Carlisle Finch on Parade ( America's first succesive Electric toy train manufacturer)

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There is a #34 Carlisle & Finch freight set that is an attic find here in Southern California. Its very unusual to see these here on the west coast. The gentleman who found it reached out to me through our TCA Division. He wants to sell it to a good home.  In addition to the C&F #34 loco, 8-wheel tender, N&M caboose, Hocking Valley box car, some track ties, and a Lionel Std. gauge semaphore, he has two gondolas that were made by Nonpareil Toy & Novelty Co. of Newark NJ around the same time. These gondolas were evidently originally floor trains but they have been fitted with C&F trucks and the C&F band type couplers so they could run with the set. Here is a link to where you can view some photographs of the trains - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/p1x...kHlSEXTJLesTXVa?dl=0.

If anyone has interest, please let me know. 

Graham Claytor, along with his brother, Robert, are two of my train heroes for their successful steam restoration projects (4501, 611 & 1218) and subsequent excursion programs with both the Southern Railway and Norfolk Southern! 

First Non Pareil 53264 I have seen in black, almost all are gray with black litho or gray with blue litho.

Hello HAROLD SHAPIRO,.,,.,,  the photos of the C&F set look great ...I'd be very interested in it ..please contact me with more info thank you 

Carey Williams 

wasp3245@aol.com

Carey:  MANY THANKS for sharing these treasures and Mr. Claytor's splendid narration!

Harold Shapiro posted:

There is a #34 Carlisle & Finch freight set that is an attic find here in Southern California. Its very unusual to see these here on the west coast. The gentleman who found it reached out to me through our TCA Division. He wants to sell it to a good home.  In addition to the C&F #34 loco, 8-wheel tender, N&M caboose, Hocking Valley box car, some track ties, and a Lionel Std. gauge semaphore, he has two gondolas that were made by Nonpareil Toy & Novelty Co. of Newark NJ around the same time. These gondolas were evidently originally floor trains but they have been fitted with C&F trucks and the C&F band type couplers so they could run with the set. Here is a link to where you can view some photographs of the trains - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/p1x...kHlSEXTJLesTXVa?dl=0.

If anyone has interest, please let me know. 

Harold- thanks for posting all the pictures, very interesting. The station building is particularly fascinating. Am also interested if still available. jsmatlak@earthlink.net

AWESOME!