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 Posted - July 05 2010 : 1:55:19 PM
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Well since there isn't onew yet I'll start one 
the 3 cars I got with RI loco all for $15 
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Posted - July 05 2010 : 2:28:06 PM
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just for you microbusss ,ken
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Posted - July 05 2010 : 2:34:17 PM
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Wow,Nice caboose Ken! (as I kick Ken in the shin and takes it before Microbuss can)
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Posted - July 05 2010 : 2:53:36 PM
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Cool pix...
From my box lot from awhile back, a Walther's 50" Airslide Hopper in Milwaukee Road colors, I'm just ducky about that ocher/mustard yellow color...
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Posted - July 05 2010 : 6:46:08 PM
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traded to eaglerock for a Chattanooga Choo Choo
box may say Mantua but car says Tyco made in U.S.A.
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Posted - July 05 2010 : 10:10:08 PM
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Here's a decent customized load car I got in an Ebay lot a few months ago. Has bits and pieces of equipment on it, not a bad load.
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Posted - July 06 2010 : 10:28:01 PM
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Here's a Roco from my last auction lot:
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Posted - July 08 2010 : 05:04:04 AM
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Hey microbusss, a Great Northern stock car that ain't blue! Too cool.
burlington77, all my Roco cars have separate ladders so are the molded in ones like on your Heinz car a recent thing?
Here is my COTW:
No my Tyco compadres, this isn't a double-decker doodlebug, rather it's a Cab Control car of the Trinity Railway Express modeled in HO by Athearn. From here, a driver can operate the locomotive at trains end remotely for push return running, useful when time or space are limited. However, this does give a train the appearance of going backwards which is goofy but also kinda neat!
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Posted - July 08 2010 : 09:03:25 AM
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The TRE (Trinity Railroad Express) runs between Dallas and Ft Worth (Texas) six days a week with stops along the way. I live in Irving which has two of the stops. The tracks are about two miles away. Last year a section of elevated tracks was added and I no longer hear the train whistles. The non-elevated crossings are double gated and are quiet zones. A second set of tracks are being added to the elevated section to allow additional places for parking of the occasional freight trains that also use the railway.
During the morning and afternoon "commuter" times, the TRE will run 4 cars plus the engine. From Dallas to Ft Worth, the engine is pulling and on the return trip it is pushing. Most of the rest of the time the consist is three cars but occasionally it is just two.
The TRE also runs another older set of cars, domed, that are self propelled.
In terms of a "model layout", there would not be much of interest, Probably 80% of the railway between the two cities (apx 40 miles, 1 hr by TRE) runs through industrial areas. There are occasional places where the tracks cross a major road, but not much variation in scenery. Here is a picture of the route.
I do enjoy eating at my favorite place (Joe's Coffee Shop) and watching the trains go by. My wife bought me a TRE set a couple of years ago and I enjoy it also.
Cheers
Bill
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Posted - July 08 2010 : 09:07:25 AM
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hi cicsos2 you might like this then ken
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz0yANTIBTQ
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Posted - July 08 2010 : 09:33:07 AM
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Thanks. Somebody spent a lot of time making those short videos.
The TRE also has its own web site and one part has some background info on the engines and cars -
http://www.trinityrailwayexpress.org/trerollingstock.html
and some pictures:
http://www.trinityrailwayexpress.org/images.html
A few times I have had business in down town Dallas and took the TRE in. One Christmas my wife and I took our grandson to Ft Worth to see the lights and stockyards - and missed the return train. Oops, that was a $70 cab ride to get home. (I've taken hire cars from Gatwick to Winchester for less than that.)
OK, back to our "regularly scheduled shows" ..
Cheers
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Posted - July 08 2010 : 09:40:43 AM
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Burlington77. Nice Find in that action lot. The Heinz Reefer Car is a Roco made for Lionel HO Catalog number 5-8542 Made in 1975-76. Considered hard to find intact. It is one of the 6 Austrian made Reefer cars, that was made for Lionel HO in the 1970's.  Carl
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Posted - July 08 2010 : 12:22:47 PM
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hehe aren't I silly?
Got the cleanser at either Dollar General or Family Dollar Either way it was $2 & made by the Dial Corp
got this at train show in Denver in Feb May be just a made up PRR line It my transition car now No idea who made the caboose anyway  missing the ladders & handrails too 
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Posted - July 08 2010 : 5:16:39 PM
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quote:Burlington77. Nice Find in that action lot. The Heinz Reefer Car is a Roco made for Lionel HO Catalog number 5-8542 Made in 1975-76. Considered hard to find intact. It is one of the 6 Austrian made Reefer cars, that was made for Lionel HO in the 1970's. Carl
Originally posted by VintageHOÂ -Â July 08 2010Â :Â 09:40:43 AM
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Well that's pretty cool. It certainly was the standout item in a box of otherwise average stuff.
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Posted - July 08 2010 : 5:26:58 PM
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Microbuss,
That caboose was made by Model Die Casting.
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Posted - July 09 2010 : 03:58:28 AM
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 Lots of great info and nifty links on the TRE, guys. Thanks! I wonder if another HO manufacturer will pick up from where Athearn left off?
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