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Here is the custom painted combine for the FY&P and also a custom painted HO version of the S gauge Washington set.
 
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Posted - March 08 2016 : 01:08:27 AM
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Mint Hooker Chemical car and the rare Trap Rock in its even rarer original separate sale box.
 
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Posted - March 08 2016 : 11:43:05 AM
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what do F.Y. & P. mean? 
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Posted - March 08 2016 : 3:53:20 PM
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| FY&P stands for Fifty Years of Progress for A.C. Gilbert.
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Posted - March 09 2016 : 04:26:19 AM
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Gilbert HO Piggyback Unloader. Platform is virtually identical to the S gauge version. There is a cardboard brick patterned ramp that the track goes on to bring it to the proper level. Car is not the same as the 33509 trailer flat although both flats share the same trailer. Hard to find accessory in complete condition and boxed.
 
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Posted - March 09 2016 : 04:33:12 AM
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35785 Coal Unloader in original box and complete minus coal bag. The little approach ramp is usually missing as is the coal tray. NOS Track Cleaning car in the Kleerpak.
 
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 Posted - March 09 2016 : 04:53:44 AM
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I love passenger sets and this is one of my favorite sets Gilbert made. This is the 1957 version with the matching B unit. I also have the 5 digit version and the Pikemaster version, with extra coaches and vista domes for them. This set is nice but the original owner thought it would be easier to put back in the box if the horns weren't there. 
    
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Posted - March 09 2016 : 05:10:55 AM
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Here is the hardest Alco to find out of the three they made. This is the non-bell ringer C&O #31017 in its original box. The demonstrator model below it although common in it's normal form is unusual in that the gray roof vent was never painted gray!
 
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Posted - March 09 2016 : 05:23:46 AM
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Here's the hardest prewar locomotive to find in one piece. Most of the die cast driver equipped Hudson's self destructed due to poor quality castings. This one is in remarkably good original condition and only shows a little bit of deteriorating in the drivers. The tender shell is imploding and the tender chassis I had to repair but I have a decent replacement.
The second picture is the same die-cast driver Hudson with the more common brass rimmed Bakelite driver variation, also in excellent original condition.
 
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Posted - March 09 2016 : 05:30:43 AM
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NOS Tie Jector car in original box and Erie Work Caboose.
 
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Posted - March 09 2016 : 05:42:48 AM
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1963 Old Smokey set. Borden's milk flat not pictured.
    
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Posted - March 09 2016 : 05:47:20 AM
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Perfect condition UP stock car and a NP Pig Palace stockcar, missing steps... :-/
 
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Posted - April 02 2016 : 3:37:04 PM
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Quite an education here, Ken. Thanks for the thread.
Would it be fair to call Gilbert the predecessor of
Tyco?
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Posted - April 13 2016 : 8:51:36 PM
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| Gilbert was selling ready to run HO in 1938... I would have to say yes...
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Posted - December 08 2020 : 10:39:06 PM
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Gorgeous items.
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Posted - October 10 2021 : 3:56:00 PM
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I added a Gilbert Karo Syrup tank car today. It is number 33312 a 1956 car. I never thought I would find one of these but sometimes you just get luckey. At the Wayne Train show a dealer I know had one and some HObbyline items. As you know I am very into HObbyline trains and I got 2 Union Switch and Signal gondolas from him also Which are uncatalogued, with other HObbyline cars also.
Here is the list.
Wayne NJ train show, 10-10-21
Gilbert Karo Syrup tank car CCCLX 33312
Globe/Athearn, Union 76 tank car
Ulrich flat with SP trailer
HObbyline T&P flat car
HObbyline Union Switch & Siginal gondola 3758 (This is a specal uncataloged car)
HObbyline Union Switch & Siginal gondola 3758 (This is a specal uncatalogued car)
HObbyline 0-4-0t powered, undecorated.
MDC SSW ballast car SSW 70790
MDC SSW ballast car SSW 70790
Pocher GN snow blower X-1510
AHM, C. of G. watermelon car, for parts or repair?
Revell EJ&E boxcar 4009
HObbyline TP&W 6014 boxcar
Rivarossi NYC 174478 pacemaker boxcar
4 sections of stone wall.
Here is the photos. You'll see the Kyro car here.
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Posted - October 10 2021 : 6:50:12 PM
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quote:35785 Coal Unloader in original box and complete minus coal bag. The little approach ramp is usually missing as is the coal tray.
Originally posted by bad71burb - March 09 2016 : 04:33:12 AM
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I only have the coal car from this set
also the number on the car indicates this sets actual number!
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Posted - October 10 2021 : 7:29:42 PM
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| Congrats, toptrain, as the Karo tanker is hard to find. It goes to prove that you never know what you'll find at the train show. Have you been able to find the Sohio or Cities Service tankers?
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Posted - November 05 2021 : 10:45:58 AM
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quote:Congrats, toptrain, as the Karo tanker is hard to find. It goes to prove that you never know what you'll find at the train show. Have you been able to find the Sohio or Cities Service tankers?
Originally posted by Brian4321Â -Â October 10 2021Â :Â 7:29:42 PM
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Brain; Was that cities service tank car a cataloged item? The gilbert site says no! Is it listed and seen in some Gilbert catalog. Again NO! I do know this to be true. Was the Sohio cataloged? Yes. They are even pictured in a AHC add as well as a catalog. Are these just items made to be shown at a corporate meeting as possible production items? No! They are produced for exclusive sale by Cities Sercice as THEIR train set! Even the Gilbert site has appropriate words of warning concerning this car. Who would buy a car like this on eBay for a large amount of money, with no way of proving it is authentic. Most eBay sale are by people who make statements like " Of course it is like I say because my father told me!" WOW how can you top that! These cars must be thought of as just custom and priced accordingly always as a good copy. If not, "let the buyer beware!" iF I want to run or own A CITIES SERVICE TANK CAR, It would be one of another manufacturer, or i would make it myself and number it differently.
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Posted - November 05 2021 : 7:41:18 PM
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I'd never seen this thread before, truly some remarkable stuff,
like that Alco demonstrator. I was only vaguely aware of Gilbert,
and did not know they made HO trains. Beautiful examples, and
to think that a lot of it, as Ben has pointed out, were made
when those Flags were still flying.
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Posted - November 10 2021 : 8:02:20 PM
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quote: quote:Congrats, toptrain, as the Karo tanker is hard to find. It goes to prove that you never know what you'll find at the train show. Have you been able to find the Sohio or Cities Service tankers?
Originally posted by Brian4321Â -Â October 10 2021Â :Â 7:29:42 PM
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Brain; Was that cities service tank car a cataloged item? The gilbert site says no! Is it listed and seen in some Gilbert catalog. Again NO! I do know this to be true. Was the Sohio cataloged? Yes. They are even pictured in a AHC add as well as a catalog. Are these just items made to be shown at a corporate meeting as possible production items? No! They are produced for exclusive sale by Cities Sercice as THEIR train set! Even the Gilbert site has appropriate words of warning concerning this car. Who would buy a car like this on eBay for a large amount of money, with no way of proving it is authentic. Most eBay sale are by people who make statements like " Of course it is like I say because my father told me!" WOW how can you top that! These cars must be thought of as just custom and priced accordingly always as a good copy. If not, "let the buyer beware!" iF I want to run or own A CITIES SERVICE TANK CAR, It would be one of another manufacturer, or i would make it myself and number it differently.
Originally posted by toptrain - November 05 2021 : 10:45:58 AM
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toptrain,
You are correct about the Cities Service tank car - there are a lot of forgeries and people are buying them up. The last one (that I know of) sold for $1,000.
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Posted - November 11 2021 : 12:51:16 AM
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I got a City Service tank car. Going to check on the
manufacture but pretty sure it isn't Gilbert.Who
in the world drops a K Note on a cheaply made old
toy? Well, me, just spread out a bit. If by some miracle
it is a Gilbert, that puppy is going to eBay!!
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