Weekend tinplate photo/video 6/10/16!

terrific!

I see you got the state cars. Very nice.  You were right about putting together the station. 

The small Italian company Elettren started making 3-rail tinplate trains shortly after WWII, now the third generation is still making 0 gauge trains but a shift has been made to more 2-rail  scale models. Here are some pics of the 3-rail tinplate CIWL (European luxury train) pullman car, restaurant and sleeper made in the 1950's by Elettren:

Elettren is famous for their interiors; see the copper pans in the kitchen!

And here you can see the Elettren CIWL train running pulled by an Elettren pacific locomotive:

Regards

Fred

Chris, I like your Owl-Eye Interurban. Looks good, love the colors. 

ARNO

The start of what will be a beautiful tinplate passenger train, need to repaint the tender, get some couplers (preferably combination latch, but latch would work too), paint the roof on the baggage (not a high priority, if I find some with similar panting I would use them as is), and add some passenger cars to that lone baggage.

For this weekend something that you don't see very often in Europe. Pictures of an old Marklin layout taken around summer 1938 in an old castle of Normandy in France.

Sorry for the pictures quality, they are the only things which survives the destructions of world war two. The castle has been used by the german occupation army and finally bombed just before D Day by allied planes in 1944.

Today none of this is still in existence, but who knows maybe someone has taken care of the trains and they are in collections. That was a very nice carpet layout owned by a healthy owner .

Daniel,    France

That was a lucky person.

Way to go with the interurban Chris, that looks great.  Serious pantographs.  Fun to make your own and you get to decide how to trim it out!  Would love to see some more pictures of it, if you feel so inclined.

Fred, very beautiful 1st class CIWL in amazing condition, thank you!

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moderneraSG posted:

Chris, I like your Owl-Eye Interurban. Looks good, love the colors. 

ARNO

Thanks Arno,Hojack.  Now I have to make a trailing car for it. I'll post some more pictures of it.

a ten and an eight

haulin the freight

Don't have much time to post anything really exotic, so we'll make do with my Lionel City of Denver manufactured in 1935 the year I was born.  It runs beautifully and the Lionel whistle is pure joy.

lewrail

This is American Flyer's New York Central design streamlined set from 1935.

Have a great tinplate weekend.

Greg

William 1 posted:

 

a ten and an eight

haulin the freight

Oh dear, maybe I need an x crossing track

hojack posted:

Fred, very beautiful 1st class CIWL in amazing condition, thank you!

d

 

Thank you, David. Although some 60 years old you will find Elettren tinplate cars normally in good condition. I think since they were highly priced kids only were allowed  to play with these under adult supervision. Further the quality of the finish proofs to be durable. Since I like the interiors very much here some more pics of these:

Tinplate toilet bowl!

Regards

Fred

sncf231e posted:

hojack posted:

Fred, very beautiful 1st class CIWL in amazing condition, thank you!

d

 

Thank you, David. Although some 60 years old you will find Elettren tinplate cars normally in good condition. I think since they were highly priced kids only were allowed  to play with these under adult supervision. Further the quality of the finish proofs to be durable. Since I like the interiors very much here some more pics of these:

Tinplate toilet bowl!

Regards

Fred

the dishes, the toy lamps... WOW!

Greg, I love that Flyer Hiawatha... that loco/tender thing has gotta be the weirdest design any toy train maker ever came up with, but it has its own cachet, you know?

Lewrail, in addition to that gorgeous City of Denver, those are also some great shots of Hornby tinplate.  That's the nicer (later) signal gantry, it's an impressive structure.

Thanks Fred.  That's definitely a step up from my Hornby CIWL Le Train Bleu coaches, which are pretty basic by comparison.

david

Great video's and photo's this week Guy's and gals!

I added at little something on the corner of the Standard Gauge layout with the Hallmark diner, some cars, and figurines. My loving wife approved so much she took this picture....