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 Posted - May 23 2010 : 08:37:20 AM
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Picked up this AHM off Ebay, always liked 7-11
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Posted - May 23 2010 : 08:51:19 AM
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my car of week roundhouse 50th,ken
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Posted - May 23 2010 : 10:19:10 AM
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oh I want the 7-11 one  Here's mine I got for $5 at train show Sat
It is a Tyco but its in a Mantua box
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Posted - May 24 2010 : 09:15:40 AM
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I ove those 7-11 cars!
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Posted - May 26 2010 : 10:45:45 AM
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This is another from the flea market lot:
It's got springs in the trucks, which I don't have many of. It needs some work though, because it keeps derailing. I haven't figured it out yet. One of the other cars in the lot actually had a deformed wheel, but that doesn't seem to be the case here.
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Posted - May 27 2010 : 4:40:07 PM
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Here are two of my ATT triang bulkhead flat cars with wood loads.
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Posted - May 27 2010 : 5:48:13 PM
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Hey Micro Ben! You just displayed an item that I had never seen before! Anyone have info on the Orange blossom Box Car? 1980s maybe?
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Posted - May 27 2010 : 6:23:38 PM
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According to information it opened in 1964 closed around 2000. Was one of the biggest Hobby store in Miami, Florida. Probably had Mantua make a special car. The Boxcar has a MMP number on the lower left side. (Mantua Model Products) Nice Find Ben 
Incorporated by Quick, Robert Lewis, Quick, Charles Robert, Orange Blossom Hobbies Inc is located at 1975 NW 36th St Miami, FL 33142. Orange Blossom Hobbies Inc was incorporated on Tuesday, October 13, 1964 in the State of FL and is currently not active. Garner, John Michael represents Orange Blossom Hobbies Inc as their registered agent.
Source: Public Record data - Department of State - Division of Corporations
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Posted - May 27 2010 : 7:55:52 PM
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So when did tyco manufacture the box car?
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Posted - May 27 2010 : 8:54:03 PM
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well I was told that after original owner died someone else took it over & ran it into the ground   aka bankrupted the store 
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