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 Posted - August 02 2009 : 12:28:46 AM
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First of some CP cars I have...
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Posted - August 02 2009 : 01:30:15 AM
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Hey All,
Mike, I like those CP cars! I have alot of Tyco Amtrak cars but no Tyco Amtrak F unit to go with them. But on the other hand I have a PC F unit with no cars to go with that LOL.
Here is my car of the week. My wife and I picked up this Tyco Western Union car a while back at an antique store. It's a first for me.
Thanks for looking.
Mike
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Posted - August 02 2009 : 11:33:12 AM
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Cool car Mike. First time I have seen a Western Union car...
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Posted - August 02 2009 : 4:43:48 PM
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Nice cars guys, I picked up the Desenex car recently, finally had time to take a pic and post it here.
Tom
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Posted - August 03 2009 : 12:09:12 PM
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I thought of microbusss when I picked this.
It's originally all vintage Bachmann, 25 years plus, but changed to P2K wheels and body mounted KDs, with original trucks. My girlfriend, now wife, bought this for me one Christmas.
Alco Fan
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Posted - August 03 2009 : 9:17:09 PM
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Here's my glossy-finish Life-Like Santa Fe boxcar:
--Rio Grande--Thru the Rockies
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Posted - August 04 2009 : 1:46:42 PM
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Nice LL SF car. I just remembered I have two of those (one glossy and one dull) packed away. I should dig them out and compare to this one:
Tyco redbox version. It's impeccably painted, probably one of my favorites! Found this one languishing with a broken truck in the back of the Golden Spike in Chicago last time I was there. Had probably been there since the day it arrived from the factory. Too pretty to leave abandoned, I had to rescue it.
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Posted - August 04 2009 : 5:54:25 PM
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I STILL see those The Rock grain cars badly faded on the rails but have different reporting marks Will hafta get a pic of one 
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Posted - August 04 2009 : 6:44:28 PM
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That's a really nice boxcar, GIC. A nicer shade of red than my Life-Like is. Just realized the doors are on upside down on mine, too...oh well, gotta love life-like  it's still one of the prettiest boxcars I own. It's definitely "making the cut" for my switching layout equipment.
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Posted - August 08 2009 : 10:18:59 AM
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I'm likin' those Santa Fe cars guys.
Here's mine, special thanks to GIC for sending it! It's made by Walthers sometime in the late '50s or '60s, they made two versions of these tiny passenger cars, called Oscar and Piker. I don't know too much else about it.
It's got superb details, like sprung trucks, working diaphragms and a very nice paper interior.
It needs a bit of TLC, but not a bad place to start. The roof is missing, but it'll be a fun project to build a new one. It matches my Santa Fe doodlebug very nicely, probably because they are both ancient Walthers kits!
    
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