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Post by TBird1958 on Oct 23, 2024 8:08:42 GMT -8
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Post by ambluco on Oct 23, 2024 8:13:01 GMT -8
Oddly jumping past the ones already announced, which I have on order.
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Post by packer on Oct 23, 2024 8:30:32 GMT -8
FEC is pretty, but I shouldn't
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Post by nsfantodd on Oct 23, 2024 8:32:54 GMT -8
Unfortunately too old for me, but I think the MOP is awesome!!
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Post by TBird1958 on Oct 23, 2024 8:47:15 GMT -8
I caved in rather quickly and bought a MoPac.......
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Post by cpr4200 on Oct 23, 2024 9:07:27 GMT -8
Looking forward to the Plate C versions.
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Post by riogrande on Oct 23, 2024 9:08:10 GMT -8
I'll be adding a MoPac as well.
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Post by kangaroose on Oct 23, 2024 16:54:43 GMT -8
Seems odd, but all the ACF cars were designed and tooled at the same time. I think sometimes there can be a bit of pre-order burn-out. So, opted to this one in the background. Note, that only the sides are different from the already announced cars. Therefore, a pretty straight forward obvious extension of the double pkug door versions. We were also waiting for more info on the MP cars. Nick Oddly jumping past the ones already announced, which I have on order. |
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Post by kangaroose on Oct 23, 2024 16:57:16 GMT -8
We have photos of FEC cars in New Jersey as well as California, and presumably in between. Nick FEC is pretty, but I shouldn't |
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Post by kangaroose on Oct 23, 2024 16:58:43 GMT -8
Sorry to clarify, FEC on EL through real train wheel reports. We have photos of FEC cars in New Jersey as well as California, and presumably in between. Nick FEC is pretty, but I shouldn't |
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Post by edwardsutorik on Oct 23, 2024 17:31:43 GMT -8
FEC is pretty, but I shouldn't Get two. One, all alone, would get mighty lonely way out in California. Ed |
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Post by hudsonyard on Oct 23, 2024 22:26:57 GMT -8
These are sharp! A hair too new for me, i'm already experiencing enough build date creep as it is..... that being said I could see an FEC in my fleet because of its uniqueness.
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Post by Partial_List on Oct 24, 2024 0:16:39 GMT -8
These look super nice and I intend on purchasing at least two.
I recon’ $66.99 or close to it will be “the norm” sooner than later. Sigh…
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Post by markfj on Oct 24, 2024 2:28:20 GMT -8
These look super nice and I intend on purchasing at least two. I recon’ $66.99 or close to it will be “the norm” sooner than later. Sigh… True, but as the saying goes “don’t hate the player, hate the game.” Moloco is just trying to survive in a world of unnecessarily high inflation. I still think you get a lot of value for your money with a Moloco car. You just need to be more selective with what you buy these days since each car is more like a mini investment than a casual purchase. Hope Nick someday offers a Miner RF-361 draft gear. Needed those for my Atlas PC X71 boxcars.😉 Mark J. Reading, PA |
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Post by lvrr325 on Oct 24, 2024 5:23:12 GMT -8
At $67 I have to pick and choose with like five of the Plate C cars pre-ordered.
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Post by markfj on Oct 24, 2024 5:33:12 GMT -8
If Nick ever offers any 50’ rebuild boxcars for NYC or PC, I’ll be donating plasma!🙄
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Post by wagnersteve on Oct 24, 2024 9:15:45 GMT -8
10/24/2024, about 1:15 p.m., EDT
Since it's a 50-footer built in 1974, the FEC model would be more appropriate for my small layout than most tall cars. Glad to know that the FEC cars made it at least to the EL, since my primary interest is the D&H. Hmmmm.
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Post by csxt8400 on Oct 24, 2024 13:40:38 GMT -8
I'll echo the love for the FEC, what a sharp beast. That art-deco inspired lettering is just fantastic.
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Post by champagnetrail on Oct 24, 2024 15:30:23 GMT -8
10/24/2024, about 1:15 p.m., EDT Since it's a 50-footer built in 1974, the FEC model would be more appropriate for my small layout than most tall cars. Glad to know that the FEC cars made it at least to the EL, since my primary interest is the D&H. Hmmmm. The FEC and SLSF cars were part of a Whirl-pool (see what I did there?) that served the Whirlpool plant in Ft Smith, Arkansas, so they could have gone anywhere with a Whirlpool/KitchenAid/Maytag appliance distributor. Like Nick already mentioned, the EL wheel report collection has FEC #5046 eastbound in train NY-98 on 5/31/75 loaded with Machinery and consigned to the Merit Distribution Center in Kearny NJ. I've also got SLSF #11914 westbound in train BRC-97 on 10/28/75 empty and consigned back to Whirlpool Corp in Ft Smith AR via the C&EI connection in Chicago. Given these cars were pooled, any of the cars assigned could have shown up on the EL.
-pat
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Post by GP40P-2 on Oct 24, 2024 18:45:57 GMT -8
10/24/2024, about 1:15 p.m., EDT the EL wheel report collection has FEC #5046 eastbound in train NY-98 on 5/31/75 loaded with Machinery and consigned to the Merit Distribution Center in Kearny NJ. -pat
5046 seems to have gotten around. It is also the one on RR Picture Achieves shown on Cajon Pass in southern California in '81. It is also a number that is not in Moloco's release... |
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Post by kangaroose on Oct 25, 2024 4:01:59 GMT -8
Thanks Pat, for mentioning the EL wheel reports. Yes, these cars did get around. I did forget about the KitchenAid as another brand name they produced at Ft. Smith. Even though not on the EL wheel reports, but the photo that I posted on the website of the Frisco car, 11907, shows a Frisco car on the EL in Port Jervis. Note that it has a small CPC stencil for Corn Products Company service. SO, most likely in palletized service for CPC as well during a similar era. CPC had a large facility on the BRC in Argo, IL. As well as other locations. Nick 10/24/2024, about 1:15 p.m., EDT Since it's a 50-footer built in 1974, the FEC model would be more appropriate for my small layout than most tall cars. Glad to know that the FEC cars made it at least to the EL, since my primary interest is the D&H. Hmmmm. The FEC and SLSF cars were part of a Whirl-pool (see what I did there?) that served the Whirlpool plant in Ft Smith, Arkansas, so they could have gone anywhere with a Whirlpool/KitchenAid/Maytag appliance distributor. Like Nick already mentioned, the EL wheel report collection has FEC #5046 eastbound in train NY-98 on 5/31/75 loaded with Machinery and consigned to the Merit Distribution Center in Kearny NJ. I've also got SLSF #11914 westbound in train BRC-97 on 10/28/75 empty and consigned back to Whirlpool Corp in Ft Smith AR via the C&EI connection in Chicago. Given these cars were pooled, any of the cars assigned could have shown up on the EL. -pat
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Post by unittrain on Oct 25, 2024 13:34:55 GMT -8
Been waiting for these got a MP and Frisco will be getting Santa Fe, C&EI and BN in the next release.
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Post by champagnetrail on Oct 26, 2024 10:53:45 GMT -8
Thanks Pat, for mentioning the EL wheel reports. Yes, these cars did get around. I did forget about the KitchenAid as another brand name they produced at Ft. Smith. Even though not on the EL wheel reports, but the photo that I posted on the website of the Frisco car, 11907, shows a Frisco car on the EL in Port Jervis. Note that it has a small CPC stencil for Corn Products Company service. SO, most likely in palletized service for CPC as well during a similar era. CPC had a large facility on the BRC in Argo, IL. As well as other locations. Nick The FEC and SLSF cars were part of a Whirl-pool (see what I did there?) that served the Whirlpool plant in Ft Smith, Arkansas, so they could have gone anywhere with a Whirlpool/KitchenAid/Maytag appliance distributor. Like Nick already mentioned, the EL wheel report collection has FEC #5046 eastbound in train NY-98 on 5/31/75 loaded with Machinery and consigned to the Merit Distribution Center in Kearny NJ. I've also got SLSF #11914 westbound in train BRC-97 on 10/28/75 empty and consigned back to Whirlpool Corp in Ft Smith AR via the C&EI connection in Chicago. Given these cars were pooled, any of the cars assigned could have shown up on the EL. -pat
Yes, thanks, Nick! I forgot to mention that picture you've got on the web site of SLSF #11907 on the EL. Hard to argue with photographic proof! In the picture, SLSF #11907 is empty, so it probably came from the Corn Products facility in Ridgefield NJ. One wonders at what point and which SLSF cars switched from hauling appliances to corn products. CPC International was a big company that shipped stuff all over the country, though, so either way (Whirlpool appliances or CPC corn products) it's good, for those who care about such things as knowing what went where and when.
-pat
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Post by wagnersteve on Oct 26, 2024 10:59:50 GMT -8
Oct. 26, starting close to 3 p.m., EDT -- which will be ending soon
Pat, thanks for your very fine wordplay a few posts back. And for all your wheel reports from the EL. Also thanks to Nick for providing us with the opportunity to buy great cars and parts.
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Post by joppasub on Nov 4, 2024 13:54:38 GMT -8
The MP cars are superb. Thank you NICK.
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Post by unittrain on Nov 4, 2024 14:19:55 GMT -8
Got a MP and Frisco excellent cars much needed some 50' high cubes and it's good to have an ACF car in the high end level.
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Post by tony on Nov 6, 2024 13:24:56 GMT -8
I hope the other ACF cars make it here before the new TARIFFS go into effect because I would not pay $144.98 for a box car. Game over at that point.
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Post by hovehicle on Nov 6, 2024 16:04:09 GMT -8
If Trump imposes tariffs on ALL toys imported from China, that will include model trains and we will see one of the worse years in sales in recent memory. There will be some serious ramifications for the MR community.
Vito L.
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Post by edwardsutorik on Nov 6, 2024 16:10:35 GMT -8
It will certainly make it comparatively attractive to produce model railroad equipment in THIS country. At least, as long as the tariffs last. I'm not sure I'd care to gamble my fortune on that.
Kupla hours later:
Oddly, I've just been watching my old buddy, Ryan McBeth, talking about this very subject on Youtube. Not the model railroad part, but the potential lack of wisdom of depending on cheap Chinese goods, rather than being able to make our own.
Ed
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Post by hudsonyard on Nov 6, 2024 17:49:37 GMT -8
You don't get what you want, you get what you deserve, americans care about their hamburgers and their treats above anything else.
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