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 Posted - September 02 2006 : 9:12:18 PM
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Hi All,
I picked up a Mantua blue ( teal? ) AT&SF cattle car for $1 today. It has unpainted metal slides for the doors. The number on the car sides is 80680. It says Mantua on the frame bottom with the #3. The trucks are the screw on type with metal center. My question is, What year(s) was it made in?
Thanks
Mike
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 Posted - September 28 2006 : 10:49:02 AM
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Mike:
Hi! Just noticed this old rolling stock topic hadn't gotten a response so I thought I'd chime in.
Your ATSF stocker in teal is one of Tyco's Johnny-come-lately newcomers (tongue planted firmly in cheek). It was one of the new product rollouts in the second year of the "new" Tyco redbox: 1960. The ATSF car was featured prominently in the '60 catalog and bears the catalog asterisk as a "new product" for 1960. So its happy 46th birthday to your ancient and venerable ATSF stocker.
The blue box stock cars were: MoPac, ACL, Katy. 1959 premiered the DRG. In 1960 came your teal ATSF. By 1961 Tyco was dropping stock cars with the ACL offering disappearing.
Your ATSF stocker was a very popular car (color perhaps?), and found its way into many a yellow-box, red-box, white box and late red box Tyco train set.
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Posted - September 28 2006 : 10:51:37 AM
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Mike:
Hi! Just noticed this old rolling stock topic hadn't gotten a response so I thought I'd chime in.
Your ATSF stocker in teal is one of Tyco's Johnny-come-lately newcomers (tongue planted firmly in cheek). It was one of the new product rollouts in the second year of the "new" Tyco redbox: 1960. The ATSF car was featured prominently in the '60 catalog and bears the catalog asterisk as a "new product" for 1960. So its happy 46th birthday to your ancient and venerable ATSF stocker.
The blue box stock cars were: MoPac, ACL, Katy. 1959 premiered the DRG. In 1960 came your teal ATSF. By 1961 Tyco was dropping stock cars with the ACL offering disappearing.
Your ATSF stocker was a very popular car (color perhaps?), and found its way into many a yellow-box, red-box, white box and late red box Tyco train set.
Magnolia Academy
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Posted - October 17 2006 : 03:53:02 AM
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Hi Magnolia Academy,
Thanks for your responce. Sorry it took so long to say thank you for your time and info.
Mike
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Posted - October 17 2006 : 10:51:13 AM
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Mike:
You're most welcome. And here's hoping you've picked up some more of the early stock cars to add to the Tyco freight drag since acquiring the ATSF...
MA
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