@Dennis Holler posted:Rearranged a few sets on the layout around the station. They are all original except of course the Chromed 265E and matching 2613/14/15 cars. I was just able to purchase the Chrome Streak cars together with the Chromed 265E so I have matched the 618/619 with a correct 1935 version of the Black 265E with Chrome rims and no firebox int eh cab etc. Nice Blue Comet a found a few years ago and the Blue Streak is a nice set of cars with a piced together engine and tender. You can't see but the engine shell is a mess!!! 1936 Red Comet on the other side, forgot I need to reinstall the observation platform lol. Fun stuff!
@Dennis Holler: I LOVE that all-chrome Commodore Vanderbilt! Thanks for putting up the pictures for us, you've got several of my favorite prewar sets in this one shot 
My latest tinplate acquisition is this awesome Hafner set that I just picked up at a local train show. It's an M10000 in copper and green!
The clockwork is the pretty standard Hafner mechanism, it drops out of the locomotive with one little screw. The motor was pretty gummed up when I first got it but after a thorough cleaning and lubrication everything came unstuck and it now runs like a rabbit.
Here's the set put together on the track. Looks nice!
The previous owner told me that the tail car is very hard to find. I've only been collecting Hafner since last year but I would believe it. I haven't seen many of these M10000 sets for sale, even the Flying Yankee ones are not super common compared to the typical steam engine sets.
And of course, because I'm one of those crazy people who insists on running everything that they collect (even, GASP, rare prewar trains!), here's the Youtube video of the set spinning around my layout.
