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 Posted - August 25 2019 : 9:52:06 PM
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Here's my COTW offering:
The scarce Tyco Alaska 50' box car....won it on Ebay a month or so ago for under $10.
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven." - Matthew 5:16
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Posted - August 25 2019 : 11:56:36 PM
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Darn straight that's rare, once again, another Tyco
piece I never knew existed!
Well, I got the Bazooka car- this has been on my hit list for many years, however
I thought with the red trucks and silver chassis it would be Life Like, or something.
To my surprise, bold as life stamped on the bottom is "Tyco." What is also odd is that
it has body mounted coupler plates in the style of Athearn. The trucks appear to be
factory painted. The bolsters fit a Tyco coupler mounted truck. The shell is a typical Tyco
50 footer. I am a baffled, but it is a good runner and tracked well.
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Posted - August 27 2019 : 5:33:08 PM
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My COTW is a cut of coal jimmies. Some years ago, I came upon an article by the late great E.L. Moore (Six-Ton Jimmy, Model Railroader, May 1967). Long ago, there were small boxes on wheels for hauling coal from the mines to the markets. They were more like 2-axle ore carts. Moore's jimmies were built using wood from a yard stick for the main chassis. One freight car truck served for the under carriage.
Since yard sticks are no longer (to my knowledge) lumber yard giveaways, I used some 1/8" thick wood that I had. I modified some archbar trucks to make them less obviously trucks. The cut of jimmies has a coupler at each end for compatibility with the rest of my rolling stock. Drawbars connect them, otherwise. I think the prototypes used link and pin couplers. Moore's model appeard to use a kind of hook and eye arrangement.
The box portion is file folder cardboard, scribed to look like planks. The coal load is actually a few taconite pellets for weight, surrounded by sand, covered with coal and glued in place with diluted carpenter's glue.
Here's the whole string, in a train:
A closer view of just a couple of jimmies:
A view of the underside shows the drawbar arrangement between jimmies and the couplers at each end. One of the couplers is an old Accurail dummy. I really don't use these in operation with switching and uncoupling, so an operating coupler is not necessary.
A closer in view gives a better idea of how the drawbars are mounted:
These are not important to normal operation on the layout, but I was intrigued by the project in Moore's article and had fun building them.
Carpe Manana!
Edited by - scsshaggy on August 27 2019 6:09:57 PM
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Posted - August 27 2019 : 6:29:18 PM
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| Nice piece, chops... I have never in my life knew of the Bazooka by Tyco...
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Posted - August 27 2019 : 8:38:01 PM
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Those are nice little Jimmies, perfect cars to pull behind a small Shay,
Climax, or Heisler locomotive!
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Posted - August 27 2019 : 8:48:19 PM
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Posted - August 27 2019 : 9:56:56 PM
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Srenchin, thanks for the kind words.
Mike, is the cement car a Marx product?
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Posted - August 29 2019 : 09:47:50 AM
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I believe I recall hearing about the legendary E.L. Moore.
That string of ore cars is amazing!! Thanks RP, I am
really baffled because with the body mounts for couplers
it does not look at all like a typical Tyco 50'.
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Posted - August 29 2019 : 12:06:37 PM
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quote:I believe I recall hearing about the legendary E.L. Moore.
That string of ore cars is amazing!! Thanks RP, I am
really baffled because with the body mounts for couplers
it does not look at all like a typical Tyco 50'.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â August 29 2019Â :Â 09:47:50 AM
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I think most of the building kits sold by Tyco were based on buildings originally
scratch built by E.L Moore. Many of these buildings were first introduced
to the model railroading community as "How-To" articles in Model Railroader
and Model Railroad Craftsman magazines.
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Posted - August 30 2019 : 10:36:05 AM
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| Now that is a major interesting piece of Tyco history.
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Posted - August 30 2019 : 8:08:52 PM
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After doing some research I found that
the following Tyco building kits were
based on structures built by E.L. Moore,
all of which were featured in
Model Railroad Craftsman magazine
articles in 1967. Below is the list of
buildings and the MRC issue.
1. Ma's Place, January 1967
2. Schaefer Brewery, March 1967
3. Grusom Casket Company, July 1967
4. Village Blacksmith, September 1967
5. Ramsey Journal Building, December 1967
AHM did one better though, not only did they
sell the above listed buildings under their
own label, but the also produced other
E.L. Moore buildings featured in MRC articles.
1. W. E. Snatchem - Undertaker, November 1967
2. Molasses Mine & Factory, February 1969
3. Emporium Department Store, December 1969
4. Busy Bee Department Store, December 1969
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Posted - August 30 2019 : 10:32:40 PM
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| don't forget Ma's Place is the same building as Speed Andrew's Repair Shop too
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Posted - August 31 2019 : 7:00:25 PM
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| Wow, that is so neat!
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