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 Posted - October 17 2009 : 7:19:34 PM
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Railfair, held at Algonquin College every October, doesn't generally attract many second-hand dealers. Instead they have one big table set up filled with consignment items (from people working at the show I assume ). All scales mixed together, and alot of European items. There's always a huge crowd around the table...you literally have to crowd up behind people and then wait for a gap to appear. Not ideal train hunting conditions
Despite all this, I did manage to get my hands on some nice peices. I found a boxed Tyco dual-lighted Amtrak streamliner from the early 70's and an unboxed Rivarossi NP dome car. I also bought these:
Rivarossi/AHM UP E8 and matching streamliner.
This next piece is neat. It's a custom NYC E8 double cab, also with a matching passenger car.
I went to this show hoping to find trains and parts to complete broken engines and unfinished sets. Instead I now have passenger cars in three new schemes. Ah well
-cheez
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Posted - October 17 2009 : 7:22:07 PM
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| I like that double cab loco
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 Posted - October 17 2009 : 8:40:54 PM
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Yeah that double-cab is a really neat piece. Although I could see it in Great Northern colours rather than NYC.
    
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Posted - October 17 2009 : 11:11:25 PM
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 love the double cab  BUT was there a real one? uber score on the UP *jealous*
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Posted - October 18 2009 : 01:04:50 AM
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Nice pics!
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Posted - October 18 2009 : 01:44:22 AM
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Nice engines! The double header brings this to mind.
http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?locomotive=EF-4
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Posted - October 18 2009 : 11:02:24 AM
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hey DaCheez here is the real UP one you got Ah yes the "Little Joes" But was there a diesel one?
ok idk how to load the full pic 
Edited by - microbusss on October 18 2009 11:03:35 AM
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Posted - October 18 2009 : 12:22:25 PM
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| ^^^ Fixed it for you ^^^
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Posted - October 18 2009 : 12:26:18 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by DaCheez-October 17 2009: 7:19:34 PM
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Wait, let me wipe the drool off my chin.... OK, time for me to start kitbashing.
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Posted - October 18 2009 : 12:51:58 PM
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thanks NYC I was thinking of that doubled header NYC & I just remebered that Australian Railways had those! But don't believe any North Amercain rails had those
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Posted - October 18 2009 : 2:24:21 PM
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Whoever kitbashed the NYC double cab did an amazing job. These are my first two Rivarossi engines, and I'm very pleased with how well they run I still wish I could've found some Tyco parts though
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Posted - October 18 2009 : 6:49:54 PM
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Nice finds DaCheez, I love that E unit.
Mike
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Posted - October 19 2009 : 7:35:47 PM
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Hmmm... I guess the "X" is supposed to stand for "experimental?"
Cheez, is it equipped with one powered truck, or two? I notice no light is visible through the portholes at either end.
The Tyco Depot
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Posted - October 19 2009 : 8:35:00 PM
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quote:NickelPlate759 Posted - October 19 2009 : 7:35:47 PM
Hmmm... I guess the "X" is supposed to stand for "experimental?"
Cheez, is it equipped with one powered truck, or two? I notice no light is visible through the portholes at either end. |
I think the X usually means a piece of rolling stock/engine is over a certain age and can't leave home track. In this case though, it could mean experimental I hadn't thought of that.
Just one power truck. I haven't opened it up, but as far as I can tell everything down there is stock. As for the portholes being blacked out, I think that's just the angle of the photo. If I hold the engine up I can look in one side and out the other.
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Posted - October 20 2009 : 5:59:48 PM
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If with pantagraphs:
Milwaukee Road's Little Joes
Great Northern's # 3011 (of two F-3 noses back to back)
X50... Definately Experimental!
or... an eXellent Job either way.
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?
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Posted - January 18 2010 : 7:17:14 PM
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sorry to be so tardy in the response, but I got a dual lighted b&o streamlined coach, MIB red box for $10.00
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