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Roast beef, Yorkshire Pudding, and peas are on the menu today. As a child, I rode in a
dining coach such as this, watching the verdant hills of Devon roll past. For thrills I would
venture into the vestibule and stand on the foot plates inhaling the grease and feeling the
thunder of wheel on jointed rail. That was "living in tall cotton." The item was reasonably
priced, the shipping out of Canada was about like paying ransom to Iran.
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Posted - February 05 2017 : 6:49:07 PM
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Chops, that dining car looks well appointed on the inside, and your description is making me hungry!
My COTW just came in the mail. It's a wooden baggage car. I have no idea if it is scratchbuilt or was built from a kit. I like the finish though, especially the roof. The Redwoods and Pacific RR was searching for a baggage car for a while and is pleased to add it to the fleet, even though it has seen some miles.
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Posted - February 05 2017 : 7:07:55 PM
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what the name on car? 
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Posted - February 05 2017 : 7:14:33 PM
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| That baggage car has great character Thomas.
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Posted - February 05 2017 : 8:22:56 PM
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quote:what the name on car?
Originally posted by microbusss - February 05 2017 : 7:07:55 PM
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Texas & Red River Railroad
That is a lovely baggage car. Is it going to be for checked baggage, or for storage mail?
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Posted - February 05 2017 : 10:20:03 PM
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quote: quote:what the name on car?
Originally posted by microbusss - February 05 2017 : 7:07:55 PM
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Texas & Red River Railroad
That is a lovely baggage car. Is it going to be for checked baggage, or for storage mail?
Originally posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman - February 05 2017 : 8:22:56 PM
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Yes, Texas and Red River Railroad. It will be used for storage mail.
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Posted - February 06 2017 : 08:03:41 AM
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This weekend I got a Palace Poultry Car again. I wouldn't have done it but for the cars size. It is smaller then the other Poultry cars that were made. It would fit well on a layout on 1855 through 1880 when cars of this size were the norm. The size in height can be seen and compared the Varney 40' Great Northern box car to its right. I don't know when or who produced the kit for this car. It look pretty good to me.
* I wonder if it is either a narrow gague car or one made for the TT gauge.
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Posted - February 06 2017 : 11:23:08 AM
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| True art. Loving it.
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Posted - February 06 2017 : 4:49:49 PM
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Texas And Red River? Is that a freelance? Just wondering since I have a side project of archiving pictures of old freelances on a MEGA account.
sim-al2
Also since they cut track maintaince the trains had huge trouble making over the railroad by the end
純那
yeah
They did a Rock Island volountarily
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Posted - February 06 2017 : 11:52:24 PM
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I've never heard of Texas and Red River either. It might be freelance.
Here's a pair of cars that I posted a few years ago that are also probably freelance. The cars are made of wood with cardboard sides. And the sides are hand lettered. Amazing workmanship on the lettering.
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Posted - February 07 2017 : 12:14:49 AM
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cool
fun is...going to a train show & buying the odd named cars from a long gone layout 
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Posted - February 07 2017 : 12:36:28 PM
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Here, I'll jump on the train too. Here are two MofW bunk cars lettered for the "Bedrock & Bedlam"
I have a third that's lost it's trucks, couplers, and decals and will become a yard office somewhere on my layout. The second one is missing decals on the other side, and will be tucked in the scrapyard or on my deadline.
sim-al2
Also since they cut track maintaince the trains had huge trouble making over the railroad by the end
純那
yeah
They did a Rock Island volountarily
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Posted - February 07 2017 : 1:30:51 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Redwoods - February 05 2017 : 6:49:07 PM
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Redwoods! That baggage car is a thing of beauty! Very envious for sure! Love it!
Sean
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Posted - February 07 2017 : 1:34:19 PM
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quote:This weekend I got a Palace Poultry ...
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - February 06 2017 : 08:03:41 AM
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I'm digg'n the poultry car Frank! Our's must be sister's from another mother...
Sean
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Posted - February 07 2017 : 1:40:07 PM
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My COTW... a Varney Ohio Seamless Tube Division gondola... This one is not damaged, although it is missing the trucks,an chassis weight, it has all the stirrup steps and the paint is great. It did not come from the factory with the end beam. Either way, I am happy with it's addition to my OSTD gondola fleet. I have a couple that came with the end beam delete option. Think I may add them at a later date.
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Posted - February 07 2017 : 5:12:19 PM
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| That old gon is a treasure. Nice find.
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Posted - February 10 2017 : 09:50:32 AM
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Here's my entry for this week:
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Posted - February 10 2017 : 11:17:59 AM
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Hey Sean; Another shorty version. I'll run the little one with my civil war cars and locos.
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Posted - February 11 2017 : 02:54:46 AM
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quote: quote:This weekend I got a Palace Poultry ...
frank
Originally posted by toptrain - February 06 2017 : 08:03:41 AM
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I'm digg'n the poultry car Frank! Our's must be sister's from another mother...
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - February 07 2017 : 1:34:19 PM
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That makes three of us, mine is currently packaged so I only have a blurry pic of it, but we all have the Main Line Models palace poultry car
--CRC
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Posted - February 11 2017 : 10:26:42 AM
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maaaan I wants the HO Lionel one grrrr
BUT theres are nice
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Posted - February 11 2017 : 10:31:36 AM
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I got an HO Lionel Poultry Car shell in good condition...but which
came first, and why did it cross the road?
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Posted - February 11 2017 : 10:46:53 AM
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quote:I got an HO Lionel Poultry Car shell in good condition...but which
came first, and why did it cross the road?
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â February 11 2017Â :Â 10:31:36 AM
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There are two proofs that the egg came first:
1) You have eggs for breakfast and chicken for lunch. Breakfast is before lunch.
2) When originally proposed, what we now call the Big Bang Theory (of the very origin of The Universe) was originally called the Hypothesis of the Cosmic Egg.
Why did the chicken cross the road? To show the raccoons it can be done (armadillos in Texas).
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Posted - February 12 2017 : 12:34:27 PM
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Touche!
I've had this thing in my junk box for years. Anyone interested? BTW, Microbusss
is checking it out, tarry not.
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