Weekend tinplate photos/videos 6/8/18!

A classic set made by JEP around  1930. 

In 1935 the same locomotive has been modernised with smoke deflectors and a new tender. 

Have a nice tinplate weekend.  Daniel 

Following up on Daniel's nice 0 gauge JEP set: Here is a JEP 3-rail 00 gauge Wagon-Lits train from the fifties which I collected one by one and I consider now complete with a locomotive, a baggage car, a sleeping car, a Pullman car and a restaurant car. The locomotive and tender, based on the French SNCF 232R Hudson type, are heavy castings; the cars are made by the small French maker Rateau from tinplate for JEP.

I do not know why JEP choose to include this products from Rateau in their range; I assume Rateau only made the bodies of the cars; the trucks and couplers look like JEP products.

Rateau also made this postal van for JEP:

Regards

Fred

Very nice set Fred. It looks very good, HO gauge trains made during the fifties in France have à special appeal. 

This set in 0 gauge would have been great.....unfortunately it was the end of O gauge at this time.

Very best,   Daniel 

American Flyer passenger sets look great on the wall and better on the layout! 

A shot from the office cabinet special

Last week it was Bing New York Central electrified ...this week Bing New York Central Steam

not to brag....but I tripled the size of my Dorfan collection this week with the arrival of my 610 Derrick......

I finished restoring the tender for my AF 3300.

I also picked this up.

These babies are expensive! I really want to get the four colored cars  (the Frisco, cotton belt, UP, and San Pedro).

The roof on this one seems to be Olive. It has lost a lot of paint. Anyone know if this is a repaint? I have not seen this color roof in any photos. Should I strip the roof and restore it? Relatively easy...

George

Steamer posted:

not to brag....but I tripled the size of my Dorfan collection this week with the arrival of my 610 Derrick......

Bragger! ...seriously, Dorfan is great to collect. I only have one piece.

However Dave, I do need to question your math. How did you "triple" your collection by adding one car, when you started with two? 

George

and fresh off the mail truck.....added to my Ives roster....102-104 years old and still looks great.

and George...don't confuse me with facts!

George S posted:

I finished restoring the tender for my AF 3300.

I also picked this up.

These babies are expensive! I really want to get the four colored cars  (the Frisco, cotton belt, UP, and San Pedro).

The roof on this one seems to be Olive. It has lost a lot of paint. Anyone know if this is a repaint? I have not seen this color roof in any photos. Should I strip the roof and restore it? Relatively easy...

George

That tender looks great!

And you're right, those Ives boxcars do get $$ fast...I've been watching them for a while. They get out of my willingness quickly.

WOW! ALL great contributions for this "armchair collector"!  THANK YOU!

Great photos folks. We are off to a great start for this Tinplate Weekend. Thanks for posting.

Circus trains always seem to draw attention. If you are familiar with American Flyer S gauge you know that their Circus Train is a fun and whimsical set.

However, the above photo is not one of the desirable S gauge sets.  If you look a bit closer you will notice that it is actually a repaint of Prewar O Gauge equipment.

That third rail   is always an obvious giveaway .

When I was just beginning to collect American Flyer in earnest I focused on S gauge.  One of my collecting mentors focused on 3/16 Prewar American Flyer because that is what he had as a child. In his collection he had an O gauge Circus set that he had made out of Prewar equipment.  I was  fascinated by it.  After his death his collection was sold and I was not in a place financially to buy that Circus set.  It has been in my mind for a lot of years.  Recently I found a set similar to his that someone created and I bought it.  I can now run a unique American Flyer set on the Blueboard Central Division of American Flyer Lines and remember Gus.  It belongs in my "They didn't make it this way, but if they had...." segment of the collection.

The engine is a repaint of a Prewar Royal Blue.

Log car frames with K-Line Circus Wagons.

A 400 series sheet metal passenger coach - unlighted unfortunately, for now.

And here it is running:

Have a Great Tinplate Weekend

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

FYI: I HAVE lionel Classics, Tinplate Traditions and LCT repros plus some nice ORIGINAL LGB, including the first sound croc and a 2085D articulated steam loco, acquired mint and unrun! The sound croc came in the Alpine Classics set. SORRY, no photos as I do not know how to transfer them from my Galaxy S-5 to my HP laptop! :-(

GREG: LOVE your custom prewar circus set! BRAVO, sir! I had Gilbert AF S gauge as a youth, visited the Gilbert Hall of Science many times, and once the factory at Erector Square in New Haven. I did NOT own the postwar circus set, but always appreciated it. I was very fortunate to have owned the stunning 5-car A-B-A North Coast Limited because the telephone operator at the GHOS was a neighbor, and was kind enough to offer my parents her 40% discount! At that time in the fifties, they could not have afforded that top of the line set. AF S gauge Flyer has a special place in my memories. Once, a good friend of mine ran his pristine 3/16" AF O gauge 4-8-4 UP Challenger on my O gauge layout. He still has it and it is one of his all time collectibles! A very impressive engine indeed! AC Gilbert was a true genius and inventor.

Chris Lonero posted:

The week seems to go by quick!  Let’s see your tinplate! 🚂

JUNK!!!

I LOVE this thread, but I am not, and never have been, a football fan! I should add that my wife follows our local team, the Tennessee Titans! LOL!

Art,

I have had great fun collecting S gauge Flyer, and I have almost everything from the 3 digit numbering era.There are some items whose prices are in the "nose bleed seat" range that I will never own.  I had one hand me down freight set that went around the tree at Christmas.  I do have the North Coast Limited reproduction set. And I have an original Circus set. However I don't have photos of the complete set in the archives. I will have to go looking for the set.

The sound of a chuffing Flyer engine and the smell of Flyer smoke bring back wonderful memories.

I wish I had been able to see the Hall of Science.  I enjoy hearing about your experiences.

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

I will never forget that wonderful aroma, and I am not sure it has ever been duplicated? The sight of my K5 and my NPR 0-8-0 locos racing side by side on adjacent tracks with the "choo-choo" sound and that wonderful smoke, frankly, was better than many of my later Lionel JLC digital sound steam engines! Of course, nostalgia is always highly selective of positive memories! LOL!

Picked up  a Flyer 3113 this week that needs one pickup roller but still runs. This is my first 3100 series Flyer loco. Can someone explain the square key stock in front of the wheels? switch activator?

Also this Paris to Copenhagen coach by Wittrock of Denmark and a tender for the same.

George S posted:

However Dave, I do need to question your math. How did you "triple" your collection by adding one car, when you started with two? 

George

New math??

Jim O'C posted:

Picked up  a Flyer 3113 this week that needs one pickup roller but still runs. This is my first 3100 series Flyer loco. Can someone explain the square key stock in front of the wheels? switch activator?

Also this Paris to Copenhagen coach by Wittrock of Denmark and a tender for the same.

Jim,

The square metal piece is what activates the reverse unit.

It requires a track side activator.

Imagine running your train into that at full speed and having the train reverse.  

The 3113 (top) was cataloged in 1928-1929 and pulled the Bluebird cars.

Nice acquisitions this week.

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

YIKES!

NJCJOE posted:

Chris Lonero posted:

The week seems to go by quick!  Let’s see your tinplate! 🚂

JUNK!!!

Ya; I know! 

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

Jim O'C posted:

Picked up  a Flyer 3113 this week that needs one pickup roller but still runs. This is my first 3100 series Flyer loco. Can someone explain the square key stock in front of the wheels? switch activator?

Also this Paris to Copenhagen coach by Wittrock of Denmark and a tender for the same.

Jim,

The square metal piece is what activates the reverse unit.

It requires a track side activator.

Imagine running your train into that at full speed and having the train reverse.  

The 3113 (top) was cataloged in 1928-1929 and pulled the Bluebird cars.

Nice acquisitions this week.

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

thank you, Greg

George S - nice tender restoration... as for looking for the Ives cars - here's a couple of pictures to help tide you over until you find the real thing. 

Cotton Belt

Frisco

NJCJOE posted:

Chris Lonero posted:

The week seems to go by quick!  Let’s see your tinplate! 🚂

JUNK!!!

I think that brake line is a little low, ahem, or should we say underinflated? 

another set for the fleet

FEF, common and rare.

terry hudon posted:

another set for the fleet

Terry,

Beautiful set of cars.  Here is the engine you will be looking for.

Thanks for the copy of the wiring diagram for 4 rail whistle track.

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Greetings friends,

It's been a while since I posted some photos, but very recently I acquired two items I hope you will enjoy viewing.  The first is one of the most beautiful stations I've ever seen -- Kibri's Cat No 52-3 made between 1929 and 1935.  It is in superb condition.

The second is an item I've been searching for many years at a reasonable price.  It is the Bing Sandstein (Sandstone) station Cat 10236 dating from 1902-1907 on the basis of the trademark. It's not in as good condition as the Kibri and is missing the telegraph poles,one small litho window, and the flags 

but it is over 100 years old, and I think I can bring the roof paint to life. We'll see.

Hope many of the O Gauge Forum readers will be able to visit during the TCA Convention in Warwick RI.

You can do so by joining Tour 18, or checking with me to see if another time during the week would be convenient.

Lew Schneider

Beautiful stations!

I made some progress on my 3300 restoration.

I have left the side skirts off intentionally. I am going to make piping similar to the brass piper.

Does anyone know where this goes?

George

George S posted:

I made some progress on my 3300 restoration.

I have left the side skirts off intentionally. I am going to make piping similar to the brass piper.

Does anyone know where this goes?

George

It looks like a motor spacer

or a siderod spacer

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

George S posted:

I made some progress on my 3300 restoration.

 

I have left the side skirts off intentionally. I am going to make piping similar to the brass piper.

Does anyone know where this goes?

George

It looks like a motor spacer

I think that's right. The siderod spacers are in place. I only have one of these. I assume it fits loose between the motor plates on one end.

Thanks Steve! 

George

Steamer posted:

not to brag....but I tripled the size of my Dorfan collection this week with the arrival of my 610 Derrick......

I knew you would track one down quickly!  You need a caboose!

one piece at a time Dennis....

Looks great George! 👍