Let’s see your tinplate! 🚂 Sorry for the delay brain fart! 🤦🏻♂️
Attachments
Images (1)
Original Post
Replies sorted oldest to newest
Nothing new, just one of my favorite Lionel set, the 42 is still waiting to have steps....
Have a great weekend, Daniel
Attachments
My French Le Rapide NORD Super Pacific first would not run; then I my (high voltage) controller failed. But in the end I succeeded and it ran well in the garden with a matching Le Rapide train:
Regards
Fred
Daniel and Fred: Two SPLENDID entries as always! DANKE! ☺
Marklin 1841 passenger coach. Not exactly appropriate for being pulled by the box cab, but not too bad.
Attachments
Images (2)
Two NICE Marklin artifacts! ☺
Scott Smith
Another item from Saturday’s TCA auction. Cars appear to be reproductions by Nostalgia Train Works. Loco is a bit rough but with polish and replacement trim parts it will be very presentable
Steve
Attachments
Images (3)
American Flyer Nation Wide Lines Engine #1087 and tender
Attachments
George S posted:One from the archives...
George
Love that car George!
Daniel... Lionel 42s are great anchors to any Standard gauge collection. George...I like the Stooges beer car. Voltamp locomotives came mostly in black, but they did make some early powder blue 2100s and dark blue 2222s it seems. Here are two "high cab" 2100s from my collection. These would date from about 1907 to probably around 1912.
Attachments
Images (2)
Arne posted:And a Bing prototyp warehouse 10/652
This is the regular model
This is complete different, soldered and hand painted.
Greetings
Arne
Arne,
This is the only piece of Bing that I have in my collection. Thank you for giving me a number for it.
Have a Great Tinplate Weekend
Northwoods Flyer
Greg
Some Ives O gauge fun- a 1651 electric with a train of 1690 coaches. The coaches are a bit beat up, but it runs great- now I'm going to have to hunt up the 1691 obs car to go with it.
Attachments
Images (3)
Videos (2)
Nice set John. It looks good with the extra cars. Here is my set and some inspiration for you to find the observation.
Northwoods Flyer
Greg
Usually the observation cars are easier to find for passenger sets, because collectors want the extra coach cars for one set and try to unload the observation car. Hope you find a nice one!
George
JKE: Beautiful Voltamp locos! THANKS for sharing!
A common black Robilt 0-4-0. Restored by a friend these locomotives were released after Ron Tichner sold the company to his clockwork mechanism supplier Rytime. They were easier and more cost effective to manufacture but lost some of the charisma of the previous 2-4-0. More commonly seen in black with V.R decals other variants included blue, green and red and possibly yellow?. Other state railway decals featured including S.A.R and NSWGR but interestingly there doesn’t appear to have been any Q.R despite it being the 3rd biggest state railway and Robilt been offered in all the reputable toy shops, news agencies, chemists and hardware stores...
Attachments
Images (1)
I've got a 1691 obs that I would sell for $25, also a 1690 for $20. I'll take photos and post them tomorrow.
Photos of American Flyer 92 Switch Tower variations
The first two are fairly common examples...
However, the next one is relatively uncommon. I have seen only a handful of the ones with the tan base and mast
The 92 Switch Tower was followed by the 214 Switch Tower, which was lighted.
This variation is somewhat unusual, as it has transparent window inserts, which are riveted to the sides of the building (note rivets).
There is also the later version, which uses the late building lithograph.
NWL
George S posted:One from the archives...
George
Nice! Item number please?😁
Joe Gozzo
Trainlover160 posted:George S posted:One from the archives...
George
Nice! Item number please?😁
Joe Gozzo
Hi Joe,
That’s an MTH Sheffield 2814r with a custom George S paint job and Stan Cedarleaf custom decals.
George
NWL: NICE AF tower collection!
Here is a video of my newly acquired 33, a passenger car that I had to put wheels and axles on, running at the Southwestern club meet loop today...
Attachments
Videos (1)
Very late to this weeks party ... some lovely tin folks!
A fair while ago I got a great deal on a Hornby No2 LNER tender, but sadly this tender is only really correct for a couple of loco's that arent always easy to find in my budget range !
However not having the right loco to pair it with was a bit of a problem , luckily that was fixed this weekend with the sourcing of a restored repaint Hornby Yorkshire No.2 Special ... I am hoping the lighter green is due to the sellers camera flash lol!
The loco is still in the UK presently but it shouldnt be too long before they unite !
Fatman posted:Very late to this weeks party ... some lovely tin folks!
A fair while ago I got a great deal on a Hornby No2 LNER tender, but sadly this tender is only really correct for a couple of loco's that arent always easy to find in my budget range !
However not having the right loco to pair it with was a bit of a problem , luckily that was fixed this weekend with the sourcing of a restored repaint Hornby Yorkshire No.2 Special ... I am hoping the lighter green is due to the sellers camera flash lol!
The loco is still in the UK presently but it shouldnt be too long before they unite !
Interesting! That loco sold at Vectis on Friday 27th last month, WITH a correct tender, also repainted in the same, possibly incorrect shade of green. Curious selling strategy, selling a matching, repainted loco and tender separately. Also interesting to note just how low the price of a thing like a repainted Hornby Yorkshire and tender have dropped, even a rough example in need of complete repainting used to command a serious price, more than I could afford!
Attachments
Images (1)
bigmark75f posted:Interesting! That loco sold at Vectis on Friday 27th last month, WITH a correct tender, also repainted in the same, possibly incorrect shade of green. Curious selling strategy, selling a matching, repainted loco and tender separately. Also interesting to note just how low the price of a thing like a repainted Hornby Yorkshire and tender have dropped, even a rough example in need of complete repainting used to command a serious price, more than I could afford!
Yep thats the very same 
I think he stole it at the Auction myself , or because it was a repaint people just didnt want it . I have been dealing with the guy who bought it for quite some time now and he has the strategy of seling them seperate as it does bring usually a higher total $$$ result than buying together .Usually it bugs me , but this time as I had the correct tender already it was an opportunity rather than a "bugger! "
I wish I could buy direct from Vectis ( well I can but their shipping here to Australia is horrendous)
With the guy in the UK I can amalgamate purchases and pay less than 50£ for 5 Kilos of stuff! , Dont forget that Vectis also charges 25-30% buyers premium, so in reality the end figure was closer to 120£ ... I figured out in the price I eventually paid for the loco that the UK fellow made just a few £'s profit on the loco from me and was willing to sell the tender at pure profit , which was fine by me !
Like you Mark I was very surprised by the selling price , it appears to be a very nicely painted unit and although repaint does certainly effect the value its still listed on the Dutch Hornby price guide @ 285£ ! for a repaint ... I am actually almost tempted to grab the matching tender as well once finances are sorted if it doesnt get in a bidding war 
I know if I were to buy one locally here even at a ratty condition it would be double or triple what I got in this deal even without a tender So I am pretty happy !
( I dont ever collect to resell , its all just part of the "estate" that my poor executor will have to sort out lol So money per se ( investment anyway) is not a motivating force, but yeah , like everyone I love a bargain! )
I think I got one , I never actually thought I would come across a loco I could afford for the tender I had
