My new toys

GILBERT GREGOGR Forum Member

Just being new to the hobby every day is like Christmas. These are my new rolling stock. I know they are common, but new to me. I chose a time period where a lot of changes were occurring. Just in a couple years you see the so much just in trucks alone. There is a "simplicity" of design yet trying to get like wheels off can be a huge challenge. It is amazing how well some of these items were preserved.What is even better is that it doesn't take a fortune to get your feet wet. All is sunny and bright in the Truck capital of the world.

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8/5/184:31 PM

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Dennis HollerOGR Forum Member

Nice trains, those should clean up wonderfully!

8/5/185:31 PM

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SteamerOGR Forum Member

hard to beat finding some old tinplate. there's no turning back now. have fun!

8/5/185:34 PM

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Tinplate ArtOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

That A.C. Gilbert Heritage book you mentioned earlier on another thread is a wonderful resource!

8/6/182:38 PM

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Tinplate ArtOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

A.C. Gilbert was a renaissance man: champion wrestler and pole vaulter, trained medical doctor, inventor, magician, outdoorsman and hunter, real estate developer and inventor of 3/16 scale O gauge trains and later two-rail S gauge trains. He would have been famous if only for those wonderful Erector sets! He also produced chemistry and microscope sets, and even an atomic energy set complete wiith a Wilson Cloud Chamber and a Geiger Counter! He must have been a fascinating person to converse with, and by all accounts, was a progressive employer.

8/7/187:19 PM

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GILBERT GREGOGR Forum Member

My new discovery today was the design change found in all the "3/16" 1941 A.F. locomotives. it was the technology used 35-37 in the erector open motor P-51 with motor driving a worm gear directly on the shaft to a drive gear eliminating pieces and giving a direct constant power.