Ok ok, anyone ever heard of/remember "Train - Miniature"?

[tomustang]

My one dealer held something for me since it was PRR, my first reaction was whoa! never seen/heard of it before...







Only thing I've found is that Walthers bought them out in the 80's

[e-paw]

They produced a lot of good stuff in HO. I have some of there box cars refers and hoppers. I'm always on the look out for more. Have fun with it.

[BR60103]

I bought a few of their cars in the early 70s.
They made a CN stock car (or was it CP?) where they put the whitewash at the top of the sides instead of the bottom. I saw it once at the LHS and didn't believe it; when I went back they were gone and I never saw anymore -- neither the mistake nor a corrected one.

[sgtcarl1]

Yes, I have heard of them. They are supposedly one of the best. Walthers still carries some of their stuff, under that trade name. (I just got Walthers new flier in the mail yesterday.)

[FiatFan]

Yes. I have afew of their billboard reefers. Nice looking car.

Tom

[RailRon]

They made a CN stock car (or was it CP?) where they put the whitewash at the top of the sides instead of the bottom.

I remember to have read something about them a few years back in a German (!) model RR magazine. Seems that they became a collector's item (like a lot of other 'miss-colored' models) - some sort of a 'Blue Mauritius stamp' among models! If my memory isn't completely off track, I think their collector's value was estimated at some 100$!

Now to have a few of them... Mmmhh!

Ron

[Brakie]

Very nice find.

TM had very nice line of cars..Also made a FA1..

Guess what? That work train was first produce by True Scale!

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Then Walthers bought the TM line of cars..

The 25 ton crane is still available..

[BR60103]

Model railroad dies seem to go on forever until they wear out or someone drops them.

[doctorwayne]

Train Miniature cars are among my favourites. I would have replied sooner but I had a lot of trouble trying to get these pictures into the Gallery. As you can see, the quality has suffered, too.

A couple of NYC cars - the near one is an A.R.A.type while the far one has been converted from a plugdoor car
[album]315[/album]

Pennsy X-29:
[album]312[/album]

This Canada Southern car was rebuilt with "reverse" dreadnaught ends, and new doors and sidesills:
[album]310[/album]

A Pennsy X-28 automobile boxcar:
[album]313[/album]

The next 4 cars were all built using the TM plugdoor boxcar as a starting point:
[album]308[/album]

[album]298[/album]

[album]300[/album]

[album]306[/album]

A TM 55 ton hopper lettered for my own road:
[album]302[/album]

And a plugdoor reefer:
[album]301[/album]

And finally, this TH&B USRA doublesheathed boxcar - it was extensively re-built, with new doors, ends sidesills, and underframe, plus a new roofwalk and all metal grab irons and sill steps:
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[album]293[/album]

Wayne