Weekend Tinplate photo's/Videos 4/29/16!

Chris Lonero posted:

 and my prewar original Lionel Hell gate bridge I restored.  

Chris, I love seeing pictures of that bridge, you did an incredible job with it.

Here's a Richart Olympian loco and cars from the 1970's:

d

Thanks for starting the thread again Chris.  I always look forward to Friday for many reasons, and now with this thread I have one more.

My offering this week is American Flyer's The Merchant it was offered in two  sets. The only difference is that one has a track trip reverse and the other has an automatic reverse.

The #3185 has the more deluxe reverse unit.

Have  a great tinplate weekend. 

Greg

doubled my Ives transition collection this week with a boxcar.

and now I have the Ives, Lionel 1679 with latch couplers (junk box find for a $1 years ago), and Dad's 2679

A few of my Bing trains

Bing milk cars

I like American Flyer of the 20s, my favorites are the 1107 and 1108 cars and the matching Hafner cars

Arne

hojack posted:

Chris Lonero posted:

 and my prewar original Lionel Hell gate bridge I restored.  

Chris, I love seeing pictures of that bridge, you did an incredible job with it.

Here's a Richart Olympian loco and cars from the 1970's:

 

d

I've loved this Rich-Art loco since I first saw it & have blown half a dozen chances to own one!  I need to bite the bullet....

I know there was also an orange and brown version.  Do you know of any other color combinations?

the new 217-1 bay window

A string of 200 series freights running behind Lumar Valley.

Steve

asmith1440 posted:

hojack posted:

Chris Lonero posted:

 I've loved this Rich-Art loco since I first saw it & have blown half a dozen chances to own one!  I need to bite the bullet....

I know there was also an orange and brown version.  Do you know of any other color combinations?

A very light grey top. 

Ready to run an original MARKLIN set in gauge One from 1930 on "carpet central".

Daniel

FRANCE

Here are some Kibri and Bing accessories I recently acquired.  The W.C. is particularly interesting because

I was able to put a figure in it.  Open the door and you say "whoops!!!"

The Bing "Waterhaus"  has an incorrect bell top and semaphore.  But I got it for short money and I think it looks pretty good. Now if I could find the correct bell top, it could operate.

Lew Schneider

Small in size but all tin all the time.

Awesome pictures so far guy's!    Hi Lew. Welcome to the party!  Seeing your layout and collection I know you'll have plenty to contribute to the weekend tinplate photo/video post! 

Lionel/Ives 258 and passenger cars

Latest purchase - 519 crane car in two-tone blue.  Now I need a matching 500-series work caboose!  It never ends!!  (Thankfully!)

This is the transformer I'm guessing?  Never seen anything like it. 

Hello Chris,

this is a Lamp restistance. They reduce the mains voltage. Because of the danger, it´s forbitten since the 20s / 30s.

Arne

You are right Chris, it is the transformer. It uses two carbon wired lamps to reduce voltage from 110 volts to approximately 40-60 volts to run the trains. You just have to be carefull and don't leave your fingers on the tracks.

It was a common system in Europe before world war two and all major facturers have done this, if i well remember it has been prohibited to use in England around 1930 as it was "a little" too dangerous of use.

Many Marklin locomotives have been done in 20volts to run with a conventional transformer and in High Voltage 110-220 volts.  I have seen a similar system in your country used by Carlisle and Finch to regulate speed of trains.

Similar ones used by HORNBY to run the High Voltage Metropolitan set

and JEP for a set made in 1938, you can see the carbon wired under tension.

Daniel.

Thanks for the response Guy's.  That is totally wild!  I have to find one just for a conversation piece!  I wouldn't even think of putting voltage to it!   

Terry,

I have to be honest that I have never really been a fan of the bay window caboose. After seeing your new addition, I really like the way this one came out. I would really like to see them do one in the brown/gold prr or the SP daylight colors.

Chris - Very nice job on the bridge. Looks professional - do you hire out?

JoeG

A windup Marx 81F sitting on the siding next to the Girard station:

Standard Gauge Flyer freight with a O Gauge Lionel Hiawatha chasing the caboose.

Steve

I found a very unique OOAK piece for my Std. Gauge tinplate on the evilBay. Had been watching this for a while, and with seeing how my layout table is shaping up, I decided it will be a nice addition.

An Art Deco style wooden viaduct with 6 lights- 36" long, 8 " wide. 

Chris Lonero posted:

Thanks for the response Guy's.  That is totally wild!  I have to find one just for a conversation piece!  I wouldn't even think of putting voltage to it!   

 

When the cat was not home I tried it:

Regards

Fred

That's really neat Fred.  Keeping the cat away is a good move. Safety wasn't a big priority back in the day I guess!    What was your power source to run it? A lamp socket? 

The advance unit of the Circus has arrived in town, and is on parade to help drum up interest...

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

A string of 200 series freights running behind Lumar Valley.

 

Steve

Papa, Can Std. Gauge engines fit in this tin tunnel I see here?? What are the piers holding up your track in the air in the background? 

Chris Lonero posted:

That's really neat Fred.  Keeping the cat away is a good move. Safety wasn't a big priority back in the day I guess!    What was your power source to run it? A lamp socket? 

Chris, I used a variac (voltage regulator) to get from our 220V home supply to 110V. And I tried not to touch anything (and succeeded).

Regards

Fred

Some cool stuff posted here.  Enjoyed it all.

Trainlover160 posted:

Terry,

I have to be honest that I have never really been a fan of the bay window caboose. After seeing your new addition, I really like the way this one came out. I would really like to see them do one in the brown/gold prr or the SP daylight colors.

Chris - Very nice job on the bridge. Looks professional - do you hire out?

JoeG

I agree Joe; I have never been a fan of the bay window caboose either but it works in tinplate!  Thank you for the compliment but all my work are kind of one off's unless I decide to sell something.  Seems like I always have another project waiting for me to get to. 

Great idea starting the photo threads Chris...

Love all the tinplate photo's, that blue 519 crane sure looks cool ASMITH1440, I didn't even know they made the 519 in that color...

Here's just a nice original AF freight set from around 1930....gotta love those American Flyer 8 wheel cars!

Carey TeaRose posted:

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

A string of 200 series freights running behind Lumar Valley.

 

Steve

Papa, Can Std. Gauge engines fit in this tin tunnel I see here?? What are the piers holding up your track in the air in the background? 

Carey, that's a Marx tunnel and it will NOT accommodate Standard Gauge

Steve

asmith1440 posted:

Latest purchase - 519 crane car in two-tone blue.  Now I need a matching 500-series work caboose!  It never ends!!  (Thankfully!)

A few folks asked - the photo behind the car is the start of the 1912 Indy 500.  I bought this one at the IMS photo shop at the track, but you can also order photos online here: http://photos.ims.com/Indianap...00-Photography/Races

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Carey TeaRose posted:

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

A string of 200 series freights running behind Lumar Valley.

 

Steve

Papa, Can Std. Gauge engines fit in this tin tunnel I see here?? What are the piers holding up your track in the air in the background? 

Carey, that's a Marx tunnel and it will NOT accommodate Standard Gauge

Steve

 

THANKS Papa, you just saved me a big headache, and some $$. Darn, this is so bright and colorful! I just don't care for the Std. Gauge tunnel I keep seeing listed on the evilBay-  aw shucks.  

THANKS Papa, you just saved me a big headache, and some $$. Darn, this is so bright and colorful! I just don't care for the Std. Gauge tunnel I keep seeing listed on the evilBay-  aw shucks.  

Carey, You could put it in some wood to raise it, then hide the wood with ground foam foliage. You could also cover the wood with some faux stone graphics.

Steve

Lewrail, what kind of switches are you using for your O-gauge?

asmith1440 posted:

hojack posted:

Chris Lonero posted:

 and my prewar original Lionel Hell gate bridge I restored.  

Chris, I love seeing pictures of that bridge, you did an incredible job with it.

Here's a Richart Olympian loco and cars from the 1970's:

 

d

I've loved this Rich-Art loco since I first saw it & have blown half a dozen chances to own one!  I need to bite the bullet....

I know there was also an orange and brown version.  Do you know of any other color combinations?

In addition to the tri-color Milwaukee Road livery above, Rich-Art made several other color combinations including the orange and black version below that I call Rich-Art's "Halloween" paint scheme.  This particular Cascade is an "early" version in that Dick Mayer used his leftover 4-wheel Ives Olympian trucks to make this Bipolar.  In his "late" versions, Dick used his new prototypical 6-wheel trucks.  

Below is a "late" (6-wheel trucks) version of Rich-Arts copy of "Brook Stevens" original paint scheme for the Olympian Hiawatha.   You can watch this particular Rich-Art Bipolar pulling a lengthy consist of Rich-Art Prosperity cars on SGMA's Trainfest 2015 video. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3D7JxGQUe4

This is my favorite livery but the Milwaukee Road rejected it as too expensive to maintain.

After the Milwaukee Road rejected the above paint scheme for their Olympian Hiawatha trains, they repainted it and all the other Bipolars to the paint scheme below and added stainless steel "wings".

Below is an "early" (4-wheel Ives Olympian trucks) version of what I call Dick's "pumpkin" livery and what maybe the "orange and brown version" to which you referred.

In his flyers, Dick indicated Rich-Art also offered his Cascade in Milwaukee's version of the yellow, red and gray Union Pacific livery but I have never seen one in Standard Gauge.  He did, however, make one for me in O gauge.

No doubt there were other paint schemes.

Bob Nelson

Bob Nelson, I was hoping you would post some pictures, my memory was that you have some unusual variations of this.  Thanks!

Here's the blue one, an earlier version with "only" 24 wheels instead of the later 28:

david