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 Posted - January 23 2011 : 06:50:02 AM
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my car this week is an mdc/roundhouse 50ft express refrigerator car,canadian pacific ken
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Posted - January 23 2011 : 09:05:52 AM
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 neat car, ken
anyway here's the boxcar I got from AMC last week 
Crazy how NEW this car is
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Posted - January 23 2011 : 12:06:04 PM
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 I'm contributing a custom painted CB&Q caboose, which was originally a Santa Fe car by Bachmann.
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Posted - January 23 2011 : 12:13:17 PM
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 I'll also add this Army Ammo boxcar in transit from Model Power.
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Posted - January 23 2011 : 12:41:47 PM
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Here's a hard-to-find car by Bachmann - the Loop the Loop flatcar that goes with the Thrill Show set. I've seen the Engine, caboose, and boxcar all separate, but this flat is almost never seen by itself, or even with the set. I lucked onto a complete 4-car set so I bought it for an AMC project. This unit needs trucks but that's not a problem. I have those. 
There used to be a thrill show with a guy using Javelins, so that will be basis for this train. I'm aquiring extra boxcars and cabooses as well as housing and transport.
Jerry
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Posted - January 23 2011 : 5:27:41 PM
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Well this is my COTW I got this one on ebay it is like new with the original box.
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Posted - January 24 2011 : 12:56:29 AM
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I picked up this car at the LHS, I still need to add the grab irons and stirrups.
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Posted - January 24 2011 : 11:18:29 PM
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Here is mine,,a Athearn Blue Box,,custom made for,,read the boxcar
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Posted - January 26 2011 : 9:24:53 PM
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OK that just might be the creepiest and funniest Athearn car I've ever seen. I had no idea a 38th year merits a commemorative anniversary. :P And what does a Youth Fair have to do with.... cattle? And as far as the Midwest goes, I'm pretty sure Benton Harbor, et al never had the draw that Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, or even Des Moines would. Still, I see they're still around although now billed as "The Largest 4H Youth fair in Southwest Michigan"
Still a neat car... and maybe even one that SOU2645 doesn't have.
Anyhow, here's one of my own: the first release of the Tyco Autoloader - only the first issues have the HUGE Frisco logo centered up top. Not too hard to find, but still a tiny tiny percentage of total autoloader production.
Another interesting trait of these cars is that underneath, the ejector-pin markings are virtually invisible. Take a look at any Tyco flatcar you have (what self-respecting model railroader doesn't have one?) and you usually find at least 3 ugly round marks in the underframe, with varying degrees of attempted blending. These first-run cars hadn't yet worn out the molds near the pins, so the ejector pin marks are perfectly seamless. Just an odd trait I find interesting as I'm fascinated by production processes and techniques.
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Posted - January 26 2011 : 11:27:24 PM
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quote:OK that just might be the creepiest and funniest Athearn car I've ever seen. I had no idea a 38th year merits a commemorative anniversary. :P And what does a Youth Fair have to do with.... cattle? And as far as the Midwest goes, I'm pretty sure Benton Harbor, et al never had the draw that Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, or even Des Moines would. Still, I see they're still around although now billed as "The Largest 4H Youth fair in Southwest Michigan"
Still a neat car... and maybe even one that SOU2645 doesn't have.
Anyhow, here's one of my own: the first release of the Tyco Autoloader - only the first issues have the HUGE Frisco logo centered up top. Not too hard to find, but still a tiny tiny percentage of total autoloader production.
Another interesting trait of these cars is that underneath, the ejector-pin markings are virtually invisible. Take a look at any Tyco flatcar you have (what self-respecting model railroader doesn't have one?) and you usually find at least 3 ugly round marks in the underframe, with varying degrees of attempted blending. These first-run cars hadn't yet worn out the molds near the pins, so the ejector pin marks are perfectly seamless. Just an odd trait I find interesting as I'm fascinated by production processes and techniques.
Originally posted by spiderj76Â -Â January 26 2011Â :Â 9:24:53 PM
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I have that exact same car which came in my Super Over and Under set #7315, produced by Tyco. I still have the 3 Camaros and 3 Javelins that came with it.
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Posted - January 27 2011 : 10:17:01 AM
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here's mine with different cars on it
Mine has the tiny Frisco logo. Plus the other 3 autoloader cars I have are broken 
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Posted - January 27 2011 : 10:25:48 AM
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quote:I have that exact same car which came in my Super Over and Under set #7315, produced by Tyco. I still have the 3 Camaros and 3 Javelins that came with it.
Originally posted by badman55Â -Â January 26 2011Â :Â 11:27:24 PM
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<here's mine with different cars on it - Microbuss>
For the record, those are '68 AMX cars, not Javelins.  Those "different" cars, Chevy Citations, really did nothing for me, either 1:1 or as autoloader fodder. They should have picked better cars to copy than that.
Jerry
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Posted - January 29 2011 : 10:47:48 AM
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quote:OK that just might be the creepiest and funniest Athearn car I've ever seen. I had no idea a 38th year merits a commemorative anniversary. :P And what does a Youth Fair have to do with.... cattle? And as far as the Midwest goes, I'm pretty sure Benton Harbor, et al never had the draw that Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, or even Des Moines would. Still, I see they're still around although now billed as "The Largest 4H Youth fair in Southwest Michigan"
Still a neat car... and maybe even one that SOU2645 doesn't have.
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These cars were made for a number of years, evey year the car was a different color and a
slightly different graphic design. These were made at a time when i lived out in CA, I moved
back here in 2004 [got tired of LA,CA, got to crowded and too $$$] and found this one in a LHS used bin for $4 and i doctored it up a bit with Kadee couplers and metal wheels.
The BCYF is alive and well, draws well over 100,000 to 200,000 visitors from all over during its one week run every August.
You will find all manner of cows,swine,chickens,turkeys,geese,lamas,rabbits and tons of horses.
Then there is the commercial barns, tractor dealers, the home ec barns, livestock showing/judging, livestock auctions, food vendors galore, other misc vendors,the midway rides, concerts in the evenings,tractor pulls, and on the last day---The Demolition Derby that
never fails to sell out.
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Posted - January 29 2011 : 6:08:42 PM
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quote: These cars are very brittle, and most did not survive the rough hands of the young model railroaders even though they were produced by Tyco beginning in 1969 until the end of the Tyco train business.
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Posted - January 29 2011 : 8:05:24 PM
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quote: Looks awesome micro. but i eat them its heartburn city but i love them though
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