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Hi Stephen, Thanks for the link.  B1.
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Lovely, Ian. |
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to go with this fleet of Banana Wagons we must HAVE:
1. A Banana Farm
2. Banana trees with Bananas
3. Stacks of Picked Bananas
4. Banana Packing Shed
5. Banana Wharehouse Stacked with Banana Bunches
6. A Banana Market with Hands of Bananas
7. Customers eating Bananas
I will think of more/
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NOt wearing the Pink Pinny, which is hard to see and now I have a white Pinny which also is hard to see against MY pure white Skin Still have 2 new shiny tin Hips that is badly in Need of Repair matching rusting tin shoulders
and a hose pipe on the aorta
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Do I qualify for the banana wagon club with this childhood classic one??? Roof also repainted during childhood due to wear & tear...  According to Stephen's shots, it would be a 4509 (from the early 60's)... Got it for Christmas in 1963 as a part of my first train setup... My father bought mixed pieces instead of a starter set... Ran the 3003 and the wagons a lot around an oval which also included the mechanical railroad crossing with a red light... Great memories come alive... Webmaster attached the following image(s): |
Juhan - "Webmaster", at your service...
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If this goes on I want my banana cake. Now !!!  Seriously - great classics, friends ... |
I hope no one visits a poor Southener's layout in Brooklyn. Intruders beware of Gators.
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I hope no one visits a poor Southener's layout in Brooklyn. Intruders beware of Gators.
AT&SF, D&RGW, T&P, SP, WP, UP, BN, NYC, ARR, epI-III - analog & digital Marklin Classics only.
CU#6021 FX-MOTOROLA DIGITAL SYSTEM. Fast as lightning and no trouble. What else ...
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Hi Juhan,
Yes, fool membership of this very exclusive club.
B1.
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Hi Nev, Here's my idea, a whole layout just with Banana wagons.....   B1.
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Lots of banana, Ian. |
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Originally Posted by: nevw  to go with this fleet of Banana Wagons we must HAVE:
1. A Banana Farm
2. Banana trees with Bananas
3. Stacks of Picked Bananas
4. Banana Packing Shed
5. Banana Wharehouse Stacked with Banana Bunches
6. A Banana Market with Hands of Bananas
7. Customers eating Bananas
I will think of more/
NN And don't for get the figures....including Banana workers and a Tally Man to tally de Ba-nana.
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I decided it was time to join to the banana wagon club. I won this wagon two days ago:  JKJ
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A good entry for the B CLub.
NN |
NOt wearing the Pink Pinny, which is hard to see and now I have a white Pinny which also is hard to see against MY pure white Skin Still have 2 new shiny tin Hips that is badly in Need of Repair matching rusting tin shoulders
and a hose pipe on the aorta
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Hi JKJ, That wagon is on my wish list. Great way to join the banana club. B1.
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Look at the text in the lower left corner of the car.
You ar in good company, JKJ! |
Best regards Svein, Norway
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Yes, Banan-kompaniet must be a good company Svein. JKJ
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Very nice, JKJ. |
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 About Banan-Kompaniet. Even if you cannot read Swedish it may be of some interest to have a look at the 90 year history, shoving some old photos of banana handling and distribution vehicles in Sweden. (The line of people in one of the pictures is not for the Cafe, but for the "Frukt" (=Fruit shop) having received the first banana delivery after WW2). There is some more recent information here: Saba TradingFinally the picture at the top shows the head quarters of Banan-Kompaniet and in front of the building two banana wagons (even though the photographer or web designer didn't mind "cutting off" the actual wagon and wheels) in a more recent livery, compared to the 4672. From Green Cargo there is some information about the "Jumbo Containers".
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Thanks for the information, Western Pacific.
JKJ
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If you can dream it, you can do it! I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In case this is not legally possible: I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.  |
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Thankyou for htat link Per. It says in part, quote, Quote:..... Home to half a billion people, the EU is the biggest banana market in the world. Seventy percent of bananas sold in its 27 states are from Latin America, home to important US producers such as Chiquita or Del Monte.
About 20 percent come from ACP countries with the remaining 10 percent are EU-grown.
As I have nothing to do at the moment, I got to thinking. How come there is such an obsession with bananas in these user countries? It is the same in parts of Australia, where you have companies in the southern states, which buy and distribute bananas, and nothing else. (Bananas are grown in northern parts of Australia, so they are all domestically grown). I mean why aren't there companies who do the same for pineapples, or paw-paws, or durian fruit (that's the one that smells like hell, and tastes like heaven), or monstero delicios, or other tropical species? There are many you could name, it would fill a book. Then we could have pineapple wagons, or monstero delicio wagons. In fact there is nothing to stop Marklin making up these fantasy wagons, they do it all the time for other themes! regards Kimball |
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Due to the cyclone that arrived in Northern Queensland a few days ago 90% of the Australlian Banana Crop was wiped out, so Ian and other Banana Troops load up your Banana trains and send Bananas.
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NOt wearing the Pink Pinny, which is hard to see and now I have a white Pinny which also is hard to see against MY pure white Skin Still have 2 new shiny tin Hips that is badly in Need of Repair matching rusting tin shoulders
and a hose pipe on the aorta
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Hi Nev, After reading that post, I must refrain from allowing the "bank manager" side of me to appear. (££££££'s) So, forward planning, buying all those Banana wagons.  B1.....now,what's the shipping arrangements to A........
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Very nice Ian, I will give that picture the title of: Mountain Grown Bananas...Hand Picked 
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Hi all,
Just peeled myself a very ripe looking 4414 van on e-bay.de
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I once heard about the great tulip economy of the Netherlands (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania), and realised that there is a scary parallel happening here.. There is a significant increase in demand for banana wagons such that they are steadily increasing in value.. Soon it will cost a huge basket of gold to buy a banana wagon in any condition.. Someone in Scotland (or so it is rumoured) is creating a market by buying an hoarding all of the world's banana wagons.. Some say that he will shortly flood the market with wagons causing the great market crash of '11 or '12...  In the meantime, the zepelin (now equipped with sound and digital systems upgrade) pulled into the platform to enable senior Government officials to examine the latest batch of uncouplers.. And behind the Zepelin was lurking two surplus banana wagons in the old programming track siding - all at once the cash flow problems of the Government were solved.. Now they just have to pick the peak of the market to sell.. Will the economy be saved, does the corrupt official have a Swiss bank account or will everyone crash and burn in the upcoming market crash?  |
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Hi Adrian, Yep, that makes a lot of sense to me. (your banana van looks like he could do with more mates. ) You should tell that guy, the next time he lifts a heavy looking box of the forklift, and walks over to the container, he should have opened the doors first. B1.
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Hi all, Got my Valentine surprise this morning.....van 4672....photo's soon. B1.
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Two old arrivals, one new the other old, new meaning different type carriage, old meaning like the real old type.........all make sense!!??!!  The one from Ecuador, the other from Jamaica. Ecuador first  Then the two together  And this what happens when the bananas go off in the wagon.......the top goes black    |
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Hi B2, Makes sense to me. Good looking vans. B1.
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Zepelin Banana. ...How cool is that!Yes, there may be Banana Mania and collusion among some Financial Houses to rig the banana prices. How does one, um, Short the Banana Futures?? Please, Please, no 'Naked Short Bananas'
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  1 bar means "air pipeline"; two bars mean "Kunze-Knorr brake"; 1 bar and a chevron mean "compound brake", two bars and a chevron mean "compound brake with interchange, or Westinghouse brake"... What do four bars mean, or is that a printing mistake? |
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Membership of the Insider Banana Club is now available. This is a new version of the club run by Flash Dave and for a modest subscription you can apply for the Insider Banana of the year and a magazine issued four times per year. This year the mags will contain a part of a banana which you can build each quarter to produce a finished banana and then buy a special display case. Please note that this kit banana is treated for a long shelf life.
Other bananas are available by the case and each case comes with a free Marklin wagon.
I know this post is in the wrong forum completely but as only Users is bananas I thought members would not mind a post from Flash in their forum.
Flash Dave (King of Scotland and defender of the Great Cave also standing for Prime Minister)
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Hi Dave,
These kind of new clubs are always a bit slow to get started.
So let me be the first to join, do I send the cash to the usual address.
I meant to ask earlier, hows that Prime Minister thing going, pays well I heard.
I'm over in America at the moment, working on the layout, critters and all.
When's the first meeting of the Insider Banana Club.
B1. (Ian)
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Hi Ian. (Banana 1) Membership for yourself is of course free as you are the main banana ( not sure if this is a compliment or not)
Regarding a meeting because of the wedding anniversary I will not make the SECC on the Saturday but I do believe that Sheila will come with me on the Sunday morning ... this is an amazing first ... although a light lunch in the hotel may have been the clincher. Hopeful you will leave something for me to buy as the last day sometimes brings up a few bargains.
The banana Insiders will probably continue elsewhere as new members will I expect come from the well known twits who have a most peculiar imagination of which Flash Dave is by far the worst.
Your banana badge is in the post with a non squelch pin and has been sprayed with the Caves special stuff to preserve your badge for the years to come.
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Nice photo, Adrian!  I also see some wooden uncouplers |
Best regards Svein, Norway
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Originally Posted by: Ian555 Very good, Ian. Soon you'll be able to wrap your banana train all the way around your layout! |
Ray
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Very good, Ian.
How many bananas do you own now? |
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Hi Ray, Thanks, but I will need to buy a few more. B1.
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Hi Stephen, Just did a quick count in the banana box, we now have 34. B1.
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Hi all, Here's a banana van I got a couple of weeks ago. First one I've got of this type with the arched, ribbed roofline. B1.  Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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Very nice. |
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Hi Ian, I'm not absolutely sure, but I think this is the Primex version, catalogue number 4544, which is based on the 4505 box van instead of the 4508 insulated van. Compare these pics from http://www.modellbahnboerse.org/info.htm4505 box van  4508 insulated van  4509 Marklin Banana van  4544 Primex banana van  |
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Mostly Marklin.Selection of different eras and European railways
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RayPayas wrote:... this is the Primex version, catalogue number 4544, which is based on the 4505... 4544 Primex banana van You are right, Ray. The 4505-based (Gm 39) Primex 4544 came in three banana versions from 1976 to 1981. 1: 1976 - No banana man and no "Jamaica" text, no. 248 680 2: 1977-1979 - with banana man and text, no. 248 680 3: 1979-1981 - with bigger and correctly placed DB-mark, no. 248 680 Your car seems to be version 3, Ray. Two more versions of the Primex 4544 banana car from 1982 to 1984, based on a 4410-like car (Ibbls 210) 4: 1982-1983 - with man, no text, car chassis Type A, no. 083 4 042-4 5: 1983-1984 - same, with car chassis Type B, no. 083 4 042-4 My Primex 4544 is version 5.  |
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Hi Ray and Svein, Thanks for the info on that van. Ian.
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