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 Posted - March 28 2018 : 05:49:53 AM
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Does anybody remember the Marx Green Giant Valley Set? I finally got one. The yellow gondola is iridescent and my camera cant handle it. The car just glows. Maybe the plastic is from the White Sands proving grounds.
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Posted - March 28 2018 : 10:03:51 AM
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First time I've seen the entire set. Yes, that brilliant yellow almost
hurts to look at, even from the screen. I am somewhat acquainted
with White Sands, having survived some Basic Training out there.
They open the Trinity Site once a year, though I've never been-
quite a bit of glass out there, I am told, by little residual radiation,
which I find surprising. Maybe it all ended up in the gondola!
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Posted - March 28 2018 : 3:05:20 PM
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Well Jeff, do your eyes glow at night, and do you never need a flashlight to see in the dark? Those abilities could actually be handy to have. Along with X-ray vision, and flying faster than a speeding bullet or is that a speeding train? Which did Superman have? I don't remember. I tell you, Jeff, I took at least 30 photos of that car and the others making at least 5 trips up to the layout and back down to the computer to edit them and really they all stink.
You would figure that by accident I should have gotten one good picture. No, I got to choose the best of stinky photos I took.
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Posted - March 28 2018 : 3:41:41 PM
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A fairly clear picture, but I cannot read the name of the tender.
Is it Monon?
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Posted - March 28 2018 : 5:04:11 PM
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quote:A fairly clear picture, but I cannot read the name of the tender.
Is it Monon?
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â March 28 2018Â :Â 3:41:41 PM
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Valley Express is on the caboose & tender
he said its a Green Giant set by Marx
the set would go great with my 3 Green Giant boxcars 
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Posted - March 28 2018 : 7:11:01 PM
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 whoops, I meant what is the road name on the gondola?
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Posted - March 28 2018 : 8:17:36 PM
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quote: whoops, I meant what is the road name on the gondola?
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â March 28 2018Â :Â 7:11:01 PM
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The road name on the Gondola and the loco cab is GGVRR which in words is "Green Giant Valley Rail Road". The name on the tender, flat car, and caboose is "Valley Express". to further elaborate, like the PRR with Broadway Limited, or NYC, and 20th Century Limited. This is the GGVRR and its name train, the Valley Express.
Good things from the valley
Valley of the Giant
Ho Ho Ho
Green Giant.
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Posted - March 29 2018 : 09:46:43 AM
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| Thanks, my eyes still hurt!
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Posted - March 29 2018 : 10:21:59 AM
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OK... Not sure if these qualify as a SOTW posting, but this was a recent purchase of a small collection of nearly 9,000 (~50 pounds) New Old Stock 1950's Laconia & Binkley embossed card-stock car sides...
I know I am going to sell some of them (most of them/all of them) but I really have no idea how yet.
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Posted - March 30 2018 : 08:06:25 AM
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OOOOO! put me down for a few Tivoli Beers!
I'll even take a couple set to the brewery location & give one to the new owners of the brand 
but I would take a 1 set of each tho
also *insert drool face*
Edited by - microbusss on March 30 2018 08:08:10 AM
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Posted - March 30 2018 : 12:47:59 PM
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Wow! You hit the mother load! They look like they rolled off the press
yesterday! Beautiful vintage set, thank you for posting!
Yesterday I received these two marvelous Lima British carriages.
They go nicely with this gnarly old Class 27 by Jeouf. The old
beast is a model of early British dieselization, and is about as
old. In spite of all the scars and scrapes, I greatly enjoy this
chunk.
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Posted - March 30 2018 : 2:09:11 PM
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quote:OOOOO! put me down for a few Tivoli Beers!
I'll even take a couple set to the brewery location & give one to the new owners of the brand
but I would take a 1 set of each tho
also *insert drool face*
Originally posted by microbusss - March 30 2018 : 08:06:25 AM
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Obviously Micro... I plan to sell off as many of these as I can. I will certainly work up a reasonable package deal set of each for you. I will let you know when they come and we can work it out then.
quote:Wow! You hit the mother load! They look like they rolled off the press
yesterday! Beautiful vintage set, thank you for posting!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â March 30 2018Â :Â 12:47:59 PM
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Thanks Jeff. According to the seller, these "came from the estate of a Laconia worker who took them home when the company closed in the early 1960's". They are ALL new-old-stock and look to be in mint condition.
You just do not see things like this come up too often at all. I had to bid on them all. I kinda feel bad as I know who I outbid on all of them and thought I might just send him a bunch for free. Not much call for these things anymore, but I am sure some out there would like to get their hands on a few, considering their condition is as new as possbly can be.
Sean
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Posted - March 31 2018 : 10:34:25 PM
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Mustangs,
Nice haul! I've seen pictures of the card-stock sides, but never in person. FMI, I'm going to assume that these are glued to the side of a boxcar, but thought I'd ask. This is a nifty way to spruce up old, beat up rolling stock.
Thanks,
Brian
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Posted - April 01 2018 : 10:13:30 AM
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Mustangs,
yay but I seriously would do that
take a few to the Tivoli Beer place & give a few to the owners of the brand as well too
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Posted - April 03 2018 : 3:31:15 PM
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quote:
HOLY CRAP!
That must be the entire remaining factory stock from Laconia. Put me down for 2 pairs of each, one to build and one to save!
--CRC
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Posted - April 04 2018 : 4:05:53 PM
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quote:Mustangs,
Nice haul! I've seen pictures of the card-stock sides, but never in person. FMI, I'm going to assume that these are glued to the side of a boxcar, but thought I'd ask. This is a nifty way to spruce up old, beat up rolling stock.
Thanks,
Brian
Originally posted by Brian4321Â -Â March 31 2018Â :Â 10:34:25 PM
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Brian,
These would have been glued to a wood superstructure. Basically the wood would consist of ends, roof and a floor. The embossed sides would have been glued on as well would have the embossed ends, if they had them.
quote:Mustangs,
yay but I seriously would do that
take a few to the Tivoli Beer place & give a few to the owners of the brand as well too
Originally posted by microbusss - April 01 2018 : 10:13:30 AM
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Micro, (Ben I think)
There are three different Trivoli Beer sides. Numbers 5101, 5102, & 5103. There are 11 different sides all together.
quote:
That must be the entire remaining factory stock from Laconia. Put me down for 2 pairs of each, one to build and one to save!
Originally posted by PRR 4800Â -Â April 03 2018Â :Â 3:31:15 PM
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Connor,
I think you are correct. A former employee aparently took these home after the shop doors closed. They look as fresh off the press as anything 60 years old can be. .
Sean
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Posted - April 04 2018 : 7:52:50 PM
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oh you WILL put me down for a bunch!
Especially a few of them Tivoli Beer cars!
that OR it was auctioned off when the doors closed 
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