Does any one know if Distler made this station type? (the side wall of the building was covered up) I always thought these were Bing.
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At first I didn't think it was Bing, but now I'm not so sure after checking out Bing stations on this website:
https://www.historytoy.com/nav...rtierung=7&af=90
...and comparing signs/advertisements. But then I found this under the Distler stations, and I'd say it's pretty darn near match in terms of the main lithography on the booth and the central structure.
https://www.historytoy.com/dis...lish-railway-station
But that "central structure's lithography"also looks strikingly similar to this Bub station
https://www.historytoy.com/bub...-station-for-england
I know manufacturer's traded parts quite a bit- especially in the confines of Nuremburg the bastion of toys. Pieces would often get swapped in and out/on and off somethimes as well if an item was made in Germany and then exported to England for the English market due to anti-German sentiment at times preceeding, during and after both world wars.
^^ @Arne to the rescue-the master of identifying European tin!
Arne posted:Hi,
your station was made by Bing for UK. Here the same with german adverts.
The Distler stations are similar, but a little bit different.
Bing
Distler
Arne
Hi Arne,
Can you explain the two "stamped holes" for, possibly, semaphore tabs?
