sncf231e posted:My mother told me that my father liked trains but since he had only sisters his father never bought one. So my father took good care of us:
This picture, taken by my much older brother Ben around 1956, shows my older brothers Dick (right) and Theo (left) and me playing with a Märklin H0/00 clockwork train and some other toys (amongst others Mobaco, Dinky Toys, Schuco). We were the three youngsters of a large family and were often playing together with our toys. From Sinterklaas (a Dutch kind of Santa Claus) my brother Theo had received the Märklin S837/2 trainset with a 0-4-0 streamlined clockwork locomotive with tender and 2 goods wagons; I had received set S837/1, the same set but with two passenger cars. The locomotive of these sets was based on an American PRR streamlined prototype while the rolling stock was typical German. This first train has influenced me very much, since my main interest in collecting is still streamlined passenger trains. The viaduct you see is part of a Schuco clockwork car system. The houses are made from the Dutch wood and carton construction toy Mobaco. You can also recognize some Dinky Toys including a Dinky Toy Super Constellation airplane, owned by Dick. As you can see, we mixed scales without bothering about that.
Regards
Fred
sncf231e posted:
My mother told me that my father liked trains but since he had only sisters his father never bought one. So my father took good care of us:
This picture, taken by my much older brother Ben around 1956, shows my older brothers Dick (right) and Theo (left) and me playing with a Märklin H0/00 clockwork train and some other toys (amongst others Mobaco, Dinky Toys, Schuco). We were the three youngsters of a large family and were often playing together with our toys. From Sinterklaas (a Dutch kind of Santa Claus) my brother Theo had received the Märklin S837/2 trainset with a 0-4-0 streamlined clockwork locomotive with tender and 2 goods wagons; I had received set S837/1, the same set but with two passenger cars. The locomotive of these sets was based on an American PRR streamlined prototype while the rolling stock was typical German. This first train has influenced me very much, since my main interest in collecting is still streamlined passenger trains. The viaduct you see is part of a Schuco clockwork car system. The houses are made from the Dutch wood and carton construction toy Mobaco. You can also recognize some Dinky Toys including a Dinky Toy Super Constellation airplane, owned by Dick. As you can see, we mixed scales without bothering about that.
Regards
Fred
sncf231e posted:My mother told me that my father liked trains but since he had only sisters his father never bought one. So my father took good care of us:
This picture, taken by my much older brother Ben around 1956, shows my older brothers Dick (right) and Theo (left) and me playing with a Märklin H0/00 clockwork train and some other toys (amongst others Mobaco, Dinky Toys, Schuco). We were the three youngsters of a large family and were often playing together with our toys. From Sinterklaas (a Dutch kind of Santa Claus) my brother Theo had received the Märklin S837/2 trainset with a 0-4-0 streamlined clockwork locomotive with tender and 2 goods wagons; I had received set S837/1, the same set but with two passenger cars. The locomotive of these sets was based on an American PRR streamlined prototype while the rolling stock was typical German. This first train has influenced me very much, since my main interest in collecting is still streamlined passenger trains. The viaduct you see is part of a Schuco clockwork car system. The houses are made from the Dutch wood and carton construction toy Mobaco. You can also recognize some Dinky Toys including a Dinky Toy Super Constellation airplane, owned by Dick. As you can see, we mixed scales without bothering about that.
Regards
Fred
sncf231e posted:My mother told me that my father liked trains but since he had only sisters his father never bought one. So my father took good care of us:
This picture, taken by my much older brother Ben around 1956, shows my older brothers Dick (right) and Theo (left) and me playing with a Märklin H0/00 clockwork train and some other toys (amongst others Mobaco, Dinky Toys, Schuco). We were the three youngsters of a large family and were often playing together with our toys. From Sinterklaas (a Dutch kind of Santa Claus) my brother Theo had received the Märklin S837/2 trainset with a 0-4-0 streamlined clockwork locomotive with tender and 2 goods wagons; I had received set S837/1, the same set but with two passenger cars. The locomotive of these sets was based on an American PRR streamlined prototype while the rolling stock was typical German. This first train has influenced me very much, since my main interest in collecting is still streamlined passenger trains. The viaduct you see is part of a Schuco clockwork car system. The houses are made from the Dutch wood and carton construction toy Mobaco. You can also recognize some Dinky Toys including a Dinky Toy Super Constellation airplane, owned by Dick. As you can see, we mixed scales without bothering about that.
Regards
Fred
sncf231e posted:My mother told me that my father liked trains but since he had only sisters his father never bought one. So my father took good care of us:
This picture, taken by my much older brother Ben around 1956, shows my older brothers Dick (right) and Theo (left) and me playing with a Märklin H0/00 clockwork train and some other toys (amongst others Mobaco, Dinky Toys, Schuco). We were the three youngsters of a large family and were often playing together with our toys. From Sinterklaas (a Dutch kind of Santa Claus) my brother Theo had received the Märklin S837/2 trainset with a 0-4-0 streamlined clockwork locomotive with tender and 2 goods wagons; I had received set S837/1, the same set but with two passenger cars. The locomotive of these sets was based on an American PRR streamlined prototype while the rolling stock was typical German. This first train has influenced me very much, since my main interest in collecting is still streamlined passenger trains. The viaduct you see is part of a Schuco clockwork car system. The houses are made from the Dutch wood and carton construction toy Mobaco. You can also recognize some Dinky Toys including a Dinky Toy Super Constellation airplane, owned by Dick. As you can see, we mixed scales without bothering about that.
Regards
Fred
sncf231e posted:My mother told me that my father liked trains but since he had only sisters his father never bought one. So my father took good care of us:
This picture, taken by my much older brother Ben around 1956, shows my older brothers Dick (right) and Theo (left) and me playing with a Märklin H0/00 clockwork train and some other toys (amongst others Mobaco, Dinky Toys, Schuco). We were the three youngsters of a large family and were often playing together with our toys. From Sinterklaas (a Dutch kind of Santa Claus) my brother Theo had received the Märklin S837/2 trainset with a 0-4-0 streamlined clockwork locomotive with tender and 2 goods wagons; I had received set S837/1, the same set but with two passenger cars. The locomotive of these sets was based on an American PRR streamlined prototype while the rolling stock was typical German. This first train has influenced me very much, since my main interest in collecting is still streamlined passenger trains. The viaduct you see is part of a Schuco clockwork car system. The houses are made from the Dutch wood and carton construction toy Mobaco. You can also recognize some Dinky Toys including a Dinky Toy Super Constellation airplane, owned by Dick. As you can see, we mixed scales without bothering about that.
Regards
Fred
Fred
Who made the P.I.E truck with the drom box behind it never seen one like this one
