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 Posted - September 02 2008 : 10:43:07 PM
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Hi All,
I wanted to share photo's of an interesting car I recently purchased. It's from Greenway Products, an Athearn box car custom painted. This one is for the IRS, the Unavoidable Route. I used several pallets of bricks painted gold to simulate the gold bar load. I'm planning on adding a few security guards later.
Edited by - eaglerock109 on September 02 2008 10:44:35 PM
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 Posted - September 03 2008 : 5:51:57 PM
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Hi Eaglerock109,
Nice car! If one of those skids of gold should happen to fall out as you pass through my town (layout), Rest assured I will take care of it for you LOL!
Mike
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Posted - September 03 2008 : 6:56:55 PM
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Hi Mike,
I'll schedule a stop along your pike for a delivery !!
Tom
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 Posted - September 03 2008 : 9:25:14 PM
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Reminds me of a car Lionel makes. Except without the slogan, "The Unavoidable Route". 
Nice touch.
Here's a Tyco one for ya, picked it up about a month ago. Nothing too fancy, but a neat car I think.
    
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 Posted - September 03 2008 : 10:56:13 PM
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neat slogan. the bureaucrat in me thinks a us treasury car would have gold bricks and reams upon reams of paper in an IRS car.
~anna
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Posted - September 03 2008 : 11:00:43 PM
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quote:neat slogan. the bureaucrat in me thinks a us treasury car would have gold bricks and reams upon reams of paper in an IRS car.
Originally posted by mix3d3m0ti0n5-September 03 2008: 10:56:13 PM
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That or a medieval torture chamber complete with a rack, pendulum and Iron Maiden.
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Posted - September 03 2008 : 11:14:42 PM
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Here are two of my recent purchases.
Mike
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Posted - September 04 2008 : 04:33:46 AM
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goody goody goody... hoppers, too.
Just picked this up today... TYCO Redbox for $4.00
Seaboard Coast Line (Service Customers Like)
and, as in Paul Revere, side-bust silhouette, 1801 w/ 13 stars up and 13 stars under...
I am not sure about the message...
BRASS
COPPER
ALUMINUM
any of you know?
John
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Is that a power-trip or just another pick-up line?
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Posted - September 04 2008 : 6:01:19 PM
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The Revere hopper is not really a Bicentennial item (although it could almost pass for one) but is a billboard car for a cookware brand you can still buy today:
http://revereware.com/
As for the SCL markings: as far as I know they're essentially meaningless. Most of Tyco's billboard cars used real railroad reporting marks; sometimes there's a subtle connection but most of the time it's fairly random.
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Well, there could be an in-joke connection on this one after all:
quote:| "REVERE cookware have been part of American history since patriot and silversmith Paul Revere started making copper sheathing for naval vessels in 1801. Paul founded Revere Copper Company which evolved into Copper and Brass, Inc., the makers of Revere Ware Copper Clad Stainless Steel Cookware." |
Hmm. Naval vessels... And of all the railroads out there, they pick Seaboard Coast Line... coincidence...? 
Heh. Sometimes Tyco could be pretty cool. Too bad they never got credit for it.
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Posted - September 04 2008 : 6:26:15 PM
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Here's a Tyco hopper I picked up earlier this year. If I can get some more Tyco hoppers it may come out of its box, but for now it's staying in my Tyco display.
-cheez
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 Posted - September 04 2008 : 9:26:40 PM
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ah, a bigger amount of sugar haulage than mine...
Z
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Posted - September 04 2008 : 10:18:09 PM
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Hi MM,
Here's a pic of the Lionel car you are referring to, it is similar. Not sure which one I like better.
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Posted - September 04 2008 : 10:45:35 PM
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Let me sweeten things up with some more sugar...
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Posted - September 05 2008 : 3:06:36 PM
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Nice stuff guys!
Cheez,
Way to go, Domino.. Sugar hopper. Very rare!! Mine has a flakey Domino logo on both sides and GiC says alot are not as nice as your is.
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Posted - September 05 2008 : 4:48:40 PM
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quote:Cheez,
Way to go, Domino.. Sugar hopper. Very rare!! Mine has a flakey Domino logo on both sides and GiC says alot are not as nice as your is. |
So it is one of the harder to find ones When I bought it I was thinking I had read that it was one of the rarer ones...I payed $10 for it, got it home, and then never really looked into it
I just had a closer look at it, and the decals on both sides are mint!
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Posted - September 05 2008 : 5:21:33 PM
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Some really SWEET cars this week!
Eh? Eh? No?
BLAST IT 
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Posted - September 05 2008 : 10:14:42 PM
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quote:
yeah, talk about eye candy, eh?
I don't have a one track mind. It depends on the turn-out.
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Posted - September 06 2008 : 4:17:34 PM
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The Domino hopper car I followed at auction went for 30+ without shipping. I got mine in a lot.
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Posted - September 19 2011 : 08:11:08 AM
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Ive Got One Of Those Califonia And Hawaii Hoppers. I Got it as a Frebie At a Show. Its Missing a truck and coupler
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