Weekend tinplate photos/videos 8/10/18!

Marklin has produced some very nice accessories, I founded this one in need of a new plate for the weighing machine which is functional. It dates from the thirties and will look great near a passenger station.

Have a great tinplate weekend,   Daniel

And now for something completely different...

Here are small tin jars for sweets that represent English tank locomotives:

These were made some 25 years ago by the British company Silver crane. They made a series of 3 for Southern Railway, LNER and LMS. I do not know why they did not make a GW (Great Western, the fourth British railway company) version. This is not just make the same design in 3 colors, they made 3 different types: 0-4-4, 0-6-0 and 2-4-2.

These are just a bit smaller then a Hornby tank-locomotive:

Regards

Fred

sncf231e posted:

And now for something completely different...

Here are small tin jars for sweets that represent English tank locomotives:

 

These were made some 25 years ago by the British company Silver crane. They made a series of 3 for Southern Railway, LNER and LMS. I do not know why they did not make a GW (Great Western, the fourth British railway company) version. This is not just make the same design in 3 colors, they made 3 different types: 0-4-4, 0-6-0 and 2-4-2.

These are just a bit smaller then a Hornby tank-locomotive:

Regards

Fred

Fred,

 They are pretty nice looking. Thanks for posting.

Tom 

Pictures from the Roanoke Valley Model Railroad Club, in the basement of the VMT.

Scott Smith

Riding the Tinplate Rails...

Tom 

I’ve been running Lionel 500 series freight cars for the past week.  They look great! Lionel Classics and Blue Comet passenger sets are waiting at the station.

Fandor International Express from the 1920's

...and an example of a car from Bing's version of a passenger train with a similar name

  It is interesting to note that the Bing car has benches on either side with small spikes (you can see the tips of them in some of the window openings) to hold passengers.

Always look forward to Weekend Tinplate. It has been awhile since I posted so let's see if this works. My small collection of American Flyer O gauge running on the layout. 

Love those British candy jar locos! In the same vein, I have a lithographed metal Lackerli Huus Swiss biscuit tin made to represent a near gauge 1 krocodile. The bottom lid of the tin is a lithographed rail/roadbed. It has some rudimentary fixed pantographs. I will take a photo with my phone later and try to transfer it to my post!

Tinplate Art posted:

Love those British candy jar locos! In the same vein, I have a lithographed metal Lackerli Huus Swiss biscuit tin made to represent a near gauge 1 krocodile. The bottom lid of the tin is a lithographed rail/roadbed. It has some rudimentary fixed pantographs. SORRY, no photos - NEVER learned how to download my Android photos to my Windows 10 laptop!

I find it easier and faster to post the photos right from my phone.

George

Jim Z posted:

I’ve been running Lionel 500 series freight cars for the past week.  They look great! Lionel Classics and Blue Comet passenger sets are waiting at the station.

You have a nice looking layout, and 500 series cars are my favorite.   It would be great if you could post a few more photos of your layout .

Tinplate Art posted:

Is it possible to e-mail a photo to the forum from my Android phone???

If you are posting from your mobile phone it's no problem.  I do so all the time.

Got it - will take photo later and try! THANKS!  ☺

Just picked up this Dorfan crane. I set it on this corner for a picture. Not sure where it will end up. I am adding a Monorail in a few weeks also. I have had the Monorail for a year just haven't  taken the time to do it. 

this little fellow,showed up a couple of weeks ago,,,no not timmy the cat,somemore cool af stuff

NICE cat!  ☺ The engine is not bad either! 😃

my last purchase

marx M10000

Lionel 248 O gauge engine of 1930-31 with a set of Lionel 600-601-602 passenger cars of 1933-34 in the attractive gray/red color scheme. I believe this engine would only have been with earlier 4-wheel cars, but it looks great with these and has no problem pulling them, even up the steep grade on my layout (check out the video). And as seen in the video the cars also fit in nicely with the 1930's era Leland Detroit monorail. Enjoy!

those look great John

Great looking stuff everyone!

Here’s some Saturday morning action on my layout.

mixed area train made possible by the transition car I cranked out earlier this week 

Have a good one-

jhz563

225E took the newly acquired 2600 cars for a run today.

debating on color...might stay blue....but I'm liking this scheme

Blue Dave, Blue!!!! 😎

Dave, I also vote for Blue !!! 

Daniel

A new bridge installed and running today....

Jeff,

Nice bridge!

What is that building with the red and white striped awning next to Big Ben?

Also, is that Acuity Insurance building tin?  Where did you get it?

Steamer posted:

225E took the newly acquired 2600 cars for a run today.

 

 

debating on color...might stay blue....but I'm liking this scheme

 

Ive always liked the gray and red

Joe Lyons posted:

Jeff,

Nice bridge!

What is that building with the red and white striped awning next to Big Ben?

Also, is that Acuity Insurance building tin?  Where did you get it?

 

Got the Acuity Insurance Building on ebay.

DOC posted:

Just picked up this Dorfan crane. I set it on this corner for a picture. Not sure where it will end up. I am adding a Monorail in a few weeks also. I have had the Monorail for a year just haven't  taken the time to do it. 

Wow! Item is on my list but not ready to mortgage the house yet. 🤣

Joe Gozzo

John Smatlak posted:

Lionel 248 O gauge engine of 1930-31 with a set of Lionel 600-601-602 passenger cars of 1933-34 in the attractive gray/red color scheme. I believe this engine would only have been with earlier 4-wheel cars, but it looks great with these and has no problem pulling them, even up the steep grade on my layout (check out the video). And as seen in the video the cars also fit in nicely with the 1930's era Leland Detroit monorail. Enjoy!

Hi John,

You have some very cool stuff on your layout. What is the crane in the second photo?

George

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Steamer posted:

225E took the newly acquired 2600 cars for a run today.

 

 

debating on color...might stay blue....but I'm liking this scheme

 

Ive always liked the gray and red

that makes the vote 2-2......

Trainlover160 posted:

DOC posted:

Just picked up this Dorfan crane. I set it on this corner for a picture. Not sure where it will end up. I am adding a Monorail in a few weeks also. I have had the Monorail for a year just haven't  taken the time to do it. 

Wow! Item is on my list but not ready to mortgage the house yet. 🤣

Joe Gozzo

Right, and this one is in fantastic condition! Is it original?

George

there is a fixer upper on the bay for $1999 buy it now......no mortgage....just your left kidney

The Dorfan Crane is a T-Reproduction.  I have seen a few others but the legs were broken. Cost was not that bad. Always thought it would look nice on the layout. Now to find a spot for it.  

I think the corner is a good spot. Play with it for a while and maybe 6 months later move it to a permanent spot.

George S posted:

John Smatlak posted:

Lionel 248 O gauge engine of 1930-31 with a set of Lionel 600-601-602 passenger cars of 1933-34 in the attractive gray/red color scheme. I believe this engine would only have been with earlier 4-wheel cars, but it looks great with these and has no problem pulling them, even up the steep grade on my layout (check out the video). And as seen in the video the cars also fit in nicely with the 1930's era Leland Detroit monorail. Enjoy!

Hi John,

You have some very cool stuff on your layout. What is the crane in the second photo?

George

Thanks George- the crane is an NBN Nuremberg dock crane with a clockwork mechanism that lets you control up/down on the bucket as well as rotation. This same basic crane was made for many years in Germany, I believe originally by Gely and later by NBN, The lithograph decoration and colors changed, but the basic unit stayed the same. Mine has plain walls on the base, earlier ones had lithographed industrial scenes. Here's a video I made back in March showing the dock crane swinging around, along with the Orobr clockwork stationary power plant cranked up next to it.

Steamer posted:

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Steamer posted:

225E took the newly acquired 2600 cars for a run today.

 

 

debating on color...might stay blue....but I'm liking this scheme

 

that makes the vote 2-2......

I vote for Blue.  You will probably be able to pick up the gray/red version any day and then you will have two of the same set.  What a conundrum. 

yes that would be a problem.....