just got a foot of snow dumped on us here and it still feels like Christmas. One more Christmas video till next year. Let’s see your tinplate!
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Here is a small, 00 gauge, tinplate train from Belgium; this was made in 1946 and is rather rare (even in Belgium). The set came in a box with only the train. They did make track and transformers, but I have never seen these.
After some repairs it did run:
Regards
Fred
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nice find Fred.
My latest O Gauge car showed up yesterday.
and the Commodore heads out of town
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My latest cleaning and restoration, a Lionel 400e gunmetal that i got at an auction. I had to change the smoke box door and two wheels on the back pick up. After having been stored since a very long time, the inside was full of dirt, it runs immediately after cleaning, even the chugger unit is still making his strange buzz..... Great to see an old piece return to service, and another piece to enjoy....
Have a great tinplate weekend, Daniel
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From the archives:
Flyer 3315 exits the tunnel at Heat-Pump Pass.
PD
My offering this week is again from Ives.
This is set #508, the Green Mountain Express from 1926.
Have a Great Tinplate Weekend
Northwoods Flyer
Greg
American Flyer Vanguard Set from 1930
The catalog illustration
...and the set contents
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Robert S. Butler posted:American Flyer Vanguard Set from 1930
...and the set contents
Robert - I have a few of these cars picked up at various times...some are stamped (such as these) and some have "American Flyer" decals. Do you know which variation was first? Thanks.
PD
PD according to Greenberg's reference stamped are earlier and decals are later so stamped would be first.
Just picked this up from a seller on Etsy, this is the seller's photo. I'm really excited to be getting this!
Now to start research on what year she's from!
Steamer & Fred,
Now that is a well used 814 Box Car, a way cool piece of Antique Tin Plate!
PCRR/Dave
I have a prettier one in the Work Train Consist! It has no Character at all however.
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Eddie, it looks similar to train set #0 from 1926 but with an extra car.
The passenger car frames and the tender would put it in the 1925-1929 time frame.
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Robert S. Butler posted:Eddie, it looks similar to train set #0 from 1926 but with an extra car.
The passenger car frames and the tender would put it in the 1925-1929 time frame.
Thank you so much! I love seeing catalog pages with the trains I have. It helps to add to the train's story over time. Mine has the extra car, plus a couple pieces of straight track, apparently. And she still works beautifully according to the seller!
Clockwork trains are so cool!
There are some great YouTube videos showing them run. One shows a German train, maybe Bing, and the guy runs the clockwork trains in a in an operating simulation, dropping off and picking up cars.
George
George S posted:Clockwork trains are so cool!
There are some great YouTube videos showing them run. One shows a German train, maybe Bing, and the guy runs the clockwork trains in a in an operating simulation, dropping off and picking up cars.
George
Clockwork trains are probably my favorite! I may have seen that video or one like it. The guy has a double track oval with switches, Marklin and Bing trains. He does things like ringing the bell and setting the semaphore before releasing a train, and I think he did do some reversing to pick up cars and things like that as well!
I have a Hornby O clockwork set with a locomotive that has the smoothest mechanism I've ever run! Soon I hope to get my Marklin 1 gauge serviced and running as well, so those with my Bing set and this Flyer, I'll have a nice collection!
Robert S. Butler posted:PD according to Greenberg's reference stamped are earlier and decals are later so stamped would be first.
Thanks mate...
GREAT trains, all! THANKS for sharing! :-)
George S and Eddie....and don't forget - clockwork trains will get you through times of no electricity better than electricity will get you through times of no clockwork trains. 
Robert S. Butler posted:George S and Eddie....and don't forget - clockwork trains will get you through times of no electricity better than electricity will get you through times of no clockwork trains.
Oh, I know! I've even run my Hornby or Bing during a power outage, to the light of a couple of the Olde Brooklyn Lanterns that you see in some stores!
That is quite a relaxing thing to do, actually!
Wow! Now I need to get a nice clockwork train and hope for a power outage!
George
Pine Creek Railroad posted:Steamer & Fred,
Now that is a well used 814 Box Car, a way cool piece of Antique Tin Plate!
PCRR/Dave
Dave that's what I usually think when I see rust and scratches like this 814 has, but when I took the trucks apart to clean the wheels, they were nice and tight, no sloop at all, so I suspect this one didn't get much run time. I purchased this thinking I would repaint it...maybe like the 814R...but dang it it's not bad enough for a repaint.
and did someone say wind up trains?
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Again a few news in the collection.
A Bing GN car with tarpaulin. Was missing the sacks, so I had made them.
2 early Bing coaches from 1903
Karl Bub postal car, never seen before in yellow.
Bassett-Lowke LNER Mogul loco from 1925
Together with Bing Pullman coaches
best Greetings from Germany
Arne
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and did someone say wind up trains?
A selection of clockwork (or wind up) trains running in the garden:
http://sncf231e.nl/clockwork-or-wind-up-trains/
Regards
Fred
sncf231e posted:and did someone say wind up trains?
A selection of clockwork (or wind up) trains running in the garden:
http://sncf231e.nl/clockwork-or-wind-up-trains/
Regards
Fred
Fred,
Your collection never ceases to amaze me! The small Bing one you show is similar to mine, but mine is done as a British LNER loco and two teak carriages.
Actually, you just reminded me of another small clockwork set I have, done in a style reminiscent of the LNER's silver A4. That's another small but fun set I have!
i'm still in shock and love with this #42 just got it ,cleaned and runs like a champ
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Nice to see all those clockwork trains, they always bring fun when you test several models at the same time, some are much better than others due to quality of the steel and treatment of their spring.
One of my favorite loco is this little cast iron BING from Germany with her tender printed for the New York Central and Hudson River.
Daniel
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I have this little set on the way!
It's not collector grade by any means, but nice little Marklin starter set for me!
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"Dennis Holler said" No, it was not me. I'm trying, not so successfully to slow down....
so......howz that workin for ya Dennis?.....
Not real well as you can see 
However, there is always next year!
Some pretty nice brown baby states pulled by a snot nosed 318. Bad attitude this one. Been futzing with it for the last couple days. Has a crooked wheel. I tried to bend it back. I might need a bigger wrench. The sockets for the lights are ginormous, couldn't get any bulbs to fit at the hobby shop. Ok, fine, we all got problems honey, can you just run these nice customers from point A to point B. And one more time just for show.
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William 1 posted:Some pretty nice brown baby states pulled by a snot nosed 318. Bad attitude this one. Been futzing with it for the last couple days. Has a crooked wheel. I tried to bend it back. I might need a bigger wrench. The sockets for the lights are ginormous, couldn't get any bulbs to fit at the hobby shop. Ok, fine, we all got problems honey, can you just run these nice customers from point A to point B. And one more time just for show.
She has a little shimmy. It gives her character!
What a great set of standard gauge!
George
I want that stock car......love the colors
You know how it is, you've been working at a place for two weeks and since you're the only one to walk in the door with any brains, they make you a boss. And they pay you twenty five cents an hour more to tell the other guys what to do. Baby sitting. Like that 318. Any foreman who needs to get a job done calls on his number one man, because we all want to go home sometime And in a pinch, I call on my 385E. Bring em home boy.
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Did somebody mention clockwork trains? 
Here is a 533 Marx that I got off that popular online auction site. Someone had done a nice cleanup/repaint on it, but the motor had issues. The drivers were a bit wide on gauge, causing excessive drag when it tried to go down the track. After sliding the wheels into gauge and doing a little minor tweaking on the governor, it runs just fine.
Now, a glimpse in the R&D department of the Torsion Rail Lines... In between train repairs, I've been working on a Marx windup motor that I am modifying for more run time. This motor isn't a finished product, it is just a test mule for trying out some ideas. This is how it appeared for the initial tests in which it ran nearly 3 times further than a stock Marx motor. Of course, there is always a trade-off when modifying mechanical devices, and in this test I ended up going too far with my gear ratio which reduced the pulling power to an unacceptably low level. I am currently modifying it so that the run distance will be doubled compared to a stock motor, yet hopefully it will still be able to pull a short train. A new version of the modified motor is on the drawing board, but I won't make any performance claims for it until it is built and tested.
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Have any of you guys seen one of these? It's on German ebay listed as: GIANT GEOBRA !!! CRANE, PERFECT FOR TRACK 0 RAILWAY, BLECH TOY 0827
This thing looks like a giant compared to the O wagon below it... It's a really nicely constructed metal crane though.. Anyone know how old it is?
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looks great, but that is huge
Dennis Holler posted:Have any of you guys seen one of these? It's on German ebay listed as: GIANT GEOBRA !!! CRANE, PERFECT FOR TRACK 0 RAILWAY, BLECH TOY 0827
This thing looks like a giant compared to the O wagon below it... It's a really nicely constructed metal crane though.. Anyone know how old it is?
Look here: https://historytoy.com/geobra-...in-red-and-aluminium and here: https://historytoy.com/company...-Brandstaetter-Georg
It is from the fifties.
Regards
Fred
