08-22-2010, 06:15 AM
Here are a couple of vintage cars I picked up last summer in the South Simcoe Railway gift shop for $5 each. Both have to be at least 25 years old, since Train Miniature of Illinois was purchased by Walthers in 1985.
Both are hoppers - one from the Allegheny Midland (Tony Koester), and one from the Virginian & Ohio (Allen McClelland). While they are technically too new for my era (based on the lettered dates) I will still run them at the modular club set-ups.
You don't see cases like this very often these days.
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The Hutch's Train price sticker is vintage too! Hutch's (in Burlington, ON) became Trains on Brant, which isn't even on Brant Street anymore...
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Closer look at the plastic box.
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Kit contents.
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Ready to roll
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Both cars on the test track
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I know these cars are relative youngsters compared with some of the stuff out there, but I hope you enjoyed a small side trip down memory lane.
Andrew
Both are hoppers - one from the Allegheny Midland (Tony Koester), and one from the Virginian & Ohio (Allen McClelland). While they are technically too new for my era (based on the lettered dates) I will still run them at the modular club set-ups.
You don't see cases like this very often these days.
[albumimg]2856[/albumimg]
The Hutch's Train price sticker is vintage too! Hutch's (in Burlington, ON) became Trains on Brant, which isn't even on Brant Street anymore...
[albumimg]2857[/albumimg]
Closer look at the plastic box.
[albumimg]2858[/albumimg]
Kit contents.
[albumimg]2859[/albumimg]
Ready to roll
[albumimg]2860[/albumimg]
Both cars on the test track
[albumimg]2862[/albumimg]
I know these cars are relative youngsters compared with some of the stuff out there, but I hope you enjoyed a small side trip down memory lane.
Andrew