Not my comment, Don...I presume you mean William1.

PD

@pd:  You are absolutely correct!!  I apologize for misquoting you.  The comment was by William 1.

Don

Yeah, the "Tinplate photos and videos" post used to be a weekly post.  Each week Chris Lonero would get us started.  It resided in the Tinplate forum.

A couple years ago, it got sent to the Photo Album forum where it took its present form as this one long post.  At that time, many of the most prolific posters exited the forum.  I must admit the resultant dearth of activity has caused me drift away.

@Don McErlean posted:

....

Here is the Marx Monon FM diesel "B" unit, 8 wheel variety.  This really shows the Marx art of lithography, note the use of shadows in the portholes, hatch doors, and vents to give the illusion of depth, the car side is in fact completely flat.

...

Finally the end view.  I am really impressed with the shadow effect for the end doors.  They look remarkably 3-dimensional and when you look at the item, you would swear that they in fact are openings in the side.  They are not, the doors are completely 2 dimensional and flat.  The optical illusion is really well done.

...

Thanks for posting this.  Although I have the 4-wheel version, I'm ashamed to admit that I never noticed the shading on the doors.  It's a really nice effect on an inexpensive toy train.

Mallard4468:  thanks for your comment. Marx really employed artists in developing their lithography. In effect it was the use of lithography that allowed Marx to keep the price down and make inexpensive toys  

Best wishes

Don

SalV:  beautiful caboose. Did you customize it or is it a purchase and from whom??

Don

A bit of an eclectic "Odds & Sods" post for the new stuff in the collection today...

A Karl Bub baggage car sans roof !

A cast JEP Vin car

And a little Bub CIWL to tag behind my SonderKlasse loco ( HO scale)

And it just wouldn't be me if I didn't include something a little special ( well to me anyway !)

Firstly a Keim unpowered section of what I can only conclude is a pretty rare Belgian Liveried carriage from their 4.5V trolley/tramcar variants ... I have seen plenty of the light blue ones , and they used the same sort of pressing for their yellow monorail , but this livery is a new one to me .. Interestingly it has the Stations marked on the litho  in several different regional dialogues and spellings , from what I gather a combination of Dutch French and German !

Same towns , just different names in the different regional dialects! Shame the locomotive is lost to the seeds of time

But really exciting for me is ( Thanks to a good mate Peter in Brisbane, Queensland)  my first , and most probably ONLY Whitanco

in the collection , very hard to come by and only a carriage frame , but it exists and was found so I am more than happy with it

He indeed has a couple of complete carriages but had the extra shell and was happy to share the love with me ... Thanks Mate!

http://www.binnsroad.co.uk/rai.../whitanco/index.html

@Don McErlean posted:

SalV:  beautiful caboose. Did you customize it or is it a purchase and from whom??

Don

Got this new in the box for $82 Bucks! From Pat`s trains!!! ( I also have the refrigerated box car same price!)

Go to Pat`s! Great prices!!!  see link above...Thanks Pat!

Don McE - To clarify, my comment was referring to this thread used to be a weekly thing in the tinplate section and I looked forward to it every week.  Now it is kind of buried here and I didn’t know it was here till I stumbled on it trying to find 3Rails’ videos.  Now I know where to look.  Sorry if it rubbed you the wrong way.

Cheers,       W1

Nice to see @Fatman  that you have an interest in HO gauge JEP, they are fun trains to collect and a mixed of scale and tinplate.  As usually some very good pieces....

Here is an original Lionel Flying Yankee but paint is restored. They are not always easy to find in great condition so for the moment I will do with this one....waiting for a perfect model.

Daniel

William1:  thank you for your comment and for taking the time to clarify your comment. I too remember the prior way the post went and liked it. For reasons unknown to most of us since the post was mostly pictures and videos they moved it to where it is today. I hope you continue to post because the foreum is one of the few places where tinplate ( both modern and historic) can be viewed. We still do have the “tinplate trains “ thread in the train thread which is also a good place to post for us tinplaters.   Please continue to post we miss old members like yourself and hope you stay with us

Sincerely

Don

Hey,  Take it easy.  Old members….  I’m starting to think I resemble that remark.

Thanks for your thoughts McE.  Tinplaters never get old, a little patina just makes them all the more handsome.

My bride likes my ever increasing patina. She likes the tinplate too.

Hey Guys...I am OK with a little patina...it's the RUST I worry about !  My comment about "old" was merely in reference to our extensive and superior experience and expertise!

Don

Sal V,

Bought that set for my wife when it came out. I think I had to wait almost a full year for the cars to be delivered.

Thanks for the heads up on the caboose and reefer. My caboose arrived today and the reefer was shipped today

Charlie

Welcome Charlie!...

Now how do we find the "Holy Grail of Blue Comet Tinplate The Comet 400 New Jersey Central Tanker Car???? WOW!!!

@Sal V posted:

Welcome Charlie!...

Now how do we find the "Holy Grail of Blue Comet Tinplate The Comet 400 New Jersey Central Tanker Car???? WOW!!!

I believe this is Standard gauge but I wanted to make one in O gauge- Anyone on the forum have any ideas?

Was thinking about taking a 815 tank car & getting it painted...Where do I start? & Who does that good of a job?

Any recommendations'??

Sal V,

Thanks for rattling my cage. That looks like an MTH  10-2219 Car. I've been looking for my inventory list for weeks. I just relocated it and low and behold I have the Tank car as well as a flood light car. They are Standard Gauge, 500 series cars. 

Charlie

Well tinplate fans I wanted to thank Sal V for his great "Blue Comet" pictures and the story of making up additional cars to go with the set.  @FRENCHTRAINS / Daniel that is a really nice Flying Yankee and you seem to have all the cars and most importantly all the articulation sections.  Great find.  Fatman - amazing finds and at least to me introducing trains that I had never seen before, thanks for posting.

Now for my offering today, I am sort of on a continuing saga but its about to be complete.  After years of searching for a "B" unit for my Marx Monon FM diesel in February I hit gold...finding BOTH the 4 wheel and the 8 wheel Monon B 's.  So all that was left was the matching lithographed tin 6" Monon caboose.  Again never having seen one before, I had little hope but then just this month, one popped up on E-bay.  Not the most perfect example but good enough!  So here are some views of my "finally" complete Marx Monon FM assembly.

First, the elusive Monon 6" tin lithographed caboose in the matching livery to the Monon FM diesel .

The caboose from the rear, a bit of damage but all in all  quite OK.  A "deluxe" version with platform rail and ladder, punched out portholes and door window in the rear bulkhead.

Finally, here is the complete Marx Monon FM ABBA plus matching caboose - side view

Marx Monon ABBA front quarter view

Marx Monon ABBA with rear view showing the matching caboose

Well tinplate friends, there she is, the product of quite a bit of looking and searching.  Not all parts are perfect but remember this Monon A unit (only the A units were ever powered either clockwork or electric)  was only available between 1955-1959 and  the "B" units only in 1958-1959.  In addition, the FM series being so obviously a "toy" and not a scale model engine had a somewhat lower survival rate when compared with more scale or model like items as such they were played with HARD and probably not as well cared for by Mom and Dad.   They are about 63- 67 years old today,  approaching retirement age for sure.

Best wishes and good hunting.  Have a great week.

Don

Ok Folks .. an impulse buy ... mainly because its here in Australia ( lol) and no horrendous US of A shipping cost !

Apparently the loco is "No Go" but it shouldnt be anything too hard to fix and if all turns horribly pear shaped I already have a AF No5 in the collection that can pitch in

Beware! this has ... "patina"   and probably nowhere near the worth of what I paid all up  .. but   "  'Straya   " not the States

( so in relative terms I got it local for about the cost of shipping it from the US had I bought it there  )

Ives must have used "real steel" cos its grown some real rust !

According to description its a 1922 production ( I presume taken from the motor stamping, but I cant confirm thru pics just that its 192? )  

Regardless this is my first Ive's rolling stock as a set ( I hope, research to come , or enlightenment from the good folks here??? )

No box , I suspect it rotted away by the look of the contents lol 

@Fatman posted:

Ok Folks .. an impulse buy ... mainly because its here in Australia ( lol) and no horrendous US of A shipping cost !

Apparently the loco is "No Go" but it shouldnt be anything too hard to fix and if all turns horribly pear shaped I already have a AF No5 in the collection that can pitch in

Beware! this has ... "patina"   and probably nowhere near the worth of what I paid all up  .. but   "  'Straya   " not the States

( so in relative terms I got it local for about the cost of shipping it from the US had I bought it there  )

Ives must have used "real steel" cos its grown some real rust !

...

No box , I suspect it rotted away by the look of the contents lol 

If rust is what you want, provide your mailing address and I'll send you an envelope of it. 

Fatman:  What a great Ives find!  My reference, "Greenbergs Guide to Ives Trains, Vol II O'gauge" shows the engine you pictured as available from 1917-1922.  Key dating characteristics were the "Ives No 5" rubber stamped below the cab windows, 2 cab windows, 8 spoke driving wheels, and simulated headlight in center of smoke box. It came with an Ives No 11 tender which as pictured in the book had "IVES" rubber stamped on the raised side wall section and "No 11" on the larger flat side section in either white or silver (hard to tell from pictures). It was made this way (rubber stamping) from 1918-1925.

The tank car is from the "560" series of cars introduced in 1913 and available till 1930.  These were an intermediate line set between the 4 wheel 50 series and the 8 wheel 60 series using the 60 series bodies on a new 4 wheel frame.  The #566 orange tank car was available 1917 - 1929.  The # 55 stock car was available from 1915-1930 and even earlier in different colors and with flat loop couplers.  The #57 lumber car was also available from 1915 -1930.

Well, I have about exhausted my limited reference information on Ives (I have almost no Ives in my collection).  Your find is super and thanks so much for posting.  I had fun trying to " look up" information on them.

Best wishes

Don

Thanks for the info Don! ... I still marvel at how this stuff gets here lol

I still find the numerous variations of the American Flyer 1107 / 1108 cars to be fascinating.  Here are a couple of examples that arrived in today's mail.

At first I did not think this one was too unusual, but then I realized that it did not have American Flyer Lines lettering.

I bought the above car in a group that contained this un-lettered coach

I believe both cars were likely sold in a department store special set, likely for JC Penney, based on previous experiences with un-lettered items.  Personally, I think American Flyer's dark blue lithographed cars (of any size) are some of the best looking cars they ever produced.

The below car also came in the group.  It does not seem to unusual at first, but look at the door.

Although the door appears to be plain, it actually was put in the press upside-down, so that the lithograph is on the inside of the door.  It would not photograph well, so all I have is the photo showing the outside of the door.  There is a matching green coach, but the photo was blurry, so I did not post it. 

NWL

@Don McErlean posted:

Well tinplate fans I wanted to thank Sal V for his great "Blue Comet" pictures and the story of making up additional cars to go with the set.  @FRENCHTRAINS / Daniel that is a really nice Flying Yankee and you seem to have all the cars and most importantly all the articulation sections.  Great find.  Fatman - amazing finds and at least to me introducing trains that I had never seen before, thanks for posting.

Now for my offering today, I am sort of on a continuing saga but its about to be complete.  After years of searching for a "B" unit for my Marx Monon FM diesel in February I hit gold...finding BOTH the 4 wheel and the 8 wheel Monon B 's.  So all that was left was the matching lithographed tin 6" Monon caboose.  Again never having seen one before, I had little hope but then just this month, one popped up on E-bay.  Not the most perfect example but good enough!  So here are some views of my "finally" complete Marx Monon FM assembly.

First, the elusive Monon 6" tin lithographed caboose in the matching livery to the Monon FM diesel .

The caboose from the rear, a bit of damage but all in all  quite OK.  A "deluxe" version with platform rail and ladder, punched out portholes and door window in the rear bulkhead.

Finally, here is the complete Marx Monon FM ABBA plus matching caboose - side view

Marx Monon ABBA front quarter view

Marx Monon ABBA with rear view showing the matching caboose

Well tinplate friends, there she is, the product of quite a bit of looking and searching.  Not all parts are perfect but remember this Monon A unit (only the A units were ever powered either clockwork or electric)  was only available between 1955-1959 and  the "B" units only in 1958-1959.  In addition, the FM series being so obviously a "toy" and not a scale model engine had a somewhat lower survival rate when compared with more scale or model like items as such they were played with HARD and probably not as well cared for by Mom and Dad.   They are about 63- 67 years old today,  approaching retirement age for sure.

Best wishes and good hunting.  Have a great week.

Don

Hey Charlie...

just saw one on Facebook marketplace  in nice condition for $59 bucks!

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbc...RIvg&oe=62331878

Well Tinplate fans, I am sure that many of you are familiar with the story of Unique Art and Marx.  According to most references, Louis Marx and Sammy Bergman, who directed Unique Art had been close friends for years.  In fact they sometimes sold each others toys and used  each other's parts.  Suddenly in 1948 in a compete surprise to Marx, Unique Art developed an O gauge line of lithographed trains to compete directly with Marx...it was a shock and the two men never really did repair that friendship.  However, Marx was a fierce competitor on all fronts and immediately moved to create a line of trains to take on Unique Art.  He pushed forward with tooling and die making decisions to have the line ready by Christmas 1949 which he did.   However, it turned out that the Unique Art threat was short lived, as they never pursued making additional trains and were done by about 1952.  Marx however did keep producing what turned out to be called his 7 inch series cars until about 1958 for the freight cars.  These cars were all lithographed tin plate with 4 wheels on most but some cabooses did have 8 .  He did use the dies as modified to make his passenger cars for his 1860's styled "Wild West" sets which lasted until the early 1970's.  Because of the fast demise of Unique Art trains, Marx never made many variations in this series (3 gondolas, 2 box cars ).  The greatest variation was with the cabooses where he made 7 different litho schemes and 3 with the same litho but 8 wheels vice 4.  This line of cars however is the home of what is perhaps the most colorful train Marx produced, the Disney windup Mickey Mouse Meteor... almost all parts of which are way beyond this poster's budget.

So what do I have for you today. Well I posted one of the 7 inch caboose's with the Marx B&O F-3 diesel set that I posted on Front End Friday on 3/4 and I believe I have posted the NKP version before also.  So here are two new ones (new to me).

The New York Central "Pacemaker"  from 1956-1957

The Southern Pacific 1235 made from 1952-1955

Two pictured earlier: the C514 B&O from, 1955-1957 and the NKP  956 from 1955-1958 (with plastic knuckle coupler) but made as early as 1949 with tab/slot.

Well best wishes everyone .

Don

As a counter to Don's marvellous history post above .. here are some Unique Art items in my collection ...( poor photos , I must really get off my arse and catalogue them properly one day ! )

The Tender is an overpaint sadly .

Fatman:  Thank you for adding to the Marx / Unique Art discussion. Personally I was sorry that Unique Art did not pursue further trains as their "whimsical" approach to the figures of people in the windows was wonderful.  I do not have any of the cars but the Circus Train Unique Art made for the Jewel Tea Company is another great Unique Art train...the cows are all smiling and their heads are outside of the slats on the cattle car (how did they do that?).

Best wishes

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

OK Tinplate Fans, I have something for you that is essentially NONSENSE but IT IS Tinplate!  Now on 2/10 in the "Marx Train Pictures" thread Fatman allowed as he now has 2 pieces of plastic in his collection but would not likely have more...so how can you scenic a layout without using some plastic.  Well here is your solution...I present to you...Lithographed, tinplate rock formations !!

Now tinplate purists you too can have scenery...here they are:

In close up  Both formations are each about 4" long, 2.5" wide and about 1" high at the highest point.  We have flowers, weeds, grass, dirt, and rocks...all presented in lithographed beauty (LOL)!.

I just got these in the mail and they are going on my layout.  Folks...don't take this too seriously it is just for laughs and can't compare with the fabulous trains posted elsewhere.  Just for fun.

Don

Don,

I saw your post and set out to find some of these.

In my search, I first found this pond.

It is unmarked, but similar enough to the rock mounds, that I suspected it may have been made by the same manufacturer.

Finally, I found some of the rock mounds.

In finding the rock mounds, I discovered the manufacturer of both the rock mounds and the pond.  These items were made by T. Cohn Inc. and are often confused as Superior Toys as the T. Cohn Inc. used the following slogan "Another Superior Toy by T. Cohn"

The rock mounds were included in 3 different western playsets that they made, the Fort Superior, Fort Comanche, and Fort Apache sets that they made in the 50s and 60s.  The rock mounds are designed for the plastic indians/cowboys to hide behind.

The pond, was labeled as a duck pond in the farm set that they sold.

I also found a picture on-line of a swimming pool that used the same stamping as the pond and was included in a doll house set that they made.

Now I need to find some ducks for the pond.

NWL

NWL: AMAZING!  I have no idea where you find such information but THANK YOU for posting it.  Now my rock mounds, currently gracing open areas of my layout (without either cowboys or Indians ) but I now know  the manufacturer.  The "duck pond" is really neat and to know that there is a swimming pool somewhere makes the fun of searching great fun!!

Good luck on your hunting for ducks!!

Best wishes

Don

Here is a repair project, after the repair.

An original American Flyer Old Glory, wooden mast, flag, and eagle, on an MTH reproduction base.  I had to modify the base to mount the original items.  First I had to drill out the hole that the wooden mast goes in, as the original Flyer bases had a hole that went through to the inside and the MTH bases do not.  Second, I had to make the eyelet hole larger, as the MTH hole was smaller in size than the original size eyelet.

Here are two side by side, the one with the reproduction base on the left and an all original one on the right.

After the above shot, I took the all original one off the layout and put it in one of the display cases.  At some point it will be displayed with my original Union Station, which is still in the process of being cleaned/restored.

NWL

NWL beautiful work!  

Don

Does anyone have pics of prewar Flyer telegraph poles?  I am trying identify some poles I have seen but don't have pics of the Flyer varieties to compare to.

@palallin posted:

Does anyone have pics of prewar Flyer telegraph poles?  I am trying identify some poles I have seen but don't have pics of the Flyer varieties to compare to.

There is this style which is sheetmetal and was sold separately and as part of an equipment set

This style came as single, double, and triple versions, with each having 2 cast insulators per level.

And then there is this version with a diecast cross arm, which was also used on the Cascade Tunnel and the long bridge.

NWL

Excellent; thank you!!  I know now more of what I am looking at and what I am looking for.

I have seen pics of poles just like the sheet metal ones in the first group but with square bases.  A variation at the time or modification in the intervening years, I wonder.

@palallin posted:

Excellent; thank you!!  I know now more of what I am looking at and what I am looking for.

I have seen pics of poles just like the sheet metal ones in the first group but with square bases.  A variation at the time or modification in the intervening years, I wonder.

Flyer never used square bases on their telephone poles.

And again:  thank you for that tidbit!

Just an attempt to put together the most colorful train I could with 500 freights  and my super smooth running Blue Comet 390E.  She is a honey, hauling 7 cars with nary a whimper.  Have a great weekend all you tinplate nuts!

Found a small tinplate station made in USA by Banner Plastic Corp. I think from the 50s ?

Arne

That is really cool.  A lot of drama going on in that little station.  I can kind of make up scenarios in my head what people are thinking.  Love the soda fountain scene.  I was a soda jerk back in my feckless youth and that might have been some of the best times ever.  I can still make a Hubba Hubba, 5 scoops and plenty on top, and don’t miss a chance to chat up the pretty girl on the high stool.

Cheers,       W1

@William 1 posted:

Just an attempt to put together the most colorful train I could with 500 freights  and my super smooth running Blue Comet 390E.  She is a honey, hauling 7 cars with nary a whimper.  Have a great weekend all you tinplate nuts!

Marvelous; thank you!

@William1 : That is a great train, both with the 500 freights and with the Baby Blue State Cars you showed earlier.  It seems to run smooth and really pull well.  Did you have to rebuild the motor?  Arnie - What a great station, I never knew that Banner Plastics (note "plastics") ever made any lithographed tin items.  If you look at how the people are pictured, both women and men with everyone in hats and little boys in knickers etc, I would have to agree that it dates to the 50's.  Men in the US stopped wearing hats about the time JFK became President (he didn't wear one) in the 1960's. Great station thank you for posting.

Best wishes

Don

It's been way too long since I added to this thread.   Here's a little Hornby that my daughter is cheering for, and some ets action with curly Q equipped flyer in tow.

Don - I never had to do anything to her but turn the button on my Cab1 to the right a couple turns and off she goes.  I feel so lucky to have her.  Long may she run.

Cheers,       W1

Scored this really nice green base 520 searchlight car.  I was momentarily dismayed when it didn’t light up but screwing in the bulbs took care of that.  Probably the easiest fix in toy train history!  Pretty happy with this find.  I think now I do have every color scheme of 500 freights.  Not every variation, but the base colors. Gonna double check my Greenberg guide on that now.

Cheers!       W1

@William 1 :  Beautiful searchlight cars...my data says that the terra cotta / brass car dates from 1931 and the green / nickel car dates from 1935.  The fact that your 390E never needed much of a re-build is really amazing.  A true credit to the quality of the trains when they were manufactured.

jhz - Great video, really like that mallet and you have my strong cheers for the little Hornby.

Best wishes

Don

Don - Quick back story on the 390E.  Don’t know if it’s necessarily in good taste to comment on prices, but I bought her on a Christmas Day for $500.  I see a similar model as far as condition on a site and the guy is asking $7995 for it and I can guarantee it can’t run better than my girl.  I thought it didn’t run when I put it on the track at first.  Was DOA.  I think she was a shelf queen for 2 years before I decided to give it another go.  Can’t remember what it was I did, a direction lever to lock it in forward?  but I did something right and she started right up and now you can’t stop her.  Best Christmas present I ever gave myself.  

Thanks for your comments,       W1

Well I had to give it a run so I put together a work train with a couple kinda rough and noisy #8s that run pretty well but hadn’t had any track time yet this year.  Think the maroon needs a lube job.

MTH Telegraph poles for $110!

https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbc...TGag&oe=6245971D

@William 1 :  Great story about the 390E  I had a similar experience with my 224 pre-war steamer.  Seller gave me a great price but told me that honestly it didn't run.  I wanted a shelf queen for a set of pre war Lionel passenger cars so that was ok.  Some 2 years later when I finally negotiated some room to put up a layout...I set it on the track and started fooling around with the direction lever...lowe and behold, she took off and has been running since.  Can't reverse but I don't  back up a passenger train anyway.   I also liked your "double headed" #8's they look good.

Don

@Nation Wide Lines posted:

Don,

I saw your post and set out to find some of these.

In my search, I first found this pond.

It is unmarked, but similar enough to the rock mounds, that I suspected it may have been made by the same manufacturer.

Finally, I found some of the rock mounds.

In finding the rock mounds, I discovered the manufacturer of both the rock mounds and the pond.  These items were made by T. Cohn Inc. and are often confused as Superior Toys as the T. Cohn Inc. used the following slogan "Another Superior Toy by T. Cohn"

The rock mounds were included in 3 different western playsets that they made, the Fort Superior, Fort Comanche, and Fort Apache sets that they made in the 50s and 60s.  The rock mounds are designed for the plastic indians/cowboys to hide behind.

The pond, was labeled as a duck pond in the farm set that they sold.

I also found a picture on-line of a swimming pool that used the same stamping as the pond and was included in a doll house set that they made.

Now I need to find some ducks for the pond.

NWL

I found one of the swimming pools, which will be placed behind one of my Lionel Mansions or Villas.

I just need to make a diving board and ladder for the pool, as the base is stamped for these accessories, but mine was missing them.

I also have some ducks/swans coming for the pond.  Will post photos of it after they arrive.

NWL

Geese.  How about a gaggle of girls in bikinis.

@William 1 posted:

Geese.  How about a gaggle of girls in bikinis.

The geese/ducks are for the duck pond.  Will have to look for some bathing beauties now that I found the pool.

NWL :  AMAZING !  I have no idea of the source of such finds that you come up with.  But the swimming pool is really amazing.  Great find.

Don

@Nation Wide Lines posted:

I found one of the swimming pools, which will be placed behind one of my Lionel Mansions or Villas.

I just need to make a diving board and ladder for the pool, as the base is stamped for these accessories, but mine was missing them.

I also have some ducks/swans coming for the pond.  Will post photos of it after they arrive.

NWL

Here are a group of Grey Iron people that may interest you .  They are Grey Iron , “The American Family at the Beach” series .  More or less the size fits Standard Gauge .  They pop up on eBay every once in a while.   The pond and pool are cool finds that’s for sure .  I did see two rock mounds for sale on eBay a week ago .  Starting price was $19.00 .

Well its been a rather self imposed drought here at the Musee de Fatman ... Sadly with the state of things in the world I figured my train budget for a while could be better served elsewhere .

But I simply couldn't pass this little fellow up .... and I think the Brothers Bing might have a little to say about the blurb on the box

Specifically the "complete " aspect of it ...

However the loco itself IS a good deal smaller than a Bing OO  ( Bing is about 110mm )

And a "Stolen off the web" pic  to give us an idea of actual size .... Mine is complete and running this one is broke lol

Going by that the loco is about 68mm long ... I suppose then they might get away with their claim ???

Made in the UK post war I believe .. "Teeny toys " also made clockwork cars and other diecast stuff .

Been after one of these for a while now ... 

Fatman - Great set..."Teeny Toys" another name I had not heard before...thanks for posting.  I wish I had something to add but I am afraid that its been a dry spell for me as well on the "tinplate" front.  Best wishes.

Don

Nice little set Simon, as you all is quite here but I just traded with a friend a bunch of ETS freight cars for a nice looking Hornby loco in French livery, it is a 20v electric model from 1934-35.

So, one more in the collection....

Daniel

Greetings Tunnel Fanatics

Couldn't pass up acquiring my second big Marklin 2523 tunnel from 1902-1919.  Somehow I was able to shoe horn it on to the layout by taking out a Ross LH 054/072 switch (sold on O gauge forum plus the connecting track that led to a Lionel switch which also was removed. 

End result is shown in the following photos.  Lew Schneider

My #10 is back from the shops and rollin again good as new!  Very happy.  Should have posted here first.  For a 95 year old girl oh man she is a honey when she gets warmed up, think I’ll put in her on a pillow next to me tonite and tell her how much I missed her.

Cheers!       W1

Daniel- what a beautiful French Hornby. Since it’s marked “NORD” it must be pre nationalization right?  Lew rail- tunnels are amazing. Hoe anything that large survived a century plus is hard to believe. Great find!! W1-that#10 really looks good. Are you repairing / reconditioning them yourself or do you have a trusted repair source??  Best wishes everyone.
Don

Don - I’m not there yet.  Bill at Des Plaines hobbies got her back in shape.  Very grateful.  I would like to learn how to fix these up like you guys do but not sure where to start.  Baby steps for now.

Beautiful Riviera Daniel ! The hard part will be finding coaches just as nice !

Lew outstanding tunnels , you come up with the most amazing things !

And a gorgeous old girl from @William 1  Don't be too afraid of these old girls , they were built tough,....With time will come the confidence to "have a crack" yourself

( start out with something you don't mind messing up and build from there LOL #Protip No.1 )

Maybe even buy an uber cheap post war Marx and pull it down to start with , as you say "baby Steps" and youtube is your friend!

Thanks, the loco is pre nationalization Don, the national French railways where founded in 1938 and unfortunately Hornby stopped producing that loco just at the beginning of world war two. It will not reappear after and a SNCF model would have been nice.   Only PLM for Paris Lyon Mediterannée where produced but in a large quantity of variations, several clockwork types of motor and electric ones in 4 6 and 20 volts, both manual or auto reverse; it makes a huge number of variations to find...

The cars are already in stock Simon, not a problem, here they are. Sorry for the pictures of poor quality...

Daniel

I have been searching for ducks for my duck pond, but due to the rising prices caused by inflation, all I could afford was half a duck!

NWL

As spring approaches, I always try to find something special for my birthday.  This year I again lucked out and found something interesting.  I offer this up for your viewing pleasure.  I estimate it to date to the middle 1920s.

I have to admit it is the first 1 Dozen box I have acquired.  Previous acquisitions include 1/12 dozen (a complete train set) and 1/2 dozen boxes (assorted cars).

Here is another shot

As you might guess from the stamping on the box, it is a dozen light bulbs

What is interesting is that 8 of the bulb containers are un-opened, factory sealed, NOS bulbs.

I guess if I had posted this photo first, there would have been little mystery as to what was in the box.

NWL

NWL:  Neat box of lightbulbs and the box is in extraordinary condition including the labels.  Given these items were not really printed with any long life in mind, the fact that they are so clear and bright is really amazing.  OBTW remember those famous words..." half a duck is better than none !!"

Best Wishes

Don

Nifty!

Daniel :  Coaches are beautiful and that new loco will make a gorgeous train.  I admit I didn't realize that it was the Hornby version of the famous "Riviera Blue" train.  Thanks for confirming that the "NORD" markings made the loco pre nationalization.  I have been studying my new book on French Hornby and thought that was the case.  W1 thanks for the repair source information, I may choose to have a std gauge loco that I have repaired but at the moment I have no where to run these big guys.

Best wishes to all

Don

More trackside action with a nice brown 318 that is also recently back from the shops pulling a decent string of 500 freights.  Fun getting these guys back and running like new again.
Have a great weekend all you tinplate nuts!

Cheers,       W1

Despite the electric power, it must be a Texas train, all cattle and oil

Looks great!

Some more information on Hornby's Nord Pacifics.  Of course we know that Hornby cheated by providing 4 not 6 driving wheels.  But they were quite accurate when it came to producing their final version, because it was numbered 3.1290.  That number was the last of the 1931 3.1251-3.1290 batch of "Super Pacifics".  Here are two photos of my 3.1290. The other Hornby locomotives in the photos are the very rare Canadian Pacific 2800 and an Argentine Export 4-4-2. Lew

Wow, those are some beauties.  Very impressive.

@lewrail - Those Hornby engines are really something.  Thanks for posting.  W1 - another great engine and running really well.  Palallin - (old Texas saying)..."People tell us "cattle smell" we agree...to us they smell like MONEY!"

Best wishes everyone

Don

The last French model of the Hornby Nord loco with smoke deflectors. A little different  from Lew's British one.  Passenger cars are the original set that matches the engine, 1935.

Now looking at William 1 ' videos.......I think I will run some standard gauge trains this weekend, I really enjoy looking at yours...

Have a great weekend,  Daniel

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

Daniel: thanks for the compliment. I also like the 500 series Lionel cars actually have not come across too many of the 200 series. The 390 of course is a gem. Still on my wish list (any color)!  
Best wishes to all great tinplate everyone

Don

Very nice engines and 500s Daniel.  Like that 385 you have.  I have a black 390E that is my problem child right now.  Been in the shop but back on the fritz, dirty rat.  Included is a panoramic view of my layout featuring a long train of 500s and my ‘newly repaired’ 517 caboose.  It’s got everything, a lake with beautiful blue water and a snow covered hill in the background.  When you are practicing minimalism to the maximum it never hurts to have a bit of an imagination…

Cheers,       W1

W1 - you forgot the beautiful flat plane of freshly plowed fields in the foreground.  Actually around here in central Texas, the scenery looks a good deal like that in about late Feb / Early March as preparation is underway for spring planting.

Loved the "lake" and "snow covered mtns".

Don

I like the hardened bomber hanger

Great Additions ALL  !

Daniel I already have a tender for the E502 in the collection so that's taken care of   The Siderods might be a little harder as I believe the electric motors had a slightly longer wheelbase than the clockworks , so while the piston assembly will be interchangeable with clockwork versions the coupling rods will have to be specific to AC motors .

As a slight deviation from trains I picked up another little French toy last night @FRENCHTRAINS

Little Clockwork car ... which is missing a squeeze bulb off the little pipe in the back .. apparently it can be steered by using the bulb and the amount of squeeze determines the position of the front wheel ( operated by a little bladder inside pressing on a steering linkage)

Only about 12 cm (4 3/4 inches ) long

Repaint time.

@Fatman :  Great car, and yes I believe it was steered via the squeeze bulb.  I don't have this car but do have some other toys with the same mechanism.  Unfortunately the parts are mostly "rubber" and don't last nearly as well as the toy does.

@ Tom M :  Good paint job and quite a accomplishment on finding all the plates, ladders, hand rails etc.  Now just a couple more - a silver Sunoco and a Yellow Shell !

Best wishes to everyone on this Holiday weekend

Don

  Elsewhere on this part of the forum we have a Boxcar Sunday thread. Now, I have nothing against boxcars, in fact some of my best rolling stock are boxcars, but there are other cars in a consist which I think deserve a mention. So for this Sunday I thought I'd offer a....

Tinplate Cattle Car Cavalcade

... oh well, what can I say, I'm using rented fingers and it's Sunday - that last car should be an American Flyer...

Beautiful!

Hey folks, what a great idea that NWL had...so to contribute here are some of mine.

Here is another Hornby, this one post nationalization.

An early Lionel #802 from 1917-1927

OOOPs plastic - but a Marx MOPAC from the 1950's

Marx Scale Santa Fe from the 1950's

Best wishes to all.  Thanks for a great idea NWL.

Don

Geez Don, a math problem this early in the morning???

Ok,

So....lessee  N = 14, W = 23, L = 12   and R = 18, S = 19, and B = 2

Therefore N+4 = R

W - 4 = S

and L -10 = B

which means we can transform NWL into RSB with an addition of 4 and a subtraction of 14.

By the way - thanks for the compliment - Robert

My gracious Robert I humbly apologize.  Trying to work off this ***phone with its limited screen and tiny letters but that is no excuse for such a mistakes. Thank you for a great idea and again I am sorry for mislabeling your posting.

Best wishes

Don

No problem Don, I was just having some early morning fun.

   Take Care,

      Robert

@Don McErlean posted:

Hey folks, what a great idea that NWL had...so to contribute here are some of mine.

Don

You can bet that you would never find a Lionel, Bing, Ives, Hornby, Marx, or Hafner item in my collection, unless they made if for and it was labeled as American Flyer!  LOL!

NWL :  Ha!   OK my mistake continues to cause consequesnces.  I apologized to Robert Butler so I should also apologize to yor as well.  SORRY!  

You know however that I actually looked through my pictures for an AF cattle car and could not find one from the pre-war/ pre-Gilbert era I also made a cursory check in Greenberg's Collector's guide to American Flyer "0" gauge and could not see one referenced there.  So lacking an 0 gauge representative  I checked my only reference book on American Flyer "S" gauge and found 7 or 8 varieties of stock car but since I don't really collect "S" gauge I have no pictures.  Obviously my collection is deficient!  However in a pinch, since we know the very early connection between American Flyer and Hafner, perhaps as a stand in, here is the Hafner cattle car from his "Streamliner" era.

Best wishes

Don

Don,

No reason to apologize, I was just having some fun with you!

Here is a picture of another Flyer stock car, without doors

And with doors

As for other Flyer stock cars, the variation that RSB posted came in differing colors and it and the one above are the only two prewar Flyer O gauge stock cars that were built.  They of course produced a Wide Gauge stock car as well, but never made an O gauge 6.5 inch or 9.5 inch stock car.

NWL

NWL :  Thank you....for posting.  Great to see the AF versions.

Don

NWL, I've always thought it odd Flyer didn't turn out a really impressive 9 inch O gauge cattle car to rival Ives and Lionel.  Given that Chicago was "the hog butcher of the world" and the cattle pens were "right next door" one would have thought this alone would have prompted them to make the effort...but it was not to be.

Cattle cars you say ... Hmmmmm to the depths of the Fatcave Fatman!

Not a lot to offer as the Fatcave isn't rolling stock centric but still a few goodies can be found ( all this has taught me is I need MORE cattle cars dammit!)

Hornby Southern ( these were also known as MILK cars as they were used more to transport milk churns to dairies that actual cows .)

French Hornby version

LMS Hornby

Annnd a Bing ...

I think cattle cars are very much an American thing ( lol ) , in Europe, Australia etc Cattle weren't shipped huge distances as most processing was done locally for domestic consumption , and here in Australia at least the majority of transport from remote areas was done by truck and for a long time different States would using differing gauges which really complicated matters often leading to ....

However feasibility studies recently are touting the modern Australian rail system as an alternative to trucks , so everything old might be new again ?

Great idea to present cattle cars.  They where used in France during a long time and Hornby has made many variations of cattle cars. Here are some from 1925 to 1955.

Hornby also made many different models for Great Britain

JEP has only made one model from 1925 to the end,1963.  Always the same body but different chassis, wheels and coupling during 40 years of production.... not original but nice litho. This is the oldest one.

Bing has also produced different models, only have one with the original cattles ....

And there is many more....    Daniel

Wow, nice collection.  I’ve got 3 nice 500s.

@Nation Wide Lines posted:

Don,

No reason to apologize, I was just having some fun with you!

Here is a picture of another Flyer stock car, without doors

And with doors

As for other Flyer stock cars, the variation that RSB posted came in differing colors and it and the one above are the only two prewar Flyer O gauge stock cars that were built.  They of course produced a Wide Gauge stock car as well, but never made an O gauge 6.5 inch or 9.5 inch stock car.

NWL

As usual with American Flyer, there will be variations. The example NWL provided came with two different door colors.

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Fatman/Daniel:  Great cars. Daniel what a collection!  Fatman same really cool cars plus I had not known that what Hornby calls “milk service” cars also were used as cattle carriers although I was always intrigued by the fact that both were slotted sides. In the US most milk traveled by iced cars or iced sections of box cars. Some also traveled in “tank” cars. Daniel I have seen that lithograph car (#3 in your list of photos) and always laughed at the capacity sign giving the capacity for both “beasts” and humans!

Great posts everyone

Best wishes

Don

Greg: please excuse my lack of knowledge but did the cars without doors come that way from Flyer or are the doors just missing??  Thanks

Don

Hello Don, thanks for your answer.

If you follow Frank Hornby designation the cars which are half slotted are for cattle and the full slotted ones are for milk....

Here are some milk cars, French

And British

In France the milk cars changed with the 1S serie in 1935 and they where more realistic, now normal iced cars. The milk jars where also different, lead models. If you buy the simple model you will have three milk jars but if you buy the model with guard you will have to buy them separetely....

The capicity sign, men 40 or horses 8 was used during the war to indicate the capicity of the car.

All my best wishes,  Daniel

Thanks Daniel - as always Great Information and things that I did not know.  I have the Southern "milk service" car but none of the others.  I have tried a few times to get the lithographed "wagon a lait" a couple of times but have been outbid...oh well leaves things for the future.  Thanks again.

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

Greg: please excuse my lack of knowledge but did the cars without doors come that way from Flyer or are the doors just missing??  Thanks

Don

Don,

The cars without doors came that way.  If you look at the photo below, you will note that the pieces of metal in the door opening are the un-formed door guides, which prevents doors from being installed on this car. 

Flyer sold both smaller sized baggage cars and boxcars without doors.  They offered these door-less cars for a few cents cheaper than cars with doors. 

Here is a Flyer car c. 1916 which was sold without doors.

Another early baggage with no door

An early boxcar without doors.

Similar car, but with doors

And of course there is this, no door openings and a cupola, just another crazy item from Flyer

NWL

NWL :  Thanks for answering the question about the doors.  Candidly I have seem "door less" cars offered at auction and wondered if they came that way or were just missing pieces.  Now I know.  The explanation of "saving a few cents" seems trivial to us today but I imagine in the far earlier era's shown in your response that was not always the case.  I sometimes forget that when my wife and I were assigned to our first AF base in Ohio (1970) , gasoline was "5 gallon's for 1$"

Thanks again for the response.

Don

some of my tinplate

I’m so happy to report this 318 is running really well now.  It had a lil hitch in the giddy up, was binding at one point in the gears causing it to run not so well.  I noticed one of the large gears was a bit kiddy wampas as my ma used to say, so I thought, hey, why not try to move it over with a bit of persuasion.  So I located the spot where it was closer to the frame, stuck a needle nose pliers between the gear and frame, gunched it a tad, and walah, it’s running great!  No more slow downs.  2nd easiest fix in toy train history!  Thought about this for a week before I tried it and it worked, gotta love when a plan comes together.   Here it is in its element, toting a nice string of brown baby states.   Have a great weekend all you tinplate nuts!

Cheers,       W1

Nice to see your 318 running well. It is a very nice engine, especially in state set colors. Greetings for the fix of your loco, it seems perfect.

I also have one a little older, a dark gray model.

Have a nice tinplate weekend,  Daniel

Daniel, that’s a handsome model.  I have a dark gray 318 too.  Currently in the shop but expecting it back soon.  Talked to my repair guy a couple days ago and it seems all I well.  Replacing all the wiring, they get a little ragged after 90 years.  Fingers crossed it will pull a long string of 500 freights very soon.  Will post a short video when I get it back.  

Since we did a tinplate cattle car cavalcade last Sunday I thought for this Sunday it might be worthwhile to do a...

Tinplate Tank Car Tour

Not sure if this is tin plate or wood plate?  This is an early American Flyer tank car. 

OK, for an explanation, this car features a wooden tank that is comprised of two dowels, the larger main body and the smaller fill area. 

This car would be c. 1914, due to the late frame.  There are earlier versions of this car on the Chicago 4 Window Car frames.  There are differing color variations to the tank and some of the earlier cars have frame colors that match the body color.

In addition to the body being held in place with the 2 straps, there are 2 nails that hold the body to the frame.

NWL

Excellent idea Robert, it is a fun subject...

In the same spirit than the AF cars presented by NWL, the French brand AS has offered around 1990 some tank cars with wooden tank.

Also some variations from different manufacturers around SHELL

Hornby British 1928,

L R France 1935,

EDOBAUD, France 1935

Marklin 1935,

BLZ France 1950

GMP France 1955-57,

ETS also offered one, still available

Lionel has also offered different models but I do not have many, If only I could find a 515 model for an affordable price....

Daniel

Beautiful cars.  Here’s my 515s.  Was just looking at my Greenberg book and saw I’m missing the orange Shell version, no picture in the book of it and there it is in Daniel’s collection.  Amazing.  Guess I’ll have to keep an eye open for that one.

Sorry W1, I do not have the Shell 515 unfortunately..... I have seen some for sale but always pricy, I have the same one you have and I am happy with.

Daniel

Well this is great folks...I LOVE tank cars.  Here are a few of mine from various manufactures

A series of "Allstate" tank cars from Marx as sold by Sears.  The 3 dome deluxe car from about 1960.  The Twin Tanks Allstate car from 1958.  The 4 wheel lightweight Allstate tanker from the late 60's through about 1970.

The pre war American Flyer 0 gauge car, # X-1128 from 1936

The Peerless Tank Line car from Bing. I am not sure of the date of this car but I expect it to be around the 1950's

The Chad Valley Milk tank car from the 1950's

The Chad Valley petrol tank car from the 1950's

Two Hafner 1010 tank cars from the 1950's

The Dressler ESSO Tank car from the 1950's.

A Japanese Shell tank car from the 1960's

The Marx (Girard Joy Line) "Everfull" Tank car from 1934-36

Best wishes and great idea Robert.

Don

Hello Don,  nice pieces and not common for me to see those US models.

Your bing is much older than you think, it's from 1925.

Very best, Daniel

Another more unusual American Flyer find. 

This box contains 1/2 dozen (six) 1118 Tank Cars. 

This was an early photo I took, prior to replacing the car that is in the middle-right position

NWL

@Frenchtrains: Daniel Thank you for the information.  That is really neat to know, 1925 WOW!  that certainly is much older than I expected.  I really have very little information on Bing so your input is really appreciated.

@Nation Wide Lines :  An entire box of 1118's and I thought it was cool just to have ONE! Thanks for posting.  Its an interesting take on the marketing scheme in the early days.  Obviously if they packed the cars by the dozen I expect to be sent to a store for sale they were not sold with individual boxes as they were in later years.  Interesting.

Best wishes

Don