John Smatlak posted:George S posted:John Smatlak posted:Lionel 248 O gauge engine of 1930-31 with a set of Lionel 600-601-602 passenger cars of 1933-34 in the attractive gray/red color scheme. I believe this engine would only have been with earlier 4-wheel cars, but it looks great with these and has no problem pulling them, even up the steep grade on my layout (check out the video). And as seen in the video the cars also fit in nicely with the 1930's era Leland Detroit monorail. Enjoy!
Hi John,
You have some very cool stuff on your layout. What is the crane in the second photo?
George
Thanks George- the crane is an NBN Nuremberg dock crane with a clockwork mechanism that lets you control up/down on the bucket as well as rotation. This same basic crane was made for many years in Germany, I believe originally by Gely and later by NBN, The lithograph decoration and colors changed, but the basic unit stayed the same. Mine has plain walls on the base, earlier ones had lithographed industrial scenes. Here's a video I made back in March showing the dock crane swinging around, along with the Orobr clockwork stationary power plant cranked up next to it.
Just wonderful!
George
