Can anyone Identify these Trains

Hi Brian, 

 

From here they look like Lone Star by Treble O trains. If you flip them upside down they would be stamped that way on the inside. Just a guess. These are about N scale size, is that correct? 

 

As to value, nothing substantial if they are Treble O. Some cars mint will bring $40-50 on that one auction site that we can't name. Those look to have been well loved. Maybe a few dollars per car max, in my opinion. 

Thank You very much. I will ask him what he wants for the bunch of them and see what happens.

I still think a few of them might add something, somewhere to my O scale layout.

Keep ya posted.

Thanks

 

Is that the same as Tootsie Toys??? I have all those....looks like you have all they made in the series. I bought them new back in the 1980's because I had them as a kid in the 60's.   I doubt they have much value in 'rough' condition.....as mint sets still sell under $20 a set. The hardest set is the silver streamliner set and the 1890's passenger set. All the others are pretty common and in fact saw them for sale at Cass RR store a few years ago.

 

While asking about toy trains.......anyone know who made the bag of plastic trains where you would get '100 trains for 99 cents'. The trains were plastic, hollow molded in many colors.....about an inch long each. I'd love to find a set of them.....spent many hours playing with them on Grandma's porch.

I agree with AMCDave. They look like Tootsie Toy.

I agree. Definitely Tootsie Toy.I had some of these on the original cards that I once bought at York.
Mike

I agree. Definitely Tootsie Toy.I had some of these on the original cards that I once bought at York.
Mike

I also had these as a kid and played with them for hours on the floor. On thing that I remember though, was the paint would come off very badly, leaving my little hands covered with paint flakes! My Mom and Dad would buy these for me at the 5&10 store.
Mike

What auction site brownillini

I have all those sets, purchased within the last twenty years. I agree with AMC Dave, I'd put the value at less than Twenty dollars per set. (The blister packed ones, not necessarily the ones in the antique shop)

I see them used, in beat up condition at antique and train shows from time to time at much higher prices. Some unknowledgeable folks might pay those sort of prices.

My first guess, seconded above, was Tootsietoy...now whether those dies went on to

somebody else: "Midgetoy", which I had heard of, I don't know.

Thanks for that info.......funny how childhood memories can get mixed up.....as I thought even as a kid they were Tootsie.....Good info.  Maybe it was like Jell-o....small die cast toys were Tootsie!

I believe that might be eBay...

Thanks for all the reply's.

The guy wants $2.50 for each car and $2.00 each if I take all of them.

I will pass.

I told him a buck apiece and I will take all of them he said NO.

Have a nice day!!

 

Wise.....seems mint ones are cheap enough if you really want them.

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I told him a buck apiece and I will take all of them he said NO.

 

Maybe if they were all in real nice shape.
Or maybe a buck a piece if you could pick the ones you liked.

IMHO, the offer was more than generous.