Ives Black Diamond 1928 & 9 standard gauge .

I wish mth would have made this set

Thanks, Carey!  Delightful set to watch, and in action to boot!

John

Beautiful looking train...runs nice and smooth.

terry hudon posted:

I wish mth would have made this set

I believe Sirus & Varney made the cars.

Very very nice...hopefully MTH will make it in the future.

Did Richart  make the set?

terry hudon posted:

I wish mth would have made this set

Craignor posted:

Very very nice...hopefully MTH will make it in the future.

Already happened.

LOCO:  10-1171-1

CARS:   10-1174

This would replicate  the 1929 black diamond.

CPF3 posted:

Did Richart  make the set?

I think they made the cars also

Ives1122 posted:

terry hudon posted:

I wish mth would have made this set

Craignor posted:

Very very nice...hopefully MTH will make it in the future.

Already happened.

LOCO:  10-1171-1

CARS:   10-1174

This would replicate  the 1929 black diamond.

word !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, stunning,,,,,,,will be the holy grail of holy grails,,,,get the paddles,,,get the paddles,,,,danger danger will robinson !!!!!!

Carey Williams posted:

Hello all   

1928  Ives declares bankruptcy and struggles to produce the #1134 steamer ...Flyer offers up their 21" passenger cars ..in exchange for the steamer casting for their first steamer.    The lines of the 1134 pulling a string of Flyer passenger cars is about as perfect as tinplate gets .  

 

Carey,

just for the sake of conversation, I noticed your observation roof over the rear platform  is arch cut instead of flat cut (how A-Flyer) usually cut the rear platform end.

Just wondering if the observation roof is on backwards, swapped onto another car, or if none of the 4 are cut correctly for the observation car.  Just trying to figure out if Ives ever got any of the correctly cut roofs from Flyer, or if they were all coach roofs (arch cut on both ends)

Heres a picture of a flat cut “correct” obsv. Roof on a AF president car  for reference.

HUM...I'll have to check ..yes I was swapping roofs ..among the various cars ..thank you for point that out ..

I love the Black Diamond. MTH has offered it with two different passenger cars sets over the years. Yes, I cheated, I bought the MTH/Flyer engine and later added an Ives tender so I could run it either way.

I do like the smaller windows, like the Flyer, much better than the version I have. You have to buy whats available at the time.

Scott Smith

The MTH Black Diamond set even comes with the satin finished engine like the original. 

@terry hudon posted:

word !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, stunning,,,,,,,will be the holy grail of holy grails,,,,get the paddles,,,get the paddles,,,,danger danger will robinson !

got a set 1st I have ever seen anywhere,,,,,,early bday present,,,will open them on may 25 and show the world !!!!! thanks for the heads up that it was already made,nos  wow

@Carey Williams posted:

Hello all   

1928  Ives declares bankruptcy and struggles to produce the #1134 steamer ...Flyer offers up their 21" passenger cars ..in exchange for the steamer casting for their first steamer.    The lines of the 1134 pulling a string of Flyer passenger cars is about as perfect as tinplate gets .   

 

I would have to agree with you Carey. One of the nicest profile steamers and some of the nicest SG cars ever made.

Jim

A rare treat to see an original, especially running. Thank for sharing! 

Eric

The lines of the 1134 pulling a string of Flyer passenger cars is about as perfect as tinplate gets . 

Amen Brother Carey!

they take my breath away,,,the satin finish is the bomb,,does anybody know if mth made the president cars in the light green finish,i know they did with the ives/lionel cars,thanks,construstion in basement cant get a good angle ,will put them on the track later,the bi-polar motor is out for repair but i like the looks of it with the cars