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A nice combination of toy and true model railroad product, the COX Trainscapes
line offered items that had both play value in their ability to interact with trains and still mantained a degree of prototypicality
to their design and appearence.
The Dockside set was one of two themed 'Trainscapes' in the COX line, the other
being the Big Pine Lumber set. The Dockside group was available in a variety of ways. COX sold the Dockside items in various
ways beginning with a simple circle of track train set that had just the ship with the dock(Cat.No.6082), to a packaged accessory
Trainscape that had the ship, crane, dock, motorized conveyor, crates and containers, and a semi-truck w/flatbed, plus extra
track to connect with any train set(Cat.No.6085). This allowed the Trainscape series to be the first piece of HO-scale trains
one might own or could be purchased in a set that simply added on to one's current operation.
Following COX's exit from the HO-scale train market around 1980, the majority
of the Dockside Trainscape items found themselves available again in the early '80s from AHM(Associated Hobby Manufacturers).
For more information on the individual items making up the Dockside line, see the Accessories section of this web site.
CARGO CRANE, DOCK AND TRAIN
Cat No: 6049 and 6099
Train: Lighted Chessie System F-3 Diesel Locomotive (#6110-9); 40' red Burlington
Box Car (#6120-6); 50' blue Boston & Maine Gondola (#6160-3); 50' Santa Fe Flat Car with Trailer Deck; 40' brown
Frisco Hopper Car (#6130-4); 40' orange Shell Tank Car (#6140-3); 50' green Burlington Northern Box Car (#6121-8); and yellow
Chessie System Caboose (#6171-7).
Accessories: Operating yellow Gantry Crane and Cargo Dock with Loads (#6232-5); Telephone
Pole and Sign Set (#6230-4); Truck and Trailer with 2 Sea-Land Containers; Power Pack (#6220-1); 82" x 46" Oval Track
Plan with Spur
Catalog Appearances: 1976 as set #6049; 1977 as set #6099
DOCKSIDE TRAIN AND FREIGHTER SET
Cat No: 6082
Train: Lighted blue and yellow Santa Fe F-3 Diesel Locomotive (#6110-3); 40;
red CB&Q Box Car (#6120-6); 50' black Santa Fe Flat Car; 50' blue Boston & Maine Gondola (#6160-3)
Accessories: Cargo Dock with Loads (#6232-2); Cargo Ship (#6231-7); Power Pack (#6220-1); 12-sections
of curved track; 3-sections of straight track; 1-rerailer track; 1-switch
Catalog Appearances: 1975
DOCKSIDE CARGO AND CONVEYOR SET
Cat No: 6083
Set Contents: Motorized Conveyor with Switch; Truck and Flat Bed Trailer; 3 Crates; 2 Oil Drum
Pallets; and 2 Truck Container Loads
Catalog Appearances: 1975, 1976 and 1977
DOCKSIDE CRANE SET
Cat No: 6084
Set Contents: Dock; Crane; 3 Crates; 2 Oil Drum Pallets; 2 Truck Container Loads; 3 Sections of
Straight Track; and 1 Section of Rerailer Track
Catalog Appearances: 1975, 1976 and 1977
DOCKSIDE CRANE, CONVEYOR & FREIGHTER SET
Cat No: 6085
Set Contents: Dock; Cargo Ship; Crane; Motorized Conveyor with Switch; Truck with Flat Bed Trailer; 6
Crates; 4 Oil Drum Pallets; 4 Truck Container Loads; 3 Sections of Straight Track; 1 Section of Rerailer Track; and 1
Section of Switch Track
Catalog Appearances: 1975 and 1976
Notes: Containers pictured are the 20' blue Containers with Compass markings.
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