I am a little scared , my tinplate family ... for it has been yet another week without anything new train tinplate acquired ! ... This is not for lack of trying as there have been some marvellous pieces come up locally but on every occasion my meagre resources has not been enough to have them come home with me , and some still sold at absolute bargain prices .. just I could only commit what I had .. it pained me to see a Hornby Metropolitan go for about one third to half its current worth to a guy who had $5 available more than me at the time LOL! C'est La Vie as they say 
I did however add to the clockwork tin boat collection with a super bargain Chein & Sons tinplate clockwork shark! Local seller had it packaged with a few cheapy early chinese toys with a buy it now price of ...$25 ! ( about 18-19USD) so it came to me quick smart lol .. couldnt hit the button fast enough!
So as I have nothing new and exciting train wise ... I thought I would turn the clock back a little and delve deep into the collection photos and present the very first Clockwork train, the one that started all this madness... I remember being bored on ePay one day and thinking ..."You know ... I never had a train set as a kid .. What the heck lets see whats out there" ... Now I have always loved older mechanical things , just something about the cleverness and ingenuity that went into turning the inanimate into something with a bit of "life" about it
Anyway my eyes saw this beat up old Hornby set and it was cheap as chips so what the heck !
Who would have ever predicted it would lead to today LOL !
So the auction pics of the thing that started all this madness for me 
A couple of rusty MO locomotives , horrible condition carriages , but a goodly amount of track !
And that , as one might say , begat the descent into madness!!!
