|
|
 Posted - November 29 2009 : 8:02:45 PM
|
Love those Tyco flats with modern loads...
Mike
|
Country:  Canada ~
Posts: 1586 ~
Member Since: December 07 2007 ~
Last Visit: May 24 2024
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - November 29 2009 : 8:31:56 PM
|
sweetness! I likes 
|
Country:  USA ~
Posts: 14698 ~
Member Since: February 23 2009 ~
Last Visit: May 25 2024
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - November 29 2009 : 8:56:34 PM
|
Sweet loads...
Got these at a swap meet last week...all 4 for $2...
|
|
|
|
|
Posted - November 29 2009 : 8:59:15 PM
|
Souvenir from the local train display.
/tyco/forum/uploaded/ChrisC/trains395.jpg
They had a huge run of Bowser 55 ton hoppers and other bits of rollings stock made for their fictional roadname (which is more like a combined Pittsburgh & Lake Erie, Western Maryland, and dash of Wabash). I've wanted one of these for YEARS so I'm stoked to finally get one. I'm really starting to like Bowser kits it really went together easily. It looks good too and rolled around the rental layout perfectly from the start.
If you wanna check out this hopper's home road!
http://www.wpmrm.org/
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 531 ~
Member Since: January 29 2009 ~
Last Visit: July 10 2020
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - November 29 2009 : 9:06:00 PM
|
shaygetz lucky find & super jealous of you  I do want these cars someday 
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 14698 ~
Member Since: February 23 2009 ~
Last Visit: May 25 2024
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - November 29 2009 : 9:40:28 PM
|
Picked this up at a show today for 3 bucks:
I don't know anything about it, I just liked the "Bull Frog Beer." It's got a metal frame, and if you look real close you'll see the strings that run on the bottom...I don't know what you call those.
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 1166 ~
Member Since: October 18 2009 ~
Last Visit: December 23 2018
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - November 29 2009 : 10:01:52 PM
|
| those strings are part of the frame
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 14698 ~
Member Since: February 23 2009 ~
Last Visit: May 25 2024
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - November 29 2009 : 10:20:46 PM
|
| I beleive the technical name for those are truss rods
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 622 ~
Member Since: February 03 2008 ~
Last Visit: May 22 2024
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - November 29 2009 : 10:29:10 PM
|
eagle's right, they're called truss rods, what you have is an MDC/Roundhouse reefer. I'd of bought it for the name too...
microbuss, I'd just knew I'd tweek someone with that price...fifty cents apiece...I was stunned myself and had to re-read the box several times to see if it was correct. They're as near to mint as I could ever imagine getting them, been looking for those for awhile too.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted - November 29 2009 : 11:11:47 PM
|
Sweet cars!
Picked this up on eBay for $4. Making a track cleaning consist eventually and I want one of the tankers that actually holds cleaning fluid, and I'm going to convert some billboard cars like AJAX and Old Dutch to cleaning cars as well. This will likely get a removable top to make it look like a boxcar, very likely Chessie system cobranded with ribbonrail.
Rus
Starting my Tyco and other favorites collection over again after 37 years.
My still in progress list of inventory and wantlist: tyconut.com
Edited by - Tyco Nut on November 29 2009 11:13:06 PM
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 396 ~
Member Since: November 02 2009 ~
Last Visit: March 14 2021
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - November 30 2009 : 11:05:13 AM
|
neat car Tyco Nut no you didn't tweek me Shaygetz but as you know there are TONS of bicentennial stuff out there & it just isn't worth collecting 
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 14698 ~
Member Since: February 23 2009 ~
Last Visit: May 25 2024
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
|
|
Posted - November 30 2009 : 4:20:29 PM
|
quote:
no you didn't tweek me Shaygetz but as you know there are TONS of bicentennial stuff out there & it just isn't worth collecting
Originally posted by microbusss-November 30 2009: 11:05:13 AM
|
I wanted these in particular because they have a bit of a history lesson on their sides and aren't quite as "rah-rah" as the others I've seen.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted - December 05 2009 : 1:44:45 PM
|
true shaygetz the only thing I got for 76 is my AHM caboose
also that Bachmann Golden Spike car doesn't count
Edited by - microbusss on December 05 2009 1:45:45 PM
|
|
Country: USA ~
Posts: 14698 ~
Member Since: February 23 2009 ~
Last Visit: May 25 2024
|
Alert Moderator
|
|
Home
Forums
Events Calendar
Forum Admins & Mods
Register
