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Reefers and candy cars….
My brother’s Xmas train set from 1956 and its “candy car” on my 4’ x4’ layout.

X-**** style boxcars with non-opening doors.

non-operating doors

Non-operating doors:

Tin passenger train

per pennsyfan...Tin passenger train, American Flyer (Chicago Flyer) # 515 passenger car (1928-1935) and # 528 Club Car (1931-1932) pulled by American Flyer "Champion" Type XVIII loco from 1932.  Note these also had "non-operating" doors and in the case of the Club car, a "non-existent" door (never had one!).  These are "one piece" cars, made from one single flat piece of lithographed tinplate then folded Origami style into a passenger car.

Best Wishes

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

per pennsyfan...Tin passenger train, American Flyer (Chicago Flyer) # 515 passenger car (1928-1935) and # 528 Club Car (1931-1932) pulled by American Flyer "Champion" Type XVIII loco from 1932.  Note these also had "non-operating" doors and in the case of the Club car, a "non-existent" door (never had one!).  These are "one piece" cars, made from one single flat piece of lithographed tinplate then folded Origami style into a passenger car.

Best Wishes

Don

Very nice set Don.

More Tin and pine tree as seen from Don McErlean shot

@Sitka posted:

More Tin and pine tree as seen from Don McErlean shot

Mark,

Another nice looking set. Is that Marx?

Blue Streak

@pennsyfan posted:

Mark,

Another nice looking set. Is that Marx?

Think around late 40's I'm sure Don would know, Thanks Bob

Hello guys, Bob (@pennsyfan) what a great "Blue Streak" set from 1936.  That 265E locomotive and 617/618/619 blue passenger cars are super.  Lionel really marketed this set as sort of a streamlined Blue Comet and yours looks great.  @Sitka - Sitka is correct, the streamlined set from Marx, called the M10005, was made both pre and post war but the red/blue version was more popular post war.  The prewar versions came at (in today's world) "insane" prices.  A 4 unit set in 1938 including 16 pieces of track,  a pair of switches, a metal whistle (that you blow with your mouth) and two manual accessories cost $1.79 from Sears!!  The red/silver set that Sitka has was most commonly available after the war, so late 40's would be the correct time frame.  Just for interest, Marx continued to use the M10005 locomotives, often with clockwork power, by themselves as the primary power for less expensive sets often with their characteristic 6" tinplate freight cars.

Now back to the game...Here is my American Flyer station with crane!  Bob's has the window inserts that I am still trying to find.  Other than those but even including the crane string and hook mine is complete and only cost $9!  I don't usually collect post war flyer but I find that the accessories can easily serve either Lionel or flyer and in fact the switch tower on my layout is American Flyer in the same green, red, white color scheme as this station and it fits in perfectly.

Best wishes everyone!...Keep safe and out of this heat (its estimated to go to 108 here in Waco, Tx. today)

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

Hello guys, Bob (@pennsyfan) what a great "Blue Streak" set from 1936.  That 265E locomotive and 617/618/619 blue passenger cars are super.  Lionel really marketed this set as sort of a streamlined Blue Comet and yours looks great.  @Sitka - Sitka is correct, the streamlined set from Marx, called the M10005, was made both pre and post war but the red/blue version was more popular post war.  The prewar versions came at (in today's world) "insane" prices.  A 4 unit set in 1938 including 16 pieces of track,  a pair of switches, a metal whistle (that you blow with your mouth) and two manual accessories cost $1.79 from Sears!!  The red/silver set that Sitka has was most commonly available after the war, so late 40's would be the correct time frame.  Just for interest, Marx continued to use the M10005 locomotives, often with clockwork power, by themselves as the primary power for less expensive sets often with their characteristic 6" tinplate freight cars.

Now back to the game...Here is my American Flyer station with crane!  Bob's has the window inserts that I am still trying to find.  Other than those but even including the crane string and hook mine is complete and only cost $9!  I don't usually collect post war flyer but I find that the accessories can easily serve either Lionel or flyer and in fact the switch tower on my layout is American Flyer in the same green, red, white color scheme as this station and it fits in perfectly.

Best wishes everyone!...Keep safe and out of this heat (its estimated to go to 108 here in Waco, Tx. today)

Don

Don,

Thanks for the nice comments and information. The windows in my station are reproduced. I just tried a search “AF 755 station windows” on the bay and found some.

Lionel remake of AF station. This one is a talkie.
Scene still under construction.

Station

Steamer twilight hours.

Spare rails at the ready as seen in Sitka’s photo.

From Sitka - Twilight steamer...French Hornby Type O-E tender locomotive, late 40's color scheme.

From pennsyfan - boat (Ship) - USS CVN 76 "Ronald Reagan" - Nimitz class nuclear supercarrier.   OK its not a toy, but I was a Navy Dept aircraft engineer for about 20 years!!

NOTE:  PHOTO REMOVED PER TOS COPYRIGHT POLICY.  DON, YOU MUST INDICATE IF YOU TOOK/OWN THE PHOTO OR HAVE PERMISSION TO POST IT.

Best wishes to all, stay out of this dangerous heat if at all possible.

Don

Going back to just the last post as per the format laid out by Greg.
A model of the aircraft that I flew in as a NAVY aircrewman.

@pennsyfan posted:

Hey Don, I operated ECM, MAD, JULIE, JEZEBEL. I nailed a sub out in the Atlantic when we were playing.

We should really be doing this on a separate thread. Sorry Greg.

Yes...not only a separate thread but a different forum.  While I respect your service(s), this is a model trains and related to O gauge layouts forum.  It can easily get derailed by allowing non-related posts to take threads in different directions.  Please understand why we delete most of these kinds of posts.  You can discuss off topic subjects by contacting each other via profiles.