Battle of the Bulge Boxcar

nice cars. i like them.

My father was with Patton in the battle of the bulge.

I want a submarine warfare box car...

My uncle captured U505, and my Dad's DE chased Jap subs in the Pacific...

Lionel could have printing of Atlantic on one side and Pacific on the other side.  

Very nice graphics, cool car. 

Dave

Oh - that battle of the bulge; I was thinking about the one a little nearer my belt.

TOLEDOED,

   OK Please advise, where did you order the Bulge Box Car from, I want to order one for my Military Train?

PCRR/Dave

Wow. I like it!

Nuts! 

Super O Bob posted:

I want a submarine warfare box car...

My uncle captured U505, and my Dad's DE chased Jap subs in the Pacific...

Lionel could have printing of Atlantic on one side and Pacific on the other side.  

 

Bob:

Lionel 84668 is the Silent Service boxcar.

Neal Jeter

D500 posted:

Oh - that battle of the bulge; I was thinking about the one a little nearer my belt.

Ha! I prefer posting about battles that were won or could be....that bulge is neither, so I surrendered decades ago.  Where's a "fat" Patton when you need him?

TURTLE 2 posted:

My father was with Patton in the battle of the bulge.

My dad was with the 101st in Bastogne, so pass along my thanks to your dad (if he is still with us--lost Dad 15 years ago).

My dad was there too. He passed away in 2001.

Tom

Pine Creek Railroad posted:

TOLEDOED,

   OK Please advise, where did you order the Bulge Box Car from, I want to order one for my Military Train?

PCRR/Dave

 

Dave, through my local hobby shop. 

http://www.toytrainsandcollectibles.com/

My dad was part of the Bastogne relief column under Patton that went to relieve the troops in Bastogne. I read a really good book not that long ago "Ardennes:1944" that gave a pretty in depth look at what happened during the bulge.  One of the reasons the commanding officer at Bastogne refused to surrender was that his troops were in a pretty good position there, they were well supplied and their position was such they could hold out (basically the German commander was hoping the commander on the US side would panic, he didn't)...and I am pretty sure he didn't respond "Nuts" (more likely another euphemism for certain private parts of the human male). 

I'll have to look into this, might be a neat remembrance. I looked it up, it is estimated that somewhere around 350,000 WWII vets are alive at the moment, but the rate of decline is accelerating, not surprisingly given the youngest of them is going to be 90 or so (my dad passed in 2000). Hopefully their stories are being recorded, it was a very unique time in US and World History, and their stories are the living memorial to them. 

ToledoEd posted:

Pine Creek Railroad posted:

TOLEDOED,

   OK Please advise, where did you order the Bulge Box Car from, I want to order one for my Military Train?

PCRR/Dave

 

Dave, through my local hobby shop. 

http://www.toytrainsandcollectibles.com/

Can you give us the Lionel model number for the Battle of the Bulge t car?

Lionel 84667

Lionlman posted:

Super O Bob posted:

I want a submarine warfare box car...

My uncle captured U505, and my Dad's DE chased Jap subs in the Pacific...

Lionel could have printing of Atlantic on one side and Pacific on the other side.  

 

Bob:

Lionel 84668 is the Silent Service boxcar.

Neal Jeter

I gotta look for that one!  Thanks...

I found them all at TrainWorld.

I also misread the title.... I thought it was about a die cast boxcar with zinc rot.