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 Posted - September 28 2009 : 5:51:57 PM
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Here are a Pair of Revell T-4130 50' H. J. Heinz Vat Cars. Circa 1950s
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Edited by - VintageHO on September 28 2009 5:56:03 PM
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Posted - October 02 2009 : 06:01:58 AM
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I always thought these cars were interesting I wonder what happened to the tooling? There cant be too many of the originals around the trucks kept falling apart! I imagine that most folks just throw them away. My son Carl collects Revell He got so disgusted with the sprung talgo trucks he replaced them and mounted Kadees on the frame! All of which is making your original pair rarer and rarer!
Every time I see one of these pickle cars it invokes thoughts far removed from railroading I suppose its because my kid brother, ten years my junior, keep his stash of smoking weed in the tubs of a busted Heinz car. It was the mid sixties with its attendant love ins, protests and folk singin including Arlo Guthrie. Have you ever heard his pickle song? It goes I dont wanna pickle, I just wanna ride my motosickle and is the lead in for a long winded inane story bout playing his guitar while riding his bike. It was pretty silly but you had to sit through it until he got to the good stuff like the song Ridin on the City of New Orleans. So much for the random thoughts of an old man Im now gonna listen to the Guthrie kid (hes sixty something now) while looking at your cars Heres links to both the pickle and train songs if you care to join me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g266Uwp6ZnI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/user/jguth3#play/uploads/47/WYjOMIki6qs
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Posted - April 27 2013 : 2:22:59 PM
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I've got a pair of those, also. One we've had in the family since.....I don't know, '59, '60?
I also have, in a box, a couple of tubs if anybody has one missing a tub.
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Posted - April 27 2013 : 3:24:40 PM
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| Concor has the tooling. They have released hoopers, bunk cars, flat cars, gondolas and the SW7 switcher over the years.
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Posted - April 29 2013 : 11:54:54 PM
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| Con-Cor has it but I don't know that they've used any of it in a while. The reissue stuff was re-engineered - the SW7 got a Kato drive, for instance - so it's not quite the same.
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Posted - April 30 2013 : 08:53:16 AM
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I got one of these & it has the trucks intact! 
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Posted - April 30 2013 : 09:19:56 AM
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| I have the Athearn Heinz cars with the opening doors. I have t get me a couple of these.
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Posted - April 30 2013 : 11:06:56 AM
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| Concor currently has the pulpwood car and gondolas listed on their website.
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Posted - June 14 2013 : 12:07:27 AM
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I found a complete Heinz 57 Pickle car at a local shop in the used section, for $5.00, you better believe its in my collection now! I also have both types that Athearn offered back in the day! (I am thinking of adding a "Pickle factory from Pola, to my layout..) Be a GREAT "Spur" and traffic for it!
The 2 cars pictured, do they have the original trucks that are sprung, with "Talgo" mounted X2F couplers? Difficult to tell from the picture if that's whats on them!
~John
Many have tried to, and failed, ya just can't repair stupid... 
Do NOT try to Idiot-Proof anything!!!! God, will simply create a better......IDIOT!
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