Tinplate Art...not to worry, mistakes are easy especially for us "fat fingered" old folks (I am 76). Please keep posting, I for one and I am sure many others really enjoy seeing your trains and reading your input. Us "Tin" folks need to stick together! (LOL)
Regards
Dojn
NWL: THANK YOU for your support. 
Hey Art, do not stop posting please. Always a pleasure to see your posts.
Nothing new for the moment, I am stuck at home and doing some restorations but they are scale models so for today some pictures of Lionel and AF standard gauge on the carpet... some of them have been posted before, sorry for duplicates.
Have a nice weekend and take care, Daniel
Ives #2
Steve
@Tinplate Art posted:This was my second major goof on the forum in two days! Maybe I am either not paying enough attention or I am not able to participate in a lucid manner! On my real trains thread, I mis-identified a well know CSX radio frequency as 137.000 instead of the correct 161.370! Time to hang it up? :-( :-(
Art, jeez I'm sorry to do that to you! I only knew about the station because I remember JKE saying that he had purchased a Marklin Leipzig from overseas and was waiting for delivery. The forum is better when you are participating. Fire away!
Mike: GLAD you corrected my error! NO harm; NO foul! JKE definitely has the GOODS! Beautiful station and great display!
Art I am gonna join the cry ! Keep your fingers active old chum ! 
Sheesh ...if I gave up everytime I got something wrong my stay here would have been about 1.3 seconds long LOLOLOL! 
Well its been one of those weeks at Casa Fatmanos ... I made a conscious effort to slow spending for the next couple of weeks ... I dont want Tuco the WonderParrot reduced to eating baked beans out of a tin with me Of course as soon as I say that along comes half a dozen things !!!
Bearing in mind my previous "oath of Poverty" I only relented a few times !
I posted a pic to my friend in the Netherlands of the HWN carriages ^^^^ up there... and of course he hits me back with " Guess what I got in a box today?" .........
So yesssssss now the passenger carriages have a lovely baggage car coming to meet them ...
And then in the cruel cruel manner which is the norm of a "dealer" looking fondly on his addict, he brought out the big guns ... sighhhhhhh...
A Kibri ( I think) pre-war ( going by the map ) Destination board !!! Been wanting one of these for ages .. so ... sighhhhhhhhhhhh LOL! ok you can come too !
Oh and then ePay had a KLEINBAHN Transformer/controller at a ridiculous price and cheap local postage .. so ... sighhhhhhhhhhh.... "Ka-ching!"
OK Tuco the WonderParrot ... grab that tin opener for me will ya ....
FM: You are certainly a WORTHY recipient of these treasures, and rest assured, they are in proper good hands!
Sharing a can of beans with your feathered companion is perhaps a small sacrifice to obtain those artifacts! Raise a flagon of cheer on a toast of your finds! Prosit!
@Tinplate Art posted:Sharing a can of beans with your feathered companion is perhaps a small sacrifice to obtain those artifacts! Raise a flagon of cheer on a toast of your finds! Prosit!
Awwwww thanks Art 
( I have to type this vewwwy quietly , cos if Tuco finds out about the beans coming , she is gonna bite mah fingers orf! I love her greatly but like any "toddler" she is a complete narcissist psychopath ! )
"Whats that ? You want an almond ? ... Coming Dear !!! "
The Halloween garlands around the table edge went up.
After waiting 11 days, the Halloween RR station finally arrived today (10/31 at 1:35pm). Sorry, not pictured here.
Hi everyone,
There are some really great posts this week, JKE, the Marklin station is just magnificient! Fatman, love your recent haul, and I love tinned beans, especially with a fried egg. Daniel, please stay safe and Carey, you always put together wonderful displays.
As for me, two new items for the week, first is a Marklin Mitropa wagen in teak finish. To be honest don't know much about it, I assume late twentys or early thirties.
The second is a Billerbahn car with three figures, early postwar, love the figures on this especially.
All the best,
Miketg
Loving that Mitropa Mike
Oh .. I left out the ugly stepchild I also got this weekend on sale in France ... it was listed with a "take me home " price of 20Euro , and with the reasonable shipping to my Great Dutch friend , I could not say no ( again) ...
It is the ugly stepchild repaint of I think a pre-war Louis Roussy tin locomotive , when I say ugly I mean it , Heck even the seller listed it as " Fonctionelle ...Jus de Grenier "
Or " Working ... with Attic ( or barn) Juice " 
Here is its pretty side ... like they say , its the inside that counts !
And the sexxy angle to the camera "Instagram worthy" shot
And the plain jane unflattering "before " shot
And in a last ditch effort to win affection ... the pouty "bum" shot
Its a weird one however ... pretty sure the chimney is not right lol ... and also pretty sure its been painted but if so its been taken back to metal many years ago to do it ...
Then again I am no looker either ... and us mutts need to look after each other 
Mind you it would look nice in new clothes even though I am loathe to "restore" originals , will wait and see when its in hand ... but maybe worth a pretty up
Well Tinplate fans, Fatman has introduced you to his latest finds,both fabulous like the HWN carriages and the Kirbi destination board and the less fabulous, Louis Roussy engine. With his opening, I feel I can present my also NOT fabulous Lionel passenger outfit #98 from what appears to be 1925 or1928 or both (It is a mixed bag). I purchased this outfit at a very reasonable price from photo's (Lesson learned, don't do this ). It appeared to be the 1925 outfit 98 with a green 253 loco and two green 610 Pullmans and a green 612 observation. When I got it home and was able to closely examine it I found that the engine has a strap headlight which does date it to NLT 1925 if it is correctly green - OK so far. Now my loco is also missing one strap light and one pantogaph, which came with it but I have yet installed it. However the cars I discovered have Type 5b trucks with rectangular support bars to fasten the light pickup which were not introduced until 1928. So the cars and the engine are of a slightly different vintage...well not too serious. Then comes the big problem, If you have 1928 trucks and are the 1928 set you can't be green because that is the color from 1925...so you are the wrong color! You are supposed to be Mojave not Green. Now the cars and the loco as far as external bodies are concerned are in fine shape ...so I begin to look carefully at the paint. What I discover after removing the roofs and exposing the interiors to intense inspection is that the inside of the car is (or used to be) ...guess what Mojave! So the cars have been re-painted green at some point in their life. Perhaps to match the loco??? So I have a 1925 green loco with strap headlight and 1928 cars that used to be Mojave but have been repainted green. Well at least the make up of the outfit is OK...outfit 98 with the 253 engine and two 610 Pullmans and a 612 observation was offered from 1925 to 1928. Its just my parts were not made at the same time and someone decided to match the color. The cars are lighted as they were supposed to be and one even had a "gift" for me...an ancient Christmas tree light bulb in the socket (you know those old pyramid shaped bulbs with the creases in them...from the strings where if one bulb went out the entire string went dark ). However most of them are missing the "frosted" plastic window inserts. OBTW the paint job was well done, it is obvious that the trim pieces were removed before painting and they are intact and the paint is smooth with no runs or over spray, so whoever did it was skilled. However he did cover over the rubber stamping which should read "The Lionel Lines" in black over the windows. SO....long story!
Here is my 1925 or 1928 Lionel outfit 98 that is the wrong color...WOW you don't get too much worse than that!
Well the collector in me is horrified...but the operator in me is happy. I have an early Lionel passenger set that looks fine going around my layout .... even if it is the wrong color...
Don
ALL wonderful finds! :-)
Daniel: VERY NICE original standard gauge sets!
Steve's clockwork set also deserves notable mention! And Miketg's figures on that speeder trailer are very cool!
n t
Keep 'em comin!
@Arne posted:No, it´s not Kibri. Made by Beckh, Model No 80, made 1939-1941.
Arne
Oh Oh ! Fred has it as possibly attributed to Kibri in his excellent e-book ... I can see a fight coming LOL ( Fight Fight Fight !!! there can be only one ! )
( however the supplementary info provided awards it to @Arne on a knockout )
Thanks Arne !
@Don McErlean Welcome to the Mongrel Club! ...
Club Charter #1 Matchy Matchy not required ! We love them because of their faults not in spite of them
Fred is also a good source and usually very reliable. KEY word here is "possibly"! Honest mistakes can happen! :-)
Art, Fred and Arne have more tinplate recognition talent in their little fingers than I have in my whole body ( and its a bluddy big body too! )
Great knowledge !
BOTH are the BEST! I do so miss Fred's informed posts and most excellent videos!
Some Tail End Tuesday photos. Note the overhang on the GG1 on 57” curves.
Steve
@Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:Some Tail End Tuesday photos. Note the overhang on the GG1 on 57” curves.
Steve
Annnnnnnd THIS is why you should never leave a DVD of The Fast and Furious running in your train room unattended ....
@Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:
This is an extra diner. Roof has scratches and it has plastic couplers.Steve
Steve, sorry I haven’t been in touch regarding this car. Will do so later today. I appreciate you checking to see if you have an extra for me!
Also- to everyone- this page shows some fantastic tin! Constributions found on 3 different continents and what an awesome variety of manufacturers. Kudos, ladies and gents!
My latest Tin pieces from a junk box buy.
The flyer 2012 semaphore has been restored and will be listed on the for sale page along with the 2 spare flyer posts.
The Marx crossing warning really wasn't worth the time I put into stripping repainted, and re-lettering it but I thought it was an interesting piece so I'm keeping that one.
Stumbled across another Ron Fox tinplate clockwork locomotive - thanks to a fellow HRCAA member. It’s a 1980’s Ron Fox Models No2 Tank Locomotive. They were fitted with early Hornby No2 clockwork mechs. 
Lovely Fox Jamie ! ( Jamie Foxx?)
looking stunning surrounded by all you hard work too !
Couple of cheap and cheerful ones coming this week
A Brimtoy (uk) Royal Scot Loco and tender ( very lightweight mech hiding under all that lovely litho )
And a couple of not too bad bodies which will spruce up a couple of poor abused Hornbys in the collection
British Rail 60199 body 0-4-0
And a No.1 Special Body ... these locos were a step up and had better mechs and trim than the basic Hornby offerings ... A mid point between regular 0-4-0's and their bigger 4-4-2 0r 4-4-4 brothers
Fatman - Great loco...I note Brimtoy used a "Marx like" trick. Making the loco look like it had 6 drivers and a complex rod system while hiding your standard 4 wheel motor out of sight. Marx did that with many of his locos, especially the 1998 switcher series and the E-7 series. Beautiful lithography and a handsome find.
Jamie Thompson : I had not heard of the Ron Fox tinplate line before or that they were associated with Hornby. I was really interested in your mention of the HRCAA...that sounds like a group interested in operating and collecting Hornby. I am a (very) small but enthusiastic Hornby fan and was wondering if you had any information on that group and if membership might be possible for a "new guy".
Don
Hello Don, joining HRCA is great and the monthly journal is full of informations. I have been a member some years ago.
Here is the link https://www.hrca.net/
There is also a Facebook private group, very knowledgeable members; you just need to have a Facebook account, I have one just for train groups, just let me know and I will send you the link to join.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1294872377222978/
As we speak Hornby here are three clockwork variations in French liveries of the Bristish Hornby tank loco N2; they dates from around 1935. There is a fourth one that I still have to find in green for the Nord railways.
Daniel
@Fatman posted:Lovely Fox Jamie ! ( Jamie Foxx?)
looking stunning surrounded by all you hard work too !
Couple of cheap and cheerful ones coming this week
A Brimtoy (uk) Royal Scot Loco and tender ( very lightweight mech hiding under all that lovely litho )
And a couple of not too bad bodies which will spruce up a couple of poor abused Hornbys in the collection
British Rail 60199 body 0-4-0
And a No.1 Special Body ... these locos were a step up and had better mechs and trim than the basic Hornby offerings ... A mid point between regular 0-4-0's and their bigger 4-4-2 0r 4-4-4 brothers
Well done Mate. I love the Royal Scott locos. The artwork on the litho is First class. Hard to find in such good condition.
Cheers Jamie
@Don McErlean posted:Fatman - Great loco...I note Brimtoy used a "Marx like" trick. Making the loco look like it had 6 drivers and a complex rod system while hiding your standard 4 wheel motor out of sight. Marx did that with many of his locos, especially the 1998 switcher series and the E-7 series. Beautiful lithography and a handsome find.
Jamie Thompson : I had not heard of the Ron Fox tinplate line before or that they were associated with Hornby. I was really interested in your mention of the HRCAA...that sounds like a group interested in operating and collecting Hornby. I am a (very) small but enthusiastic Hornby fan and was wondering if you had any information on that group and if membership might be possible for a "new guy".
Don
Hi Don
The HRCAA is the Australian chapter of the English HRCA. If you like Hornby it may pay to join both as the HRCAA has its own monthly Journal as well. You also get the bonus of articles about Australian brands such as Robilt and Ferris.
Cheers
Jamie
FM: Love that Brimtoy and also Daniel's Hornby loks! Beauties ALL! :-)
Keep 'em comin, folks!
@FRENCHTRAINS Thanks for showing us your French Hornby No2 Locos. They are very special locos indeed. All the best in finding the green NORD loco - I hope you find one soon!
These were just sitting on the living room floor when I came down from upstairs this morning so I figured I should at least take a picture of them and send it along before putting them back where they belong.
Talking of Hornby No2 Locos. Here are two of Ron Fox’s newer creations. The Twins Atlanta and Mariella. They are slightly smaller than a number two locomotives and are powered by rebuilt 501 mechs. “Mariella” was made by Ron as a present to my wife for helping compile and edit several collectors guides on the many railway models he made over the years: 
Kind Regards
Jamie
@Robert S. Butler posted:These were just sitting on the living room floor when I came down from upstairs this morning so I figured I should at least take a picture of them and send it along before putting them back where they belong.
Wow what a lineup! I love the Empire Express box can locomotive!
Jamie: STUNNING!
RSB: Is your floor always replete with such treasures? There is a SAFETY factor involved here, BOTH for the trains, and the senior owner! Caution is the byword!
@Jamie Thompson posted:@FRENCHTRAINS Thanks for showing us your French Hornby No2 Locos. They are very special locos indeed. All the best in finding the green NORD loco - I hope you find one soon!
Thanks @Jamie Thompson, with some time and luck all is possible.... But finding one of those Ron Fox would be great also, I have never seen one in France and they could be a perfect match with Hornby... you have a nice selection of those rare locos.
Very best, Daniel
NJCJOE: Our TCA Museum never fails to impress us! THANKS for sharing those impressive photos! Art Poole TCA 91-33599
The TCA museum is a wonderful place to visit, there is so many to look at. I have been there near ten years ago but the new standard gauge layout will be a major thing to look at for a next trip when the situation will return to normal after the Covid episode..... Daniel
Daniel: Yes, and stay SAFE! :-)
Tinplate Art - most of my train sets are well behaved and stay in their boxes where they belong but every now and then a few of them decide they've had enough and they sneak out during the night and party in the living room and leave me to clean up in the morning...it's just one those tinplate train facts of life...
Jamie / Daniel : Thank you both so much for the information on the HRCA and HRCAA I am currently trying to join at least one of them. I really appreciate your taking the time to give me the information. Also, Daniel, what great std gauge sets, really liked Std Gauge (or Wide Gauge as our AF friends would say) but I simply ran out of space to show or operate them except occasionally at Christmas around the tree. I enjoy what I have but have not tried to add to the collection at all in recent years. OOOPs I forgot a Lionel 211 flat car that my brother found for me at an Ohio train show. This thing, standard gauge from 1926-27, is my only "series 200" car and is about a foot long. The rest of my Lionel SG is 800 series cars and somewhat smaller. ! I can't imagine how large a full set of these cars would be, but I would have to set them up in the back yard (or garden).
Jamie I am really enjoying your pictures of your clockwork layout. Thanks for posting. I have a small "collection" of Hornby both the UK Hornby and the French Hornby and really like what you are doing for your layout. As a clockwork layout, I have thought some about doing something similar, a small layout where I could run the Hornby and I have some Distler clockwork as well as some from American Flyer and Marx. Who knows, maybe some day.
Best regards to all
Don
Well just to conclude my Saturday afternoon of posting, how about some "HAFNER"....its been awhile since I posted any of these so here are two tankers just to finish up today...(or say..."tanks a lot!" Oh boy is that bad!).
The first is what I believe to be the older and more common, the silver, black, & red Hafner 1010 tanker. Hafner often numbered his cars and engines 1010 because (it is said) that was the address of the factory on the street in Chicago. Who knows. He did bring out the 1010 loco in 1938 and produced it up through the late 40's although Hafner products are very hard to date. So this car could have been used to accompany any freight set from 1938 on to about 1949-1950.
Around 1950 Hafner changed the lithography on the engines and cars and produced the 2000 series engine. There is a video on the internet claiming to show a "1950 Hafner Freight Set" in operation and the consist contains this orange car. I believe that this car in this new color was made from 1950-51 up until Hafner sold out to Wyandotte toys in 1956. In fact it may indeed have been used for a short time after, because Wyandotte just used up old stock that they acquired in the sale until it ran out. However these post sale cars are usually stamped Wyandotte - Hafner and this car carries no such markings. So it is likely to have been made 1950-1951 up until about 1956.
You will note that both cars have what appear to be two black holes to the left and right of the ladder about 3 rungs down from the dome. These are not physical holes but just circles or big dots in the lithography. Candidly I have no idea what they are supposed to represent and they appear on both cars in the same place. Mystery for sure.
Well anyway, just thought these guys were fun to post, hope you like them. If anyone has any further data on these cars please let me know. I have looked at the various web sites, especially Western Division TCA and they have some nice pictures but few dates.
Regards, Don
Here are some photos of tinplate happenings on my pike.
I sold the little crane recently. Apparently it was relatively rare and inly made one year. Someone said the roof was repainted, but it looked original to me with the expected patina and no sign of disassembly or over paint, even though the smokestack is normally black.
George
Well this deciding not to buy stuff is working out well for me ..... 
Sooooo my british guy hits me with ... A French Hornby rake at a price that cannot be argued with ... Buying Ban Compromised !
Loco and ( Backwards ) tender
Matchy matchy carriages ... ( with differing amounts of roof fade )
Leading to an all up rake of ...
Come to Papa~ !!!
ALL: NICE treasures! THANKS for sharing! :-)
Here are a couple older pictures from around the layout and some more recent ones as well.
Impressive Dennis, all those boxcars.... that's a dream for me....
For the weekend here is my model of the lionel M10000 City of Portland in silver, less common than the yellow and brown model, it is a little scratched but I will keep it in used condition, I prefer some patina to a brand new shiny model.
Have a great weekend, Daniel
Again a few news in the collection.
Karl Bub house 1621, made 1928-1939
Karl Bub coach with automatic coupler from set 949, made 1925-1928
Adolf Schuhmann coach 840/2, made around 1935
And working this week on a Karl Bub signalbridge 734 /5 E, made 1910-1924. A complete restoration.
Arne
And working this week on a Karl Bub signalbridge 734 /5 E, made 1910-1924. A complete restoration.
Well done on the restoration! Great to see rusty tinplate getting a new lease on life 👍 Look forward to seeing the completed restoration
Cheers Jamie
Here is a pic with the Dept 56 Halloween Rickety Railroad Station added!
Working on my work trade with Don Kelly. Filling three Lionel 512 gondolas for his Christmas Train. 2 of the 3 are still in-progress.
@Jim Z posted:
Chris,
I love the cover photo of the 840 power station.
i think it is the most spectacular of the Lionel pre war structures.
My power station is by T Reproductions. I did not use the platform in order to fit it into a tight space.
Jim Z
Chris L and Jim Z , here is my 840 entry. With all the other structure colors in the 'Industry area' on my Standard Gauge Upstairs Layout, I'm glad I went with the Red/White version. Mine is by MTH.
@jhz563 posted:Homework (It was him, not Conner, nice try though!)
BEAUTIES! Love the yellow, blue and pink tins, too. I need to find those three.
Cannot remember if I shared pic(s) recently of the still-a-work-in-progress American Flyer O Gauge area (I lovingly refer to it as American Flyer Litho-Land) on the new layout... please forgive me if I'm being redundant. A few new items have been added recently.
Way back - probably around 1980 or so, a TCA member published an article in the Quarterly about small American Flyer Stations. I had just become interested in the stations and the information provided was a welcome addition to my then meager store of knowledge concerning the stations.
The author provided pictures of the various stations along with their names. One of the pictures was of the small Glen Ellyn station which, as we know today, was Hafner and not American Flyer. At the fall York meet for the same year I found a complete "American Flyer" station set with the Glen Ellyn station. Other than a rubber stamped 1100 on the box side there was no other identification.
It was only after the passage of several years and my accumulation of additional knowledge about American Flyer stations that I came to realize the author had made a mistake with regards to the Glen Ellyn station. This wasn't a problem. Rather it was fun to discover I had something different and something which, for me, has proven to be unique in that I've never seen another one of these sets (now watch - half of the posters to this thread will come back with pictures of mountains of these sets in their respective collections ).
#1100 Hafner Station Set
Box contents - note the semaphore on the straight post is part of the station and is held in place by a hole in the station roof
Hafner station with semaphore attached
Robert: THANK YOU for posting the Hafner 1100 Station Set...not only is it beautiful to see but it has helped me in what you will think an unusual way. I have the crossing gate and the "Danger" cross buck and have for years wondered who made them (I can't recall how I got them but likely just picked them up "under the table" at some train show ) but now due to your posting I can identify them as Hafner!!. Thanks !
Don
@Robert S. Butler Found as far away as Australia ... a matchy matchy Hafner Glen Ellyn
(Well apart from a green roof , different years mebbe?)
Nothing New to add today sadly 
Fatman, based on what I've seen it looks like Hafner changed the colors of the litho brick and stone sides, roof enamel color, and perhaps even base colors (I say perhaps because I have seen some green bases but I couldn't decide if they were original or repaints). However, I haven't seen anything that would suggest a timeline for these changes.
To your station - I have one like it too - less the semaphore. It is obvious from the wear marks on the extreme right hand side of the station that it did have a semaphore at one time but it was long gone by the time I found it.
Love the interior detail on that exquisite Schuhmann coach! Also those wonderful small Flyer stations and accessories. Especially like the colors on the one from "down under".
@Carey TeaRose posted:Cannot remember if I shared pic(s) recently of the still-a-work-in-progress American Flyer O Gauge area (I lovingly refer to it as American Flyer Litho-Land) on the new layout... please forgive me if I'm being redundant. A few new items have been added recently.
Those are some very, very nice buildings and accessories- it looks like AF Litho-Land will turn out great!
Your last picture piqued my interest. Do you know who made the five figures in the green box? Also- what size are they, roughly? If I recall correctly, it wasn’t until Postwar that Gilbert AF had Comet Metal Products/Authenticast Products figures for them that were marketed as American Flyer
@Arne posted:And a unknown indicator for Australia
With Adelaide, Mildura, Albury, Bendigo, Frankston, Geelong, Flinders St
Arne
That piece is charming. Looks like it's made from an Altoid tin. Could even be homemade?
Edit: Further reading down the thread brought me to Jamie's description. I guess I was partially right in that it is from a repurposed tin.
I guess I haven't been on the Forum much because I had about 4 pages to catch up on. Beautiful stuff all around- what a treat to see. Thanks everyone for your great photos and videos.
I have to agree with everyone though that the cake goes to JMK's Leipzig station and the entire scene he has created around it. That was just WOW!
A rare sighting. 3 boxed Atlas Tool Co houses. These will be on my table at this Saturday’s meet. Also will have a few unboxed ones.
Steve
Steve: What vintage are those NICE metal buildings?
@Tinplate Art posted:Steve: What vintage are those NICE buildings? What material construction?
Postwar. I emailed Atlas trying to get more info and they have no records going back that far, early to mid 50’s as a guess. They are all tin shells with plastic windows and doors.
Steve
THANKS! That would be my guess. :-)
A couple of weeks back I posted my Brimtoy Royal Scot Locomotive and tender ....
As fate would have it today I managed to find his brother in a Brimtoy Britannia Locomotive and tender from the same era .. again gorgeous lithography hiding a cheap as chips clockwork mechanism
And Comparison shot of the two
ROYAL SCOT
BRITTANIA
Fatman: What fabulous engines. The lithography is spectacular...I note the difference between the "splasher" design of the Royal Scot vs the more common (in the US) horizontal walkway design of the Britannia.
Steve Eastman - first of all...you are having a "Train Show" ! There has not been one of those in Texas since last January. Shows cancelled as far away as La in our TCA division. Next, from your discussion I am assuming that the houses are painted metal, is that correct? I was struck at the similarity to the Plasticville "Cape Cod" design even the color schemes seem similar, i know that the red/white and blue/white scheme was offered in plasticville not sure of the green. By the way to help in your dating, I agree with the 1950's. These "Cape Cod" houses were built by the hundreds specifically for returning veterans at the close of WWII / Korean war (one of which was my parents one and only owned house from 1953 - 1978 and the site of my first layout!).
Me - I have scored a pair of 529 Pullmans, 1926-1932, in the olive green / green roof livery I will post pictures when they arrive. I do have an appropriate 252 loco to go with them but I am still looking for the 530 observation.
Don
@Don McErlean posted:Fatman: What fabulous engines. The lithography is spectacular...I note the difference between the "splasher" design of the Royal Scot vs the more common (in the US) horizontal walkway design of the Britannia.
Steve Eastman - first of all...you are having a "Train Show" ! There has not been one of those in Texas since last January. Shows cancelled as far away as La in our TCA division. Next, from your discussion I am assuming that the houses are painted metal, is that correct? I was struck at the similarity to the Plasticville "Cape Cod" design even the color schemes seem similar, i know that the red/white and blue/white scheme was offered in plasticville not sure of the green. By the way to help in your dating, I agree with the 1950's. These "Cape Cod" houses were built by the hundreds specifically for returning veterans at the close of WWII / Korean war (one of which was my parents one and only owned house from 1953 - 1978 and the site of my first layout!).
Me - I have scored a pair of 529 Pullmans, 1926-1932, in the olive green / green roof livery I will post pictures when they arrive. I do have an appropriate 252 loco to go with them but I am still looking for the 530 observation.
Don
Don, the houses are painted steel with plastic doors and windows. Similar in size to Plasticville.
Steve
Steve: Thank you , I have never seen houses like that before. Just proves that no matter how long you are involved in this hobby there is a "universe" of things you have not seen.
Regards, Don
Scott Smith
@StevefromPA posted:Those are some very, very nice buildings and accessories- it looks like AF Litho-Land will turn out great!
Your last picture piqued my interest. Do you know who made the five figures in the green box? Also- what size are they, roughly? If I recall correctly, it wasn’t until Postwar that Gilbert AF had Comet Metal Products/Authenticast Products figures for them that were marketed as American Flyer
The O gauge figures in the box are Dinky. They came via eBay. I have two different sets. Leaving them in the boxes to keep them in good shape until the layout is much further along. My Standard Gauge figures often fall over and ding up their noses.
The newest arrivals! Both bought from Dave Corbett of Wisconsin. An all original American Flyer Wide Gauge 4021 lighted caboose, and an original American Flyer Wide gauge 4010 tank car, that had been beautifully repainted by Dave Corbett. I requested and he agreed to apply two A.F. LINES AIR SERVICE decals to it for me. BIG DOG beauties both!
Layout vignette: Bing's "Superior Railway Station" No. 13130, 1902-14. This example with one arc lamp and interior that was electrified a long time ago. This tinplate large station features wall embossing, attached window and door frames, glass windows, tower-like central building with passage, embossed roof with telegraph frame, 2 side buildings, embossed roofs, 1 passage with corrugated iron arched roof with decorative borders, railings with chains, one arc lamp with sign, and a clockwork bell mechanism.
Arne and JKE: Love that Brimtoy George V and that stunning Bing station! GREAT stuff!
Keep 'em comin! :-)
One of the best JEP train set, the "Golden Arrow". This one dates from 1935 and is all original and in perfect running condition.
Have a nice weekend, Daniel
@Arne posted:Here one more of this Brimtoy locos, the George V
Arne
Just lovely! What's the approximate year(s) of manufacture for these?
PD
PD,
was made around 1930.
Arne
Just dug out my prewar Paya station to take to tomorrow’s meet.
Steve
Steve: Very NICE!
Steve,
Love the station
@Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:Just dug out my prewar Paya station to take to tomorrow’s meet.
Steve
Wow!
@FRENCHTRAINS posted:One of the best JEP train set, the "Golden Arrow". This one dates from 1935 and is all original and in perfect running condition.
Have a nice weekend, Daniel
Wow - what a set!
Steve / Jim- beautiful stations. Jim the way you have yours detailed with period "people" is just outstanding. Arnie - the Brimtoy engine is really spectacular, especially the lithography of the engineer and fireman inside the cab. Daniel - WOW what a set, beautiful and amazing that you were able to find it in such a condition. I must admit, I was curious about the second car, it appears to have a cabin in the center and the two ends are more narrow and carrying cargo? I could not place what type car it is. Knowing JEP it must be well modeled after a prototype as their works were always quite realistic.
Great pictures everyone
Don
Daniel: What a beautiful set! Is that second car some kind of combination baggage/brake wagon?
jhz563, the Golden Arrow set has been a dream for many boys in that time, it was the most expensive model from JEP and the price of it was a month salary of an employee, anyway many where sold and they are not rare to find
Don and Art, the car is a baggage car. There is a central cab for the crew and two containers. When the train has to cross the Channel between France and Great Britain the containers where removed and placed in the ferry. The containers on the JEP car are not removable.
To give you a better illustration here a picture of an Elettren car, scale model of the original.
Daniel
TOTALLY COOL!
This week, I had repaired 3 similar locos.
The brown is a Bing 11/456 (1927-1929) and the green is a Bub 477L (1936-1937) , which was made with the Bing tools. Both clockwork.
And a Bing 11/883 electic loco. Was made 1928-1932 and has the last Bing motor.
Together with the 11/456 clockwork loco. The 11/883 is much bigger.
Arne
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