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 Posted - July 24 2016 : 12:28:12 AM
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This Life-Like crane is a replacement for the one I had as a kid on my layout. It's too light weight to use, but looks good as side track decor. I have always liked this piece... I removed it from it's original box on Thursday...
Edited by - walt on July 24 2016 12:33:36 AM
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Posted - July 24 2016 : 07:37:42 AM
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| I also had this car as a kid. Mine came in a set with the Teakettle locomotive. It is really light!
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Posted - July 24 2016 : 10:05:33 AM
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Yes, those Life-Like cranes are very fragile, I have both the B&O and the NYC versions.
For my COTW, I present a piece gone to the dogs - a Model Power Milkbone hopper, I put some dogbone candy in it as a load.  Wish I could find some plastic miniature dog bones to put in it, but haven't found any yet
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Posted - July 24 2016 : 11:50:57 AM
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I had that crane in the L-L construction set
Do want it again someday 
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Posted - July 24 2016 : 12:48:23 PM
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It's a wonder they call it "bread." One of my favorite AHM pieces. Layout by
El Paso Model Train Club, cars from Chops collection, in motion, under power.
I love your posts, Walt, Gremlin. I, too, have spent no small effort to replace some
of the "lost pieces" from my youth. Hmm, that would make an interesting
thread...
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Posted - July 24 2016 : 1:15:45 PM
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A Athearn Reefer. Canadian National RR. I have a old one of these from back when the car was first made. The reefer doors opened then.
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Posted - July 25 2016 : 11:38:58 AM
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My COTW is this Trix Twin Pullman Sleeper. I think it's a really neat car - all tinplate. The flanges are so deep they ride the ties even on code 100 track. I'm looking for some temporary wheelsets that I can pop in so that I can run it.
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Posted - July 25 2016 : 2:15:16 PM
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Those are interesting vestibules on that Pullman. I've seen their like in Peru, once, but never saw them anywhere else I've been. If any forum member knows more about those narrow vestibules, it'd be interesting to hear about where they may have been common.
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Posted - July 25 2016 : 4:49:34 PM
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quote:Those are interesting vestibules on that Pullman. I've seen their like in Peru, once, but never saw them anywhere else I've been. If any forum member knows more about those narrow vestibules, it'd be interesting to hear about where they may have been common.
Originally posted by scsshaggy - July 25 2016 : 2:15:16 PM
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I think some early Pullmans (1800s) had narrow vestibules, but my guess is that the Trix Twin is a loose interpretation of an American passenger car by designers who were more familiar with European prototypes, many of which had narrow vestibules.
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Posted - July 25 2016 : 9:06:13 PM
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| That car has some character Thomas.
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