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RVolskay

RVolskay

Kansas City area

40+ year model train collector, prototype railroad enthusiast (as is often the case), but I'm not a "rivet counter".

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Early HO boxcar models of a famous prototype - Model Trainsin Model Trains

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  1. That UP boxcar looks like a Marx. Athearn has always used a separate frame, that snaps into the shell of the car. Very nice find, in great shape!
  2. I’d have probably made it smaller, but I was just the lead carpenter/idea man, on this one, so they got what they wanted. Thought the results were pretty good.
  3. I have several sets of handrails, for that period (they are shaped slightly different from the blue box locos, but are completely interchangeable), but I wouldn’t ever put them onto this shell. It is ...
  4. Bachmann ended up making three “versions” of this loco. The earliest had a pretty heavy chassis, and 8 wheel drive. They had issues with the quality of the metal, used in the casting. Next came a 4 wh...
  5. “Urban legend”, among model rails, is that the dies that these were made in, were originally the “GP30” dies, which, supposedly, Irv Athearn hated. He halted production, and had the dies reworked into...
  6. One of the lesser known, but rather exotic, locos of the PRR. I’d bet you shelled out just as much, or more, for the parts! Beautiful model, of a beautiful locomotive!
  7. AHM quit the business in the mid to late 1980’s. A blue box is early 1970’s, they switched to a silver/gray, about 79 or so. These are cool models, for sure. Nowadays, the wreck cleanup, and retailing...
  8. I don’t know…personally, I’d consider AHM to be light years better than anything Tyco put out, at that time. Plus, they had locomotives that no one else would even consider (it was a long time before ...
  9. RIVAROSSI is an old hat, in the model train business. They started in the 50’s, if memory serves me correctly, and are, as their name implies, an Italian firm, noted for being VERY high quality. For a...
  10. Your appreciation, and kind remarks, have certainly brightened my day. I've never ridden behind these, but, in 1984, I rode behind the NW 611, which was also active, at that time. I found out, then, t...
  11. My favorite "generation" of EMD. I'm very much an F unit fan, and these rate a close second. Love the sound of their engines, which were very distinct sounding. Visibility on these was actually b...
  12. The Santa Fe used this type of caboose, in the plain jane caboose red, almost like an automotive primer color. I remember seeing dozens of the type, right into the 1980's, on the trains I'd watch. Som...
  13. Awesome model, in great condition, still doing its thing! Not sure those ever came out in the "Black Widow" scheme, either the models, or the prototypes, though, even though I'm in my mid 50's, there'...
  14. Good eye! However, that one looks to have been damaged, by being pinched in something, after it was minted. They reason I say that is the rim, around the edge. Notice it begins to flatten out, quite a...
  15. Some excellent sources of Athearn history arecout there. Greenburg jas done a very good job of chronicling many model railroad makers, including Athearn. Also, two gentlemen, Tim Blaisdel and Ed Urmst...
  16. Athearn's diesels owed no apologies, to anybody, did they? They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I don't know how much you have done, with the old Life Like Proto 2000 line, but t...
  17. I rather liked the zebra stripes. That was, as far as I've been able to find, discontinued in 1966, with the introduction of blue boxes. I have several of these, but have yet to find one mint in the b...
  18. The Holy Grail, of HO steam locomotives! Very nice, with the original box, outstanding. I've seen a very few of those, and they usually fetch well over a thousand dollars.
  19. I neglected to mention the Timken Roller Freight kits/boxes, in the first photo. These particular kits were done in 1949, and were the first brightly colored boxes, in the Athearn line. Each box top w...
  20. They are quite unusual, and getting very hard to find (even on eBay) in this condition. I started collecting the familiar yellow box kits, back in the late 70's, but was making the novice's mistake of...
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