Weekend tinplate photos/videos 1/12/18!

I have made some pictures to be used in the TCS calendar. Here are 2 that were not used.

JEP Nord express:

Rossignol CIWL train:

You can see this TCS (Train Collectors Society - Any make, Any gauge, Any age) calendar here:

http://traincollectors.co.uk/t...-competition-results

Regards

Fred

It's 1925 and you are in the market for a basic electric train. Set #1102 in the American Flyer catalog appeals to you

so you order it up...and this is what you get

Nothing much new for me.  Just been working on my stretched 265E.  It's up on the high line running light in the buff...

Was just looking at the Stout auction tomorrow. Wow, target rich environment for tinplate hunters. If only.......

Yeah, and I live in Lafayette not far from the Indiana Stout auctions... never been but man is it tempting... I'd probably get into a lot of trouble

A couple of Flyer 314X wide-bodies from the project pile:

So many projects, so little time...

PD

American Flyer Trains, any gauge and any age, will always be my first love in collecting.  However, I have a fondness for any toy train. Reading this column weekly has also helped me to develop an interest in the "Toy Trains of Other Lands".  Thankfully I have been able to resist acquiring any of them - so far .

I do have examples of other brands of trains including Ives, Marx and Lionel.  I started acquiring some Ives pieces because I wanted to have some examples of American Flyer's contemporary manufacturers.  I should have known better. I have the collector gene, I am an amateur historian, I like to have "completeness", and I like to teach .  I have found that to be a very dangerous combination. Once the brand barrier is broken I just continue to add "examples".  I hope to have a toy train museum some day; in the basement, or in a larger train room, or perhaps a separate building.  A guy has to have dreams and goals you know.

My desire to have some examples of Ives started with a freight car or two.  It didn't take long until I had to have a representative train:

At the same time I was doing research about Ives (and buying books).  I discovered that Ives had only had the short caboose to use on their trains, until the joint bankruptcy purchase by American Flyer and Lionel. 

With the take over, the Ives Railway Lines got a 9 1/2" caboose to go with its longer freight cars.

An American Flyer 3211

disguised as an Ives 121

So now my Ives freight train had an appropriately long caboose.

If you have followed this thread for a while you know I didn't stop there and there are photos of the Ives portion of my collection scattered among the weekly threads. In fact I just purchased another Ives engine that will make its debut here on the thread in the future.

Thanks to all of you who post photos of your trains.  At least I can do some of my collecting vicariously, and its great to know that there are others who enjoy their hobby as much as I do.

Have a Great Tinplate Weekend.

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Purchased this loco this week, which I believe to be a customized Flyer 3112 box cab. Roof, frame and motor all seem to be Flyer. Note porthole windows and oversized vents. It runs, but can't wait to open it up and see what's inside. Headlight has to be fixed anyway.

Looks sort of like Hornby or JeP BB-8101.

More early American Flyer. Mid 1920's 8 wheel passenger cars. The loco is a Marx 999 that wants to be a prewar cast iron Ives engine. The tender is a 1930's (I think) AF piece that was repainted before I got it.

GREAT TRAINS, everyone! - Please keep 'em coming, and THANKS for sharing with this vicarious "collector"!  :-)

Andy,

   Love the early AF stuff, it's just great.  

The building of our Train room is coming along, when the new battery charger for my Camera comes in, I will take more picture.

PCRR/Dave

pd posted:

A couple of Flyer 314X wide-bodies from the project pile:

 

So many projects, so little time...

PD

Tell me about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Early Lionel 248 pulling 600/2600 cars with 1682 caboose.

What attracts me to prewar are the bright colors that were used and the simplicity of these toys.

Greg, i always enjoy your posts on American Flyer, they are always so instructives. It would be a great pleasure to visit an AF museum, with some Ives and other manufacturers it would be great. AF trains are not the most easiest one to collect, year of manufacture is often an enigma for me...

I have bought two wide gauge freight cars some time ago with 8 million plates, i think they may be around 1936, end  of production. They have, for me, a much better size than Lionel ones.

Now i have to find some more....

Have a great tinplate weekend;        Daniel

holding off until I get back from a train show Sunday......

great stuff guys

NICE CARS! The AF Wide Gauge freight cars always looked less European than the Lionel SG cars with those round roofs, and were also more realistically proportioned than the comparable Lionel versions!

Legionnaire while a freight passes.

Jim, Your layout is great.... Please post so additional so we can see it all! Thanks.

Dieseler posted:

Early Lionel 248 .  What attracts me to prewar are the bright colors that were used and the simplicity of these toys.

Dieseler,

Ives (American Flyer and Lionel) used the Lionel 248 body and turned it into the Ives 3260 from 1928 through 1930 in a number of sets.

I agree with you; no matter who the manufacturer is, the bright colors of tinplate are truly fun and appealing.

Have a Great Tinplate Weekend

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

OK So its not O gauge ... but its still tin

( no new O gauge this week )

Bing Clockwork Tabletop Railway locomotive C 1921-26? pioneer of the 00 line .

Dennis Holler posted:

Yeah, and I live in Lafayette not far from the Indiana Stout auctions... never been but man is it tempting... I'd probably get into a lot of trouble

Don't worry Dennis, I think the auction tomorrow is at their PA location. I may have to come down from Chicago to bid against you if you go to the Indiana one. 

George

Fatman posted:

OK So its not O gauge ... but its still tin

( no new O gauge this week )

Bing Clockwork Tabletop Railway locomotive C 1921-26? pioneer of the 00 line .

Nice loco, I can see myself picking some of that up in the future. I really need a junker wagon to steal a wheel off of for my  Bing crane

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

Dieseler posted:

Early Lionel 248 .  What attracts me to prewar are the bright colors that were used and the simplicity of these toys.

Dieseler,

Ives (American Flyer and Lionel) used the Lionel 248 body and turned it into the Ives 3260 from 1928 through 1930 in a number of sets.

I agree with you; no matter who the manufacturer is, the bright colors of tinplate are truly fun and appealing.

Have a Great Tinplate Weekend

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Greg i seen those in a prewar book and also 2 of them on the bay .

One in peacock same frame ives frame no stamp handrails as one you pictured but its cracked and one of the cowcatchers broke off and gone has the ives pickup intact.

The other one has the ives body no stamp handrails flanking doors or holes for them  same peacock color as above description but has the lionel 248 frame and Lionel pickup.

The one in my Lionel prewar book shows the Ives frame .

As a note i will not be bidding on them because of the flaws above too bad the one first mentioned has a bad frame otherwise i may have as i like the peacock color .

George S posted:

Dennis Holler posted:

Yeah, and I live in Lafayette not far from the Indiana Stout auctions... never been but man is it tempting... I'd probably get into a lot of trouble

Don't worry Dennis, I think the auction tomorrow is at their PA location. I may have to come down from Chicago to bid against you if you go to the Indiana one. 

George

I'm going to that darned Indiana auction someday, I just have to.  It'd be a travesty to live this close and not go there.  I better start buying lottery tickets.

Dieseler posted

Greg i seen those in a prewar book and also 2 of them on the bay .

One in peacock same frame Ives frame no stamp handrails as one you pictured but its cracked and one of the cowcatchers broke off and gone has the Ives pickup intact.

The other one has the Ives body no stamp handrails flanking doors or holes for them  same peacock color as above description but has the Lionel 248 frame and Lionel pickup.

 

Dieseler,

One of those Ives cadet blue (peacock)  3260s also has the two matching cars from the set offered in individual auctions. The set was offered in 1929 and was known as the Blue Comet Express.  If the cars were in a little bit better condition I might bid on them.  One of the things that I  have learned over the years of collecting is that another one will come along at some time.

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Lionel 256 with Tank Cars

gftiv posted:

Lionel 256 with Tank Cars

I like the presidential eagle on the front!

George

New shipment of New for 2018 CMT freights arrived today. Modern Era Standard Gauge is alive and well!

NICE! May I ask how heavy a gauge is the sheet metal on these cars relative to Lionel standard gauge freight cars?

Tinplate Art posted:

NICE! May I ask how heavy a gauge is the sheet metal on these cars relative to Lionel standard gauge freight cars?

 

CMT = 24 gauge sheet metal.  I don't know how that compares to Lionel.

Lionel 408e mojave, passenger stop.

Lionel 408e passenger train on the move.

Rob Shaubach posted:

New shipment of New for 2018 CMT freights arrived today. Modern Era Standard Gauge is alive and well!

Must be a preview of what David said was in the mail to me. A fleet of the PFE reefers would look great.

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Rob Shaubach posted:

New shipment of New for 2018 CMT freights arrived today. Modern Era Standard Gauge is alive and well!

Must be a preview of what David said was in the mail to me. A fleet of the PFE reefers would look great.

Enjoy them, Steve.

Yes - a whole string of PFE's would be very cool.  Word is that CMT passenger cars are not too far off. Too much fun!

Need to start building my planned under layout storage shelves - I'm runnin' out of room for all this stuff!!!

Rob Shaubach posted:

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Rob Shaubach posted:

New shipment of New for 2018 CMT freights arrived today. Modern Era Standard Gauge is alive and well!

Must be a preview of what David said was in the mail to me. A fleet of the PFE reefers would look great.

Enjoy them, Steve.

Yes - a whole string of PFE's would be very cool.  Word is that CMT passenger cars are not too far off. Too much fun!

Need to start building my planned under layout storage shelves - I'm runnin' out of room for all this stuff!!!

 

David said he was picking up the passenger car parts. I do have a SP Mogul in need of some coaches.

Steve

Just something a little different - this uniformed porter is the "operator" of a  clockwork electric-style British baggage truck that I've had since I was a pup. Bigger than most common scales, he stands about 4 - 5" tall and the truck has the random steering that bangs around the furniture and walls when let loose. I'll post some more pics soon, as I'm cleaning the mechanism at the moment.

Here's a pic of the prototype from around WW1.

Rob Shaubach posted:

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Rob Shaubach posted:

New shipment of New for 2018 CMT freights arrived today. Modern Era Standard Gauge is alive and well!

Must be a preview of what David said was in the mail to me. A fleet of the PFE reefers would look great.

Enjoy them, Steve.

Yes - a whole string of PFE's would be very cool.  Word is that CMT passenger cars are not too far off. Too much fun!

Need to start building my planned under layout storage shelves - I'm runnin' out of room for all this stuff!!!

 

nooooooooooooooooo,omg,b&le hopper is a must have,,,stop the madness,,,no wait ,,don't stop,,,, 

Rob Shaubach posted:

New shipment of New for 2018 CMT freights arrived today. Modern Era Standard Gauge is alive and well!

Hojack - these are terrific!

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Ok, Steve -what have we got here??

Jim

Jim Waterman posted:

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Ok, Steve -what have we got here??

Jim

Jim

This is new prewar inspired S-2 freight set by Lionel.

Are you going to the convention in Rhode Island?

Steve

Robert S. Butler posted:

It's 1925 and you are in the market for a basic electric train. Set #1102 in the American Flyer catalog appeals to you

so you order it up...and this is what you get

Robert, 

What if set #1102 appeals to me, but I would like it in a different color.  Could I get it in green instead?

Even the little guys in American Flyer look great at 93 years of age.

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Hi gang,

We are in the Promised Land a k a Florida and lo and behold note the tinplate treasure I found in the local train shop. None other than a set of Thomas Industry passenger cars.  I never knew Thomas made tinplate. I always thought it was plastic. Shows what little I know.  Here are a couple of photos including the JEP voiture lits that I acquired on Ebay and had sent to Florida.

By the way, if you are coming to the Warwick TCA Convention, I hope you are taking Tour 18 which includes my humble abode.  Or, even if you have free time that week come on up to Waban (Newton)

Lew Schneider

Here's my latest addition to my tinplate collection. the roof is off the 810 crane as I'm needing to clean in there, ( light grease mixed with dust yuk! ) I picked up two 814R's a 814, and a 813 also.

lewrail posted:

Hi gang,

 

We are in the Promised Land a k a Florida and lo and behold note the tinplate treasure I found in the local train shop. None other than a set of Thomas Industry passenger cars.  I never knew Thomas made tinplate. I always thought it was plastic. Shows what little I know.  Here are a couple of photos including the JEP voiture lits that I acquired on Ebay and had sent to Florida.

 

By the way, if you are coming to the Warwick TCA Convention, I hope you are taking Tour 18 which includes my humble abode.  Or, even if you have free time that week come on up to Waban (Newton)

Lew Schneider

Lew

They made nice stuff. I'm looking for a couple of Thomas freight cars and a caboose. I do have the pulp wood flat.

Steve

OK...back from the train show (and fixed The Mrs supper......no sweat, she doesn't even ask what stuff cost, as long as she gets a trip to the antique store)

Lots of great stuff, held by the Youngstown Model Railroad Club. PLENTY of O,S,HO, and Standard. Picked up the 2623 Baggage car for $5. The seller bought it for the trucks and didn't want the body. The 810 Crane project for $25, a restored boom for $10,the N5 bodies for 50 cents each, and the Marx searchlight for $3.

a copy of Pennsy Power II in great shape for $20

finally picked up a Divco $20

this $4 car will give up it's couplers and brake stands for my 620 project

this pile of parts is most of a 2025 and a 2035, was asking $45, got it for $32. There is enough there to make one complete engine....maybe...never now where I might go with these.

had a blast, their next show is April 8.

Steamer posted:

OK...back from the train show (and fixed The Mrs supper......no sweat, she doesn't even ask what stuff cost, as long as she gets a trip to the antique store)

Lots of great stuff, held by the Youngstown Model Railroad Club. PLENTY of O,S,HO, and Standard. Picked up the 2623 Baggage car for $5. The seller bought it for the trucks and didn't want the body. The 810 Crane project for $25, a restored boom for $10,the N5 bodies for 50 cents each, and the Marx searchlight for $3.

 

 

a copy of Pennsy Power II in great shape for $20

finally picked up a Divco $20

this $4 car will give up it's couplers and brake stands for my 620 project

 

 

 

this pile of parts is most of a 2025 and a 2035, was asking $45, got it for $32. There is enough there to make one complete engine....maybe...never now where I might go with these.

had a blast, their next show is April 8.

 

 

Looks like plenty of projects to keep you off the streets for awhile Dave!  

got the coupler on the tender,now the set  I always wanted, and the #42 with some new  cmt cars

Andy I had guys almost begging me to take whole boxes...problem was all had at least a half dozen broken SP caboose shells each...already have too many of those now. I could have brought even more stuff home. Lots of great pickings...missed a few items I was going to go back and relook at, but there was so much I missed some, but nothing that will stop the earth;s orbit.

terry hudon posted:

got the coupler on the tender,now the set  I always wanted, and the #42 with some new  cmt cars

Beautiful 

Congratulations Terry.  Those cars look great and they are a lot of fun to run.  You know that they come in a variety of colors.  So which color will you hunt for next?

If you start looking for red now you will be all set for Christmas next year.  

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

The repowered Marx 21 Santa Fe observes the posted speed limit pulling its shiney passenger cars through a girder bridge in front of the Hellgate.

George

Steamer posted:

OK...back from the train show (and fixed The Mrs supper......no sweat, she doesn't even ask what stuff cost, as long as she gets a trip to the antique store)

Lots of great stuff, held by the Youngstown Model Railroad Club. PLENTY of O,S,HO, and Standard. Picked up the 2623 Baggage car for $5. The seller bought it for the trucks and didn't want the body. The 810 Crane project for $25, a restored boom for $10,the N5 bodies for 50 cents each, and the Marx searchlight for $3.

 

 

a copy of Pennsy Power II in great shape for $20

finally picked up a Divco $20

this $4 car will give up it's couplers and brake stands for my 620 project

 

 

 

this pile of parts is most of a 2025 and a 2035, was asking $45, got it for $32. There is enough there to make one complete engine....maybe...never now where I might go with these.

had a blast, their next show is April 8.

 

 

Gee Dave,  Looks like I need to come visit for one of those show's  Great stuff there!

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

Congratulations Terry.  Those cars look great and they are a lot of fun to run.  You know that they come in a variety of colors.  So which color will you hunt for next?

If you start looking for red now you will be all set for Christmas next year.  

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

I have seen the cars before ,but never in a set,,,the 6 wheel trucks are interesting,the loco is really neet,i have never seen it before,thanks ,oh do the cars have window material in them?  

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

Congratulations Terry.  Those cars look great and they are a lot of fun to run.  You know that they come in a variety of colors.  So which color will you hunt for next?

If you start looking for red now you will be all set for Christmas next year.  

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Red or Chrome for me  And I know neither of those is easy or inexpensive...None of mine are as nice as your sets though.  Terry has a super nice set as well.

terry hudon posted

I have seen the cars before ,but never in a set,,,the 6 wheel trucks are interesting,the loco is really neet,i have never seen it before,thanks ,oh do the cars have window material in them?  

Terry,

Some of the cars came with either 4 or 6 wheel trucks.  When they had 6 wheel trucks they didn't have belly pans.

The engine is Flyer's Type XV Pacific die-cast engine, cataloged in 1939 and 1940.  I believe that a previous owner painted the cab windows the cream color.

Yes the cars do have window material and they are lighted, although I didn't take my photos with the lights on.

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

Congratulations Terry.  Those cars look great and they are a lot of fun to run.  You know that they come in a variety of colors.  So which color will you hunt for next?

If you start looking for red now you will be all set for Christmas next year.  

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

I always liked the blue cars.

Steve

You know sometimes I can't figure ebay out, a couple of months ago I won the green set I posted above for $133, last night a couple of nasty shells and three roofs went for $168....  I know it is what it is but sometimes it just makes you scratch your head.  And yes, I guess the $133 I paid was a good deal...

Dennis Holler posted:

You know sometimes I can't figure ebay out, a couple of months ago I won the green set I posted above for $133, last night a couple of nasty shells and three roofs went for $168....  I know it is what it is but sometimes it just makes you scratch your head.  And yes, I guess the $133 I paid was a good deal...

Some of the highest prices I have seen for sold items on eBay are in mid-December through mid-Jan. Real deals are available in early November. An AF 3310 just sold for $59. Last week, two sold for $49. In November, they could have been had for $29. 

I don't know the reasons why. My guess is it is a Christmas effect with lots of people reigniting their interest during Christmas and the cold winter months. My eBay watching is non-existent in early Nov, and I always miss out. I watch most during the Dec / Jan period. I have noticed that there are a lot more interesting items available during this time, then you start to see a lot of the same items. Nothing seems too be available around York time. 

I really need to get a calendar or start attending some of those Indiana auctions.

George

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

terry hudon posted

I have seen the cars before ,but never in a set,,,the 6 wheel trucks are interesting,the loco is really neet,i have never seen it before,thanks ,oh do the cars have window material in them?  

Terry,

Some of the cars came with either 4 or 6 wheel trucks.  When they had 6 wheel trucks they didn't have belly pans.

The engine is Flyer's Type XV Pacific die-cast engine, cataloged in 1939 and 1940.  I believe that a previous owner painted the cab windows the cream color.

Yes the cars do have window material and they are lighted, although I didn't take my photos with the lights on.

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

good golly miss molly,love the k4 I feel myself going down the af ogauge rabbit hole very fast !

terry hudon posted:

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

terry hudon posted

I have seen the cars before ,but never in a set,,,the 6 wheel trucks are interesting,the loco is really neet,i have never seen it before,thanks ,oh do the cars have window material in them?  

Terry,

Some of the cars came with either 4 or 6 wheel trucks.  When they had 6 wheel trucks they didn't have belly pans.

The engine is Flyer's Type XV Pacific die-cast engine, cataloged in 1939 and 1940.  I believe that a previous owner painted the cab windows the cream color.

Yes the cars do have window material and they are lighted, although I didn't take my photos with the lights on.

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

good golly miss molly,love the k4 I feel myself going down the af ogauge rabbit hole very fast !

It happens, not that it is a bad thing   Man, I love those red cars!!

Dennis Holler posted:

terry hudon posted:

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

terry hudon posted

I have seen the cars before ,but never in a set,,,the 6 wheel trucks are interesting,the loco is really neet,i have never seen it before,thanks ,oh do the cars have window material in them?  

Terry,

Some of the cars came with either 4 or 6 wheel trucks.  When they had 6 wheel trucks they didn't have belly pans.

The engine is Flyer's Type XV Pacific die-cast engine, cataloged in 1939 and 1940.  I believe that a previous owner painted the cab windows the cream color.

Yes the cars do have window material and they are lighted, although I didn't take my photos with the lights on.

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

good golly miss molly,love the k4 I feel myself going down the af ogauge rabbit hole very fast !

It happens, not that it is a bad thing   Man, I love those red cars!!

locked and loaded in my radar !

terry hudon posted:

Dennis Holler posted:

terry hudon posted:

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

 

good golly miss molly,love the k4 I feel myself going down the af ogauge rabbit hole very fast !

It happens, not that it is a bad thing   Man, I love those red cars!!

locked and loaded in my radar !

I'm beginning to think that I should stop posting photos of American Flyer equipment.  I seem to be creating competition for myself. 

Nah!  What fun would that be.  There is plenty of it out there for everyone.  You just have to be patient in your search.  (But I am glad I have my examples already.)

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

terry hudon posted:

Dennis Holler posted:

terry hudon posted:

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

 

good golly miss molly,love the k4 I feel myself going down the af ogauge rabbit hole very fast !

It happens, not that it is a bad thing   Man, I love those red cars!!

locked and loaded in my radar !

I'm beginning to think that I should stop posting photos of American Flyer equipment.  I seem to be creating competition for myself. 

Nah!  What fun would that be.  There is plenty of it out there for everyone.  You just have to be patient in your search.  (But I am glad I have my examples already.)

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Where does he get those wonderful toys?

handyandy posted:

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

terry hudon posted:

Dennis Holler posted:

terry hudon posted:

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

 

good golly miss molly,love the k4 I feel myself going down the af ogauge rabbit hole very fast !

It happens, not that it is a bad thing   Man, I love those red cars!!

locked and loaded in my radar !

I'm beginning to think that I should stop posting photos of American Flyer equipment.  I seem to be creating competition for myself. 

Nah!  What fun would that be.  There is plenty of it out there for everyone.  You just have to be patient in your search.  (But I am glad I have my examples already.)

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Where does he get those wonderful toys?

is the af o 561 would that be considered a 3/16 engine, the prewar sorta s gauge size ?

Terry Hudon - AF O 561 is definitely 3/16" scale on O gauge running gear - made for only a few years right before WW2 - precursor to s gauge

Rob Shaubach posted:

Terry Hudon - AF O 561 is definitely 3/16" scale on O gauge running gear - made for only a few years right before WW2 - precursor to s gauge

thanks ,I kinda thought so

The 561 is a Pennsylvania K5.  It was cataloged in 1940 and 1941.

If it wasn't for that third rail you would swear you were looking at an S gauge engine.  Its pretty obvious where Gilbert was headed before the war.

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

terry hudon posted:

Rob Shaubach posted:

Terry Hudon - AF O 561 is definitely 3/16" scale on O gauge running gear - made for only a few years right before WW2 - precursor to s gauge

thanks ,I kinda thought so

My 561 has a 310 shell on it. Not sure if it came that way from the factory.

Steve

Probably not but as we know, anything is possible.  I think we've all read that AF did sell a few 3/26ths 0 sets in 1945/46 and if I remember correctly the 565 and 561 were the engines used.

Fandor Boxcar

That prewar AF 3/16 O gauge K5 #561 is one beautiful engine! I had the postwar S gauge version and next to my NKP 0-8-0, it was my favorite AF engine!

I accidentally tapped the unlike button - PLEASE know that this is one of my FAVORITE threads! SORRY for my mistake!!!  :-) I do not know how to correct it?

Just click the like button again Art.

I tried and it did NOT work - so frustrating!  :-(  THANKS, anyway! :-) It may be my phone?

I think I finally got it! :-)

Gentlemen,

   Some serious Tin, no doubt about it!

PCRR/Dave

Early Hafner Lumber Car. This is not in the book, it is only listed as red.

Steve

Rob Shaubach posted:

New shipment of New for 2018 CMT freights arrived today. Modern Era Standard Gauge is alive and well!

since I grew up next to the b&le crossing in curtisville with the weight station up the block ,this was a must have,and will soon

terry hudon posted:

handyandy posted:

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

terry hudon posted:

Dennis Holler posted:

terry hudon posted:

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

 

good golly miss molly,love the k4 I feel myself going down the af ogauge rabbit hole very fast !

It happens, not that it is a bad thing   Man, I love those red cars!!

locked and loaded in my radar !

I'm beginning to think that I should stop posting photos of American Flyer equipment.  I seem to be creating competition for myself. 

Nah!  What fun would that be.  There is plenty of it out there for everyone.  You just have to be patient in your search.  (But I am glad I have my examples already.)

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Where does he get those wonderful toys?

is the af o 561 would that be considered a 3/16 engine, the prewar sorta s gauge size ?

going further down the rabbit hole,with this gem

great looking Flyer tin guys

Nice Terry,  I like that series of cars!

terry hudon posted:

going further down the rabbit hole,with this gem

- and look at what you will find once you get there:

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

terry hudon posted:

going further down the rabbit hole,with this gem

- and look at what you will find once you get there:

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Greg,

I think you are making us all jealous. 

You have beautiful trains.

George

Thanks George, and to everyone who has complimented the collection.  My goal is not to make anyone jealous, but to share it with other collectors who enjoy the beauty, whimsy, history, and fun of tinplate trains.  I enjoy sharing the toys I have collected and the information that I have gathered. This is a great hobby with so many aspects.  Its wonderful to see how many different ways that people are involved with tinplate.  And its great to have a place to come and chat with others who understand this infatuation.

Now I have to go find something to post on the thread for the new week. 

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Gentlemen,

   Our Shay driven Tin Plate Work Train, on the over head Shelf Ceiling layout.

PCRR/Dave

Work continues on the Pine Creek Train Room.

well Greg if you're willing to share I'll send you my mailing and a list of what I'd like share....

my 620 project updated with the couplers and brake stands from the donor 831. hated to use it for parts but the original parts was nice to have, anyone need an 831 body?

Steamer,

Great looking 620 Spot Light Car, you made the right decision~

PCRR/Dave

the 620 body was a junk box find...it included 2 2620 bodies  that had the yoke and handrails, Dennis Holler found an e bay listing for the spotlight...$5...and the $4 831 from last weeks show.

Steamer,

   Dave outstanding restoration work!

PCRR/Dave