Photo Chain Game

Following Don McErlean, The Golden Arches

following mike.caruso, ragtop

following Sitka...ragtop ('54 Chevy with top up)

Don

Crossing gates (there's a Chevy in there somewhere too)

Following SteveC, Tall building

Tall Buildings

Following @Don McErlean , tin-plate caution sign

- walt

I tried to edit above photo to more closely show the sign but it didn't come out so swell

following Walt...red steam engine....

Best Wishes Don

Following Don McE:  switch tower.

Regards,

Bob

Following bobfett, switch tower

Following @Sitka and others, my control tower on a corner of the layout:

I don't know exactly what this is but I guess it could be an old tin-plate lighted control tower.

- walt

@walt rapp- Walt the tower that you show in your picture is a Marx # 424 "Radio Control Tower"  It dates to the early 50's and came in two color schemes, yours being the later one.  The earlier one is cream and green.  It should have solid lithographed windows on two sides  with the words "Radio Train Control" on the third.  The 4th side is the one you have facing the camera in your picture.  It has punched out window mullions backed by a plastic sheet which is connected to a breath operated butterfly switch.  By blowing on that side you could activate the switch which acted like you were interrupting the power with the transformer and stopped or reversed the train.  This tower was 11 1/2 " high.

I will include, also for my posting for Photo Chain Game, a picture of the companion tower, called the "Switchman's Tower" which was shorter, only 9 1/4 " tall but came in the same two color schemes, red/cream and green/cream.  Mine in the picture below happens to be the green and cream. Here you can see the tower just over the "Starbucks" truck note red girder base vice black when the trim was green / cream vice red/cream.

Best Wishes, Don

Following Don, 2328 Burlington

Following Sitka and others. This station kit was my first build ever in O scale. It was bought from the (a) Lionel Store on Pearl Road in Cleveland. All closed and gone now.

Jim K

Jim K

Flyer tower:

PD

Speaking of Towers… Here are a Plasticville switch tower, a Plasticville coal tower, two Lionel light towers, and a scratch built water tower… all on our 4’ x 4’ 027 layout.

Following @WP - light tower. I don't have any close-up images.  Since all of my layouts are Christmas only, I can't go to a layout and get a better image.  But these 2 will work here.

- walt

@Don McErlean posted:

@walt rapp- Walt the tower that you show in your picture is a Marx # 424 "Radio Control Tower"  It dates to the early 50's and came in two color schemes, yours being the later one.  The earlier one is cream and green.  It should have solid lithographed windows on two sides  with the words "Radio Train Control" on the third.  The 4th side is the one you have facing the camera in your picture.  It has punched out window mullions backed by a plastic sheet which is connected to a breath operated butterfly switch.  By blowing on that side you could activate the switch which acted like you were interrupting the power with the transformer and stopped or reversed the train.  This tower was 11 1/2 " high.

Best Wishes, Don

@Don McErlean , thanks for taking the time to explain to me what I have and provide that background knowledge!!!  When I bought my 2 tin-plate train sets I had this thought of starting to buy tin-plate style accessories - until I saw how expensive all of those accessories are!!!!!  I saw this, the price was right, and it fit my idea of buying tin-plate stuff.  It does light up.

I can't wait to set up this year's Christmas layout so I can try that "breath switch" action.  That seems so odd of a way to be able to change the light.

thanks again Don

- walt

@walt rapp- Thanks for your comment.  You are right, "blowing" into the switch seems odd, however Marx marketed the capability that you could direct your trains by "talking" into the tower like a microphone.  Crude but supposedly you could say "Reverse" or "Stop" and the breath of your voice would be enough to activate the switch.  Anyway let me know if it works!

For my "Photo Chain" entry, here is a picture of Model A type delivery truck, Walt has 2 or 3 in his picture.

Best Wishes to all, Don

Following Don, pine tree

following @Sitka , log car.  I had to go way back to 1996 for this Christmas layout shot of it.

I've learned a missing part of my photographs of my layouts: closeups.  I have very few.

- walt

following Walt and Sitka...log car

Best Wishes, Don

Following Don, logs

Following Don and Sitka with logs and logging.

Following WP, Lumber jack

following wp and Sitka...l log cabin made from all those trees and logs!

Best Wishes, Don

Following Don, log cabin

Howling (trumpeting) animals.

Following SteveC, Hungry wolf

Some not so hungry animals...enjoying cake, ice cream, cola, and hot chocolate.

Don

following @Don McErlean , winter scene

- walt

Following @walt rapp , Street lights:

Like the one above it, this pic has a newsstand.

following @stangtrain and @Mike Caruso-  Newsstand, folks picking up their daily paper.

Best Wishes, Don

Following Don, Newstand

Following Sitka and others:  getting the news.

Regards,

Bob

Following Bob (bobfett), a panel truck and a couple pickup trucks by the station.

my panel truck.  I found this at a local train show ($5!!!) and the sole reason that I bought it was because the label on it says "Young" and my daughter's married name is "Young".  BTW: that's a model of her house that I made so the truck belongs in front of it for sure.

- walt

following bobfett, WP, and walt rapp :  My "Lionel" panel truck heads for the double crossing in the industrial section.

Best Wishes

Don