15:28 AM
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quote:Curtis-Mathes was the last TV made in the USA.
Originally posted by PGE33Â -Â June 13 2016Â :Â 10:30:10 PM
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Looks like my memory didn't serve.
Now that you say it, I see that I got the names confused. Part of what I like about this forum is the combined wealth of odd knowledge gathered in one place.
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Posted - June 14 2016 : 09:51:12 AM
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tv`s made for americans by americans in america today,ken
http://www.elementelectronics.com/our-story/
my cotw is the partner to last weeks,sp&s mail storage car
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Posted - June 14 2016 : 11:36:10 PM
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Posted - June 14 2016 : 11:44:21 PM
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I got this from my great aunt Lily Mae's estate many years ago.
I honestly forgot I had it until a few minutes ago.
Old Geezer syndrome , I guess.
Apparently, the red ones are the most sought-after.
This one is a lowly maroon.
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Posted - June 14 2016 : 11:45:08 PM
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Well that's annoying.
Try this.
Crosley D-25
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Posted - June 15 2016 : 01:14:41 AM
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| That's Awesome, Evan!!
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Posted - June 15 2016 : 7:41:03 PM
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quote:
Cool Crosley car. There was a Crosley Television building in San Francisco that appears in many many railroad photos because it was just behind the SP mainline curve leading into the first tunnel and that was a favorite spot to capture commutes and Daylights. It looks like it received boxcars at its loading dock.
(Sorry about the text over the picture... I was in a hurry and couldn't find a better example)
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Posted - June 16 2016 : 11:17:11 AM
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I wonder if that building is there or gone now
My dad has a couple of them Icyballs too 
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Posted - June 16 2016 : 1:31:25 PM
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quote:I wonder if that building is there or gone now
My dad has a couple of them Icyballs too
Originally posted by microbusss - June 16 2016 : 11:17:11 AM
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The Crosley Television building is long gone. The curved tracks are now in the shadow of an elevated freeway and the old Mission Bay railroad yard is now a complex of medical buildings. Other than Caltrain and the tiny SF bay RR, there are very few RR tracks left in San Francisco.
Here is a photo in approximately the same location today.
Edited by - Redwoods on June 16 2016 1:32:57 PM
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Posted - June 18 2016 : 7:12:30 PM
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Just to get my weeks COTW car posted, I'll do a Walter's Blatz Beer Car.
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