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 Posted - February 11 2011 : 2:15:12 PM
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I got this at a train show in Michigan for a few bucks. Not sure how rare it is, but I haven't seen a single one on e-bay in the last sereral months that I have been conducting daily searches.
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Posted - February 11 2011 : 2:42:39 PM
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They turn up with some regularity, but not every day: too frequent to be rare, too infrequent to be common. It is a nice looking car though, and the CNJ marks are a nice touch.
I remember a few years ago someone on ebay sold an entire lot of about a dozen of these shells marked as factory defects with similar traits. Haven't seen any of those turn up since. Only thing I could tell wrong with them was the Tyco logo seemed a little blurry, but in every example I've ever seen (including my own) it's not exactly perfectly straight in the first place.
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Posted - February 11 2011 : 3:13:14 PM
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Got Mine, The Tyco Anni box car is not too hard to find...
Walt
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Posted - February 11 2011 : 7:15:57 PM
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 very nice guys
Walt - you has 2 cars I needs to find 
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Posted - February 11 2011 : 7:36:50 PM
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I have seen many photos of these cars, the Only one that i recall actually Seeing with my eyes in recent years is one in the Bremen Hobbyshop, Bremen IN.
asking price is $30 for the car, and the dust comes with it for free!
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Posted - February 11 2011 : 9:54:05 PM
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quote:I have seen many photos of these cars, the Only one that i recall actually Seeing with my eyes in recent years is one in the Bremen Hobbyshop, Bremen IN.
asking price is $30 for the car, and the dust comes with it for free! |
ALL TOGETHER NOW! 1 , 2, 3 , OOUUUCCH!!!
Walt
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Posted - February 13 2011 : 5:52:12 PM
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my car of the week,sorry no 50th tyco ken
Edited by - catfordken on February 13 2011 5:58:26 PM
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Posted - February 13 2011 : 7:03:00 PM
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Nice reefer, Ken. Here's my latest buy--a Mantua 'camp car' in Western Union livery.
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Posted - February 13 2011 : 7:38:42 PM
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quote: very nice guys
Walt - you has 2 cars I needs to find
Originally posted by microbusss - February 11 2011 : 7:15:57 PM
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Come on now Ben, You need an Ohio box car too!!
Walt
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Posted - February 13 2011 : 10:07:58 PM
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A classic
This one originally had a load of pipe sections, but those are long lost. Found these crawlers at LH
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Posted - February 13 2011 : 10:29:20 PM
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Since i am in NC
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Posted - February 14 2011 : 8:11:27 PM
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My club's 25th anniversary car...
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ptgolf
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Posted - February 16 2011 : 10:12:49 AM
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Picked this up at a train show this past weekend. Thought it looked kind of cool.
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Helm
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Posted - February 16 2011 : 11:29:40 AM
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| That cartoon figure on the car is "Reddy Kilowatt". Any body else old enough to remember him?
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Posted - February 16 2011 : 5:49:40 PM
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quote:That cartoon figure on the car is "Reddy Kilowatt". Any body else old enough to remember him?
Originally posted by Helm - February 16 2011 : 11:29:40 AM
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I remeber Reddy, I have the Bar Mills sign of Reddy. I'd like to get the Miller Engineering "neon" sign of Reddy.
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Posted - February 16 2011 : 8:18:33 PM
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quote:quote:That cartoon figure on the car is "Reddy Kilowatt". Any body else old enough to remember him?
Originally posted by Helm - February 16 2011 : 11:29:40 AM
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I remeber Reddy, I have the Bar Mills sign of Reddy. I'd like to get the Miller Engineering "neon" sign of Reddy.
Originally posted by eaglerock109Â -Â February 16 2011Â :Â 5:49:40 PM
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I've seen a real car like that one in real life. I'm a Missourian and have seen quite a few MPSX coal hoppers in the day.
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Posted - February 16 2011 : 9:10:20 PM
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Here's Reddy making another cameo, this time on one of IHC's releases of the (former) Tyco open quad-bay hopper:
I like this car quite a bit. It's a true relic: the slogan belies the lost pride in manufacturing and industry that this country would rather damn today.
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Posted - February 17 2011 : 7:59:10 PM
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REDDY KILOWATT will be on new Athearn quad hoppers, due for release in March2011
in Peabody scheme,,for those that would like to add to their collection
pic here
http://www.athearn.com/ProdInfo/LargeImages/ATH72705.jpg
Available as a single car and and in two different six packs each with a different road number
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Posted - February 19 2011 : 10:20:44 PM
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 A Frisco streamlined coach this week
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Posted - March 11 2011 : 02:36:24 AM
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There's two Anniversary box cars on Ebay right now. 1 is boxed and the other is loose..
Walt
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Posted - March 13 2011 : 6:10:05 PM
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From Playrt and an old Tyco mold.
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