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 Posted - April 27 2010 : 9:56:45 PM
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Does anyone like the coil cars offered by Life-Like & Bachmann? I had the pictured car in the 1970s and still have the main body of it. I more recently picked this replacement up. As a kid I chose the DT&I because the "I" was for Ironton, Ohio Ironton was just 28 miles up the road from our home...
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Posted - April 27 2010 : 10:03:13 PM
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quote:Does anyone like the coil cars offered by Life-Like & Bachmann?
Originally posted by walt - April 27 2010 : 9:56:45 PM
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Can't say I've had any use for them, I think I have one in my collection, an aqua blue car. Most of my interests fall to the eclectic like Helium or auto rack cars, or airplane transporters. Although for my future AMC auto plant diorama I may need the coil car, among others for raw material transport.
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Posted - April 27 2010 : 10:58:58 PM
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AMC filed for a government bailout on Monday, April 26, 2010.....
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Posted - April 28 2010 : 09:57:06 AM
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That's a clamshell coil car, a rather rare car of Peoria and Lake Erie prototype. They were some of the first dedicated steel coil cars (coils were shipped by flatcar, gondola or boxcar previously) and were pretty much a modified gondola car. The problem with the car was the heavy clamshell doors which proved problematic when loading and unloading.
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Posted - April 28 2010 : 10:14:55 AM
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I got one except its by AHM It's from the train show I went to in Feb in a blizzard  
I paid $6 for it & after I got it home & opened it  7 coils were in it!
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Posted - April 28 2010 : 8:55:20 PM
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Here is 1970's Lionel HO Coil Car. They used the Bachmann Mold. The Bachman cars were common. But, the Car with Lionel stamped on the bottom Is Rare. This is one with the lionel stamp on bottom.  Carl
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Posted - April 28 2010 : 10:22:51 PM
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quote:Here is 1970's Lionel HO Coil Car. They used the Bachmann Mold. The Bachman cars were common. But, the Car with Lionel stamped on the bottom Is Rare. This is one with the lionel stamp on bottom. Carl
Originally posted by VintageHOÂ -Â April 28 2010Â :Â 8:55:20 PM
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Yup, this looks like the one I have ( although I THINK it's missing one of the clamshell doors ).
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Posted - April 30 2010 : 10:35:29 PM
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I love these cars. I got one in a Bachmann Chessie set for my birthday in 1984. I always thought it was a bit different.
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Posted - May 01 2010 : 12:08:19 AM
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Hey xf2, I think they are a pretty cool car(s) myself. I remember this thing caught my eye in Woolworth in the mid 70s. I had to have another one just like it (pictured above at top)
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Posted - May 01 2010 : 2:15:00 PM
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well found a orange P&LE coil car with the train set I got today for $5
set came with a USRA 0-6-0 & slope tender
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Posted - May 02 2010 : 08:29:10 AM
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Mine is the orange one. It' is one of the first cars a I rebought when I got back into HO trains. I live in Dearborn, Mi just outside of Detroit. I have seen a lot of cars carrying coils of steel but never one of these. I guess the clamshells were removed after a short while on the prototypes.
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Posted - May 02 2010 : 11:37:22 AM
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[quote I have seen a lot of cars carrying coils of steel but never one of these. I guess the clamshells were removed after a short while on the prototypes.
Originally posted by x2f - May 02 2010 : 08:29:10 AM
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There's probably no need up north to have the clamshell doors, as the steel gets delivered quickly. I've seen the clamshell cars here in Virginia, like last year, they were closed, because you're moving the raw material much further, and it takes more time, so it needs weather protection. Where you are, auto makers abound nearby, so it's probably more a hinderance to fast delivery than a plus, to deal with the doors on each car. My guess, anyway.
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Posted - August 03 2011 : 12:35:29 PM
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I Had One with Lionel On the bottom but I Gave It To A Friend He Now Wants To Sell $200+ worth Of HO Scale On Ebay. I Cant Belive I Gave Him All Of that. BTW, he quit model Railroading. I Also Gave Him my N Scale General I Got For $1 At A Train Show.
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