Things to do with Mint cars . . . | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum

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Greetings. Decided to try something different with a Mint car. Some of you may know that the Federal Reserve shreds vast amounts of paper bills every day due to being worn out, etc. The shredded bills are available, for sale, to the public. I located the shredded money I used on eBay. It came from the Kansas City Fed Reserve. I then, again, looked for a Lionel Mint car for the Kansas City Mint and found one. The inspiration for this came from the Lionel/MTH shredded court document car from many years ago. The KC Mint car has a separate plastic container that slides inside the Mint car. Older Mint cars do not have this. I acquired some clear polystyrene, .030 inches in thickness. This is the thickest I could find at a hobby story. I then proceeded to enclose the open sides of the Mint car plastic insert. Not a difficult job but time consuming to get all the pieces trimmed correctly. A polystyrene adhesive was used to glue everything together. I made this over a period of two days. Actual time is probably about 8 hours. Any shredded bills can be used in any Mint car, but I thought I'd go for "authenticity" by using shredded bills from the KCFR in a KC Mint car

Enjoy,

Steve

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That is a very creative idea. I never knew the shredded cash was available for sale. Thanks for sharing!

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What a good idea !

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Brewman1973 posted:
That is a very creative idea. I never knew the shredded cash was available for sale. Thanks for sharing!

You know, with enough time and some glue....

Also, the shredded load means that your Mint car isn't mint. There, I've said it. Everyone else had the good sense not to.

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