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Large scale Caterpillar

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jwar
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Posted by jwar on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 4:39 PM
kbfcsme...Sir...You are a touch of class...John
John Warren's, Feather River Route WP and SP in HO
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CBQ_Guy
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Posted by CBQ_Guy on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 4:06 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by kbfcsme

I got it!!!
Roughly 30 bucks with shipping,,,,not too shabby, especially considering that I would have paid more if I had to!
Mailing the check today!!!
thanks !!!!


Please let us know Dad's reaction!
"Paul [Kossart] - The CB&Q Guy" [In Illinois] ~ Modeling the CB&Q and its fictional 'Illiniwek River-Subdivision-Branch Line' in the 1960's. ~
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rrinker
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Posted by rrinker on Friday, February 4, 2005 2:31 PM
That's great!

Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's

 

Visit my web site at www.readingeastpenn.com for construction updates, DCC Info, and more.

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 4, 2005 1:32 PM
I got it!!!
Roughly 30 bucks with shipping,,,,not too shabby, especially considering that I would have paid more if I had to!
Mailing the check today!!!
thanks !!!!
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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 9:18 PM
so did you get it or not

~I hope so~
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rrinker
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Posted by rrinker on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 8:58 PM
Good luck. Given the reason you are trying to obtain this model, this is one of those cases where I would bid high, not caring if I paid over retail.

--Randy

Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's

 

Visit my web site at www.readingeastpenn.com for construction updates, DCC Info, and more.

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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 3:11 PM
Found one on ebay,,,5 hours to go,,keeping my fingers crossed!!!!!
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rrinker
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Posted by rrinker on Monday, January 31, 2005 9:46 AM
I think the caption mentions that it is an out of production Ertl model. You might need to search eBay for it, or maybe find a store somewhere that has some old stock.

--Randy

Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's

 

Visit my web site at www.readingeastpenn.com for construction updates, DCC Info, and more.

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cacole
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Posted by cacole on Monday, January 31, 2005 9:08 AM
It might be a Norscot scale model, a company licensed by Caterpillar that is making different sizes of scale equipment. Check their Web site at http://www.norscot.com
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steveblackledge
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Posted by steveblackledge on Monday, January 31, 2005 8:58 AM
Can't help with the CAT , sorry to hear about your dad, the pics on your web site are brilliant, your kids are very lucky my 2 sons have the train bug, were planning a logging railroad for them under my BN layout in the garage, take care
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Anonymous
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Large scale Caterpillar
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 31, 2005 8:43 AM
In the March issue of MR, there is an article about car loads. Pictured is a large scale Caterpillar 2-ton crawler. Does anyone know where I can purchase one? My father used to own one of these, and as a kid we took it to several antique tractor shows, before finally selling back to Caterpillar for display in the corporate headquarters in Peoria Ill. Dad now has Altzheimers, and I thought it would be really neat for him to have a replica of his old tractor, to help stimulate his long term memory a bit more.
Any info leading to a hobby shop that has one in stock would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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