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 Posted - October 11 2009 : 12:58:41 PM
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More like "cars" (plural) this week...
In the early 70's, Tyco did a run of promotional cars stocked into the #339 50' boxcar series. These initial cars all share one common trait: Blue graphics on a white car.
One of them made the transition from redbox to brownbox. Two of them are almost identical, save for swapping which side the data is on and changing the promo graphic. Two of them are for mnajor appliance companies, one quickly following the other. To further differentiate them, Tyco finally adds a blue roof - and the data from the first run of Bicentennial boxcars.
339-C Penny's (JC Penny)
339-F Quaker
339-G Whirlpool (yes this box is labeled)
339-K Westinghouse
(Some may note I skipped 339-H Stokely's. That's because it was red over yellow, poorly made, and absolutely hideous.)
Edited by - GoingInCirclez on October 26 2009 12:26:43 PM
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Posted - October 11 2009 : 1:40:15 PM
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 I want ALL these cars someday!
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Posted - October 12 2009 : 9:49:02 PM
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This is a Bachmann caboose in the shops (bench) for cleaning and detailing...
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Posted - October 26 2009 : 1:00:47 PM
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Not the best photo, but here's a Westinghouse car.
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Posted - October 26 2009 : 4:27:22 PM
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Forgot I got this one at the train show this past Feb
its the bottom one its a Kelvinator
also I do have a Crosley one too Found it in a dumpster & I know it was with a Crosley promo set
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Posted - November 26 2009 : 10:08:00 AM
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quote:Forgot I got this one at the train show this past Feb
its the bottom one its a Kelvinator
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I have both the Purina ( for a future Pets train consist , I have the red/white/blue boxcars, the tuscan red and bright red boxcars, and both the dog and cat chows boxcars ), and now two of the Kelvinator ( to go with my AMC automobile consist, as American Motors once owned Kelvinator, the Applicance giant president became the CEO of AMC in the '50's, which is why AMC got involved with Kelvinator to begin with ). Like'em alot!
- Jerry -
" When life throws you bananas...it's easy to slip up"
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Posted - November 26 2009 : 10:56:10 AM
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Here's a picture of the Westinghouse car. Information is the same on both sides of the car. The box I have is not marked - don't know if it's original or not. I LOVE the fantasy and promotional cars. I have a few, and have a wantlist of the ones I want.
Rus
Starting my Tyco and other favorites collection over again after 37 years.
My still in progress list of inventory and wantlist: tyconut.com
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