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I was almost in a pickle, deciding what car to post, but in Heinz-sight, this one is the latest to arrive to me, so I'll relish posting it today.   I think this will go good with my Oscar Mayer car and the Weiner semi-truck. Hot dog!
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 Posted - June 18 2017 : 11:45:05 PM
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2 Mid-Atlantic Pipe Co cars!
note the graphics are different on each car
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Posted - June 19 2017 : 10:35:21 AM
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My COTW share this week is a MDC Roundhouse diecast caboose...
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Posted - June 19 2017 : 8:45:38 PM
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Posted - June 19 2017 : 10:03:43 PM
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quote:
You, Sir, are a card, and should be dealt with.
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Posted - June 20 2017 : 3:19:58 PM
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My COTW is this Tyco hopper car:
Nothing rare about it. There were loads of these made, but they illustrate an idea. When I was starting in model railroading, the "toy" equipment and the "hobby" equipment were not poles apart. Brands like Tyco, AHM and Bachmann sold train sets to the toy market. Brands like Athearn and Roundhouse sold equipment for grown up hobbyists.
This car came in a train set back in 1971. It had plastic wheels and truck mounted couplers. As I migrated away from a toy-like layout toward the Athearn/Roundhouse world, it was not hard to stick metal wheelsets and body-mounted Kadees on cars like this and, with a little paint and weathering, have something that can credibly stand alongside the "serious" brands.
This gradual, low cost, low commitment drift from toy to hobby was my path into model railroading. I don't think that a person trying to get from cheap train set to adult hobby has as smooth a path with so few train sets around and the higher bar created by the upscale equipment available today. I was lucky to come along when I did.
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Posted - June 20 2017 : 7:20:35 PM
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| That car does look nice and dirty like it's had some use.
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Posted - June 21 2017 : 12:35:50 AM
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Nice grouping so far!
This is my find of the day. Found it in a thrift store crammed with a bunch of toy trucks and stuff in a bag for $2.99. I paid $2.99, took out the caboose and donated the rest right back!
I searched in vain for the locomotive, lol.
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Posted - June 21 2017 : 07:47:55 AM
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* Another reefer of an older style. Branchline Lond O' Lakes.
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Posted - June 21 2017 : 09:17:04 AM
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I have a few of those branchline reefers going under paint fo my home road, they are simply beautiful cars.
sim-al2
Also since they cut track maintaince the trains had huge trouble making over the railroad by the end
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They did a Rock Island volountarily
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Posted - June 21 2017 : 11:22:25 AM
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quote:Nice grouping so far!
This is my find of the day. Found it in a thrift store crammed with a bunch of toy trucks and stuff in a bag for $2.99. I paid $2.99, took out the caboose and donated the rest right back!
I searched in vain for the locomotive, lol.
Originally posted by DanMacKÂ -Â June 21 2017Â :Â 12:35:50 AM
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I prolly would of wanted the toy trucks
Course that caboose is the other Holy Grail of cabooses 
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Posted - June 21 2017 : 3:47:52 PM
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| That "Silver Streak" is sweet find! Silver Streak was a chrome plated engine & caboose. Must be some kind of prototype caboose?
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Posted - June 21 2017 : 7:04:41 PM
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quote:That "Silver Streak" is sweet find! Silver Streak was a chrome plated engine & caboose. Must be some kind of prototype caboose?
Originally posted by Helm - June 21 2017 : 3:47:52 PM
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yes it is
its based on a PRR type of caboose but the cupola is moved off center
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Posted - June 22 2017 : 01:56:35 AM
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It's not a prototype but it is rare. It and an F7 were made for the Canadian Market only, and for a limited number of years.
My first set was the "other" Silver Streak you speak of, and I have that Loco and caboose as well ;)
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Posted - June 24 2017 : 11:24:26 AM
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Really neato caboose, Dan. I love the way "new" Tyco keeps
popping up. Almost would seem infinite in the varieties and
gradients.
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Posted - June 25 2017 : 01:13:05 AM
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| Definitely! I saw it on Brian's site actually, and almost had a Loco/caboose set, but the guy sold it before I could get it. The loco is pretty scarce, a Canada-Only run as far as I know.
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Posted - June 25 2017 : 10:29:13 AM
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| Huh, wonder how that marketing decision came to pass...
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