Tinplate information/Tinplate newbie

the Greenberg and TM books and videos  are great for info and plenty of pics.

Thanks. Any specific titles?

they both have era specific titles (Pre<post<MPC,etc IIRC)

http://www.tmbv.com/

George,

I can recommend this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Classic-...citations/B001PIHTTQ

Regards

Fred

Dave, thanks for the TM link but they do not carry books on their website just Greenberg price guides. Unless I'm missing something. Fred, thanks I will check out the Amazon link.

Here's a few more

Voltamp and Boucher America's Premier Electric Model Trains (edition 2014)

by James Kelly-Evans

A Collector's Guide to Beggs Miniature Steam Locomotives and Railway… (edition 2014)

by James Burke

Made in the Ives Shops (edition 1991)

by Gerard A. Robinson

Greenberg's Guide to American Flyer Prewar O Gauge (edition 1997)

by Alan R. Schuweiler

Lionel Trains: Second Edition (edition 1989)

by Lionel Book Committe Train Collectors Association, Donald S. Fraley (Editor), Malcom R. Berger(Editor), Robert A. Boyer (Editor), James J. Burke (Editor) — 5 more

Greenberg's Guide to Ives Trains Volume II (edition 1992)

by Bruce C. Greenberg, Frank Reichenbach (Editor)

Greenberg's guide to early American toy trains (edition 1993)

by Bruce C. Greenberg, W. Graham Claytor, Paul A. Doyle, Carlton Norris McKenney

Bing (edition 1972)

by Claude Jeanmarie

Greenberg's Guide to Marx Trains (edition 1985)

by Eric J. Matzke

Greenberg's Guide to Kusan Trains (edition 1987)

by John O. Bradshaw

Seacoast,

   The guys have done a good job recommending the Books, sense you are new to Tin Plate I will give you this advise, there are some companies modern track that do not accommodate Tin Plate Trains very well, so before you set up a Tin Plate layout become familiar with the track you plan on using.  The track and switches I recommend for trouble free constant running of all the different Tin Plate Trains are, Lionel Conventional Tubular with 711/072 Switches lots of power need for this set up, Original K-Line Tubular Super Snap Track and Switches, new low voltage Tubular RMT Super Snap Track & 072 Switches and FasTrack with Low Voltage 054 and larger Command Control Switches.

Welcome to the Tin Plate world and have fun!

PCRR/Dave 

you can search e bay, amazon, etc for the used TM books on Prewar.

If you are looking into Standard Gauge Lionel, there is no better book than Bruce Greenbergs latest volume.

Standard Gauge

Thanks guys for the information. OGR is a great resource. Thanks again.

When you get tired of reading , just enjoy the TM video series on DVD.  There's a great 5-volume set, Tinplate Legends in Action (Vol 1-5), that has all the tinplate coverage you can imagine and then some.

David

Here are a couple of must have additions to any tinpalte toy trains library:

Riding The Tinplate Rails, by Louis Hertz (1944)

Antique Toy Trains, by Howard Godel (1976)