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 Posted - August 07 2017 : 11:00:37 AM
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here is one I got on Friday for $40 at a local antique shop!
Gotta pay the guy I borrowed the money from this week 
Loco is a FEF Bachmann & has a oil converted tender
rest of cars are Atherns 
Caboose is missing guardrails on it
& I just got this in the mail a hour ago!
Edited by - microbusss on August 07 2017 12:18:34 PM
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 Posted - August 07 2017 : 1:14:48 PM
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I do not have too many sets to speak of, and what I have, I know I have shared in the past... With that said... Here is my SOTW offering, it a re-visit of the rare Athearn 1962 International Minerals and Chemical - Athearn's First Promotional Set:
These two sets are not perfect and both need some minor restoration. I have a third set in much worse condition and need a lot more repair.
Sean
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Posted - August 07 2017 : 4:13:20 PM
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Most likley the most comon Tyco Old Timer set is the Santa Fe passenger set of 1880.
frank
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Posted - August 09 2017 : 10:11:37 AM
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Nice Score! Whatcha want for that Lionel Canadian FA? :P
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Posted - August 09 2017 : 10:31:08 AM
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| Nice grabs, Micro!
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Posted - August 09 2017 : 11:13:39 AM
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quote:
Nice Score! Whatcha want for that Lionel Canadian FA? :P
Originally posted by DanMacKÂ -Â August 09 2017Â :Â 10:11:37 AM
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go look in LOTW for it 
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Posted - August 09 2017 : 9:59:42 PM
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Sort of a set, I guess.
Lima, Roco, Mehano and Mantua.
Given to me for parts.
Right, that'll happen.
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Posted - August 10 2017 : 11:25:28 AM
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I wonder how many of those special edition "Island Pacific" Dymo label maker sets they sold?
:D
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Posted - August 10 2017 : 9:46:12 PM
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Fairly certain just the one.
The guy did start out with Letraset, as you can see
on the Mantua.
He ran out pretty quick.
I believe there's a set of passenger cars somewhere at the LHS.
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Posted - August 11 2017 : 10:48:05 AM
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Old school. Love it.
A while back, I was trying to model N de M and a few
other Mexican roads, and there was just NOTHING out
there except a few rare fragile scraps of decal, unless
you wanted to pay up to have some guy do something
on his printer.
MR, from some decades ago, had an article about having
a rubber stamp made up and using paint and stamping
your rolling stock, which I tried. Got kind of a smudgey
National de Mexico out of it. An "insta-label" would be
something I would have tried, had I thunk of it.
Oh, and Micro, I seen that loco in Golden, CO at the railway
museum. It is one awe inspiring mountain of steel. They tell
me it was routinely used on 100 MPH Denver to Chicago runs.
Ironically, after I divested out of N de M, and went PC,
the Mexican economy went gang busters with NAFTA
(and our's went to Hell), creating a strong interest
in model railroading in the newly created middle class
south of the border, and Athearn does all kinds of
Mexican stuff, including the rare Centipedes, and even
one or two of the back shop jobs, and the Micro Scale
now makes a profusion of Mexican road names and types.
Edited by - Chops124 on August 11 2017 10:56:10 AM
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Posted - August 11 2017 : 11:22:47 PM
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Lionel HO CN engine/caboose...
Mike
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Posted - August 13 2017 : 5:09:24 PM
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| Viva Canada!
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Posted - August 14 2017 : 10:37:10 PM
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quote:
Oh, and Micro, I seen that loco in Golden, CO at the railway
museum. It is one awe inspiring mountain of steel. They tell
me it was routinely used on 100 MPH Denver to Chicago runs.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â August 11 2017Â :Â 10:48:05 AM
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me too!
it has a different cowcatcher than mine does
it has a solid steel one
It was also used as a stationary boiler one time
Oh I did give my friend back the $40 I owed him for getting my set hehe
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