Tinplate Photo Fun?

MTH 11-70009,  FRESH out of the box,  NO DUST,  this and 2 more ,

70004- Fridge car, and 70008, the other caboose,  havent opened up

part of the deal in my acquiring the Christmas Traditions !!

Could not get an answer on why my son thought it was OK, for PETTY, to be parking

in handicap parking !!!!!!!!!!

After 8 years I finally found the USTTC Boxcab Electric to head the Great Lakes passenger set. I am one coach car away from completing this set.  The boxcab I picked up is missing one cow catcher and I noticed it does not have a number stamped on it.  Additionally, the color is a little off between the coaches and the engine and the wording on the engine is not as nice as that on the coaches.  Still, it is a beautiful set.

The arrival of the nice new LCT version of the Red Comet prompts the fond recollection of the Lionel Prewar Celebration version (equipped with a sharp-sounding air whistle and conventional motor). May the new LCT version bring much enjoyment to its owners, as well.

Bob

This is a very nice thread. I needed a good tinplate fix about now, since I'm away from my trains for a few months. I did make this video in April before my layouts went dormant for the summer. The top level layout is early American 2" gauge. I do not believe that there are many such layouts in existence. In this video is a York April 2013 acquisition, an early version of the Voltamp short Suburban, hand painted with road number 4711. It is similar to the late short Suburban 2215. It is thought to be all original, one of only two known that were made this way. The loco is pulling an early short Voltamp 2103 Royal Blue Limited 2103 combine that has a wooden floor.

Jim, I really liked your video.  That's a really nice layout you have.

Thanks for sharing.

Jim, the layout, equipment and video are great!  It is a real pleasure to see Voltamp equipment in operation - thanks for posting the video.

Darn, I should have taken some pictures of a guy in my clubs tinplate layout. Very nice is his layout.

My new Disney Pride Lines trolley.

Chris, that is sweet!!!

Bob

Thanks Bob. I'll get a video of it in the next couple of day's. It looks good running around the second level.

Here is aPaya Orient Express set I picked up a month or so ago.

Steve

Steve,

I have that set too.  Does yours run?

A little more Disney tin.

Just purchased this weekend

Sunrise

very nice Gentlemen! Love the layout in the VW Bus. I've been so busy the last couple of months I haven't even been down to run mine.

Steve,

That is a great looking train.  Since it is from Spain did you have to do anything to have it run on US voltage?

Mine was a little jerky when I tried it.  I will try it on larger radius track and see if it makes a difference for me.

Thanks.

Eric

No changes to the motor, regular AC. Just had to find the sweet spot with the reverse rod in the cab.Many open frame motors are capable of running AC or DC. Not sure I want to experiment with it.

Just oiled the wheels and put some RedNTacky on the gears. The pilot truck does not pivot well. It hits some stop tabs that stick down. I am tempted to remove the tabs and let the truck swing as far as it wants. The tender and car trucks do not swivel smoothly. I need to look into those some day as well.

Steve

Sunrise,

Looks great!  I also routinely pull my Milwaukee Road State cars with a 400e. 

In my case I use MTH's black with orange stripe Harley Davidson 400e.  I thought that would be optimum since Harley Davidson is headquartered in Milwaukee and the orange stripe works well with the Milwaukee cars.  That said, if they ever make a Milwaukee Road verson of the 400e, or preferably the 392e since the Milwaukee Road never had any Vanderbilt tenders and 4-4-2 was the wheel configuration of the first Hiawatha "Atlantic" engines, I will buy it in a heartbeat!

Bob Nelson 

lit markers with LED's

French JEP set

My "New to Me" Hafner Windup Tin Plate set.

Cars courtesy of Bruce/electroliner

1010 Locomotive & Tender courtesy of Steve "Papa" Eastman.

Dave