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 Posted - March 06 2019 : 9:49:58 PM
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Hello All, I just picked up 3 tin metal passenger shells decorated for the U.P. They look a lot like the old Varney metal cars, but have different window patterns and are built slightly differently. There is one coach, a diner, and an observation. All cars are “shorties” (no, not the old Herkimer/OK cast metal, these are shaped tin). Does anyone know of a manufacturer that made something like this? Thanks, Chris
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Posted - March 07 2019 : 1:41:03 PM
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Posted - March 07 2019 : 3:59:19 PM
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Sounds like Varney to me. Need pics.
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Posted - March 08 2019 : 6:40:54 PM
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| They just arrived today. The bottoms , roofs and side panels all seem to be welded together somehow. You can see the little indentions and burns at the weld points. I can no longer seem to post pics here—-for years I did easily (click on the camera, go to my files, etc), but for the life of me I can’t seem to get it to work now. Has something changed here?
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Posted - March 08 2019 : 7:51:40 PM
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Varney-metal-passinger-cars-With-trucks-these-are-new-tin-/153396038710?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=s7N0ZOOPNn7ZYV%252F03vcDJws5kzI%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc
Try this link for the pic
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Posted - March 09 2019 : 12:00:32 AM
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quote:They just arrived today. The bottoms , roofs and side panels all seem to be welded together somehow. You can see the little indentions and burns at the weld points. I can no longer seem to post pics here—-for years I did easily (click on the camera, go to my files, etc), but for the life of me I can’t seem to get it to work now. Has something changed here?
Originally posted by Adams - March 08 2019 : 6:40:54 PM
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Check your photo file name. If it has any spaces at all in the file name, it won't post. Eliminate the spaces and they should post. Also make sure the size is not over 1,000 pixels by 700-800 pixels
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Posted - March 09 2019 : 7:20:45 PM
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These may be a Japanese knockoff of the Varney cars from a company called Tetsudo. They cloned the Athearn metal 40' boxcar and several other kits in the mid-late 50s.
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Posted - March 11 2019 : 11:41:42 PM
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| Thanks, That’s interesting. They do look like they were “inspired” by the Varneys. The big difference besides window placement is that the roof, sides and floor were all welded into one piece. Don’t know if ends were originally provided—I actually cut the ends off some old LifeLike/Penn Line plastic cars, trimmed them up, and they work pretty well. I’ll post pics when I can. I don’t think it’s possible from this iPad.
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Posted - June 07 2019 : 4:29:42 PM
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| I'd love to photos of those, Adams. Sounds pretty darn neat.
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Posted - June 08 2019 : 09:35:05 AM
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Because the end pieces are not made of plastic, they are not varney. Tenshodo also made cars of that type. They made 6 or 7 different ones.
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Posted - June 09 2019 : 11:43:48 PM
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quote:Because the end pieces are not made of plastic, they are not varney. Tenshodo also made cars of that type. They made 6 or 7 different ones.
Frank
Originally posted by toptrain - June 08 2019 : 09:35:05 AM
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I agree, those are Tenshodo passenger cars. They look like they are in good shape too!
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Posted - June 10 2019 : 12:53:36 AM
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| Wow, cool provenance.
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