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thetramp Apr 2, 2013

  1. Shortround

    Shortround TrainBoard Member

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    I'ld like a few of those. Just like the ones used by the old paper mills.
     
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  2. thetramp

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    My Penn Central boxcar

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  3. Mike VE2TRV

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    Ha! Turn the clock all the way back to October 1974, my Dad photographed a soon-to-be birthday or Christmas present:

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    Cool!:)
     
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    A Mobilgas tanker

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    Michigan Alkali Co. tanker. Needs some repairs.

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  6. Mike VE2TRV

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    I also have that one, same road number. I can't remember where the *bleep* I put it!:oops:
     
  7. Mike VE2TRV

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    Found it! My Excel sheet had it listed as no photo, box unspecified (I also enter whether or not it has its own box). But it was in its original box!

    Here she is:

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    You can use that as a template for repairing yours.
     
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  8. thetramp

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    Looks great Mike. Wish I could find the missing parts for my tanker.
     
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  9. Mike VE2TRV

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    Since it's Athearn, you probably could cannibalize another Athearn single-dome tank car with an intact upper platform and other parts (train show finds are a great source of cheap organ donor cars). A new ladder could be fashioned from extra parts from industrial structure kits. A little straightening of the grab rail and it should look reasonable.

    All that is very easy to do. And fun!:)
     
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  10. thetramp

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    My weathered cattle car.

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  11. Mike VE2TRV

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    Just the right amount of "fertilizer" around the bottom. Unlike this train show find :eek::

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    The only thing missing is the smell...:sick:
     
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    Another cattle car. This time a SOO Line.

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    The Katy. One of my .50 each or 3 for a $1 box cars.

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    Back to the cattle car. An MKT.

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  15. Shortround

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    That looks more like I've seen around here.
     
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    My Union 76 tanker

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    A C&O Chessie System Boxcar.

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    UP red dot car. I am running out of rolling stock to show

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  19. Mike VE2TRV

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    Nice lettering detail on this one. :)

    I haven't seen one with the red dot like this before. Cool!:cool:
     
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    My A.T.S.F. El Capital boxcar

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