Another Pre War Flyer Streamliner Arives

i do like the burnt amber color of the c/w type a little better, but you have to love the name.  it's hard not to say Minnehaha without smiling.

the Flynns had a really nice clockwork for sale a while ago, but i did not want to pay their price for one with a bad motor. got enough Flyers with bad motors.

steve

i hope to eventually document the correct clockwork motors for these later tin models, Hiawatha, Zepher, etc.; most of which have very specific motors, based on the standard spring drive, but with additional hardware.  unfortunately i've seen a lot of these models for sale with kluged up drives, though admittedly many that could probably be attributed to the original owner.

cheers...gary

to date, i only have a handful of Flyer clockworks and half of those don't work. guess the durability of Marx and Hafner have me spoiled.

steve

Steve,

I hope to see that run at TCA, soon.

Also hope your arm is healing well, sir.

the theme for the August meet is streamliners, so it and a number of others will be running.

steve

I was researching a motor for a related AF Forney-type streamliner last month. The unique hanger bracket on the motor was the clue. It has an odd type of mechanical reversing mechanism. I assume the Minnehaha versions were clockwork powered. 

https://ogrforum.com/d...ent/4245430052273116

Ace

the Minnehaha came both electric & clockwork. the electric version has a much simpler design than that one and has no reverse unit.

Steve

I have now acquired a Minnehaha train for myself, same as pictured in those first two photos but with three cars! It just needs a motor!

Wondering if anyone has specific ideas on motors to fit these things. I'm not looking for original, just something that looks OK and fits in the unusually narrow shell. I have some misc Lionel Scout motors that almost fit but they don't quite have room to pivot inside the shell for curves.

Some of the "modern" cheapie Lionel 4-coupled steamers had motor frames that may work if I could fit a smaller DC motor in them. Of course I would have to improvise a pivoting motor mount bracket over the top of the motor frame.

Ace, I believe that you will find a way! 

A Marx #490 motor would fill the bill if you don't mind the flangeway restrictions*. If these do bother you, maybe a Lionel #1654 motor would work.

*you need to use either Marx switches and crossings or early Lionel 027 switches account the driver gears are the same diameter as the flanges.

"What or whom are the Flynns?"

They are sellers on E-Bay who in the not too distant past owned one of the modern incarnations of Marx trains. 

I like it, but I wanna see more of that NYC Cab Forward.......