Photo Chain Game

Reefers and candy cars….
My brother’s Xmas train set from 1956 and its “candy car” on my 4’ x4’ layout.

X-**** style boxcars with non-opening doors.

non-operating doors

Non-operating doors:

Tin passenger train

per pennsyfan...Tin passenger train, American Flyer (Chicago Flyer) # 515 passenger car (1928-1935) and # 528 Club Car (1931-1932) pulled by American Flyer "Champion" Type XVIII loco from 1932.  Note these also had "non-operating" doors and in the case of the Club car, a "non-existent" door (never had one!).  These are "one piece" cars, made from one single flat piece of lithographed tinplate then folded Origami style into a passenger car.

Best Wishes

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

per pennsyfan...Tin passenger train, American Flyer (Chicago Flyer) # 515 passenger car (1928-1935) and # 528 Club Car (1931-1932) pulled by American Flyer "Champion" Type XVIII loco from 1932.  Note these also had "non-operating" doors and in the case of the Club car, a "non-existent" door (never had one!).  These are "one piece" cars, made from one single flat piece of lithographed tinplate then folded Origami style into a passenger car.

Best Wishes

Don

Very nice set Don.

More Tin and pine tree as seen from Don McErlean shot

@Sitka posted:

More Tin and pine tree as seen from Don McErlean shot

Mark,

Another nice looking set. Is that Marx?

Blue Streak

@pennsyfan posted:

Mark,

Another nice looking set. Is that Marx?

Think around late 40's I'm sure Don would know, Thanks Bob

Hello guys, Bob (@pennsyfan) what a great "Blue Streak" set from 1936.  That 265E locomotive and 617/618/619 blue passenger cars are super.  Lionel really marketed this set as sort of a streamlined Blue Comet and yours looks great.  @Sitka - Sitka is correct, the streamlined set from Marx, called the M10005, was made both pre and post war but the red/blue version was more popular post war.  The prewar versions came at (in today's world) "insane" prices.  A 4 unit set in 1938 including 16 pieces of track,  a pair of switches, a metal whistle (that you blow with your mouth) and two manual accessories cost $1.79 from Sears!!  The red/silver set that Sitka has was most commonly available after the war, so late 40's would be the correct time frame.  Just for interest, Marx continued to use the M10005 locomotives, often with clockwork power, by themselves as the primary power for less expensive sets often with their characteristic 6" tinplate freight cars.

Now back to the game...Here is my American Flyer station with crane!  Bob's has the window inserts that I am still trying to find.  Other than those but even including the crane string and hook mine is complete and only cost $9!  I don't usually collect post war flyer but I find that the accessories can easily serve either Lionel or flyer and in fact the switch tower on my layout is American Flyer in the same green, red, white color scheme as this station and it fits in perfectly.

Best wishes everyone!...Keep safe and out of this heat (its estimated to go to 108 here in Waco, Tx. today)

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

Hello guys, Bob (@pennsyfan) what a great "Blue Streak" set from 1936.  That 265E locomotive and 617/618/619 blue passenger cars are super.  Lionel really marketed this set as sort of a streamlined Blue Comet and yours looks great.  @Sitka - Sitka is correct, the streamlined set from Marx, called the M10005, was made both pre and post war but the red/blue version was more popular post war.  The prewar versions came at (in today's world) "insane" prices.  A 4 unit set in 1938 including 16 pieces of track,  a pair of switches, a metal whistle (that you blow with your mouth) and two manual accessories cost $1.79 from Sears!!  The red/silver set that Sitka has was most commonly available after the war, so late 40's would be the correct time frame.  Just for interest, Marx continued to use the M10005 locomotives, often with clockwork power, by themselves as the primary power for less expensive sets often with their characteristic 6" tinplate freight cars.

Now back to the game...Here is my American Flyer station with crane!  Bob's has the window inserts that I am still trying to find.  Other than those but even including the crane string and hook mine is complete and only cost $9!  I don't usually collect post war flyer but I find that the accessories can easily serve either Lionel or flyer and in fact the switch tower on my layout is American Flyer in the same green, red, white color scheme as this station and it fits in perfectly.

Best wishes everyone!...Keep safe and out of this heat (its estimated to go to 108 here in Waco, Tx. today)

Don

Don,

Thanks for the nice comments and information. The windows in my station are reproduced. I just tried a search “AF 755 station windows” on the bay and found some.

Lionel remake of AF station. This one is a talkie.
Scene still under construction.

Station

Steamer twilight hours.

Spare rails at the ready as seen in Sitka’s photo.

From Sitka - Twilight steamer...French Hornby Type O-E tender locomotive, late 40's color scheme.

From pennsyfan - boat (Ship) - USS CVN 76 "Ronald Reagan" - Nimitz class nuclear supercarrier.   OK its not a toy, but I was a Navy Dept aircraft engineer for about 20 years!!

NOTE:  PHOTO REMOVED PER TOS COPYRIGHT POLICY.  DON, YOU MUST INDICATE IF YOU TOOK/OWN THE PHOTO OR HAVE PERMISSION TO POST IT.

Best wishes to all, stay out of this dangerous heat if at all possible.

Don

Going back to just the last post as per the format laid out by Greg.
A model of the aircraft that I flew in as a NAVY aircrewman.

@pennsyfan posted:

Hey Don, I operated ECM, MAD, JULIE, JEZEBEL. I nailed a sub out in the Atlantic when we were playing.

We should really be doing this on a separate thread. Sorry Greg.

Yes...not only a separate thread but a different forum.  While I respect your service(s), this is a model trains and related to O gauge layouts forum.  It can easily get derailed by allowing non-related posts to take threads in different directions.  Please understand why we delete most of these kinds of posts.  You can discuss off topic subjects by contacting each other via profiles.

Let’s restart this great thread.
Subway heading into Penn Station.

Church as seen on pennsyfan shot

@Greg J. Turinetti posted:

Photo Chain Game

Here is an activity that should be fun, easy, and low stress. All it requires is that you can post photos; and use a little creative imagination.

Each time that you visit this thread take a look at the most recent photo posted.  Then post a photo that has something similar in it.  Use your stored photos, or take a photo that has a similar element.  This will create a link in the chain of photos. In one word, or take several if necessary, name the element in your photo that can be found in the previous photo.

As an example:

If this were the most recent photo, you might identify one element of it and post this:

(with the caption)

Steam engine.

(The next entry could be.)

Street Light

Some suggested guidelines:

Be sure that the photo is yours (no borrowing from someone else’s site or Google Images)

Please try to post photos of items that are yours or were yours.

There has to be at least one entry between any entry that you make and the next one that you make.  So: Joe can make a post, but he has to wait for someone else (Moe?) to make a post before he makes a new link in the chain, using an element from Moe’s post.

Let’s try to keep all photos in the realm of model trains.  While I am starting this in the Tinplate forum, because that is where I hang out, anyone from any forum or gauge or era, illustrating any manufacturer or handmade element can contribute.

Please be sure that captions are brief, and that every post has a photo in it.

If you have a question or a comment about a post try to keep it brief, or start a new thread with a copy of the photo about which you have a question, and then ask the question.  (We’ll see if this guideline works)

The goal is to keep the chain going without any breaks

Be creative in your links.

Most of all, let's have fun.

This is the original post that I started the thread with and the guidelines that I suggested.

Most folks have done a great job following the guidelines. Lets keep having fun.

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Following Sitka

Church

@Greg J. Turinetti - Hey Greg, sorry to have messed up with the ship picture.  I just plain forgot about the permission / copyright issue.  Guess my enthusiasm got the best of me!  .

From Sitka- freight train passing behind a station with pine trees.  (Hornby M1 Goods Train set, avail Mar 47- Jun 57, engine is clockwork)

Best wishes

Don

Following Don’s Tin

This a French set, JEP.

European passenger train...

Following Don Winslow:  passengers waiting for the train.

Bob

Ice cream cone

Following Bob (bobfett):

Passenger train stopped at small rural station.

Following WP workers shack

@Sitka posted:

Following WP workers shack

Mark,

Great scene!

Following Sitka's worker's shack--the other end of the spectrum:  hobos' shack. No work here.

Bob

Following Sitka, WP, and bobfett....Workers line side shack

Hope you are having a great and safe weekend

Don

Shack by the railroad track...

From pennsyfan...beautiful set, JEP is quite rare in my area even on E-bay.

Best wishes Don

@pennsyfan posted:

Mark,

Great scene!

Thanks Bob had a lot of fun re-doing that corner of the layout.

Don P., thanks for the comment on the JEP.

Following Don W.

Waiting for orders.

Well following pennsyfan here are a couple of switch towers or signal boxes as they say in UK.

Top picture a Brimtoy Signal Box (UK) from the 1950's

Then a classic American Flyer (Gilbert Flyer) switch tower also from the 1950's.  As I mentioned when I pictured the AF station with crane, I find these so called "S" scale accessories, esp things like stations and other buildings, to easily fit in approximate scale for either Lionel or Flyer...at least the post war variety.

Hope your signal is all green!!  Best wishes

Don

@Don McErlean

Following Don's pine trees......