Photo Chain Game

@bobfett- I Liked your Corvette story.  Mine was similar, My Sunday School teacher (a single man - unusual in the 50's) bought a 1958 Corvette and told us boys (the class was all boys) that he would take one of us home each week in the Corvette IF we came to Sunday school...well attendance was perfect from that day on .  I wanted one from that day forward, but until 2014 like you could not afford one.  Finally I was able to find a used one (1998) that was both in reasonable condition and affordable...I still have it!.  P.S. I also owned a 1959 Triumph TR-3a.

OK back to the game!!

...from pennsyfan...tinplate tanker (Lionel #815) delivering oil...

Best Wishes

Don

Following Don, Tank engine

@Don McErlean posted:

@bobfett- I Liked your Corvette story.  Mine was similar, My Sunday School teacher (a single man - unusual in the 50's) bought a 1958 Corvette and told us boys (the class was all boys) that he would take one of us home each week in the Corvette IF we came to Sunday school...well attendance was perfect from that day on .  I wanted one from that day forward, but until 2014 like you could not afford one.  Finally I was able to find a used one (1998) that was both in reasonable condition and affordable...I still have it!.  P.S. I also owned a 1959 Triumph TR-3a.

@Don McErlean  Great story about Sunday School, Don. I feel slighted: all I ever got for going to Sunday School (and singing in the choir) was a ride to and from church in our neighbor's Hudson. My HS band director had a Sunbeam Alpine; I only ever had a ride in it once but I think that's what started my love affair with British sports cars.

I don't know where you're located but the weather is great this week in NE PA. My wife and I are planning a ride or two in the Spitfire before the bad weather hits and it goes into hibernation for the winter. Enjoy your Corvette (and your trains).

Regards,

Bob

Back to the photo chain following Sitka’s saddletank

PRR Saddletank spotting horse car.

Following pennsyfan, Horse spotted

Following Sitka’s horse

Mounted police at Golden Spike celebration.

Following Pennsyfan's Mounted police at Golden Spike celebration.

K-Line Starlite Diner

@WwWebFlyer posted:

Following Pennsyfan's Mounted police at Golden Spike celebration.

K-Line Starlite Diner

Welcome Roger!

following pennsyfan and WwWebFlyer...another Diner

Best Wishes

Don

And yet another Diner.

Welcome to the Chain, Roger (WwWebFlyer).

Following BobFett’s photo with loading dock.
Merola Tile Warehouse with loading dock.

Following pennsyfan loading dock

Following Sitka’s photo with light fixture on building.

light fixture illuminating store sign

Shoppers following pennsyfan

Following Sitka...shoppers downtown and at McDonald's...

Best Wishes

Don

Following Don’s Tin

Tin Freight set

@pennsyfan...Hey Bob! if I am not mistaken, that is a gunmetal #258 pulling that consist.  Great loco and that is the unusual color.  My picture above is a Hornby MO - they introduced the "O" line in 1930 with the onset of the depression.  It was the same gauge as their usual line but smaller in scale and hence in price.  Note it has no cylinders nor side rods another economy move.  Now back to the game

from pennsyfan...passenger platform and station.

Best wishes

Don

Following pennsyfan and Don McE.: passenger platform and station.

Regards,

Bob

Following bobfett, Station platform

Following sitka, Station platform

@Sitka posted:

Following bobfett, Station platform

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Great shot Mark

@WwWebFlyer posted:

Following sitka, Station platform

Nice shot Roger. That’s a beautiful station; was it a kit or scratch built?

Following Roger’s station photo

Pennsylvania station

@pennsyfan posted:

Nice shot Roger. That’s a beautiful station; was it a kit or scratch built?

The station was scratch built.

It was based on two stations out west.

following pennsyfan's glorious Penn Station, here is a much more humble station.  The "Small Town" station on my layout.

Best Wishes

Don

@pennsyfan posted:

Great shot Mark

Had to fix the picture don't know why that happens, But thanks Bob

Station:

Station:  The Magic Kingdom station.

Nice station Boomer

Following Boomer here is an unobtrusive rural station for @Don McErlean.

Noma station.

@pennsyfan posted:

Nice station Boomer

Following Boomer here is an unobtrusive rural station for @Don McErlean.

Is that station for Girard, Ohio just not west of Youngstown?

Ron

@PRRronbh posted:

Is that station for Girard, Ohio just not west of Youngstown?

Ron

Ron,

I do not know, it could be. That is the name that Marx put on the station.

@pennsyfan and @PRRronbh -  No fellas, Girard is in Pennsylvania.  The Girard Model Works was the name of the firm producing "Joy Line" trains of which Louis Marx was their sales agent.  Marx purchased the plant and all the assets of the firm when the owners of the Model Works declared bankruptcy in 1935.  He named the plant " The Girard Manufacturing Company" to avoid confusion with his existing plants in Erie, Pa.  Marx, throughout the entire existence of the Marx Toy Company ran everything from his office in New York.  It is said he rarely visited the plants but would call folks to New York to discuss important items or make decisions.  Hence it is Girard, Pa that the station is named after.  However that does not take away from that great station that you posted...thanks Bob. 

So not a passenger station but a freight station.  This is Marx and just about the largest structure on my layout.  Its all lithographed tin and dates from  the 1950's

All the best!

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

@pennsyfan and @PRRronbh -  No fellas, Girard is in Pennsylvania.  The Girard Model Works was the name of the firm producing "Joy Line" trains of which Louis Marx was their sales agent.  Marx purchased the plant and all the assets of the firm when the owners of the Model Works declared bankruptcy in 1935.  He named the plant " The Girard Manufacturing Company" to avoid confusion with his existing plants in Erie, Pa.  Marx, throughout the entire existence of the Marx Toy Company ran everything from his office in New York.  It is said he rarely visited the plants but would call folks to New York to discuss important items or make decisions.  Hence it is Girard, Pa that the station is named after.  However that does not take away from that great station that you posted...thanks Bob.

So not a passenger station but a freight station.  This is Marx and just about the largest structure on my layout.  Its all lithographed tin and dates from  the 1950's

All the best!

Don

Thanks for the write up Don; I had no idea where the name came from. As to your freight station; thanks for the memories I had one; but think it disappeared before my Dad started  the train layout.

Following Don McErlean, Box truck

Following Sitka’s box truck

Beer truck

from pennsyfan...tall 3 story brown building and Starbucks box truck...

Best Wishes

Don

following Don McErlean switch tower.

Following WwWebFlyer, switch tower

Following Sitka’s man on box car

Brakeman riding the hopper into the siding