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@bobfett- I Liked your Corvette story.  Mine was similar, My Sunday School teacher (a single man - unusual in the 50's) bought a 1958 Corvette and told us boys (the class was all boys) that he would take one of us home each week in the Corvette IF we came to Sunday school...well attendance was perfect from that day on .  I wanted one from that day forward, but until 2014 like you could not afford one.  Finally I was able to find a used one (1998) that was both in reasonable condition and affordable...I still have it!.  P.S. I also owned a 1959 Triumph TR-3a.

OK back to the game!!

...from pennsyfan...tinplate tanker (Lionel #815) delivering oil...

Lionel 815 delivering oil

Best Wishes

Don

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@bobfett- I Liked your Corvette story.  Mine was similar, My Sunday School teacher (a single man - unusual in the 50's) bought a 1958 Corvette and told us boys (the class was all boys) that he would take one of us home each week in the Corvette IF we came to Sunday school...well attendance was perfect from that day on .  I wanted one from that day forward, but until 2014 like you could not afford one.  Finally I was able to find a used one (1998) that was both in reasonable condition and affordable...I still have it!.  P.S. I also owned a 1959 Triumph TR-3a.






@Don McErlean  Great story about Sunday School, Don. I feel slighted: all I ever got for going to Sunday School (and singing in the choir) was a ride to and from church in our neighbor's Hudson. My HS band director had a Sunbeam Alpine; I only ever had a ride in it once but I think that's what started my love affair with British sports cars.

I don't know where you're located but the weather is great this week in NE PA. My wife and I are planning a ride or two in the Spitfire before the bad weather hits and it goes into hibernation for the winter. Enjoy your Corvette (and your trains).

Regards,

Bob

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@pennsyfan...Hey Bob! if I am not mistaken, that is a gunmetal #258 pulling that consist.  Great loco and that is the unusual color.  My picture above is a Hornby MO - they introduced the "O" line in 1930 with the onset of the depression.  It was the same gauge as their usual line but smaller in scale and hence in price.  Note it has no cylinders nor side rods another economy move.  Now back to the game

from pennsyfan...passenger platform and station.

Marx 400 train rear view

Best wishes

Don

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@pennsyfan and @PRRronbh -  No fellas, Girard is in Pennsylvania.  The Girard Model Works was the name of the firm producing "Joy Line" trains of which Louis Marx was their sales agent.  Marx purchased the plant and all the assets of the firm when the owners of the Model Works declared bankruptcy in 1935.  He named the plant " The Girard Manufacturing Company" to avoid confusion with his existing plants in Erie, Pa.  Marx, throughout the entire existence of the Marx Toy Company ran everything from his office in New York.  It is said he rarely visited the plants but would call folks to New York to discuss important items or make decisions.  Hence it is Girard, Pa that the station is named after.  However that does not take away from that great station that you posted...thanks Bob. 

So not a passenger station but a freight station.  This is Marx and just about the largest structure on my layout.  Its all lithographed tin and dates from  the 1950's

Trucks - At Freight station

All the best!

Don

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@pennsyfan and @PRRronbh -  No fellas, Girard is in Pennsylvania.  The Girard Model Works was the name of the firm producing "Joy Line" trains of which Louis Marx was their sales agent.  Marx purchased the plant and all the assets of the firm when the owners of the Model Works declared bankruptcy in 1935.  He named the plant " The Girard Manufacturing Company" to avoid confusion with his existing plants in Erie, Pa.  Marx, throughout the entire existence of the Marx Toy Company ran everything from his office in New York.  It is said he rarely visited the plants but would call folks to New York to discuss important items or make decisions.  Hence it is Girard, Pa that the station is named after.  However that does not take away from that great station that you posted...thanks Bob.

So not a passenger station but a freight station.  This is Marx and just about the largest structure on my layout.  Its all lithographed tin and dates from  the 1950's

Trucks - At Freight station

All the best!

Don

Thanks for the write up Don; I had no idea where the name came from. As to your freight station; thanks for the memories I had one; but think it disappeared before my Dad started  the train layout.

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