Hello Tinplate fans, goobernuts what a super American Flyer set! Well today, I am back to illustrating my modest taste in Tinplate line side accessories. This one attributed to Hafner and most likely pre-war. According to the TCA Western Div website page, Hafner used Bing to make their line side structures up until Bing left the market around 1930. Subsequent to that, Hafner's first offering was a set of three structures, all numbered #1200. there was a passenger station, a freight station, and a passenger platform. According to the TCA data, these items were all available separately but never assigned individual numbers. I have previously posted the station but have been looking for the other two parts of the set. I recently found one on e-bay and its a fair example, although I believe the freight platform has been repainted. Here is the #1200 freight station with the loading platform in front and the large sliding door. These came in many colors and with various lithograph decoration on the sides of the house.
Here is the end view, it has the same name as the station, "Glen Ellen" which is a real place and is in fact a suburb of the city of Chicago where Hafner trains was located. I have also seen these freight stations with just plain ends and no name.
For comparison, here is the #1200 Glen Ellen station, you can see the variation in the lithography on the front side however, the design on the ends is identical in this set. In addition, the passenger station is much closer to white/ blue in the litho color scheme whereas the freight station is more of a yellow cream/red combination. Hey ... these guys were making toys not collectables! (LOL)
Hey that's my input for today. Best wishes for a good week everyone.
Don
