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Daniel - real beauties...is the engine clockwork or electric?

Best wishes

Don

Thanks Don,this one is electric 20v AC with auto reverse mech.

If you enjoy clockwork ones here are two models,

The first one is from 1925, missing a step on the back of the cab.

And a more common models from the thirties, both of those locos are stamped "made in England" for the French market,

All my best wishes, Daniel

Daniel - Thanks for posting, they are magnificent...watch out some day I may come to France and want to see them and others in your collection "in person"

Best wishes

Don

Don, if you come in France one day, just let me know, you are welcome and it would be a great pleasure to meet you.

Very best, Daniel

Daniel thank you for the invitation, perhaps some time I will be lucky enough to take you up on it...who knows!   Well Tinplate fans...my personal "drought" is over for the moment.  I have been unable to post on this thread for some time since I have not acquired any new tinplate...well a delivery yesterday solved that .

I have most of Lionel's "600" series freights from the pre war period and quite a few of the "800" series but what I did not have in either series was a CRANE CAR.  That situation has now ended and I have managed to add a Lionel # 2660 Crane Car to my collection.  For most cars in this series the "latch" coupler version of the car was designated "600" something (like 657 caboose for example) and when the car went to "automatic" couplers in 1936 in Lionel's quest for realism the number on the car changed to "2600" thus the 657 caboose became the 2657 caboose and so forth.  However there really is no "latch" version of the crane car ( Note there is a very rare, version sometimes called the 1660 that appeared in one single set but that is not confirmed in my reference).    Thus the 2660 was introduce in 1938 with box couplers from the beginning.  However this car is a later version due to a) black journals (another Lionel attempt at realism) and the fact that the cab does not have number plates but is black stamped.  The black journals/ stamping vice plates follows the path of the other cars in this series.  These two items date the car from 1941-1942.

Here is a full side view, the boom goes up / down via a hand wheel and the hook goes up/down the same way.  The cab rotates but just by hand pressure.

Close up side view showing the two hand wheels for control of the hook and boom.

The rear of the cab showing the large wheel for controlling the boom and the black stamped logo and car number

A close up of the cab stamping.  By the way this is the only lettering on the car.  The base does not exhibit any railroad name or even "Lionel Lines" or a car number.

Well tinplate fans, it feels great to be able to contribute again.  Hope everyone has a great upcoming week .

Best wishes

Don

Don - That’s a beauty.  Love the colors and I have a place in my heart for all things cranes.  I used to be a union laborer and worked with  a crane operator every day.  I know all the hand signals and could still land a china teacup on a lowboy and strap it down for a safe ride down the road.  Pardon my hyperbole, I miss those days sometimes…

W1 -Thanks for the comment.  By the way, I really do appreciate your skill.  A favorite cousin of my wife's...much older than she and I  and our relationship with him and his wife was more like aunt / uncle was what they called an "Operating Engineer" and worked the large cranes.  I watched him at work one day and it was amazing.  Real skill man!

Don

Here’s a #8 I really like.  I’m thinkin it’s not original paint cuz I don’t see a dark olive green like this in the Greenberg book, but I do like the look.  Really good runner, pulls like a Clydesdale on steroids, and never has a bad thing to say.  So this is my first project, getting lamps on it, haha  baby steps…. Thinking Hennings should have the parts, correct me if I’m wrong.

@FRENCHTRAINS posted:

Don, if you come in France one day, just let me know, you are welcome and it would be a great pleasure to meet you.

Very best, Daniel

Daniel, I spent some time in France a couple years ago.  In which area of the country do you live?

@MikeH posted:

Daniel, I spent some time in France a couple years ago.  In which area of the country do you live?

Hello Mike,

Just three hours south of Paris, in the Loire Valley.  So very easy to join from the airport.

Daniel

It seems it is Hornby time actually.  After the previous one I just got another model....

It is a 1S series loco for the East railways made during the 1935-39 period.  It is a clockwork model and has some minor restorations, wheels are repainted and two axles retaining the linkage have been replaced with screws, as I have original parts I will replace that.  Those engines very often have damaged wheels, due to bad zamack but this one is good and it runs very well.

Daniel

Daniel - another beautiful locomotive.  Thanks for posting.

Best Wishes

Don

No new trains so just have to run some standard gauge Lionel ones, this time it is the big ones, 400e and 408e with 200 serie cars.  Always great to see that work train in motion and what a great toy it was with  that crane, searchlight car and toolbox, many  young boys would have certainly enjoy to have it.

Have a great Easter time,  Daniel

The grandkids are coming over for Easter dinner and an egg hunt. They alway enjoy the freight sets instead of the revenue service. Therefore, I changed the sets around, lubricated everything and they are ready for service on Sunday.

Daniel  /  Fatman / lewrail :  Well its Friday here in central Texas and while assembling some trains for photo's I had an idea.  I decided to assemble a "budget version" of that beautiful "Riviera Blue" train and subsequent 1S loco that Daniel posted using my N OE SNCF engine and some of my little blue Pullman cars.  I know from some information you provided Daniel that the engine here is from about 1953 and while it has a similar body to the pre-war 1S series the motor is completely different.  Of course mine is also marked S.N.C.F. which would make it post nationalization.  The Pullman cars are also French Hornby and are marked "Sirie Hornby" "Fab en France, Mecano, Paris" and were made from 1947-1957 so also match the 1953 era of the engine.

Here she is, moving her small train down the main line.

Here is a better view of the consist, two Pullman cars.

Here is a short video of her in motion.

Well Happy Easter everyone...have a great weekend

Don

Wow, a lot of action and great tinplate on a Friday night.  Daniel - Love that black 400E.  There is one on the forum for sale for a reasonable price right now and I wish I could pull the trigger on it but I better be happy with what I have for now.  Priorities get in the way sometimes, and that’s not fair!

Cheers,       W1

Here is my contribution so far this weekend.  Was a tad stressed that this really nice 517 coal train caboose was not lighting up.  Was thinking worse case scenario that the wiring was bad and I would have to lift the delicate tabs and get inside and do irreparable damage to a pristine car.  After intensive investigation I found the bulb was bad, replaced it with a bit more ardor than probably necessary and now it’s shining like a diamond in a goats arse.  Another installment of the easiest toy train fix in toy train history, my favorite kind.  Very happy now.  Baby steps…

Have a great weekend all you tinplate nuts!       W1

Hornby time for me too !

A mate of mine in Queensland is passing on to me a post war "Export" 20V AC Hornby E502

This loco was the only electric Hornby produced after the second world war and came in only 2 liveries .. this one , the LMS version, and a green LNER . Both versions had the pre-war colours but no longer had the railway initials on them , as for export they could be any line you liked! These electric locomotives were not sold domestically in the UK .

These two models signaled Hornby's "bowing out" of O Gauge electrics , although the clockwork examples were to continue until the late 60's

Its in pretty good nick and shall at some point have the missing coupling rods and piston rods found for it

However I think it must have been made on a Monday morning .. because the hand striping is showing considerable shakiness after someone had a big weekend !

Great tinplate Easter weekend guys, all great pieces in action.

Don, great,  perfect period time Hornby, it makes a nice set.

And another nice one Simon, and not a common model, you will easily find the missing linkage and tender. This one must be restored....

@William 1  I do not run very often the big Lionel, I prefer the medium ones and 500 series cars; it seems it is also your favorites and I always enjoy to look at your videos. As I do not have enough space for a layout, here are some pictures of previous runs, especially with my all time preferred one, the 390E, it is the classic black but maybe one day I will be lucky to have the blue one...

And sometime there is some AF too....

Daniel