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My find of the day. I went to one of my two LHS's to get couplers and to seee if my issue of Model Railroad Planning was in. There's a case at the back with a whole bunch of stuff in it, and I notices this with a $40 price tag on it. Don't know how long it's been there, but I snapped it up! Been looking for one to compliment my LL Circus train.
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Posted - January 28 2018 : 07:17:05 AM
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Here a Model Die Casting old-time reefer Cracker Jack Candy.
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Posted - January 28 2018 : 1:13:08 PM
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| Outstanding pieces. That iconic Cracker Jack looks fresh off the shelf.
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Posted - January 28 2018 : 2:21:52 PM
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quote:My find of the day. I went to one of my two LHS's to get couplers and to seee if my issue of Model Railroad Planning was in. There's a case at the back with a whole bunch of stuff in it, and I notices this with a $40 price tag on it. Don't know how long it's been there, but I snapped it up! Been looking for one to compliment my LL Circus train.
Originally posted by DanMacKÂ -Â January 28 2018Â :Â 12:26:43 AM
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I got one too!
I had a idea to get the giraffe to duck & have tested it myself
Stick a strong magnet between the tracks & the magnet will pull the giraffe mech down
but don't use a Rare Earth magnet! 
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Posted - January 28 2018 : 3:36:31 PM
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Nice pieces, everyone!! DanMacK, that Lionel circus train car, with the giraffe's head popping out, is fantastic!
Here's my COTW offering:
My second tractor-trailer on a flatcar in the roster.....the car is a Great Northern vintage Tyco car with metal bottom (and all broken stepladders), the bright-red cabover Kenworth truck is a find from the train show, while the Santa Fe trailer is from a trade/sale with thesiding (Thanks!!) 
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Posted - January 28 2018 : 4:41:57 PM
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Thank you Jeff, Bob, and Jeff I to do also like the Cracker Jack car. Bob, I didn't know the truck and trailer fit so well on that type flat car.
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Posted - January 28 2018 : 7:57:15 PM
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Frank, Yeah! I didn't know either....until I won my first tractor-trailer on a flatcar on Ebay last year (which was my red Kenworth cab with UP trailer.) So, I decided to make my own tractor-trailer on a flatcar....with my other GN flat....
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Posted - January 28 2018 : 8:44:32 PM
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quote:Frank, Yeah! I didn't know either....until I won my first tractor-trailer on a flatcar on Ebay last year (which was my red Kenworth cab with UP trailer.) So, I decided to make my own tractor-trailer on a flatcar....with my other GN flat....
Originally posted by RP model railroads - January 28 2018 : 7:57:15 PM
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cool
I has a flatcar like the GN in WM but its BN GREEN!
instead of the usual darker green
but I do LOVE the Cracker Jack boxcar & I want one hehe
Edited by - microbusss on January 28 2018 8:45:53 PM
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Posted - January 28 2018 : 11:52:50 PM
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| Nice pics guys! RP come up with a really colorful shot!
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Posted - January 29 2018 : 10:13:10 AM
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My COTW offering this week is an Athearn 1962 International Minerals and Chemical boxcar - from their first Promotional Set:
It came in a large group of cars & parts. I requested that the seller just send the single car and relist everything else. They agreed.
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Posted - January 29 2018 : 3:06:49 PM
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quote:My find of the day. I went to one of my two LHS's to get couplers and to seee if my issue of Model Railroad Planning was in. There's a case at the back with a whole bunch of stuff in it, and I notices this with a $40 price tag on it. Don't know how long it's been there, but I snapped it up! Been looking for one to compliment my LL Circus train.
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HO Seeker has the instructions for the operation of this car. There are pieces missing.
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Posted - January 29 2018 : 4:44:44 PM
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| Yeah I need The Tell Tale and the actuator track
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Posted - January 31 2018 : 2:16:09 PM
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Grand Trunk in the "Wet Noodle" design. Found and forwarded by the Shark
Master, recently. I think it is LL.
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Posted - January 31 2018 : 7:32:48 PM
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Posted - January 31 2018 : 8:16:41 PM
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| them cattle cars by Bachmann are so NOT "Excess Height" hehe
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