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 Posted - July 25 2021 : 10:44:19 PM
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A red box Tyco 50ft flat lettered for Great Northern:
Nothing special but the only one I have in GN. I like the looks of these riveted 50ft flat cars.
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Posted - July 25 2021 : 11:01:39 PM
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That flatcar is basically a trainset car, but if you look at the fineness of the detail on it, the car could hold its own with stuff made for the model market.
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Posted - July 26 2021 : 06:51:52 AM
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Here is my HObbyline Atlantic Coast Line BOXCAR. A 1953 release that was around for a few years.
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Posted - July 26 2021 : 09:29:13 AM
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| That GN flatcar s pretty neat. I am not a super Tyco collector but I have a bunch, but not the GN flat. I know I see the ATSF all the time at stores and train meets, but I may haveto keep an eye out for the GN now.
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Posted - July 26 2021 : 9:06:21 PM
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Keep an eye out for the cable reel car. 
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Posted - July 26 2021 : 9:43:27 PM
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I like the cable reel car , the blue one is my favorite of the two.
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Posted - July 26 2021 : 11:23:52 PM
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The ubiquitous Tyco flat. Probably 99.9% are missing the darned brake stanchion, least mine
are. You can put anything on a Tyco flat. This is a burned up Bachmann PCC that did many
a lap on the Smeltertown layout before the motor finally overheated and who knows what else.
Now it's a load.
Edited by - Chops124 on July 26 2021 11:24:35 PM
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Posted - July 26 2021 : 11:47:40 PM
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I believe this was my last rolling stock purchase a while back. A Life-Like Santa Fe hopper. I had never seen it before and liked the colors instantly!
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Posted - July 27 2021 : 01:28:41 AM
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That one is eye-catching, Walt. Does it have the refrigeration units on it?
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Posted - July 27 2021 : 4:24:50 PM
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| No it doesn't Glenn.
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Posted - July 27 2021 : 8:54:53 PM
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quote:I believe this was my last rolling stock purchase a while back. A Life-Like Santa Fe hopper. I had never seen it before and liked the colors instantly!
Originally posted by walt - July 26 2021 : 11:47:40 PM
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Say Walt, what does that life-like box say came in it?
The reason I ask is that this car is a spot on match to the Bachmann Santa Fe ACF Center-Flow. I know a few items I got in life-like boxes have AHM markings on them, did L-L get Bachmann cars as well.
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Posted - July 27 2021 : 11:26:01 PM
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I left my cord at work today, I will load a photo of the box end tomorrow! It is check marked correctly. I had never remebered seeing this piece ever before...
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Posted - July 28 2021 : 12:41:48 PM
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That IS a Life-Like. I am surprised too. I didn't realize L-L had any ACF Centerflows in their lineup.
https://hoseeker.net/lifelikeinformation/lifelikecatalog1975pg04.jpg
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Posted - July 28 2021 : 10:05:40 PM
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Here's the end on the box with the Santa Fe checked. I wasn't sure what the box was going to say when I won it on ebay
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Posted - August 04 2021 : 3:10:57 PM
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quote:That GN flatcar s pretty neat. I am not a super Tyco collector but I have a bunch, but not the GN flat. I know I see the ATSF all the time at stores and train meets, but I may haveto keep an eye out for the GN now.
Originally posted by el rojo grande - July 26 2021 : 09:29:13 AM
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That was quick... I found a GN flatcar in a huge junk box at a flea market. I added some paint and washes to the deck and started making a piggyback flat from the orange/salmon wreckage of a Tyco Auto-Loader.
That will follow the paint scheme of Athearn's 89 foot piggybacks.
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Posted - August 04 2021 : 6:11:28 PM
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That was quick! The weathering is a vast improvement over the tan plastic that looks so…
…plastic. (The deck has nice detail though.)
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Posted - August 04 2021 : 8:42:10 PM
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Agreed - good weathering work.
That PC gondola tho...
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Posted - August 05 2021 : 09:41:50 AM
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| Tyco flats have really nice detail and texture on the decks and thin washes really bring them to life. They are always a quick, easy and fun detail project.
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Posted - August 05 2021 : 5:09:34 PM
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quote:
The ubiquitous Tyco flat. Probably 99.9% are missing the darned brake stanchion, least mine
are. You can put anything on a Tyco flat. This is a burned up Bachmann PCC that did many
a lap on the Smeltertown layout before the motor finally overheated and who knows what else.
Now it's a load.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â July 26 2021Â :Â 11:23:52 PM
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bet I could fix it 
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