@CPC posted:NWL,
Are the red cars AF 1621 and 1622?
Thanks
Charlie
Yes, a 4-car set with Hudson from 1938.
Found a set of TT Blue FLyer 1621/22 passenger cars with the six wheel trucks heading my way....
They are ertainly a lot nicer than the Red cars I got a few weeks ago.
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Nothing too exciting, but found a nice Bing grade-crossing warning sign:
Not sure of vintage, but presumably 1932 or earlier, as I believe that was the year Bing ceased production in Germany.
PD
Got my first 500 series car; a "512" in peacock, I believe. Didn't post a picture, since you already know what they look like...😁
Mark in Oregon
Got three TCA WD convention cars in the mail today.
Steve
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Interesting, a 512 was one of the first refurbs I did in standard gauge:
Left the frame, trucks, and trim as found, but gave the body a respray with Woods peacock. Found some two-piece standard gauge barrels somewhere.
PD
@Strummer posted:Okay!
See? Nothing special here; cotter-pins holding "type 3" (?) trucks. In pretty decent condition.
Mark in Oregon
Hmmmm... my guess is anyone who is still trying to find one of those for their collection would disagree....
@Robert S. Butler posted:Hmmmm... my guess is anyone who is still trying to find one of those for their collection would disagree....
I don't understand; isn't this a really common car? 🤔 🙂
Mark in Oregon
Strummer,
let me tell you a humorous personal story to give you a perspective on "common". In the world of Bing boxcars the most "common" car is the Erie.
I started collecting Bing many years ago and right off the bat I managed to get a Santa Fe, a P&R, and a Swift Reefer.
Everyone I knew who collected Bing (at that time they numbered around 10) had an Erie car but did not have any of the cars I had managed to find during my initial search. They all admired my initial find and assured me that in short order it would be joined by an Erie boxcar because it was an easy car to find. Over a period of about 15 years I managed to find every one of the boxcars and reefers except the Erie 
....and every year my friends would assure me it was THE most common car 
. Somewhere in year 16 I finally managed to get the Erie car....so, as I said, if you are still looking for one it isn't common. ...and please, don't interpret this post as my taking umbrage at your posts - I'm just having some Sunday fun.
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As a collector since the 1970's, I agree with what Robert posted above...If your still looking for it...its NOT common. The thrill of finding anything can be great (look at my post in the "traditional trains" thread on my "find" of a 50 cent basket of stuff at a garage sale!).
Don
I've been working on a small tinplate-style station to add to the Christmas display. Loosely based on the Dorfan 425, but with quite a few modifications in length, height, and window/door layout (the original is rather undersized):
I drew and printed a set of windows using MS Excel; those will go in after the glitter gets applied. Yup, glitter...it's going to be epic.
PD
Outstanding job !!!!
You can't have enough glitter! 
Very nice looking.
Tom
@pd- Great job, really shows great craftsmanship. I also envy your work ethic...if it was me and I was at this point in October, likely be ready for Christmas 2023! .
Best Wishes
Don
Thanks guys. Applied the glitter yesterday afternoon/evening, leaving plenty of time to dry before we install the windows and glue the main level to the base.
Head down, gotta finish, Don; photo to follow.
@pd - Go For It! Please post some pictures, really admire your building skills and want to see the final product.
Best wishes
Don
Been looking for this book for nearly a year, while I found several examples for sale the price was just too high. E-bay prices were $85 -125 per copy and that was just out of my reach. Last month, I saw one seller who listed the book at only $49 with $4 shipping, a deal too good to pass up. It arrived yesterday afternoon and it is in perfect, like new condition. When you look at the book it covers 3 lines of toy trains: Carlisle & Finch (which I will never see and couldn't afford even if I did see them), Dorfan (much more likely) and Hafner (of which I already have some sets and pieces.) Prior to this book the only reference to Hafner that I could find was a 2 page offering by the Western Div of TCA...good for what it was but very brief. This book contains nearly 100 pages plus tables of production offerings on Hafner...including lots of beautiful color pictures. I expect most serious tinplater's already have this reference but its new to me!!
Best Wishes
Don
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What's the date of publication on that book, Don; I've never seen it before? Looks like a handy reference on three of the less prolific manufacturers.
Pending a bit of touch-up, here's the station following its "glitterization". Still need to make a flag/pole for the top, and decide on interior lighting (might go with a couple of non-flickering LED tea lights).
@pd- That station really looks sharp, the glitter really sets it off and makes it part of the winter scene, although we never have snow here in central Texas (2X in over 15 years).
In answer to your question on the book I showed, mine is a "first edition" and it is dated 1993 by Greenberg Publishing Company. I don't know if there are any later editions, but from what I have observed on the e-bay I think not. From my perspective, while the $ values for the items (some have listed values some do not) may have changed, the products offered are from companies long out of production hence they should be fine and more or less complete. Hafner is the company that of the three lasted longest and it went out of the train business in 1951 selling its train line to Wyandotte ("All Metal Products Company) who continued to make trains till about1956. Hafner-Wyandotte went bankrupt and the assets were bought by Marx who did bring out a line of trains for a short time. Most reference cite that Marx moved the line to Mexico where it was produced for a limited time under the name "Plastimarx" , Marx then went through its own bankruptcy. Anyway my point is that the products offered will be relatively unaffected by the 1993 publishing date although you would have to take the value cited as a guess.
Sorry, that is probably much more than you wanted to know
Best wishes
Don
@Don McErlean posted:Been looking for this book for nearly a year, while I found several examples for sale the price was just too high. E-bay prices were $85 -125 per copy and that was just out of my reach. Last month, I saw one seller who listed the book at only $49 with $4 shipping, a deal too good to pass up. It arrived yesterday afternoon and it is in perfect, like new condition. When you look at the book it covers 3 lines of toy trains: Carlisle & Finch (which I will never see and couldn't afford even if I did see them), Dorfan (much more likely) and Hafner (of which I already have some sets and pieces.) Prior to this book the only reference to Hafner that I could find was a 2 page offering by the Western Div of TCA...good for what it was but very brief. This book contains nearly 100 pages plus tables of production offerings on Hafner...including lots of beautiful color pictures. I expect most serious tinplater's already have this reference but its new to me!!
Best Wishes
Don
I've got to stop following this thread - it's bad for my wallet. I've been into tinplate for decades, and I wasn't aware of this book.
My first Hafner reference book. Have had one for a dozen years and use it often. Great McKenney Dorfan section as well.
@Jim O'C - Jim thanks for the comment. Your post implied you had "other" Hafner references, if that is the case could you list them? I really jumped on this book as it was all I could find that covered Hafner. Agree the Dorfan reference is also really good, although I don't see much Dorfan.
Thanks
Don
I have this Hafner reference on CD which I purchased directly from the author, Gary Konow, who died in 2013.
Wyandotte toys are good and safe 1920-1957
https://openlibrary.org/books/...ys_are_good_and_safe.
looks like Kurt Guild? marketed a 2nd edition?
Includes Hafner, plastimarx, etc, Very detailed. Many great photos but they are not shareable. All links to internal data files on the disc. I think papa Steve Eastman has a copy as well.
@Jim O'C - Thanks for the info, I will try and search that CD out. Don
@Don McErlean posted:@Jim O'C - Thanks for the info, I will try and search that CD out. Don
willing to loan Don as I did with Steve.
@Jim O'C - Thanks Jim, I will keep that in mind. Jhz - that house seems like it will go real well with your Halloween outfit.
Best Wishes everyone
Don
@Don McErlean posted:@Jim O'C - Thanks Jim, I will keep that in mind. Jhz - that house seems like it will go real well with your Halloween outfit.
Best Wishes everyone
Don
Thanks Don, but I actually skipped it. Despite the great price, the proportions are just too tall for O gauge.
@jhz563 posted:Thanks Don, but I actually skipped it. Despite the great price, the proportions are just too tall for O gauge.
Hmm... wonder if it would work for Standard Gauge... 🤔🙂
Mark in Oregon
@Strummer posted:Hmm... wonder if it would work for Standard Gauge... 🤔🙂
Mark in Oregon
If it fits on your layout and you like it, it works for standard gauge!
No caboose was made for the 500 series Lionel Corporation tinplate...so I repainted an old fixer upper.
Scott Smith
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@pd love the station! Thought it looked familiar! I think you definitely captured the essence of a what a great tinplate station looks like and what a single level Dorfan 425 can look like!
Got some cool tin over the last couple weeks! My focus is now 90% prewar & tinplate vs 10% modern(basically the opposite of a year ago lol). this post has some cool accessories- mainly buildings/structures
Let’s start w/ some “modern tin”. Flynn Marx “Queen’s cafe”- such a simple design but so cool + very small footprint!
At Queen’s Cafe, worker Takes the garbage out back to the weathered artissta dumpster
another New Marx accessory- but by Ameritrains. :Union Oil Co. oil tanks (item came with the box w/ Ameritrains label on front )
Going Postwar-This Skyline watch tower has been converted into a 2 story apartment on the RA&P(Richmond, Allentown & Philadelphia) RR
Now for a prewar(?) accessory- Hornby Series Plate Layer’s Hut. Ordered this from Across the Pond & love this little building- it’s in great shape, small footprint, and Came with the Box. 
Obtained 3 #56 Lamps for a GREAT deal! One 156 platform base green, one “olive” green(actually already have one, by the bridge with the moss)- sorry but I’ve never learned all the Lionel colors. Finally, up front is a black street lamp- which is my favorite. 2 of the 3 have the finials…and there’s the platelayers hut.
ideally I’d have a pedestrian crossover here but I’ve tried 3 different ones and haven’t liked them
That’s it for accessories, hopefully I can post some rolling stock!
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@StevefromPA posted:@pd love the station! Thought it looked familiar! I think you definitely captured the essence of a what a great tinplate station looks like and what a single level Dorfan 425 can look like!
Thanks, Steve. It was a fun project. The roof is a bit taller/steeper than I wanted, but it's not an exact repro anyway. I'm hoping to find a decent battery-powered interior lighting solution soon.
Onto another project now. This one's a bit crazy.
PD
