@Don McErlean posted:Hi Tinplate Fans! Well my post this weekend is a little light, not too much new arrived lately. However, I am expecting a pre-war American Flyer set to be delivered today and if that comes I will post it tomorrow. For today, I have Lionel's "0-27" lithographed passenger cars, particularly the observation cars. First is the "red/brown" livery 1691 complete with fishbelly and nickel journals and handrails on the door. It was made 1936-39. The series of cars, with several slight variations of color ran from 1933-39 . Next is the unusual find, the 1693 an uncataloged car that represented the last stand of these cars and was 1940 only. Note it was manufactured without the fishbelly and with no journals (my car has nickel "journals" that were obviously home made and added after purchase) but it has Nickel hand rails by the door. I chose to leave the home made journals in place as that is the way the car lived its life. The big difference from the more common 1691 is the color scheme, the 1693 has greenish blue sides with and embossed yellow window frames. This color scheme is sometimes called "peacock". While a long way from perfect shape, it is the first opportunity I he had to add a car of this color scheme to my collection.
Well that's all for now, have a happy and healthy weekend everyone
Don
What? No Ives yellow?
