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COTW May 30 to June 5, 2021

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Chops124
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Posted - May 31 2021 : 4:48:15 PM

Athearn, I picked this up for a dollar at a junk store. Little did the seller know I'd have paid
ten times that amount.

Edited by - Chops124 on May 31 2021 4:49:08 PM

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Posted - May 31 2021 : 8:49:04 PM

Love that PC box car, Chops.

Tyco Santa Fe "Shock Control" 50' box car

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walt
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Posted - June 01 2021 : 12:46:44 AM

I like the Tyco Shock Control boxcar. I think it was the color that sold it to me. I bought one probably in 2019.

Edited by - walt on June 01 2021 10:07:28 PM

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Posted - June 01 2021 : 07:59:24 AM

My car "O" the week is a HObbyline GAEX box car.
frank

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el rojo grande
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Posted - June 01 2021 : 12:31:44 PM

quote:

Athearn, I picked this up for a dollar at a junk store. Little did the seller know I'd have paid
ten times that amount.

Originally posted by Chops124 - May 31 2021 : 4:48:15 PM

I did something very similar to this. I imagine on the last day of PRR there were some freshly painted brown boxcars that a disgruntled painter decided to slap the worms on the next day rather than repainting a "brand new" car.

I'll give you $1.05 for it!

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scsshaggy
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Posted - June 01 2021 : 1:06:00 PM

Marx and Me:

Long ago, when I was still at the younger end of teen-aged, I saw a vinegar car at Mid-Continent Railway Museum and was quite impressed with it. It occurred to me to make the wooden vinegar tank by gluing 1/16" square balsa strips around a piece of broom stick, using telephone wire as tie rods around the staves and adding ends, bracing and the hand rail. This went on a Marx tank car chassis in place of the usual steel tank.

Over the years, the wood contracted, making the tie rods loose, and I no longer model a vinegar plant on my layout, but I keep the car around for nostalgia's sake. A few days ago, I came upon an old article in RMC about modeling this same car, and was reminded of the primitive efforts of my youth.