Best train car EVER!

Beaumont Yard Mar 10, 2013

  1. Beaumont Yard

    Beaumont Yard TrainBoard Member

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    I saw this car today at a train show and HAD to have it. I love the weathering and grafitti. It doesn't hurt that I like small covered hoppers too.

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    Even better, it was only $10.00!

    So lets see some pictures, what is your favorite piece of rolling stock?
     
  2. BoxcabE50

    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Next stop, the scrapyard.
     
  3. Kevin M

    Kevin M TrainBoard Member

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    looks great, and for only $10 I would say you did well. The railroader in me is comeing out though, there no reporting marks/numbers on that side so set her out to the rip track and let the carman slap some numbers on her.
    Kevin
     
  4. TJS909

    TJS909 TrainBoard Supporter

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    That is a deal and very realistic car! I hate graffiti though.
     
  5. Wrath0fWotan

    Wrath0fWotan E-Mail Bounces

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    Yeah, me too. Nothing much worse than a brain-dead punk with a couple of rattle-cans. :angry:
     
  6. dexterdog62

    dexterdog62 TrainBoard Member

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    Looks like an Al Mayo special.
     
  7. Ghengis Kong

    Ghengis Kong TrainBoard Member

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    Some graffiti is tasteful and well done
     
  8. mhampton

    mhampton TrainBoard Member

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    Regardless of its appearance, ALL graffiti is vandalism.
     
  9. Rossford Yard

    Rossford Yard TrainBoard Member

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    I love it. Add those numbers and you have a perfect car.

    Most of what I buy these days is those pre weathered MT cars or similar. Got too many new, shiny ones and if you model post 2000, you need up to 30% or more of those freight cars decimated by grafitti too.
     
  10. FriscoCharlie

    FriscoCharlie Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I don't mind ugly ducklings, but not my cup of tea. Enjoy though if you like it.

    Charlie
     
  11. TetsuUma

    TetsuUma TrainBoard Member

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    I'm not a fan of graffiti either but that rust on the top looks awesome.

    Andy
    Tetsu Uma
     
  12. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    Here is one. The "Smiley Face" Railroad. No wait, that's a circle logo with a silhouette of the Alamo inside.
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  13. CBQ Fan

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    "Street Art", PC gone way to far!!!! Thugs and punks, I deal with them enough in the real world I don't want to be reminded of them on my layout.
     
  14. Run8Racing

    Run8Racing TrainBoard Member

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    It is a very nice car, but I can also do without the graffiti. I see enough of the cowardly gang BS in my area. I have about 30 of those hoppers and they can't all be new !!! Really like the effect, especially for the price !!! OH !!! And r-i-straw, that looks like a Hitler smiley face !!! Ha,ha,ha !!!
     
  15. OC Engineer JD

    OC Engineer JD Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Those weathered cars go for alot more on EBay. :)
     
  16. fifer

    fifer TrainBoard Supporter Advertiser

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    You stole that one !!!!

    Mike
     
  17. handley

    handley TrainBoard Member

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    I think it looks good too!! p.s. I'm the vandal that defaced the hopper. I am backdating my layout and equipment to late 50's early 60's
     
  18. gd2190

    gd2190 TrainBoard Member

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    R.I., was the San Antonio Pacific a real RR at one time, or is that a personal creation? I like the lettering.
     
  19. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    That is[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Georgia, Verdana] Flash Blackman[/FONT]'s home road. He designed the logo and had it printed by a custom decal maker. When I visited his layout once, I gave him one of my home road box cars and he gave me that one.
     
  20. wsorfan4003

    wsorfan4003 TrainBoard Member

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    I absolutely cringe when I see a new looking car roll by on the rails, with some Bloods art on it, or maybe Joanie loves Chachi written on it. Nevertheless, my locos and rolling stock are always clean
     

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