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 Posted - December 05 2010 : 5:05:31 PM
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I don't know how many times, under my previous pseudonym here, that I ended up railing and crabbing about Tyco's CP Rail cars. I mean, the 40' yellow one was nice and reasonably accurate, but the blue one...??
I mean, thanks to the internet I've looked and looked to see if somewhere, someday, there was a one-off or design study or even some other type of CP Rail freight that was blue, but nope! Nada! Never! Not that I've found at least. So why, Tyco, why?
I mean, at least they eventually did the green one:
Which is nice, even if not quite as so as the Bachmann version. But still, good variety. And I might have been content to let it end there and shut up, if THIS hadn't turned up:
WHAT THE? Is this a joke? Was there a red-white-and-blue Canadian Bicentennial I never heard about? Did someone in Tyco's paint department do a little too much acid one day? I mean really: They can do the orange, and the green... then come up with a "what if blue", and now this eyeball-sporking Ameri-nuck.... but they can't be bothered to do a RED one? The classic Red pacman car? Even just to complete this weird set..?!! Why those morons, I oughta...
...oughta...
...!!!!
Well, lookie here:
*ahem* oops, sorry. I guess I can finally shut up now. Blasted thing is rarer than hen's teeth, and instantly one of the most very prized items in my whole collection, but yes Virginia, there IS a Santa CP Rail.
I have plans to run a Technicolor consist at some point, but those will have to wait. I'm still over the moon on this for some stupid reason.
Edited by - spiderj76 on December 05 2010 8:34:38 PM
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 Posted - December 05 2010 : 6:24:11 PM
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LOLOLOLOL. There's something very....uhhh...right looking about that car XD Nice find though. Just wait until the neon pink CP Rail boxcar pops up 
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Posted - December 05 2010 : 11:53:20 PM
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That was some amusing commentary, Tony. Now you have me wondering if they did one in plaid...
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Posted - December 06 2010 : 06:00:52 AM
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While sorting thru my cars last night, I ran across the blue CP rail boxcar . I don't have much CP, so that one stuck out, after this post. I'd have never thought about it otherwise. I DO like the red/white/blue one, though. Would make a great patriotic consist item.
Jerry
Edit 5 minutes later - Oops, did you miss the yellow one?
" When life throws you bananas...it's easy to slip up"
Edited by - AMC_Gremlin_GT on December 06 2010 06:04:59 AM
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Posted - December 06 2010 : 10:01:45 AM
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AMC,
I think Tony's cars are plug door type which might make a difference. The style of car your showing would make a nice collection to get all those differnt road names for sure.
Spider,
Darn it. You got me interested in the trailer jet now I feel like I wan't to look for these CP variations :)
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Edited by - Alco Fan on December 06 2010 10:03:27 AM
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Posted - December 06 2010 : 11:11:00 AM
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Nice find Tony!
Ya know,I seen one of those red boxcars at the Timonium show earlier this year for $2.00,and passed on it because I didn't think it was genuine Tyco. DOH!!!!!!
Carl T.
President of the Cape James Terminal RR.
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Posted - December 06 2010 : 8:12:31 PM
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quote:
Ya know,I seen one of those red boxcars at the Timonium show earlier this year for $2.00,and passed on it because I didn't think it was genuine Tyco. DOH!!!!!!
Carl T.
Originally posted by choochin3Â -Â December 06 2010Â :Â 11:11:00 AM
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There's two train shows coming up locally in Virginia this coming weekend, one's a TCA sponsored event, but they have HO as well, and another at an Armory. I may look for this legendary rare red Tyco CP boxcar. 
Jerry
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 Posted - March 25 2021 : 1:33:02 PM
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Nice variants.
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