Boucher Trains

Both.  

Joe, they are both. Boucher was from New York City, and started about 1905. He bought Voltamp (from Baltimore I think) in about 1923-1924.  Boucher produced trains until 1935 or so.  They big, beautiful, well constructed, and $$ Expensive.  I have seen a full Boucher  Blue Comet in action.  It is by far the most beautiful, best proportioned, and smooth/powerful operating tinplate locomotive and train I have ever seen.

Hello all

Boucher is out there , just a matter of looking in the right places.... two Boucher engines sold yesterday at Maurers 

here id a link to see the Boucher Blue Comet in motion

The Boucher line prior to the Blue Comet of 1930 was just the late period Voltamp steamers  , Frieght and large series passenger cars. Steamers had a center pick up added and pilot wheels pushed out for standard Gauge use...Voltamp was 2" .. 2 rail .... which died within a year or so with Boucher purchase of the line.

https://youtu.be/jQcKbTPDn04

Ok the hood is up on a mid period Voltamp 2222.. same type construction including double field motor used on the Boucher line. Boucher' Blue Comet ... 1930-1934... it was expensive when new .. estimates of about 50 sets were made .. some have serial #'s ....on the engine .... you are looking at#1

the 2500 engine is double motored ... electric reverse 

cheers Carey

Tinplate Times has a number of on-line articles about Boucher; look here for instance: http://www.tinplatetimes.com/T.../HertzBoucher/hb.htm

Regards

Fred

There's also this reference book on Boucher and Voltamp trains.

Robert S. Butler posted:

There's also this reference book on Boucher and Voltamp trains.

And the author usually has a table at York.

Robert S. Butler posted:

There's also this reference book on Boucher and Voltamp trains.

Great book to have even if you think you'll never own one.

Steve

Mallard4468 posted:

Robert S. Butler posted:

There's also this reference book on Boucher and Voltamp trains.

And the author usually has a table at York.

Jim's a forum member and posts some great stuff on the tinplate forum.

George

Carey Williams posted:

Hello all

Boucher is out there , just a matter of looking in the right places.... two Boucher engines sold yesterday at Maurers 

here id a link to see the Boucher Blue Comet in motion

The Boucher line prior to the Blue Comet of 1930 was just the late period Voltamp steamers  , Frieght and large series passenger cars. Steamers had a center pick up added and pilot wheels pushed out for standard Gauge use...Voltamp was 2" .. 2 rail .... which died within a year or so with Boucher purchase of the line.

https://youtu.be/jQcKbTPDn04

Ok the hood is up on a mid period Voltamp 2222.. same type construction including double field motor used on the Boucher line. Boucher' Blue Comet ... 1930-1934... it was expensive when new .. estimates of about 50 sets were made .. some have serial #'s ....on the engine .... you are looking at#1

the 2500 engine is double motored ... electric reverse 

cheers Carey

 

 

Beautiful!!

Thanks everyone for the education

Joe Gozzo