Will / PD great layouts. Will that "Lionel Lines" table is really neat, was that a commercial product or did you make it? OBTW I have used "Elmers" white glue to temporarily hold things (mostly my layout people) and it is normally reversible but it does seem to get tougher with age. In addition packing stuff with Elmers on it away in the attic (hot/dry) seems to make the glue tougher to get off.
Well besides my "new" Hornby No2 Junction Signal I also managed over the Holidays to acquire a little Karl Bub cw train set. This little guy is not old, most certainly post war, likely fairly new (plastic wheels). However he was auctioned off at a very low price and I just couldn't resist. Loco is all tinplate except for the plastic drive wheels and has a clockwork motor (which works fine). Motor is also all metal, both frames and gears and incorporates a simple brake with a lever in the cab. Cab is marked "413E" under the cab window whatever that means. Loco has a rear swiveling hook coupler also made of sheet metal. Rest of consist has simple hook and eye couplers where the eye is just an extension of the frame stamping. The tender has an "eye" on both ends whereas the gondola has one eye and a swiveling hook similar to the loco. No idea when it was made although it is marked "Made in Western Germany" which, if accurate, would put the date before October 1990.
Here is the full train, showing the small consist of just the tender and a gondola. Note the "lightning bolts" on the smoke deflectors. I liked the neat black / orange color scheme as well.
Here he is coming at you showing the (simulated) marker lights (just a tab with holes) and you can see the "BUB" name on the front pilot.
Side view close up of the locomotive. He is just 4 3/4" long and 2 3/4" high to the top of the cab or smoke deflectors.
Here is a boiler front view, showing some detail embossed into the boiler front stamping and more easily showing the "BUB" name printed on the pilot. By the way, there appears to be some sort of vertical mark just ahead of the word "BUB". Under a magnifying glass it is simply a short vertical stripe, no idea what it means or perhaps it is just left over from a part of the paint stamping that has eroded - like perhaps the BUB was supposed to be surrounded by a printed rectangle.
The tender, with its orange frame and rivet / leaf spring detail. It is but 3" long and 2" high to the top of the coal pile
The gondola, appears to have writing on it, but under close evaluation the writing is just simulated with a series of short "dots". It does have a number, "62541" and the legend "made in western Germany" . The black panel in the lower left is just a simulated car data panel but it contains no actual writing. It also has an odd logo of sorts in the upper right hand corner. It is hard to describe but resembles a semi-circular head with a capital "T" under it. ??? who knows what this means, help from anyone most desired. Gondola is 4 " long (not including couplers) and 2" high. Frame shows same leaf spring detail as tender.
Although this is likely an inexpensive toy, I remain impressed with the quality of these German made toys. The construction, while inexpensive, is solid, well executed, and without obvious production defects. The finishes are solid and well done, embossed detail is high, and one gets an overall impression of quality work.
Well that's it for me today. Anyone who can help with any further information on the Karl Bub train set it would be most welcome.
Best wishes
Don
