Tail End Tuesday

Have a good TET all!

Tail end of a party

Evening drop off

Here's my rears for this fine Tuesday!  Loading the rear of the VW pickup down at the team track.

Here's a few rear ends of a different kind

= walt

Some tail ends.. I like the Jersey Central...prototype "2-rail" and also 3-rail o-gauge.

First CNJ steel caboose built from a kit supplied by READING RR.

  At the farm just painted but before CNJ lettering.

Painted (brown roof version) + CNJ lettering done.

CNJ cabooses in O gauge with decal work by SIRT. 3 SIRT photos.

Brother Love custom CNJ caboose

Walter

@WP - What a great train!!  I am lucky enough to have the "Peerless" tanker but little else in Bing.

Now on to today's post:  The Lionel PRR #19807 smoking / illuminated caboose from 1988 (note large diameter smokestack to accomodate output of the smoke unit inside).

Best wishes , Happy Tuesday!

Don

Here are O Gauge & HO Gauge tail ends this Tuesday.

Some pw Lionel Caboose along with Rail King and Williams observation cars.

Sunday services are over and church goers were transported back home

Here they are heading out on this mixed freight/passenger train

- walt

Boston & Maine caboose #482 (Atlas O Trainman 2003001, 2019, MSRP $67.95) is at the tail end of a short freight train pulled by B&M GP7 #1562 (Sunset Models/3rd Rail) on my 12'-by-8' layout.

This type of steel caboose was built for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad by the Magor Car Corporation of Clifton, NJ, St. Louis Car Company, and ACF, between 1937 and 1949. All photos and videos taken by:

MELGAR

Well this Tuesday I thought I might post something a little different.  This is an Ichiko "Bullet Train" friction toy.  I found this when I was doing Air Force business in Japan in the early 80's.  At the time Japan was turning out extremely high quality, lithographed tin toys of all sorts, I have several railroad items based on Japanese trains at the time.  Today, Japan has moved on to much more complicated products and most of this tin toy business has moved to China, with a very high drop in the quality I might add. You can note that the box is mostly printed in Japanese hence it was likely expected to be a domestic product.

Here is the box, the picture is reasonably accurate except the toy only includes the power car section, not additional coaches.

So in honor of Tail End Tuesday, here is the tail end of the power car.

Here is a better look at the entire unit.  Passengers, motormen and all.  Quite an elaborate lithography job.

Happy Tuesday, hope you had a great Labor day weekend.  Best Wishes

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

Well this Tuesday I thought I might post something a little different.  This is an Ichiko "Bullet Train" friction toy.  I found this when I was doing Air Force business in Japan in the early 80's.  At the time Japan was turning out extremely high quality, lithographed tin toys of all sorts, I have several railroad items based on Japanese trains at the time.  Today, Japan has moved on to much more complicated products and most of this tin toy business has moved to China, with a very high drop in the quality I might add. You can note that the box is mostly printed in Japanese hence it was likely expected to be a domestic product.

Here is the box, the picture is reasonable accurate except the toy only includes the power car section, not additional coaches.

So in honor of Tail End Tuesday, here is the tail end of the power car.

Here is a better look at the entire unit.  Passengers, motormen and all.  Quite an elaborate lithography job.

Happy Tuesday, hope you had a great Labor day weekend.  Best Wishes

Don

Very nice Don, I wonder if you could drop a Marx motor in there?

@pennsyfan - from the perspective of straight line propulsion, the Marx 4 wheel drive mechanism (like on their plastic 400 loco's would work.  However, its quite long for taking small radius curves, I am not sure how to handle that problem but certainly with an unobstructed rear truck able to swing in a large radius you might make it.  Interesting idea.  Thanks for the comment Bob.

Don

Here's my rear for this fine Tuesday:   Brakeman Benny Gee rides the rear of a bobber caboose.

I just finished lighting this Lionel FARR#5 PRR Cabin with Evan Designs 7-19 V universal LED kits:

Here she is rolling into the sunset as her crew sits down for supper and keeps watch over a string of mostly reefers:

@Don McErlean posted:

Well this Tuesday I thought I might post something a little different.  This is an Ichiko "Bullet Train" friction toy.  I found this when I was doing Air Force business in Japan in the early 80's.  At the time Japan was turning out extremely high quality, lithographed tin toys of all sorts, I have several railroad items based on Japanese trains at the time.  Today, Japan has moved on to much more complicated products and most of this tin toy business has moved to China, with a very high drop in the quality I might add. You can note that the box is mostly printed in Japanese hence it was likely expected to be a domestic product.

Here is the box, the picture is reasonably accurate except the toy only includes the power car section, not additional coaches.

So in honor of Tail End Tuesday, here is the tail end of the power car.

Here is a better look at the entire unit.  Passengers, motormen and all.  Quite an elaborate lithography job.

Happy Tuesday, hope you had a great Labor day weekend.  Best Wishes

Don

Boy, is that neat, Don! I guess she was designed to run on the floor...

I painted the walls on the insides of both to prevent light-bleed.  I used flat black.

- walt

@Bill Swatos posted:

I just finished lighting this Lionel FARR#5 PRR Cabin with Evan Designs 7-19 V universal LED kits:

Here she is rolling into the sunset as her crew sits down for supper and keeps watch over a string of mostly reefers:

Looking good Bill your on top of your game, plus nice looking pennsy.   Mark

@walt rapp - On my bullet train, I think you are right, although she is practically perfect 0 gauge she was not designed to run on track especially on 0-31 or 0-27 curves like I have.  Maybe on high radius curves you might make her length work but I don't know, so for now she runs on the floor.  Like your caboose by the way.  I note a lot of members seem to be installing those LED light kits, how difficult is that ?

Best Wishes

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

@walt rapp - On my bullet train, I think you are right, although she is practically perfect 0 gauge she was not designed to run on track especially on 0-31 or 0-27 curves like I have.  Maybe on high radius curves you might make her length work but I don't know, so for now she runs on the floor.  Like your caboose by the way.  I note a lot of members seem to be installing those LED light kits, how difficult is that ?

Best Wishes

Don

Don, the Evan Designs 7-19 volt universal LED kits for transformers make conversion fairly simple. Thanks to @WesternPacific & @Sitka for originally suggesting these. All you have to do is solder the leads of the kit to the leads that feed the incandescent bulb you're replacing. No worries about wire polarity or whether the supply to the bulb is AC or DC. The built in circuitry contains the rectifier and voltage regulator that ensure maximum life for the LED.

When working with potentially collectible items, I make my installations "reversible" which does add some complexity to the job. Here's what the inside of the FARR#5 PRR Cabin above looks like:

I made "plugs" that fit into the existing bulb socket without altering it. The grey plastic insulator was just slipped in between the plugs:

@Sitka posted:

Looking good Bill your on top of your game, plus nice looking pennsy.   Mark

Thanks, Mark! You started the whole thing rolling with your LED installation on your #41 Davenport switcher.

Thanks for the info Bill. Sounds like something I can try.
Best Wishes

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

Thanks for the info Bill. Sounds like something I can try.
Best Wishes

Don

I forgot to mention Evan Designs offers a variety of LED holders to allow you to "point" the LED directly out of your existing headlight lens.

@Bill Swatos - Got it!  Thanks Bill...Don

Pennsy Madison observation car waiting for wildlife crossing the tracks on Tail End Tuesday

young lady getting a ride

Here's my rear for this fine Tuesday!  Brakeman Hank Hackley shows his hind parts as he rides the rear step of a B&O caboose.  

For this TET I have a tail end that was my first.  A Lionel 2472 N5 tin caboose, PRR 477618

New York Central 4-wheel caboose #380 (MTH 20-91657) is shown at the tail-end of a short freight train pulled by NYC 0-8-0 steam locomotive #415 (MTH 30-1123-1) on my 10’-by-5’ layout. The model was delivered in 2019 at MSRP $59.95.

MELGAR

I had a "rolling rock" train, sans engine, so this fit nicely

- walt

Great Tuesday to you all!  

I suppose this is the tail end, as it's wired to run away from the camera...

Mitch

Well folks, imagine its 1929 and the world seems to collapse, Lionel who typically sells rather expensive "Toys" realizes that family discretionary income is going to take a big hit and so it needs to enter the "low priced" market.  Remember Marx does not become a factor until about 1935-36.  So to reinforce its entry into the low priced market, Lionel designs a series of 6" Lithographed, 4 wheel cars that are lightweight and inexpensive to manufacture and markets them mostly in sets.  There is the 1512 Gondola, 1513 Stock Car, 1514 Box car and the 1517 Caboose.  In 1932, the 1515 Oil car joins the group.  These were originally marketed as part of the 1930 "Winner" Line however that changed through the years. These cars are eventually marketed under 4 trade names: Winner, Ives, Lionel-Ives, and Lionel.  The sets were pulled by another somewhat unique Lionel product a clockwork locomotive, the 1511.  Also interesting although most of the series transitioned from Winner to Ives to Lionel - Ives to Lionel the 1513 stock car does not appear to exist as Winner nor did it transfer from Ives to either Lionel-Ives or Lionel so exists as an Ives car only and reference material places its availability in 1931-32 only.

So here is my T.E.T. post for today, the 1931-1937 1517 Caboose.  Note it was Winner in 1931-32, Ives in 1932, Lionel-Ives in 1933, and Lionel in 1934-37.  The configuration I am posting today with the black frame, Lionel name, and fully red roof and cupola is from 1935 however it always carried the NYC oval logo and the number on the rear.  From 1931-1934 it carried NO Ives, Winner, Lionel-Ives, or Lionel marking thus is a major departure from Lionel normal marketing practices.

Like most low priced items, these did not represent major value to the family and were thus played with HARD by the children.  Therefore finding examples that are even in a condition as good as this one is rare.  In the collectors market an Excellent condition item would command a considerable price premium.

Best Wishes

Don

@Don McErlean,

Don,

An excellent commentary.

MELGAR

@MELGAR - Thank you for your comment Mel.

Don

I don't recall if I've posted this before so please forgive me if I have.  Lionel Conrail N5C caboose from the 1997 Service Station Set. Lionel chose to number this caboose 6417 but show us it's PC and actual Conrail  road number, 23130 underneath the 6417.  This N5C was built for the PRR in 1928 and was one of 180 N5Cs numbered from 477820-478019 for PRR and renumbered 23000-23179.  The model shows two portholes on each side blanked over.  Pictures I've seen 23130 in Conrail paint show all portholes intact and a sliding window centered in the cupola sides.

Waiting to get out of the gate........I guess you could call it a  " TAIL GATE PARTY "

Godspeed on this day all.