A few months ago Steve E let me know that one of my tinplate cottages was made by a firm called Skyline. I was surprised to see an interlocking tower made by them on Ebay. To make a long story short I won it and it's on its way.
Is there a catalog existing for Skyline? Anyone know some of the company history?
The tower is also lighted. Another surprise.
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Thanks Joe..quite a selection. I wonder why they seem to be rare?
Note the MT on the tower. This coincides with the passenger station, named Middletown that is in the same color graphics. Here is the interlocking tower with a row of the M3 platforms on my layout.
Steve
I have the litho metal tower, station, and platform and prefer the first two over others such as Marx. Before the bay, they were common in shows. I am slso familiar with the cardboard and wooden varieties, except I have occasionally seen the "Tank Town" in a cardboard version. It always gets my attention, but cardboard does not interest me. I have never seen, or at least, recognized, plastic Skyline.
Steve/ Colorado Hirailer
I like the look of the platforms, especially the yellow bases. The more color the better. They could go well with the Art Deco Marx Union Station in yellow so I will have to start looking for them. I have seen more plastic Skyline in HO than I have seen the O tinplate or plastic after I came upon the Interlocking Tower. The HO boxes are clearly marked Skyline. Interesting that they spanned several eras and their history outside of catalogs seemingly vanished with them.
When I became reinterested in American tin lithography about 20 years ago, I came across the Skyline MT tower and the Middletown station, and bought them. Since then, I have also picked up the two houses. It is all nice stuff, considering I wasn't familiar with it back in the 50s.
Excellent thread.....Joe, the Skyline site is neat.
Peter
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