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Toy Trains (page 2)
To read about full-sized trains and locomotives, go here.

Tasty Christmas: My daughter gave me a wonderful Christmas gift: an O-gauge Tastykake boxcar offered by the Atlantic Division of the Train Collectors Association.

Lionel trains

Only 100 were produced; the car was manufactured by Lionel and decorated by Weaver Models. The Tasty boxcar has die-cast, fully-sprung trucks and operating couplers.

toy trains

Here it is on my O-gauge train layout as it passes the Tasty Baking Co. Hunting Park Plant. (posted 1/16/13, permalink)


More toy train photos and stories are posted here.


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