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On a whim I picked up a Hafner windup train.  It is in great shape but what I did not realize was that the tender was missing one coupler.

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So I was wondering, is there a source for replacement Hafner couplers?

If not what is the best solution to this problem.

Make a replacement?  Buy a cheap donor car?

Thanks for any ideas.

 

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Joe Lyons posted:

I do not know a lot about Hafner trains so I am not sure if this is the correct tender/locomotive pair, but the tender is the one that is in this picture with the #2000 locomotive.

Hafner

Steve and Jim - if either of you has a spare I would be very grateful.

Thanks.

looks correct for the 2000 loco (turn it around). Same frame as the BX32 boxcar and the Plastimarx tenders.

 

 

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Joe Lyons posted:

I do not know a lot about Hafner trains so I am not sure if this is the correct tender/locomotive pair, but the tender is the one that is in this picture with the #2000 locomotive.

Hafner

Steve and Jim - if either of you has a spare I would be very grateful.

Thanks.

   Nice. 

   I've wanted  Wyandotte's Indian head version for a long time. I live near Wyandotte, Michigan and most common folks that still have them here think they are gold...or garbage and toss them.  Not even a whole set, or a pretty one really, just a beater engine shell and Marx drive would be cool enough    

The tender position makes for an angry fireman

Or a very short trip

I love the plated trains. I think they had a sleeker look than the Marx plated.

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:
Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

I'm not aware of the later couplers being reproduced. Early repro ones are. They are the same as Joy Line. Let me dig through my drawer. I may have a used one.

Steve

finally got to the garage. The ones in my junk bin all have the locking twist tab broken off. Sorry.

Steve

A tig or mig welder tack could build up a tab, to be shaped by Dremel, but if the tab needs twisting forget it, the steel will be too brittle. It would need to be locked above deck by a tab hole and cotter/lock pin. 

Making a male draw bar out of a brass strip is the down and dirty way. Useful, you may want some around anyhow. (Heat to bend if it's hard, softer bars will work harden at the bend. Some hammer tapping too especially along lengths. But shouldn't be an issue unless it's "butter". Softer brass still pulls postwar ok. 

Adriatic posted:
Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:
Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

I'm not aware of the later couplers being reproduced. Early repro ones are. They are the same as Joy Line. Let me dig through my drawer. I may have a used one.

Steve

finally got to the garage. The ones in my junk bin all have the locking twist tab broken off. Sorry.

Steve

A tig or mig welder tack could build up a tab, to be shaped by Dremel, but if the tab needs twisting forget it, the steel will be too brittle. It would need to be locked above deck by a tab hole and cotter/lock pin. 

Making a male draw bar out of a brass strip is the down and dirty way. Useful, you may want some around anyhow. (Heat to bend if it's hard, softer bars will work harden at the bend. Some hammer tapping too especially along lengths. But shouldn't be an issue unless it's "butter". Softer brass still pulls postwar ok. 

To soften brass or to anneal. Heat up red hot and quench it in water. This will soften the brass. This technic  also works well with copper tubing.

Hello,new to this group. I have a Hafner wind up train set that I inherited when my Father passed away. I believe my Father said he got it around 1923 when he was 5 years old. Not sure of the value or rarity. SHafner Train Setet is in excellent condition and engine flies around the figure 8 track when wound up. It has a Southern Pacific Tender and Overland Flyer Passenger Cars. I have attached a picture of the set. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Gary. 

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Do not have a set reference number for this one, but it has the standard number 110 cast iron clockwork loco Hafner used for quite a few years.

110 loco

Similar to this Ralston set offered back in March, but with the baggage car instead of a second passenger coach.

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Hafner Overland Flyer cars are very desirable, although the 8-wheel versions command much,much higher prices.

Very nice set.

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PapaEastman, Tinplate Art, WindupGuy, JimO'C, Any other Hafner fans  :  I know this thread is some 3 years old but I am hoping that some of you may still get notified of a contact.  I recently acquired a Hafner freight set and I am interested in dating it.  It is the exact set as pictured in the lower portion of the TCA Western Division descriptive sheet titled "Hafner Trains".  It is under a passenger set that this sheet lists as "circa 1941" and the cars/ loco look to be very similar construction although of different lithography and color.  I was hoping that one of you might be able to date this set at least approximately.  None of my guide books or references have much on Hafner trains. I tried the Binns Road web site but it was very sparse, showed a picture of a red/chrome 1010 but no information on it and did not show any of the wagons. 

Anyway, I looked at the pictures on this thread that Steve posted way back in 2012 and I can see an engine and tender like mine but pared with a passenger set.  Then on a much higher shelf I can see the freight wagons.  Here is the set.

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Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Don

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The 1010 appeared in 1938 and was phased out during the Hafner/Wyandotte transition in '51 in favor of the like-bodied 2000s, 115041s and WR970s (the latter with the more cheaply-built mechanisms). Some 1010s were still sold after '51 as Wyandotte used up the old Hafner inventory they acquired with the sale. Most of the freight sets used the type 1 style 1010s with the chrome strip along the top while many of the passenger sets used the type 2 locos without the chrome strip, but I don't think there were any hard and fast rules. It was probably an option offered to the department store doing the ordering.

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PapaEastman / Jim O'C:  Thank you for the information!  It was more than I could get anywhere else with my resources or what I could find on the web (TCA Western Division had a nice historical write up and a few pictures on Hafner trains). 

JimO'C - yes my new 1010 as a freight set and per your message has a "Type 1" 1010 engine with the chrome strip along the top. 

PapaEastman - you mentioned the Greenberg Book - if you have a few moments would you list the title of that book, I do  not have any reference to a G'berg book that might cover Hafner, I know I don't have a copy.

Thank you both

Don McErlean

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