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 Posted - August 22 2016 : 10:39:20 AM
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My COTW is a twofer this week:
They're a pair of Roundhouse Overland passenger cars, dating back to Christmas of 1971. They came as kits, assembled by juvenile hands, so there was stray glue along with some other cosmetic flaws. Also, they were not good reliable runners. More lately, they've been cleaned up and tuned better to not derail so eagerly. Finally, I just repainted them to a simple, typical coach green color, which is more sedate than the yellow I had them before. They seem a more credible length than the shortys I've been using. Here they are in a train:
Carpe Manana!
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Posted - August 22 2016 : 11:18:42 AM
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| Very nice Don. I have the same thoughts about the length of those "shorty" cars; they look interesting, but you don't see many old photos of trains with those short cars. I do like the way you've got that box car in there.
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Posted - August 22 2016 : 1:39:02 PM
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Trailer-train piggyback.
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Posted - August 22 2016 : 1:51:05 PM
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my car this week TM western union caboose,ken
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Posted - August 22 2016 : 2:22:40 PM
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quote:Trailer-train piggyback.
Originally posted by Redwoods - August 22 2016 : 1:39:02 PM
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both are merged now
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Posted - August 22 2016 : 3:19:38 PM
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Really great layout SCSS. A Tyco Pepsi follows.
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Posted - August 22 2016 : 5:41:39 PM
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quote: quote:Trailer-train piggyback.
Originally posted by Redwoods - August 22 2016 : 1:39:02 PM
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both are merged now
Originally posted by microbusss - August 22 2016 : 2:22:40 PM
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Ha! Great catch, I didn't even notice.
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Posted - August 23 2016 : 7:24:15 PM
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Posted - August 23 2016 : 7:48:19 PM
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My COTW is a Life-Like circus car with two Lion carriages. With a few more acquisitions, I should have a decent LL circus train in the works. :)
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Posted - August 24 2016 : 08:40:19 AM
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* Old and very Collectable. Thomas Trains, ROMA Wine Co. All Metal 6 dome wine transport car. 7000 Gallon Capacity, divided into 6 equal compartments. These cars used only in the transport of wine from vineyard to bottling plant, and nothing else.
* This is a complete, unbuilt car kit in its original box.
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