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 Posted - February 05 2017 : 12:39:27 PM
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** Looking for who made these cars and when. They are European, possibly German or Austrian. A box car, gondola brakeman car, and a flat car.
frank
Box car.
Flat car. The load was made by COX for a lumber yard they made.
Gondola car. I was surprised this tyco load fit so well
Only identifying mark is on gondola floor.
 
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Posted - February 07 2017 : 07:15:36 AM
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Pico (PIKO) - Eastern Germany! ca. 1950.
The logo on the gondola certainly means "Chemnitz - Germany" where the first factory was.
http://www.ebay.de/bhp/pico-express
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Posted - February 07 2017 : 09:50:29 AM
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Great info Erich. I was hoping you would pop in and have a answer. Pico (Piko) East Germany. 1950'ish. I seen all 3 cars on the E-bay link once I opened it. Now all I got to do is shape the missing coupler parts and fix the couplers.
Thanks Erich !
frank
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Posted - February 07 2017 : 5:17:53 PM
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East German. Fascinating bit of history, that. Think I read somewhere
once that under Soviet rule, model railroading was encouraged- largely
to keep people distracted from the generally wretched state of affairs.
I've heard of "... opiate for the masses," but not "model trains for the
masses."
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Posted - February 08 2017 : 10:53:54 PM
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I have a few Piko units myself.
Great runners, with a very complex directional lighting system.
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