Tinplate weekend photo's/Video's 8/12/16

Some pictures of my goodies from the TTOS Natl Convention last weekend.

Steve

Here's Pop's Lionel B6sb which came for Christmas of 1941. Considering when they were introduced, Lionel's Pennsy 0-6-0s were remarkable locomotives and they still can hold their own quite nicely on railroads populated with more contemporary offerings. Note ours has been modified for knuckle coupler operation.  My grandfather and Dad had the locomotive converted by Madison as soon as the new coupler was introduced in order to be able to operate it with the more realustic postwar rolling stock. 

Bob

Out of town, so nothing new, but have an archive photo of my grandfather's Marx 495. Rebuilt from the ground up a total of 3 times, pickup rollers, and spring loaded brush wells were added in successive rebuilds. One of my favorites, I added side rods recently.

Also, a little odd tidbit from a friend.

Chris, you got one!

Steve, that's quite a haul for one show.  Haven't you been looking for a McCoy Hartford car for a while?   If so, congratulatons!

david

did some more work on my 1689E project (down to one rubber band). was wondering what I'm going to run behind the Gunmetal engine, and I remembered that extra set of Marx NYC cars I got off of here. Looks pretty decent.

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On another site where I host a Pre War American Flyer thread I traced Flyer's use of their Wide/Low profile passenger cars over the 4 years that they had a B&O passenger train.  I thought I would share the photos here too.

The 1936 catalog shows the set but says the color of the coaches is subject to change

1937

1938

1939

Over the course of the 4 years that the set is cataloged the engine, tender, couplers and trucks change.

Have a great tinplate weekend.

Greg

Northwoods Flyer

British tinplate this week. Burnett Ltd of England made, before WW II, a series of tinplate "kits" called UBILDA; the range included locomotives, cars, planes and a fire engine; all clockwork driven. Chad Valley took the tools of Burnett after the war and reintroduced the UBILDA range. Here is a UBILDA locomotive in LMS colors; this locomotive  "kit"also came in a LNER version which the box shows. The very simple assembly instructions of the kit were printed on the box. A clockwork key and spanner to make the kit was included. The gauge was almost 0 gauge, but is does not really fit on 0 gauge track, it is a floor train.

Have a good weekend!

Fred

Steamer posted:

 

did some more work on my 1689E project (down to one rubber band). was wondering what I'm going to run behind the Gunmetal engine, and I remembered that extra set of Marx NYC cars I got off of here. Looks pretty decent.

 

Steamer,

You did a nice job with the conversion project.  What cars are you pulling behind the 1689?

Thanks,

-Matt 

Greg, they look almost like the Aeolus passenger cars in the 1936 advertisement.

Nice Ubilida, Fred, I have yet to see the LNER version pictured on the box.

Some nice pieces as usually.  My offer for today will be french tinplate from JEP. All three sets are originals and from the 1935-38 period.

The Golden Arrow set, Flèche d'Or

Have a nice tin plate weekend,

Daniel

And now for something a bit different:

I maintain a file of "out of date" layout and cabinet photos.  But there are some interesting shots taken 5 - 15 years ago.  I'll be sharing them with you the next few weeks. First up we'll see the only 2 0-6-0 superclockwork tank locomotives made by Bing near the end of its life.  Then we'll watch an LMS Hornby express go by and finally there is an aerial view showing all sorts of Bing, Biller, rare Hornby, Weaver etc. etc.

hojack posted:

Chris, you got one!

Steve, that's quite a haul for one show.  Haven't you been looking for a McCoy Hartford car for a while?   If so, congratulatons!

david

David, yes the Hartford has been on the shopping list for a while. Now I need the TTOS engine and the ticket wagon to complete the set.

The beer keg car had the nickle frame, so it was different than the one I had.

Happy to snag them.

Steve

Chris Lonero posted:

Starting off this week is an Idea I got on the forum. An Erector shed on top of my Lionel rotary tower.   Let's see your tinplate!

what a great idea chris,,,super !

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Some pictures of my goodies from the TTOS Natl Convention last weekend.

Steve

wow,,,gotta love the pink set from franks roundhouse,,,,i have the blue set,,,have never seen the red and black set,tho,,,,don't forget we have the 2017 tca national conventon in Pittsburgh pa next june,,see ya,,,terry

MBA posted:

Steamer posted:

 

did some more work on my 1689E project (down to one rubber band). was wondering what I'm going to run behind the Gunmetal engine, and I remembered that extra set of Marx NYC cars I got off of here. Looks pretty decent.

 

Steamer,

You did a nice job with the conversion project.  What cars are you pulling behind the 1689?

Thanks,

-Matt 

Marx 3/16 Passenger cars. not pulling yet..there just sitting there.... I just got a rusty 3/16 boxcar for the trucks i'll swap on the Lionel tender to hook up the Marx cars.

Jim O'C posted:

Greg, they look almost like the Aeolus passenger cars in the 1936 advertisement.

 

Jim,

Yes they do.  Flyer used the same Wide/Low profile passenger cars for the Aeolus set as they did in the blue sets above.  They were chromium plated.  I've sometimes wondered if they had intended to use the chromium cars with the 3300 steamer, or if there are some sets like that out there.  That photo is of a very impressive set.  The Aeolus set is on my "Wanted" list

Greg

terry hudon posted:

Chris Lonero posted:

Starting off this week is an Idea I got on the forum. An Erector shed on top of my Lionel rotary tower.   Let's see your tinplate!

what a great idea chris,,,super !

This has got to be one of the easiest projects I have ever done!  What's even better is the motor burned out on this a long time ago so I pulled it out of retirement and put it back on the layout. 

first off,,,,,look what followed me home from pats trains yesterday,,,,a goodie from 2010,odd that the diner plate says observation ,but I kinda remember that flap from when it came out, 2nd set of pix,,,i have been working on reworking all the under pinings of the layout,moved and rebuilt the shelves,,,added a purple stripe a homage to mth ,they get a lot of my money,also redid the middle part of the upper level,,,took out the solid panel and made my own grider bridge of sorts,enjoy and try to stay cool,,,thats why I spend so much time in the basement,,,,,terry

Chris Lonero posted:

Starting off this week is an Idea I got on the forum. An Erector shed on top of my Lionel rotary tower.   Let's see your tinplate!

Very cool is the arrector shed out of an erector set that you painted

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Some pictures of my goodies from the TTOS Natl Convention last weekend.

Steve

Hey Steve congratulations on all those great finds I hope you really enjoy them

Joeg

Trainlover160 posted:

Chris Lonero posted:

Starting off this week is an Idea I got on the forum. An Erector shed on top of my Lionel rotary tower.   Let's see your tinplate!

Very cool is the arrector shed out of an erector set that you painted

I assume it did.  I bought it on ebay by itself no paint required! 

Long work week this week after the fun at the TTOS National Convention last week...along with some hard work and long days. Here are my finds. Steve Eastman found the fire station for me. The Pennsylvania 384 with PS3 was a online auction gamble that worked out, and the 2 custom painted boxcars behind were acquired at the Banquet auction night. 

nice finds Jeff, that Standard Gauge makes the O look like HO!

Rusty old American Flyer baggage car from the 20's with new roof and custom wrap...

handyandy posted:

Rusty old American Flyer baggage car from the 20's with new roof and custom wrap...

 

 

Nicely done Andy, I like that a lot. Very faithful to the old litho look, and a great vintage herald.

david

Found this beautiful MTH Blue Comet at the Greenberg show today

Andy:

Excellent work on that Flyer baggage car...very well done. 

Bob

Chris Lonero posted:

Trainlover160 posted:

Chris Lonero posted:

Starting off this week is an Idea I got on the forum. An Erector shed on top of my Lionel rotary tower.   Let's see your tinplate!

Very cool is the arrector shed out of an erector set that you painted

I assume it did.  I bought it on ebay by itself no paint required! 

Chris,

I looked on Ebay and saw that it was available in the few sets that were listed. Item was rough on one of them. Makes me wonder if the building from the tin automatic gate-man would fit in the small area as well? Maybe one that was beyond repair?

JoeG

Chris,

I looked on Ebay and saw that it was available in the few sets that were listed. Item was rough on one of them. Makes me wonder if the building from the tin automatic gate-man would fit in the small area as well? Maybe one that was beyond repair?

JoeG

Joe, hopefully this search will help.

Steve

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html...shack&_sacat=724

Captaincog posted:

Long work week this week after the fun at the TTOS National Convention last week...along with some hard work and long days. Here are my finds. Steve Eastman found the fire station for me. The Pennsylvania 384 with PS3 was a online auction gamble that worked out, and the 2 custom painted boxcars behind were acquired at the Banquet auction night. 

Captain,

Great finds! Especially the 384. I am surprised you were able to just find the loco. I have seen it on ebay, but the starting bids have been well over the retail of the starter sets.I will keep on lookin.

I helped an older friend purchase the set about 8 years ago prior to his passing as he was originally from PA, and loved the set, and it was special to him. The pictures of the set never did it justice.

Enjoy,

JoeG

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Chris,

I looked on Ebay and saw that it was available in the few sets that were listed. Item was rough on one of them. Makes me wonder if the building from the tin automatic gate-man would fit in the small area as well? Maybe one that was beyond repair?

JoeG

Joe, hopefully this search will help.

Steve

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html...shack&_sacat=724

 

Thanks Steve! You are always such a huge help!

JoeG

Trainlover160 posted:

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Chris,

I looked on Ebay and saw that it was available in the few sets that were listed. Item was rough on one of them. Makes me wonder if the building from the tin automatic gate-man would fit in the small area as well? Maybe one that was beyond repair?

JoeG

Joe, hopefully this search will help.

Steve

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html...shack&_sacat=724

 

Thanks Steve! You are always such a huge help!

JoeG

My shack and tower will be here in a few days so I can do one also. A simple, great idea.

Steve

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Trainlover160 posted:

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Chris,

I looked on Ebay and saw that it was available in the few sets that were listed. Item was rough on one of them. Makes me wonder if the building from the tin automatic gate-man would fit in the small area as well? Maybe one that was beyond repair?

JoeG

Joe, hopefully this search will help.

Steve

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html...shack&_sacat=724

 

Thanks Steve! You are always such a huge help!

JoeG

My shack and tower will be here in a few days so I can do one also. A simple, great idea.

Steve

Agreed, Chris always comes of with great items that he finishes perfectly. I am home the next restoration he completes the show a step by step process. it would also be a great article for the magazine, and not just for the forum.

JoeG

Chris Lonero posted:

Starting off this week is an Idea I got on the forum. An Erector shed on top of my Lionel rotary tower.   Let's see your tinplate!

Both my tower and shack arrived today. So simple, no cutting, bending etc. I put some orange plastic film inside. I opted for the all red tower.

Steve

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Both my tower and shack arrived today. So simple, no cutting, bending etc.

Perfect fit, like it was made to be that way.  It's a hoot, the ladder even goes up to the door.

david

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Chris Lonero posted:

Starting off this week is an Idea I got on the forum. An Erector shed on top of my Lionel rotary tower.   Let's see your tinplate!

Both my tower and shack arrived today. So simple, no cutting, bending etc. I put some orange plastic film inside. I opted for the all red tower.

Steve

I know; Talk about simple!  I need to get some film in my windows.