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 Posted - October 15 2010 : 12:25:28 AM
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Late last night I thought to myself about going to the local hobby shop called "The Smoke Stack". This is a very nice place FULL of trains, model kits, RC planes & cars. They normally have some boxes with used Tyco & other trains, building etc. I found the following few items
Bachmann Whitehouse Cider tanker for $3.... The owner ask me if the trucks was worth a dollar and I said yes and handed him $6. He said, No, I meant $1 for all three of them!.. we talked a minute and I handed him a $5 and told him to keep it. It was a fun time and I should go more often. I drive right by the shop almost daily 
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Posted - October 15 2010 : 02:41:32 AM
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| I've never seen that Whitehouse Cider tanker before, it's brilliant! How does the Bachmann long triple tanker differ from the Tyco model, walt?
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Posted - October 15 2010 : 08:20:59 AM
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SEE?? I told you Ya should go to weird places like that  Good finds 
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Posted - October 16 2010 : 01:59:40 AM
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Tykowolf, I believe the Bachmann & Tyco 3 dome tanker is of the same mold. The wheel trucks is the only thing that appear different a little. I have two of these now. The few times I have seen them on Ebay, they have been advertised as a Tyco. A good lookin' piece. The lower section is dark green (hard to see in the photo)
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Posted - October 17 2010 : 05:19:18 AM
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| Thanks for the tanker info, walt. I saw a hint of green on Cidar tank and figured the colour as such. If some unboxed Tyco triple tankers are ever mistaken for Bachmann, it could be good way to find the rarer Tyco models.
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Posted - October 19 2010 : 12:15:38 AM
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Just one block from the hobby shop today, I decided to stop in. Found one more cattle trailer that I added to the earlier three I found on Friday... The used Tyco box had been moved in the shop and was easier to look thru.. A few incomplete common cars was in the box, a couple of HO buildings and pieces & parts of everything...
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Posted - November 08 2010 : 8:30:17 PM
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wish we had a LHS....
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Posted - November 08 2010 : 11:03:26 PM
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If you mean Local Hobby Shop, 35rem Ditto on that I gotta go 200 miles to Denver area to do the same  Which I did on Nov 6th to a model train show  then hit the good local hobby shop after train show. I was at train show for 3 hours! Got awesome stuff from both places Including this from train shop!
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Posted - November 09 2010 : 09:26:48 AM
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Yep, LHS = Local Hobby Shop.
They've all closed. There is a Hobby Lobby on the way...
You would think there would be enough folks around to support one. Town is 65K, area served about double that...
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Posted - November 09 2010 : 09:44:24 AM
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| um Hobby Lobby in recent months discontiued all the train stuff Should be a thread about in here somewheres
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Posted - November 09 2010 : 12:08:28 PM
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I know, that's why the
The one in Auburn still sells sets (4 HO, 2 N). They have some modeling stuff and Woodland scenics, etc. Not a total loss.
Nearest hobby shop is probably 100 miles.
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Posted - November 09 2010 : 1:33:06 PM
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| well, 35rem You could always check out local antique & 2nd hand stores for train stuff Walt does spometimes hehe
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Posted - November 09 2010 : 2:22:53 PM
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Antique store owners usually think that Tyco stuff is worth a small fortune even when it's in horrrible condition. Ebay is the place to find train items. I do credit ebay & online sales to the demise of our , local hobby shops....
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Posted - November 09 2010 : 3:38:25 PM
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That's the usual answer. I called one here the day before he closed.
He said he couldn't keep up with the internet...
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Posted - November 09 2010 : 7:46:34 PM
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Gee, I would hate to have to go to Auburn for anything 35 REM... ROLL TIDE
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Posted - November 09 2010 : 7:52:01 PM
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quote:um Hobby Lobby in recent months discontiued all the train stuff Should be a thread about in here somewheres
Originally posted by microbusss - November 09 2010 : 09:44:24 AM
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ya but still have grass, trees, ground foam and some train sets in boxes
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Posted - November 09 2010 : 8:18:26 PM
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quote:Gee, I would hate to have to go to Auburn for anything 35 REM... ROLL TIDE
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Originally posted by Jeremy - November 09 2010 : 7:46:34 PM
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There's one in every crowd...
WAR EAGLE!! November 26th...
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