Weekend Tinplate photos 📸 and videos 📽 3/5/20!

A more unusual variation of the 1095 in brown

Close-up of the engine

This set is from 1925, per the paperwork that came in the original box.  

NWL

The famous 9 1/2" Ives MDT Refrigfrator - yes, you read that right - car - early and late versions

Early Version

Late Version

The 2-meter curves have arrived, as well as a 6-wheel ore wagon. The smaller diameter curves will be several more weeks. Now, if I just had someplace to set all this stuff up and leave it up. Some other pretty cool stuff is on the way, but I won’t tip my hand.

I finally unboxed and wired up the Terrace for my 116 Station tonight, bought it back in November on EBay.

Wow, the large size, Old Glory, and all the lights really make it pop...I love it!

As I have never seen an affordable Hornby Colman's Mustard when this one was offered for less than 20 € on the bay I had to buy it. It is a completely restored model on the right nutt and bolt chassis, it looks nice and it is one of the hardest Hornby freight cars to find.

Daniel

A few of my Modern Marx I have been photographing as I am selling off most of them.

Although there was a lot of wind I made a video presenting a large amount of CR (Rossignol) steamliners (of course steamliners cut through the wind ):

Regards

Fred

I have been infected with something that no amount of handwashing will help.  My train collecting pox has on occasion led me away from American Flyer trains into Ives, Dorfan, Marx and Lionel.  Most recently I have had a relapse into Ives Wide Gauge.  Up until now the only "representative" in my collection has been a Wide Gauge Tiger set.

And now it appears I am having a relapse.  Here is the start of another Ives Wide Gauge set. So far I have only obtained a #186 Observation car in brown.

Somehow I don't think that self-quarentining is going to help. 

Have a Great Tinplate Weekend

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

I have been infected with something that no amount of handwashing will help.  My train collecting pox has on occasion led me away from American Flyer trains .

And now it appears I am having a relapse.  Here is the start of another Ives Wide Gauge set. So far I have only obtained a #186 Observation car in brown.

 

Somehow I don't think that self-quarentining is going to help. 

Have a Great Tinplate Weekend

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Wait for it... Hysteria and panic in 5,4,3,2,1! 

George

Craignor posted:

I finally unboxed and wired up the Terrace for my 116 Station tonight, bought it back in November on EBay.

Wow, the large size, Old Glory, and all the lights really make it pop...I love it!

Hi Craig,

I finally got the Tinplate bug and have been picking up items here and there. I really like your Tinplate Layout. Very clean. What are your table dimensions and size of curves? I purchased a set of 042 curves and 14" straights from Kirk. He was great to deal and now have good quality track to start off with. 

Thanks,

Mike

Lirr Fan1 posted:

Craignor posted:

I finally unboxed and wired up the Terrace for my 116 Station tonight, bought it back in November on EBay.

Wow, the large size, Old Glory, and all the lights really make it pop...I love it!

Hi Craig,

I finally got the Tinplate bug and have been picking up items here and there. I really like your Tinplate Layout. Very clean. What are your table dimensions and size of curves? I purchased a set of 042 curves and 14" straights from Kirk. He was great to deal and now have good quality track to start off with. 

Thanks,

Mike

 

Hi Mike,

Thanks,

The layout is 6' x 7.5'

(don't tell anyone the layout is just 3 6-foot long folding plastic tables from Lowes, with a California King bedsheet from Amazon on top)

and

0-57 Track by USA Track

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

I have been infected with something that no amount of handwashing will help.  My train collecting pox has on occasion led me away from American Flyer trains into Ives, Dorfan, Marx and Lionel.  Most recently I have had a relapse into Ives Wide Gauge.  Up until now the only "representative" in my collection has been a Wide Gauge Tiger set.

And now it appears I am having a relapse.  Here is the start of another Ives Wide Gauge set. So far I have only obtained a #186 Observation car in brown.

Somehow I don't think that self-quarentining is going to help. 

Have a Great Tinplate Weekend

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Greg I know of no help for your Wide Gauge Pox, but if it'll help you can send any O Gauge Ives my way.......

Craignor posted:

Lirr Fan1 posted:

Craignor posted:

I finally unboxed and wired up the Terrace for my 116 Station tonight, bought it back in November on EBay.

Wow, the large size, Old Glory, and all the lights really make it pop...I love it!

Hi Craig,

I finally got the Tinplate bug and have been picking up items here and there. I really like your Tinplate Layout. Very clean. What are your table dimensions and size of curves? I purchased a set of 042 curves and 14" straights from Kirk. He was great to deal and now have good quality track to start off with. 

Thanks,

Mike

 

Hi Mike,

Thanks,

The layout  is 7.5'x 6'

(don't tell anyone its just 3 6-foot long folding plastic tables from Lowes, with a California King bedsheet from Amazon on top)

and

0-57 Track by USA Track

Thanks Craig!

Mike,

You could get a loop of 0-42, and a second loop of 0-57 on my table configuration.

Craignor posted:

Mike,

You could get a loop of 0-42, and a second loop of 0-57 on my table configuration.

Very tempting Craig. I noticed you have track clips too holding the track together. I have a ton of Postwar O Track clips. Would they work? I haven't tried them yet and don't know if they are long enough.

Mike

Lirr Fan1 posted:

Craignor posted:

Mike,

You could get a loop of 0-42, and a second loop of 0-57 on my table configuration.

Very tempting Craig. I noticed you have track clips too holding the track together. I have a ton of Postwar O Track clips. Would they work? I haven't tried them yet and don't know if they are long enough.

Mike

Yeah, my track clips are O gauge too, they only go halfway across, but I have never had trouble with then opening up, and my track is not screwed down.

My STG layout was built to be temporary layout. I like to run my STG trains in between the SGMA modular shows I participate in, or to test run my STG trains. So, I wanted a STG layout, but sometimes I need that space back like when I am having a party, or am building something down in the train room.

The STG layout goes up or down in twenty minutes. The STG track power and accessory power come easily via wires under the skirts that are tapped into the Yard track and accessory power of my O gauge layout you can see behind it. It works great as I get to run my STG trains from my DCS remote, or from my IPhone via DCS WIFI, with no extra investment in transformers, TIUs and WiUs.

I am real happy with this STG layout.

Craignor posted:

Lirr Fan1 posted:

Craignor posted:

I finally unboxed and wired up the Terrace for my 116 Station tonight, bought it back in November on EBay.

Wow, the large size, Old Glory, and all the lights really make it pop...I love it!

Hi Craig,

I finally got the Tinplate bug and have been picking up items here and there. I really like your Tinplate Layout. Very clean. What are your table dimensions and size of curves? I purchased a set of 042 curves and 14" straights from Kirk. He was great to deal and now have good quality track to start off with. 

Thanks,

Mike

 

Hi Mike,

Thanks,

The layout is 6' x 7.5'

(don't tell anyone the layout is just 3 6-foot long folding plastic tables from Lowes, with a California King bedsheet from Amazon on top)

and

0-57 Track by USA Track

You must have been in the military to get that bedsheet that tight!

George

George S posted:

Craignor posted:

Lirr Fan1 posted:

Craignor posted:

I finally unboxed and wired up the Terrace for my 116 Station tonight, bought it back in November on EBay.

Wow, the large size, Old Glory, and all the lights really make it pop...I love it!

Hi Craig,

I finally got the Tinplate bug and have been picking up items here and there. I really like your Tinplate Layout. Very clean. What are your table dimensions and size of curves? I purchased a set of 042 curves and 14" straights from Kirk. He was great to deal and now have good quality track to start off with. 

Thanks,

Mike

 

Hi Mike,

Thanks,

The layout is 6' x 7.5'

(don't tell anyone the layout is just 3 6-foot long folding plastic tables from Lowes, with a California King bedsheet from Amazon on top)

and

0-57 Track by USA Track

You must have been in the military to get that bedsheet that tight!

George

No, its just laying there, didn't even iron it. Its pretty thin.

Well, after yet another prolonged absence (caused by school and the acquisition of an SVO Mustang), I’m back to posting and visiting the forum again. Picked these 1670 series freights up a while back with a 258 I bought to resell, not sure what to do with these though. Someone did a knuckle coupler conversion to them and I kinda dig it. 

On a not-wholely-tinplate front, I also picked up these All-Nation boxcars, I’ve got some KMT trucks for them once I get the hardware to mount them. Wood bodies with sheet steel sides and roof, they look good and should be a nice addition to the traditional postwar fleet

One of my favorite Lionel standard gauge locomotives- the No. 1912. Made between 1910 and 1913, these preceded the classic No. 42 in the early Lionel lineup. This particular one is a replica made years ago by Jim Cohen, with narrow rim wheels. Like the 42, the dual set of driving wheels with rods make it particularly fun to watch running.

Ima just leave these here ....

Some stuff coming from the UK to live with me ... I have a "problem"

Most excited about the British Marx Silverlink ( even tho it is missing a wheel) and FINALLY have the Chad Valley Loco I have been looking for forever (sadly missing the front bogey assembly ... we can bodge something I am sure )

Green Mettoy looks to be a complete Battle of Britain Set with carriages !!!

My Dad got this set for Christmas 1935.  My first and most prized train!

Rex K posted:

My Dad got this set for Christmas 1935.  My first and most prized train!

Nice!  I have always wanted to find a nice freight set with that engine.

One of my first purchases, as a teenager starting to collect trains was this set.

NWL

Just leaving the NorCal meet. Be home in about 6 hours. Got some real gems. Pictures when I recover.

Steve

THANKS NWL.  I love those passenger cars that went with that loco!  Maybe I'll find some one of these days.

The Lionel 42, (produced from about 1913-1923) was a successor to the No. 1912 I posted photos of yesterday. Here are some shots comparing the two and (of course) a video with a double header. Unlike the No. 1912, one can still find a No. 42 relatively easily; they come in both single and dual motor versions. The one seen here is a restored dual motor 42 in dark gray, with thick rims.

I always liked the look of the thin rim 1912

Bassett Lowke Enterprise live steam, circa late 1940s per the date code stamped on the frame.  

John Smatlak posted:

One of my favorite Lionel standard gauge locomotives- the No. 1912. Made between 1910 and 1913, these preceded the classic No. 42 in the early Lionel lineup. This particular one is a replica made years ago by Jim Cohen, with narrow rim wheels. Like the 42, the dual set of driving wheels with rods make it particularly fun to watch running.

Looks nice with the Ives cars

Jim

I picked up a the Leland monorail set. It’s in need of a lot of tender loving care. Starting with the motor, it appears to be highly modified and I’m not quite sure where the loose wires go. Any suggestions?

A Lionel prewar celebration series #269 O gauge Freight Train set from 2006 with a 261E locomotive on the point.  Kind of a goofy reproduction by Lionel because the rolling stock did not come with tinplate wheels but the box, also shown was really neat looking.  Interesting little story about this set because this was the third one I bought from a local hobby shop .  The first two were dead in the box.  This one has always  been problematic.  I should have known.  Oh well I still like the box.

Those sets were well known to have the pick up roller assembly in the tender short against an axle when compressed. A little bending and mine became flawless.

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Those sets were well known to have the pick up roller assembly in the tender short against an axle when compressed. A little bending and mine became flawless.

I will give that a try because my train sounds and crew/tower announcements are really out of whack as well as the E-unit.  It's been a real PITA.

If I recall the screw on the pick up is what hits the axle. 

Steve

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

If I recall the screw on the pick up is what hits the axle. 

Steve

You are spot on Steve.  As soon as I looked at it I saw it clearly.  My question is, how do you bend that pick up roller assembly without having it affect the roller contacting the center rail.  I see how it could be easily done but I can also see how it could possibly affect  the rollers contact with the center rail.  Can you recall how you did it?

That wire mount bends fairly easy with needle nose pliers if I recall but a quick and simple fix is to cut a length of Plastic drinking straw (If your state hasn’t banned them) and slip it over the axle as an insulator.

Steve

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

That wire mount bends fairly easy with needle nose pliers if I recall but a quick and simple fix is to cut a length of Plastic drinking straw (If your state hasn’t banned them) and slip it over the axle as an insulator.

Steve

Steve, thanks for the tips.  I may have some old straws around the house somewhere.  

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

I have been infected with something that no amount of handwashing will help.  My train collecting pox has on occasion led me away from American Flyer trains into Ives, Dorfan, Marx and Lionel.  Most recently I have had a relapse into Ives Wide Gauge.  Up until now the only "representative" in my collection has been a Wide Gauge Tiger set.

 

 

 

 

And now it appears I am having a relapse.  Here is the start of another Ives Wide Gauge set. So far I have only obtained a #186 Observation car in brown.

 

 

 

 

 

Somehow I don't think that self-quarentining is going to help. 

 

Have a Great Tinplate Weekend

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

From the "Fifth Avenue Special" set. I have a repainted Club car (combine) and loco for this  if you are interested.

Nice tiger set!

Absolutely!  Lets talk off site and you can share the details.

Greg