Identifying A Bing Set

The logo on the box, GBN with BW underneath, is one which Bing embossed on the bottom of the frame of its cars starting in 1919- so my guess is the set wasn't made prior to then. The loco kind of looks like this guy, which makes sense since it is apparently a "prototype for the American Market". Different number of spokes on the wheels but the pilots are the same. 

Source for loco pic:

https://www.historytoy.com/bin...motive-black-gauge-0

Here's a list of Bing o-gauge clockworks(likely not exhaustive). Unfortunately, the above is the only one for which there is a picture

https://www.historytoy.com/toy...-all-article-numbers

Thanks Steve! That link to history toy is informative. Maybe I should submit my set to them for their records. Maybe they'd be able to correctly identify it(?)

Elgaucho posted:

Thanks Steve! That link to history toy is informative. Maybe I should submit my set to them for their records. Maybe they'd be able to correctly identify it(?)

No problem my friend. There’s a piece I’ve been wanting to submit to them for awhile (Bing German Market Baggage Car 565/10 1931). I think when submitting they expect the person doing the submission to provide the proof that “this car is the unpictured one listed on our site due to reasons a, b, c, etc...” instead of them identifying for you, unfortunately. 

a similar set was offered for the American market with the cast iron loco and 1012 tender

@Elgaucho here is the link to all tbe Bing products listed on the site:

https://www.historytoy.com/Bin...umbers-by-categories

Also, this website has proven resourceful as well for identification, lists and shows embossed logos, litho'd logos, when they were used, etc...:

https://www.canadiantoytrains....ademarks-for-ca-usa/

Thanks StevefromPA. A well of information.

Just wished the list included the photos directly beside the number. Sometimes looking at numbers you don’t know what they look like. And when there’s a ton of numbers, you need a lot of time to go one by one (ha!)

Ariel

Hello Ariel,

your set is the same like 509/154/00, but a later version. Bing has changed the numbers in the 20s. The first numbers says 11/... Germany, 61/... UK, 71/... USA.

Arne