Weekend tinplate photos/ video's "4th of July addition"!!

The Bicentennial Special should fit the theme.

Steve

https://youtu.be/1rf8jAmvGJk

Morning all and a very happy 4th of July weekend. 

After posting pictures of my late father's 260E in last week's thread, I continued going through  the prewar equipment of his youth and present photographs of his 815 and 2815 tank cars for your consideration. Dad took a particular interest in tank cars so these were truly among his favorite pieces of model rolling stock. 

Bob

I have my completed tinplate boxcab diesel to offer today.

 

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

The Bicentennial Special should fit the theme.

Steve

https://youtu.be/1rf8jAmvGJk

Perfect!   I'll add a couple more on the same theme...:

have a fun long weekend everybody!

david

Bob, your dad took great care of his trains - those are beautiful tank cars! Thank you!

ElClassico - that's fantastic!  I love this little guy. Nice job. At some point can we see him pulling some cars?

david

hojack posted:

Bob, your dad took great care of his trains - those are beautiful tank cars! Thank you!

ElClassico - that's fantastic!  I love this little guy. Nice job. At some point can we see him pulling some cars?

david

Of course! I just will have to wait til later probably.

Excellent  start to the weekend.

Steve I really like that American Flyer set - the condition is exceptional.

Here are my offerings for this week.  Last week I posted some Ives that has running rights on the Blueboard Central Division of American Flyer Lines.  This week its some Lionel equipment riding the rails.

Friendly competitors

Have a great tinplate weekend and a safe 4th of July.

Greg

Northwoods Flyer

hojack posted:

Bob, your dad took great care of his trains - those are beautiful tank cars! Thank you!

ElClassico - that's fantastic!  I love this little guy. Nice job. At some point can we see him pulling some cars?

david

Hi, David.

Thank you for your very kind comments about my father's trains. During the time since he passed earlier this year, I've been taking my time going through his prewar equipment. As a third generation hobbyist, these pieces hold great sentimental value. I can almost feel the spirits of my family members who have gone before me as I handle the trains. Happy memories...I guess that's what this hobby is all about anyway!

Thanks again,

Bob

From the archives...AF 3315 leading a local freight:

PD

Chris,

That waving flag is mesmerizing.

pd posted:

From the archives...AF 3315 leading a local freight:

PD

I don't believe I have ever seen an AF engine with brass trim that had a front coupler, let alone a slot and tab coupler. Is this original, or does it have a backstory to it?

Well, I tried to take a video of it, but my foolish self forgot to make sure the camera was on video... So here are some photos of it. I ran it with a 1033, was fairly slow considering its gearing, but could probably take a lot more cars. Didn't have any more to load it down with however.

I also realized I have never posted any photos of my layout, so here is an overview (I forgot to get close ups of Bedford Falls, above the Mt.):

A reenactment out by an old farm and church:

The "secret" Hogsmeade station and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry:

Plasticville had an early Independence Day parade, with Reenactors from Massachusetts present, the few Vietnam veterans in the area back in uniform, and the town's lone WWII veteran driving a water car he brought back from Germany at the end of the war.

The 12:20 is a bit late, so people wait at the station whil the last batch of Reenactors (and their equipment) are being loaded into trucks:

Atticsburgh, and most of the storage tracks, are all here, as is Gower's Drugs (it didn't fit on Bedford Falls, above the tunnel):

El Classico posted:

pd posted:

From the archives...AF 3315 leading a local freight:

PD

I don't believe I have ever seen an AF engine with brass trim that had a front coupler, let alone a slot and tab coupler. Is this original, or does it have a backstory to it?

This is original as far as I know...I've seen numerous examples. Northwoods can probably comment with authority...

PD

Great pictures as usually. This time some french "autorails" from various manufacturers.

HACHETTE from the 50's, running with a battery.

Different models by JEP

A PICASSO made by RV ZERO

The prestigious Presidential model made by BUGATTI

Have a nice weekend tinplate and Happy 4th of July

Daniel

Once again Steve Eastman came through enabling me to acquire 2 Hornby Metropolitan coaches from the 1925-1929 period. These babies were offered with the High Voltage HV locomotive which operated on 110 volts reduced from 220. Not for the faint of heart. The coaches have clips on the end for the lighting wires which passed through the coaches from the locomotive.

My coaches are pulled by a neverwazz Hornby motor coach crafted for me by Colin Duthie in far off New Zealand.  A Lionel motor was fitted into the chassis and shell of an LNER brake composite. Runs like a charm.  Wish more visitors could see it.

Lew Schneider

El Classico posted:

pd posted:

From the archives...AF 3315 leading a local freight:

 

PD

I don't believe I have ever seen an AF engine with brass trim that had a front coupler, let alone a slot and tab coupler. Is this original, or does it have a backstory to it?

Front couplers were quite common on Flyers larger cast locomotives.

Steve

Last week during a short holiday to Germany my brother and I visited a new (open since mid 2015) tin toy museum. Hans Peter Porsche (from the Porsche cars) is a collector of German tin toys and he has a unique tin toy collection with cars, ships, aircraft etc. But trains (and not cars!) inspired him particularly. Most of it is by the German makers Märklin, Bing and Carette, but also some lesser known manufacturers. The museum is in a specially constructed building in a small village (Anger) deep in the south of Germany near Salzburg, Austria. The museum is called "Hans Peter Porsche Traumwerk" and includes also a large (really large) Märklin H0 layout with lots of animation. The collection is splendidly presented. Whenever you are in this area I can recommend to make a detour and visit the museum. My brother made the pictures (and chose the subjects (there are lots of trains too)).

The first picture shows the original Märklin Leipzig station (not the remake by MTH) with Märklin 0 gauge trains:

Next a large (Gauge 3?) much older Märklin station:

This is a Märklin coaling station:

A Märklin Gauge 0 or 1 station from around 1910:

A fire station with lots of tinplate fire engines

Regards

Fred

CNJ 3676 posted:

Thank you for your very kind comments about my father's trains. During the time since he passed earlier this year, I've been taking my time going through his prewar equipment. As a third generation hobbyist, these pieces hold great sentimental value. I can almost feel the spirits of my family members who have gone before me as I handle the trains. Happy memories...I guess that's what this hobby is all about anyway!

Thanks again,

Bob

I share your outlook.  My dad's trains are not the rarest or most expensive, or in the best condition, but they are the most meaningful by far.  Real treasures.  I know everyone is different and has a different story, but the saddest thing for me is to read an ad saying "I'm selling my dad's train collection...", because I know how sad that would be for me.  Always a treat to see someone taking care of and showing off their dad's trains.  Thanks again!

david

El Classico posted:

Well, I tried to take a video of it, but my foolish self forgot to make sure the camera was on video... So here are some photos of it. I ran it with a 1033, was fairly slow considering its gearing, but could probably take a lot more cars. Didn't have any more to load it down with however.

Thanks for the pictures!  I'm impressed with what that little box cab can pull!  Nice work!

d

El Classico, great layout and work on the engine.

Those Flyer engines look great,but that hugh headlight...not so sure.

not so much red,white,,but lots of blue,,,happy 4th !!!

A less than dignified setting for my new-to-me, late-color-black-oxide-railing Hellgate Bridge. I am cleaning it up (you can see the dirt on the other side) and it is coming out very nicely. The washing machine is my auxiliary bench when the real workbench is full up.  

Love those black oxide railings!

pd posted:

El Classico posted:

pd posted:

From the archives...AF 3315 leading a local freight:

PD

I don't believe I have ever seen an AF engine with brass trim that had a front coupler, let alone a slot and tab coupler. Is this original, or does it have a backstory to it?

This is original as far as I know...I've seen numerous examples. Northwoods can probably comment with authority...

PD

Thanks for the compliment, but I'm not sure that I speak with any authority.  I can offer an observation from what I have seen personally and what I can read in the printed references.

All of the examples that I have seen of the Type IX steam engine have had a slotted tab coupler on the front.  Flyer cataloged the Type IX from 1932 through 1935 and again in 1937.  This is one of several examples of the Type IX that I have in my collection.

I believe this is what the 1934 version looked like.

Notice the slotted tab coupler.

This is how Schuweiler describes the #3310 Locomotive-Tender combination from 1934 in the Greenburg guide:

"Locomotive 10 1/8".  3315 die-cast, brass strip with  punched-out holes under running board, blue green stripe running down outside edge of running board; brass headlight rim; ringing bell; slotted coupler on pilot....."

Wonderful contributions this week everyone.

Greg

Northwoods Flyer

Thanks Greg...

PD

NJCJOE posted:

Chris,

That waving flag is mesmerizing.

It is.   Christmas tree shop $5 bucks.  Cheap entertainment! 

A few pictures of tinplate in the Spirit of the 4th. Enjoy your holiday weekend.

I can't resist posting this one... what would be a hard-to-find Marx Blue windup Mercury, except someone - probably way back at the Bicentennial - decided that adding some red and white paint along with some "America" stickers on the cab would be a patriotic thing to do!  On one hand, it's a bit of shame that an uncommon Marx engine has be modified like this, but on  the other hand, the locomotive always makes me smile...

agreed...but it looks great! I remember the Bicentennial...everything got painted red white and blue.

Some shots of my brothers Std gauge layout.

Both sides of the Marx Trains 7424 boxcar and one of the 76211 Christmas in America boxcar.

Steve

I say it every week but great stuff this week guys!  

some Marx tin

Steamer posted:

some Marx tin

Nice to see that C&O gondola got a good home there Steamer!

sncf231e posted:

Last week during a short holiday to Germany my brother and I visited a new (open since mid 2015) tin toy museum. Hans Peter Porsche (from the Porsche cars) is a collector of German tin toys and he has a unique tin toy collection with cars, ships, aircraft etc. But trains (and not cars!) inspired him particularly. Most of it is by the German makers Märklin, Bing and Carette, but also some lesser known manufacturers. The museum is in a specially constructed building in a small village (Anger) deep in the south of Germany near Salzburg, Austria. The museum is called "Hans Peter Porsche Traumwerk" and includes also a large (really large) Märklin H0 layout with lots of animation. The collection is splendidly presented. Whenever you are in this area I can recommend to make a detour and visit the museum. My brother made the pictures (and chose the subjects (there are lots of trains too)).

The first picture shows the original Märklin Leipzig station (not the remake by MTH) with Märklin 0 gauge trains:

Next a large (Gauge 3?) much older Märklin station:

This is a Märklin coaling station:

A Märklin Gauge 0 or 1 station from around 1910:

A fire station with lots of tinplate fire engines

Regards

Fred

 

wow!

david1 posted:

Some shots of my brothers Std gauge layout.

I have the repro Ives circus with the MTH diorama too, love it. Nice to see it on someone's layout!

Sorry for getting in on the weekend pics and videos a day late, but I had no computer for 4 days! Just got the new one up and running. My 4th of July weekend entry pic: showing the red and white station with the blue and red Nat'l Limited Pullman car in the foreground. 

Chris Lonero posted:

This week I have a couple of videos. 1st up is my animated old glory for the 4th and some custom NH passenger cars I got from a forum member.  Have a safe weekend everyone.     Let's see your tinplate!  

Hey Chris where did you get the brick wall that you have supporting you second level is that from Scenic Express?

Trainlover160 posted:

Chris Lonero posted:

This week I have a couple of videos. 1st up is my animated old glory for the 4th and some custom NH passenger cars I got from a forum member.  Have a safe weekend everyone.     Let's see your tinplate!  

Hey Chris where did you get the brick wall that you have supporting you second level is that from Scenic Express?

Your a little late to the party. I already started this weeks thread!     I bought it off a friend but I believe it came from Scenic Express.