Here are some of my favorite Tinplate goods vans. Let’s see your Tinplate! 🚂
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Very nice, Chris! Who made those?
John
spotted this on da bay a couple weeks ago. Had one Postwar truck, wasn't thinking of getting it since I already have one.. Happened to glance in the parts bin, and I had an extra Prewar truck, so I had no choice but to make an offer on it.
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A gauge One live steam loco made in France in the sixties by GIL, not a replica of a specific model it has been made in the spirit of 1900 models.
Have a great weekend, Daniel
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BlueComet400 posted:Very nice, Chris! Who made those?
John
I believe Darsted came out with these. I got them at York a few years ago. There are 5 more I would like to get.
More live steam!
Bassett Lowke made, as shown in the catalogue of 1911, some spirit fired locomotives to a gauge of 3 and a quarter inch (scale 1:17). I do not know whether these were meant to be run pulling the "engineer" or that you were expected to have a large (scenic) layout. In the catalogue are also some carriages shown. Three and a quarter inch was soon abandoned and 3.5 inch is now one of the model engineering gauges. I found a Bassett Lowke GNR (Great Northern Railway) Atlantic 4-4-2 with this gauge and planned to restore it. I could not, but a friend started on it and last Sunday it was fired up for the first time in, I do not know how, many years.
Is it tinplate? Well, it is vintage!
Regards
Fred
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Fred, an absolutely beautiful work of art brought back to life! Just wonderful!
Miketg
The Marklin-style trestles for the elevated railway have arrived from Hungary. I'm still waiting for the track base components.
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Scott Smith
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Fair enough Chris. Here's some of my favorite "goods wagons" although they are fantasy...to a point. They are KBN and are part of a series of larger 8 wheel freights. Besides the attractive lithography what makes them even more interesting is their nod to the real world. Each of the boxcars has reporting marks for different German cities and the cities correspond to what the cars are representing.
For example - the Banana Wagen - neat litho and ...
reporting marks fro Bremen
...so what does Bremen have to do with bananas? Easy - Bremen was/is a major seaport and a seaport is where one could expect to find imported goods such as Bananas.
The Kuhlwagen
with reporting marks from Augsburg
...and it is plenty cool in Augsburg particularly in the winter.
Then there is the California Frucht Transport
with reporting marks from Berlin
Why Berlin? Well, Berlin was/is the capital and it always had a large population of people with money...the kind of people who could afford to purchase exotic fruit imports from California.
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Great postings this week folks.
This set was never marketed by American Flyer but it is all American Flyer made.
The 3020 Box Cab engine is from the 1922-1925 era.
The cars are from the end of the era when the Illini cars were marketed; probably from 1933-1934.
The baggage car has brown doors; likely leftovers from the Columbia cars. The color of the doors matches the color of the engine pretty well. Notice too that the two passenger cars are the variations that have several windows that are unpunched.
Have a Great Tinplate Weekend
Northwoods Flyer
Greg
A big new station in the collection, 1,25 metres long (42 1/2 inch)
In the English Bing catalog 1912 he is under number 30266 to find. However, it has to be reworked a bit, there are 2 benches and 2 lamps on the platforms missing.
Everything is a plug-in system, the fences, the canopy and the wall to the right of the building are just plugged in.
This station is full of adverts, many of which can not be found on the smaller English train stations.
Arne
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Robert S. Butler posted:Fair enough Chris. Here's some of my favorite "goods wagons" although they are fantasy...to a point. They are KBN and are part of a series of larger 8 wheel freights. Besides the attractive lithography what makes them even more interesting is their nod to the real world. Each of the boxcars has reporting marks for different German cities and the cities correspond to what the cars are representing.
For example - the Banana Wagen - neat litho and ...
reporting marks fro Bremen
...so what does Bremen have to do with bananas? Easy - Bremen was/is a major seaport and a seaport is where could expect to see imported goods such as Bananas.
The Kuhlwagen
with reporting marks from Augsburg
...and it is plenty cool in Augsburg particularly in the winter.
Then there is the California Frucht Transport
with reporting marks from Berlin
Why Berlin? Well, Berlin was/is the capital and it always had a large population of people with money...the kind of people who could afford to purchase exotic fruit imports from California.
Munich Milk Wagen
Nuremberg Baggage car
Hamburg Int'l Express Wagen
4-wheel Union Dortmund boxcar
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I stray a little by heading this consist with a modern 700E, but I do believe that it fits in with tinplate at its heart. Discovering these post-war adapters makes it easy too. Represented also is a vintage Marklin spur 1 switch tower which is in need of some restoration.
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sncf231e posted:More live steam!
Bassett Lowke made, as shown in the catalogue of 1911, some spirit fired locomotives to a gauge of 3 and a quarter inch (scale 1:17). I do not know whether these were meant to be run pulling the "engineer" or that you were expected to have a large (scenic) layout. In the catalogue are also some carriages shown. Three and a quarter inch was soon abandoned and 3.5 inch is now one of the model engineering gauges. I found a Bassett Lowke GNR (Great Northern Railway) Atlantic 4-4-2 with this gauge and planned to restore it. I could not, but a friend started on it and last Sunday it was fired up for the first time in, I do not know how, many years.
Is it tinplate? Well, it is vintage!
Regards
Fred
Fred, maybe more steel plate than tin but that is a really wonderfull piece, well restored and i think you can find the small missing parts. Even if it is not an easy loco to run that makes a terrific loco to display, I really would enjoy to find one....
Very best, Daniel
DANIEL and FRED: You fellows NEVER disappoint! That #3 gauge Bassett-Lowke is the cat's meow! CHRIS and RSB's goods wagons are colorful and pleasing to the eye. LOVE that bananen car! One question: Does anyone make #3 gauge track, or do you have to search for originals?
DANIEL: That is very nice GIL live steamer and box! Have you fired up that little jewel?
Tinplate Art posted:DANIEL: That is very nice GIL live steamer and box! Have you fired up that little jewel?
Art, not yet fired and as it is new in box I have some hesitation to do it..... live steam always cause some damages and this piece is rare, just a hundred where made. The best thing to do would be to find another one in used condition.
It is a beautiful piece and I agree about not firing it up. Did not know it was fairly rare, especially in the condition yours is in!
