What is the story behind the train cars Tony Lash made with his company name? How many different cars did he have made? Pictures?
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Whatever happened to Tony. Dont see any posts anymore. Is He still having the tours of his layout?
A further note to Bill T's comment: The flatcar with trash containers was done as two separate runs, and thus two different item numbers.
I seem to recall too, at the time that Tony was selling them, that he indicated that the 2-bay cylindrical hoppers may have been produced in the lowest quantity.
All of the cars are featured in my Premier MTH Reference book.
Is He still having the tours of his layout?
Tony is relocating so the layout at this time has been removed from its former location.
Originally Posted by Bill T:
Is He still having the tours of his layout?
Tony is relocating so the layout at this time has been removed from its former location.
WOW!! That had to be a chore??!!
Nah, just a BIG crane! 
All I can say is WOW. The wife and I had the privilege to see the layout. I sure am glad that OGR gave us the opportunity to see his layout on the tour in 2009 and I am the proud owner of a Tony Lash signed boxcar. I cannot image the amount of work this would take just to tear it down. It would be interesting to see that in action along with them relocating it and then maybe rebuilding it to the original status.
Originally Posted by Steve:
A further note to Bill T's comment: The flatcar with trash containers was done as two separate runs, and thus two different item numbers.
I seem to recall too, at the time that Tony was selling them, that he indicated that the 2-bay cylindrical hoppers may have been produced in the lowest quantity.
All of the cars are featured in my Premier MTH Reference book.
I just took a look at the flats, and there is also a small difference in the lettering on the side. The first set (20-98635) has HTTX on the side of the cars, the second set (20-98689) has CWIX on the side of the cars. (it's possible I have the order reversed, but I'm relatively certain that's the order they were produced)
-Dave
Another difference in the flat cars is the color of the containers, if I am remembering correctly (I have one of each, but it has been a while since I've had them out). One is black, and the other is blue.
In addition to the above cars, for the complete collector, there was also a CWI Katrina fund-raiser car: 30-74341, and at least some of the OGR Spring Tour cars had CWI logos on them (my 2010 tour car does).
Andy
The product numbers from the MTH site:
20-93155 CWI Boxcar
20-90227 CWI High Cube Box Car 6-car set
20-98635 CWI Flat Car with Trash Containers
20-98689 CWI Flat Car with Trash Containers
20-97688 CWI 2-Bay Centerflow Hopper
Andy
