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@Jim O'C posted:

Judging from the trucks, I'd say you have a Kingsbury floor train passenger coach circa 1920

5-car floor pass set 157.50

1920 kingsbury catalog page of trains

They also produced freight sets using Erie working gondolas. Here is a comparison of the 8-wheel coaches and Erie gondolas against original Turnerville trolleys

erie consist

Kingsbury1920 Butler Bros. Fall Catalog Toys [288)A C McClurg Catalog 1919-20Turnerville Trolley mine 3 Kingsbury it is, though definitely spring marks.  By the way here is my Turner beginning and end.  I tested them with a beat up American Flyer 1123 coach (also ugly to start with) and some 0-27.  Worked pretty well.  Also attaching a couple of catalog pages, one with the street car set and one with what looks like a Turner floor train.

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  • 1920 Butler Bros. Fall Catalog Toys (288)
  • A C McClurg Catalog 1919-20
  • Turnerville Trolley mine 3

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