Tinplate mash up!

This is the 7003 freight set, which would account for the 1688 engine, one of the 1679 Baby Ruth's, the shell tanker and the 1682 LL caboose...

 

I don't know if this is an actual set, but it would account for the PRR caboose, the 2679 Ruth car, one of the 3659 dumps and a 2677 gondola.  From poking around online, I have only seen the 2672 in conjunction with a 1666 engine...

 

In regard to the 2224W, that seems to have only been paired with the 224/224E loco and nothing else. 

Well in that case, it's a plastic shell so it must be a 1940/41, and that would nail down the missing engine.

What freight sets were out with a 224 in 1940 and 41?

The sets using the 224 were Set 843W: 224, 2812X, 2755, 3651, 2757

Set 845W: 224, 2660, 2757, 2758, 3651, 3659, both from 1941.  This is only from Doyle's book, as I don't have the Greenberg to cross check.  And what is the mention of a Plastic Shell referring to.  If it is the tender that it references, then the shell got swapped, as the 2224 is a Die Cast Tender only.  Never in Plastic.  The 1689/2689 are tinplate.

I have the Greenberg book somewhere, it was packed away when I moved and I can't find the thing. Have been looking for three days so far.

Are you sure on the tender shell? I found several references to a plastic shell being used in 1941

That is one book I would love to have, but the price is astronomical if you are referring to Vol. II with the 753 loco on the cover.  I am just getting into Prewar, slowly, as everything I had from my early childhood, and the past 7-8 years has been PW Steam.  I recently restored two 1688E and 1689W's, have one 258 (Gunmetal) done, and need some more parts for the other 258 (Black) that needs a 1689 tender.  Also have three 1681's I am restoring (need stripping and paint mostly).  It's fun resurrecting someone elses derelicts and bringing them back to life.

 

Guess what, I stand corrected with the plastic shell.  I have a file I created awhile ago, listing all the Prewar Tenders and what Loco they were used with.  The 2224T/2224W die-cast was issued 1939-1940, the plastic was issued 1941-1942, and only with the 224/E locomotive.

What I listed is the extent of the tinplate we have, most everything else is postwar or modern.  The cars and engines are not in the best shape, as they were subject to multiple floods and I guess the importance of cleaning them up afterwards became less and less important as the years went by - the shell on the 2224 tender was caked solid with mud.

 

Fortunately, when we started setting up our permanent layout about five years ago, I intentionally left a loop without any switches or cross-overs so we can run just about anything on that no matter what it's age.  The slider pickups on the 1688 do not like fastrack switches at all, the 229 looks a little uncomfortable but it can make it.  

I found my Greenberg book (just a price guide) that lists several set combinations but nothing with a 224/2224 and the 2679/2672.  I have a friend with a bunch of old catalogs, he is going to see if he has 1941 or 1942.