I am aware of McCoy, Williams, Pride Lines, JAD, Richart and of course MTH. But I have been told there were others. Can anyone add to the list?
Thanks!
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Oops, I also forgot Marx Trains and Lionel!
Roberts
United States Toy Train Co. (USTTC)
Classic Model Trains/Classic Model Co.(CMT/CMC)
After doing some searching I found the name Sirus & Varney. Does anyone have mor information on these companies?
thanks!
Originally Posted by rdg_fan:
After doing some searching I found the name Sirus & Varney. Does anyone have mor information on these companies?
thanks!
They made reproduction tinplate Standard and O gauge parts and eventually made small productions of trains. I have several passenger car sets in O gauge from them. They are basically Lionel reproductions.
This one is an inexpensive place to start until Arno does his book. Has some errors in it, but really worth while for the price.
http://www.amazon.com/Americas...Trains/dp/0930625226
Steve
Originally Posted by Captaincog:
Originally Posted by rdg_fan:
After doing some searching I found the name Sirus & Varney. Does anyone have mor information on these companies?
thanks!
They made reproduction tinplate Standard and O gauge parts and eventually made small productions of trains. I have several passenger car sets in O gauge from them. They are basically Lionel reproductions.
Jeff,
I don't recall Sirus & Varney doing any O-gauge trains, they were all about the Ives and American Flyer standard gauge. Art Varney did O-gauge trains with Dick Wheeler (of MEW) under the name V-W Enterprises and M&V Enterprises (Dick Mayer & Art Varney). Both companies made the 700 series O-gauge cars and a 256 loco. These were later done by The Richart Company (Dick Mayer and Art Varney).
I would love to know what sets you are referring to.
ARNO
Originally Posted by moderneraSG:
Originally Posted by Captaincog:
Originally Posted by rdg_fan:
After doing some searching I found the name Sirus & Varney. Does anyone have mor information on these companies?
thanks!
They made reproduction tinplate Standard and O gauge parts and eventually made small productions of trains. I have several passenger car sets in O gauge from them. They are basically Lionel reproductions.
Jeff,
I don't recall Sirus & Varney doing any O-gauge trains, they were all about the Ives and American Flyer standard gauge. Art Varney did O-gauge trains with Dick Wheeler (of MEW) under the name V-W Enterprises and M&V Enterprises (Dick Mayer & Art Varney). Both companies made the 700 series O-gauge cars and a 256 loco. These were later done by The Richart Company (Dick Mayer and Art Varney).
I would love to know what sets you are referring to.
ARNO
My bad Arno. I have the Varney and Wheeler 256 engine and several sets of the 700 series cars. Sirus came after I think since I have been out to see the collection several times and there were excess parts sold off so that is where I got mixed up. Long day at work and getting dyslexic.
To name a few others in standard gauge:
JLM Trains (Joe Mania)
Dehanes Transportation Milestones
Forney Locomotive Works
Lee Lines
Shops of Bridgeport (Jim Cohen)
Lyle Cain Enterprises
Roberts' Lines
John Daniel's Railway Lines
The Lion Lines
Thorley Hoople Toy Company
Cubic Trains
Eagle Lines
Glenn Toy
Gold Standard Engineering
J.E. Harmon Mfg. Co
Liberty Lines
Model Engineering Works
Railtech Northwest
Smith Metal Works
Wakeling Locomotive Works
Some little known prewar manufactures:
Buffalo Model Company
The Fixen Line
General Trains Inc
Randall Trains
This is not a full list by any means, but way more than most know about.
ARNO
Originally Posted by Captaincog:
My bad Arno. I have the Varney and Wheeler 256 engine and several sets of the 700 series cars. Sirus came after I think since I have been out to see the collection several times and there were excess parts sold off so that is where I got mixed up. Long day at work and getting dyslexic.
No worries.... V-W Enterprises was after Varney-Sirus (it actually is Varney-Sirus, not Sirus-Varney). V-W was around 1979 and V-S was 1971-74.
ARNO
