OK I admit it maybe I am taking up too much space today, but we get our mail in the late afternoons and I just got this neat little tinplate station (really more like a passenger shelter, open on one side but roofed over - little like a lean-too)
This station was made by Banner Plastics, a company that was founded when WW II interrupted the delivery of toys from overseas. The founder a Mr. Emanuel Pressner, was a toy importer and found himself out of business so he decided to initiate his own toy manufacturing business. Banner Plastic made toys from both plastic and metal and it was rumored that he used the "drop off" sheets of steel from where they punched large holes in steel sheets to make his toys. If you are familiar with Banner Plastics (note not Banner Toys which is a long established maker of wooden baby toys) you would recognize several very well known trucks from the 1950's made from sheet steel. This station was made in the 1950's and Banner Plastics would continue in business till 1965.
This station is entirely made of lithographed steel sheet. It is not large the base measuring 6 3/4" X 3" and the station house measuring 5"L X 2"W X 2 1/2 " from base to peak of roof. It is open in the front but enclosed on the other 3 sides. Here are some pictures.
Front View - you can see some of the interior. Note I had to over expose the roof to get enough light on the inside. Roof is naturally somewhat dark red.
Here is another view of the inside. Note ticket windows on rear wall, news stand and snack / soda fountain on the left wall and , of course, the station name..."Bannerville" !
Here is the out side of the building. Green and white in color with simulated "grasss" at the base.
OK so that is my "Bannerville" station and it is fully in tinplate!
Best Wishes
Don
