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My 1924 Lionel set with the twin motor 402 loco just received new bulbs, it still runs very well on carpet central layout. 072 curves are much better than the original ones.

Daniel

Daniel what a great set.  thanks for the pictures.  Jim Kelley-Evens the pictures of the Scheinenzeppelin are really neat, keeping the passengers out of the prop would be a "customer relations problem" for sure.  You know, the NYC (by my faulty memory) tried something similar in the 1960s, it used an RDC with 2 jet engines mounted high on the rear of the roof.  Not sure what ever became of that thing, but I believe there were some toy models of it.  Hard to remember today.

Don

Can’t even wait till I’m home to post it.I feel my tin has been lacking so I needed to make up for that, of course. Thank you to @rdigilio and @Arne for your input regarding this one

front(or rear)

Rear(or front)

side view with entrance and ticket window

Underneath

This station is either Bub or Carette produced by Bub. Produced from 1902- 1911 or 1913 per this link which is also a good comparison, in addition to Arne’s Bub 1902 catalog picture. https://www.historytoy.com/car...-toy-railway-station

Downs: it is missing the flags(at least it’s missing all of them, keeps it consistent lol), there’s some pieces broken off the structure- and awning and then the top bell on one side. Pros:  the litho is actually in pretty good condition- especially for its age! All the railings and posts are intact, no signs that they have ever cracked or broken off and been reassembled. No warping. Majority of paint seems original- except the roof of the station.

off to my next stop!

Well tinplate fans, I have nothing to compare with Steve from PA's 1902 -1911 station but I am pleased to report some progress in my search to complete a passenger set to go with my Light Olive 252 locomotive.  On Nov 21, I posted that I had at long last acquired two 529 Pullmans from 1927-28 with the light olive basic body color which matches the loco.  I reported at that time that I still had to find the 530 observation but since I had hunted the Pullmans for several years I was not optimistic on finding the observation.  I can now report on (Partial) progress.  I did find a light olive 530 however it has orange trim from 1928-29 instead of the red trim from 1927-28.  Well one can't be too choosy with things that are nearly 94 years old, so here it is.  For some reason, the Lt Olive color scheme (which ran for several years with various trims and journal combo's) seem to be much harder to find than the Orange or Red colors, not sure why.  So my quest is at least partially complete.  I do have the wheels and axles but they are soaking in vinegar to remove surface rust.  It is however missing the blue celluloid "window shade" treatment over the windows.  This is just an add on strip, I bet I can get some repro parts for that.  This car was really in bad (i.e. dirty) shape as was pictured by the seller so it was no surprise and it was quite inexpensive.  The "dirt" turned out to be a fine mist of some dark spray like substance.  My first guess was long exposure to an older oil home heating system.  We had one at my parents home in the 50's and Mom was always complaining about what it did to her wash.  Luckily, it cleaned up rather easily with metal polish and buffing.  The dark coating came off and the olive paint appeared.  Lionel obviously used quality enamel in those days.   This variation as you can see has orange trim and nickel journals.  Underneath it has a type 1 oil label and a square frame, dating it clearly to 1928-29.  The 1927-28 car I was looking for would have had the same oil label but no journals at all and of course the trim would be red (dark red).

Well, happy hunting tinplate fans.  Steve from Pa...marvelous station, what a find.  Thanks for posting pictures.

Don

StevefromPA - nice station...but, to be complete, a station needs arriving and departing trains...here's one ... KBN

@StevefromPA posted:

Can’t even wait till I’m home to post it.I feel my tin has been lacking so I needed to make up for that, of course. Thank you to @rdigilio and @Arne for your input regarding this one

front(or rear)

This station is either Bub or Carette produced by Bub. Produced from 1902- 1911 or 1913 per this link which is also a good comparison, in addition to Arne’s Bub 1902 catalog picture. https://www.historytoy.com/car...-toy-railway-station

Hi Steve,

This has always been one of my favorite tinplate stations. I see it in the Carette catalog, No. 647-32 and the fancier 647-33, and I have seen even larger double facade versions. According to Michael Bowes in his books these stations were made by Issmayer for Bub, Carette and others. Here are some views of my single facade example, which appears to be very similar to your station.

@Robert S. Butler posted:

StevefromPA - nice station...but, to be complete, a station needs arriving and departing trains...here's one ... KBN

Robert,

only the Loco is made by Karl Bub, the coaches are made by Issmayer.

There is a easy way to see the difference, look at the frame.

Issmayer rounded

Bub straight

Here a few examples.

Issmayer

Bub

Arne

Thanks Arne.  I know the various manufacturers made things for one another. This is a boxed set and everything has KBN markings. So it would appear the set is one of those sold under one manufacturer's label but of mixed parentage - correct?

Robert,

yes, many nuremberg manufacturers have sold or swapped models and individual parts to other manufacturers. Sometimes sets were put together by wholesalers themselves.

Arne

Merry Christmas everyone!

JKE: Beautiful station! Daniel: Very nice original set! MERRY CHRISTMAS to ALL! :-)

A video from the club last night.

Merry Christmas,

Scott Smith

Hi tinplaters,

I've posted my New Year's card on a couple of O Gauge Forum sites, but wanted to make sure

that my friends of the Tinplate Forum see it. Happy New Year.

Lew Schneider

Merry Christmas guys! 🎄🎅🏻 🎁

Merry Christmas folks...all my best wishes for a happy and healthy 2021 - may the new year be much better than the last!

This fellow came by the L&S today, demanded an engine, said something about...."why mess with 8 Reindeer when I can have 100's of horses !!...Need to make up time this year as all the elves are social distancing!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Don

Merry Christmas and a New Year full of tinplate trains, Daniel

@Don McErlean posted:

Hi Tinplate Fans!  Well my post this weekend is a little light, not too much new arrived lately.  However, I am expecting a pre-war American Flyer set to be delivered today and if that comes I will post it tomorrow.  For today, I have Lionel's "0-27" lithographed passenger cars, particularly the observation cars.  First is the "red/brown" livery 1691 complete with fishbelly and nickel journals and handrails on the door.  It was made 1936-39.  The series of cars, with several slight variations of color  ran from 1933-39 .  Next is the unusual find, the 1693 an uncataloged car that represented the last stand of these cars and was 1940 only.  Note it was manufactured without the fishbelly and with no journals (my car has nickel "journals" that were obviously home made and added after purchase) but it has Nickel hand rails by the door.  I chose to leave the home made journals in place as that is the way the car lived its life.  The big difference from the more common 1691 is the color scheme, the 1693 has greenish blue sides with and embossed yellow window frames.  This color scheme is sometimes called "peacock".  While a long way from perfect shape, it is the first opportunity I he had to add a car of this color scheme to my collection.

Well that's all for now, have a happy and healthy weekend everyone

Don

What? No Ives yellow?

Jim O’C :  great stuff. Ives made in Irvington, N.J.  Not far from my parents home ‘44-49 in Bloomfield. Got my first Lionel there in ‘47.   Was never able to connect with the Ives versions. Still hunting though!!

Merry Christmas

Don