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I've dealt with the second Guy - Nice and helpful - a good bloke

Best Jack

shortliner Wrote:Reinhard - ...

Thanks a lot. Order is on it's way. Did order TICHY TRAINS 8227 from Walthers via my German LHS to save oversee shipping cost. Will take some time ..... as usual

faraway Wrote:Got three stake body Athearn F850 (the only available at this time) for my 198x scenery. One simple modification was to remove three sides and get a flat bad. ...

I like the flat bed so much I moved it from the F850 on a SceneMaster 4900 base when I switched back from the 1980+ to 2005+ last week.

Trident had a decent 80s Chevy Fleetside truck if you want a smaller delivery vehicle. Here's a link to show them

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shortliner Wrote:Reinhard, the plumbers truck is available in at least two other liveries for small freight deliveries - there are also some small Mitsubishi freight trucks from Japan labled for Canter - I'll try to fins a link

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and
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I had another look after the current models of the Canter to be used on my now 2005+ layout theme.
A German seller offers them as a special sale for 1.25€ (about 1.50$) only at ebay. They have not the original packing! I assume they are from some Mitsubishi promotion program. That might be of interest at least for all Europeans if you get multiple to offset the shipping cost.
White:
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Blue:
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Another very common vehicle around railroads is the Renzenberger van, which is used at least by BNSF and UP on a contract basis to ferry crews. I don't know enough about makes and models and what's available commercially, but frankly, Renzenberger vans are a big gap in HO vehicles.
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I suppose you could get away with any white van model, though.

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jwb Wrote:Looks as though Trident does a plain white Chevy van, I might get one. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.reynaulds.com/products/Trident/900411.aspx">http://www.reynaulds.com/products/Trident/900411.aspx</a><!-- m -->

I have got two of them labeled for "Gray Line" in red color and two more Trident. One of the German dealers (Drexler) has sometimes a limited selection on stock.

ps. put them on the roof for the photo only

Reinhard - this may help <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.1-87vehicles.org/directory/directory.php">http://www.1-87vehicles.org/directory/directory.php</a><!-- m -->
also this

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Reinhard - You were asking about trucks - these may be a little large, but see <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/68072-modern-75-tonne-trucks/">http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index. ... ne-trucks/</a><!-- m -->