|
|
 Posted - June 15 2008 : 12:42:04 PM
|
Good job AF for belatedly getting last week's edition on the books [;)]; I went to start this weeks and somehow the dates were changed, so I changed it back.
Anyway. Last interesting thing I have for now. Have heard about the Model Railroader anniversary car many times, but don't believe this has been seen or mentioned here before:
Box and car are both dated 11-65.
|
Country:  USA ~
Posts: 2175 ~
Member Since: July 15 2006 ~
Last Visit: January 31 2010
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 15 2008 : 12:47:05 PM
|
Completly Neat!
Who made it GIC?
-Gareth
|
Country:  Canada ~
Posts: 4200 ~
Member Since: January 08 2006 ~
Last Visit: November 09 2021
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 15 2008 : 12:52:10 PM
|
Sweet car, Tony, never saw that one before. I does have this one though, the demarcation point between the MR I knew and loved and the shop rag it's become...
|
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 15 2008 : 12:54:45 PM
|
Here is my car of the week. It´s a US-style box car from Mehano. It carries a unique lettering for Slovenian Railways SZ
Mehano made a handful (actually less than ten) of these cars, back in 2003, for a promotional train on their layout on the "International Modell Railway Exhibition" in Munich. On the last day of this exhibition I was waiving with some Euro bills and recieved two of those....
Here some closer looks at the european style lettering:
This ist completely freelance, as American rolling stock doesn´t fit into the smaller European loading gauge! Anyway, it´s rare and unique... [:D]
Martin
http://mmiwakoh.de/Eigene%20Webs/lima-modellbahn/index.htm
|
Country:  Germany ~
Posts: 222 ~
Member Since: May 03 2008 ~
Last Visit: April 14 2014
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 15 2008 : 2:59:58 PM
|
Hello All--Let me know if you've seen something like this--I had never seen one before purchasing this. It appears to be a basic Athearn 40' boxcar, with a somewhat unusual Wells Fargo Co. Express paint job. Also interesting, is there's no road number. I picked it up for a buck. If you notice underneath, it has been converted to a track cleaner...very handy for my garage layout.
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 874 ~
Member Since: October 15 2007 ~
Last Visit: June 09 2019
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 15 2008 : 3:05:05 PM
|
Hey SG:
I've been buying MR copies from the 50's and 70's. Oddly haven't seen many from the 60's.
Where do you think it went bad and in what way?
-Gareth
|
|
Country: Canada ~
Posts: 4200 ~
Member Since: January 08 2006 ~
Last Visit: November 09 2021
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 15 2008 : 3:22:22 PM
|
This is an Athearn Gondola painted for the Smiths Falls Railway Museum. The museum is an old train station located in Smiths Falls, Ontario. It has several engines, speeders, and a number of cabooses and passenger cars. They were selling these Athearn cars a few years ago in the gift shop.
-cheez
|
|
Country: Canada ~
Posts: 3448 ~
Member Since: September 22 2006 ~
Last Visit: April 03 2026
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 15 2008 : 3:25:52 PM
|
Nice one Cheez!
Have to get one of those
-Gareth
|
|
Country: Canada ~
Posts: 4200 ~
Member Since: January 08 2006 ~
Last Visit: November 09 2021
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 15 2008 : 6:24:44 PM
|
| The Trains boxcar is a Tyco; although the box is unlabeled, it is dated correctly.
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 2175 ~
Member Since: July 15 2006 ~
Last Visit: January 31 2010
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 15 2008 : 6:44:15 PM
|
GIC:
Is that a custom paint job?
-Gareth
|
|
Country: Canada ~
Posts: 4200 ~
Member Since: January 08 2006 ~
Last Visit: November 09 2021
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 15 2008 : 7:44:13 PM
|
quote:Hey SG:
I've been buying MR copies from the 50's and 70's. Oddly haven't seen many from the 60's.
Where do you think it went bad and in what way?
-Gareth
Originally posted by romcat - June 15 2008 : 3:05:05 PM
|
In the late 80s/early 90s, they trended towards product identification rather than craftsmanship in their modeling. You could see it coming in the early 80s with Malcom Furlow and his type of impressionistic modeling i.e. bridges that made no logical engineering sense...legs that didn't touch the ground, etc.
His Carbondale Central series really showed some serious hack jobs passing for premium model work. I'll never forget the false front building you could see the buildings behind it through that was also cut off at the top of the upper story windows.
Construction articles now often refer directly to specific manufacturers and products. With few exceptions, in the older articles, you would see, "...item X can be found through a variety of makers or, you could make it yourself by..." "Build a brass structure" on p.54 of the Dec. '07 MR names no less than 15 different specific products and tools in 1 1/2 pages.
Maybe I'm being petty. The appeal to me as a hobby was nurtured in those early "pioneer" daze when you used what you could to make a model that closely approximated what you wanted, to whatever degree your abilities could take you. The giants in the hobby at the time did it on a grand scale using salvaged this and thats on handlaid track with electronics the size of baseballs and presented it to you in such a way that, by golly, you can do that too and not take out a second mortgage.
Now, it's easy to plunk down some serious coin because it's all basically RTR (even the scenery is all but "just add water")and build a beautifully detailed, superbly running model of the L&N Henderson subdivision with all the personality and character of a turnip.
I'll get off my soapbox now...sigh...[:D]
|
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 15 2008 : 8:58:22 PM
|
Yeah but I bet the "Soapbox" wasn't RTR! [:D]
-Gareth
|
|
Country: Canada ~
Posts: 4200 ~
Member Since: January 08 2006 ~
Last Visit: November 09 2021
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 15 2008 : 9:51:01 PM
|
Romcat - why so many questions? [:p] Click the pic and look at the paintjob - it's definitely factory as I alluded to. Makes sense they would have done this around the same time as the MR Anniversary one.
Shaygetz - nice rant, I think you missed out on this topic a while back:
http://tycoforums.com/tyco/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2421
My second reply sums up my general disdain for MR pretty well. But I do pick up newsstand issues occasionally if a feature catches my eye.
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 2175 ~
Member Since: July 15 2006 ~
Last Visit: January 31 2010
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 15 2008 : 10:02:31 PM
|
Hey, never seen one or heard one spoken of, even in hushed tones!
EXXXXXCCCCCCCCCCCCCCUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEE my curiosity! [:D] [:D] [:D] [:D] [:D]
-Gareth
PS: didn't realize it would blow up on clicking!
Edited by - romcat on June 15 2008 10:03:07 PM
|
|
Country: Canada ~
Posts: 4200 ~
Member Since: January 08 2006 ~
Last Visit: November 09 2021
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
 Posted - June 16 2008 : 02:38:47 AM
|
I have this posted somewhere else...
If 1975 is 35 years, then 1965 is 25 years. Funny to see TYCO having a personalized model for a train magazine... Trains.
It's in pretty good shape for being 43 years old.
John
I don't have a one track mind. It depends on the turn-out.
"I love your catenary!"
Is that a power-trip or just another pick-up line?
|
|
Country: Canada ~
Posts: 1124 ~
Member Since: December 15 2006 ~
Last Visit: January 30 2023
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
sbenny
Switcher
Status:
offline
| |
Posted - June 16 2008 : 4:10:51 PM
|
Errrrm, isn't that 33 years old? [:D]
quote:It's in pretty good shape for being 43 years old.
John
|
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 81 ~
Member Since: November 20 2006 ~
Last Visit: June 20 2012
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 17 2008 : 01:30:34 AM
|
quote:Errrrm, isn't that 33 years old? [:D]
quote:It's in pretty good shape for being 43 years old.
John
|
Originally posted by sbenny - June 16 2008 : 4:10:51 PM
|
With the TYCO boxcar, I should have specified.
I guess my car is pretty good looking for 33, too.
Is it a MDC/Roundhouse product or Athearn? There is a serial number on the underbody metal frame.
John
I don't have a one track mind. It depends on the turn-out.
"I love your catenary!"
Is that a power-trip or just another pick-up line?
|
|
Country: Canada ~
Posts: 1124 ~
Member Since: December 15 2006 ~
Last Visit: January 30 2023
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 17 2008 : 10:37:59 AM
|
The ribsided 40' boxcar was made by MDC/Roundhouse.
They are one of my favorite types made by them.
Carl T.
President of the Cape James Terminal RR.
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 691 ~
Member Since: April 16 2006 ~
Last Visit: November 01 2020
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 17 2008 : 11:53:11 AM
|
quote:The ribsided 40' boxcar was made by MDC/Roundhouse.
They are one of my favorite types made by them.
Carl T.
Originally posted by choochin3Â -Â June 17 2008Â :Â 10:37:59 AM
|
Here's an MDC metal 40' ribsided boxcar.
Ray
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 1285 ~
Member Since: December 14 2005 ~
Last Visit: May 16 2019
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 17 2008 : 10:16:59 PM
|
Scored off ebay last week. Mint in box chrome shell tanker. These can get pricey at times for mint ones. My collection of these is around 15 or more mint in box and the rest close to mint for a total of about 20-25
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 2507 ~
Member Since: January 31 2006 ~
Last Visit: October 21 2017
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 17 2008 : 10:21:07 PM
|
Hey Brian:
What's with the chrome fixation? Miss the 60's!? [:D] [:D] [:D]
-Gareth
|
|
Country: Canada ~
Posts: 4200 ~
Member Since: January 08 2006 ~
Last Visit: November 09 2021
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 17 2008 : 10:21:16 PM
|
Ray,
Does that Milwaukee car have a case of zinc pest?
I have been worried about that in my MDC cars.
Carl T.
President of the Cape James Terminal RR.
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 691 ~
Member Since: April 16 2006 ~
Last Visit: November 01 2020
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 17 2008 : 10:25:45 PM
|
Brian,
So that's where all the chrome cars are going to.
Like you need anymore of 'em.[:D]
Carl T.
President of the Cape James Terminal RR.
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 691 ~
Member Since: April 16 2006 ~
Last Visit: November 01 2020
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 17 2008 : 10:36:49 PM
|
Brianstyco, cool collection of chrome. Could you post a picture of them?
Mike
Edited by - Mike on June 17 2008 10:37:41 PM
|
|
Country: Canada ~
Posts: 1586 ~
Member Since: December 07 2007 ~
Last Visit: March 30 2026
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 17 2008 : 10:38:28 PM
|
quote:Hey Brian:
What's with the chrome fixation? Miss the 60's!? [:D] [:D] [:D]
-Gareth
Originally posted by romcat - June 17 2008 : 10:21:07 PM
|
Nope--just like chrome.
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 2507 ~
Member Since: January 31 2006 ~
Last Visit: October 21 2017
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 17 2008 : 10:39:31 PM
|
Here's one I picked up this weekend for 2.00 with box.
Carl T.
President of the Cape James Terminal RR.
Edited by - choochin3 on June 17 2008 10:42:59 PM
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 691 ~
Member Since: April 16 2006 ~
Last Visit: November 01 2020
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 17 2008 : 10:40:09 PM
|
quote:Brian,
So that's where all the chrome cars are going to.
Like you need anymore of 'em.[:D]
Carl T.
Originally posted by choochin3Â -Â June 17 2008Â :Â 10:25:45 PM
|
L-O-L Carl--i really don't need more but when i see'm listed on ebay--i watch then bid--most don't get bid on.[:D]
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 2507 ~
Member Since: January 31 2006 ~
Last Visit: October 21 2017
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 17 2008 : 10:42:44 PM
|
quote:Brianstyco, cool collection of chrome. Could you post a picture of them?
Mike
Originally posted by Mike - June 17 2008 : 10:36:49 PM
|
Mike--will try to do that t his weekend for you. I was checking my golden eagle post and pictures are miissing--will have to go back and re edit that post also--King Of Tyco Chrome--Brian[:D]
Edited by - Brianstyco on June 17 2008 10:43:10 PM
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 2507 ~
Member Since: January 31 2006 ~
Last Visit: October 21 2017
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 18 2008 : 12:17:31 AM
|
quote:Ray,
Does that Milwaukee car have a case of zinc pest?
I have been worried about that in my MDC cars.
Carl T.
Originally posted by choochin3Â -Â June 17 2008Â :Â 10:21:16 PM
|
No, it was just warped a little.
I took it apart and straightened it out after the photo was taken.
Ray
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 1285 ~
Member Since: December 14 2005 ~
Last Visit: May 16 2019
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - June 27 2008 : 11:04:58 PM
|
quote:
Originally posted by GoingInCirclez - June 15 2008 : 12:42:04 PM
|
Nice one, I have this on my list of ones to get. I do have the Mantua 25th Anniversary of Model Railroader and Athearn's 50th Anniversary for the same but this one eludes me. Good catch.
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 1330 ~
Member Since: October 30 2005 ~
Last Visit: March 18 2026
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
Home
Forums
Events Calendar
Forum Admins & Mods
Register
