Weekend tinplate photos/ videos 12/14/17 !

You could have found this Ives set under your tree in 1923.

Have a Great Tinplate Weekend

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Again something from France:

CR (Rossignol) made generally small clockwork trains; they did, like other French train manufacturers, also make a Fleche d'Or (Golden Arrow) trainset, which was a larger electric trainset. In reality the Fleche d'Or was pulled by a (brown) steam locomotive but CR made it unprototypically with an electric outline locomotive. Since I do not collect electric or diesel outline locomotive I did not add this to my collection, but I did find two of the CR Fleche d'Or cars which are shown here:

And I run this coaches with a CR clockwork locomotive:

Regards

Fred

Here's some tinplate at work for the Holidays

Fabulous set Greg.

latest purchase

 Mail Lady dropped it off a little while ago. I must have never seen one in person, because while I was unwrapping it I was thinking "just how big is this thing?"

Has almost 80 years of "weathering" but it should clean up good enough for the new owner.Missing the little boxes, but I'm sure Jeff Kane will have them.

From the archives, Lionel 258, a fan favorite:

Nothing says tinplate better than this old rattle-trap.

PD

A bit of dictation

American Flyer "The Dictator" - catalog cut 1932

...and the reality

My Christmas Tinplate

Looking in the Living Room Window on a Cold Winter Night!

And a few inside too!

Wow, I would think you'd have a crowd on the front porch...

sncf231e posted:

Again something from France:

CR (Rossignol) made generally small clockwork trains; they did, like other French train manufacturers, also make a Fleche d'Or (Golden Arrow) trainset, which was a larger electric trainset. In reality the Fleche d'Or was pulled by a (brown) steam locomotive but CR made it unprototypically with an electric outline locomotive. Since I do not collect electric or diesel outline locomotive I did not add this to my collection, but I did find two of the CR Fleche d'Or cars which are shown here:

And I run this coaches with a CR clockwork locomotive:

Regards

Fred

Another set using CR 701 and 702 "Etat" coaches with CR 700 loco sold just last week

Recent acquisitions include this Kraus Fandor lighted station sold by the seller as unknown.

Not sure which paint scheme I will restore it to.

Leaning towards a combination of the two and adding the bench and a clock.

As we approach Christmas time, two sets that many children have dream of finding them under the Christmas tree.

The JEP Golden Arrow set

And the Hornby set of the North Star

They where the top of the line of those manufacturers 

Have a nice tinplate weekend,   Daniel

Robert S. Butler posted:

A bit of dictation

American Flyer "The Dictator" - catalog cut 1932

...and the reality

beautiful tinplate....but odd name considering world events in 1932

Greg: Ya gotta love those Ives NYC S Class electric engines! Unlike Lionel, they got the hood architecture correct! BTW, yours is a BEAUTY!  

The cars are equally exquisite!  

FRENCHTRAINS posted:

As we approach Christmas time, two sets that many children have dream of finding them under the Christmas

And the Hornby set of the golden Star

 

 

Have a nice tinplate weekend,   Daniel

Beautiful sets, David,

However I would think that "Etoile du Nord" would translate to "North Star", not Golden Star?

Regards

Fred

As a young teenager, my friend and I once traded a diecast Ives 3200 series O gauge S Class loco to Louis Hertz at Polk's on 5th Ave. We tested the motor prior to our visit and it ran fine, but he claimed there was a wiring problem, and subsequently down played its worth, so I believe he deliberately low-balled our deal! We had travelled into Manhattan from our homes in Woodhaven, Queens, and had no need for the Ives engine. Our intent was to trade for some current Lionel or Flyer accessory. Perhaps we would have done better with Carmen Webster at her store on 45th St? In spite of that encounter, I am still a fan of Mr. Hertz, and have his Collecting Model Trains on my bookshelf!  

I finished B&M Beverly MA station. I looks pretty good on my floor layout.   

It looks a lot better than when i started.

sncf231e posted:

FRENCHTRAINS posted:

As we approach Christmas time, two sets that many children have dream of finding them under the Christmas

And the Hornby set of the golden Star

 

 

Have a nice tinplate weekend,   Daniel

Beautiful sets, David,

However I would think that "Etoile du Nord" would translate to "North Star", not Golden Star?

Regards

Fred

Fred, Many thanks i have just modified my post. A senior moment....

Very best,    Daniel

Looks great Pete! 

THANKS to everyone for sharing your treasures! May you all have a great holiday season! :-)

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

You could have found this Ives set under your tree in 1923.

Have a Great Tinplate Weekend

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Could I find it under my Christmas tree this year? 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

PD: Love that 258! Kind of a "baby" 384. Wish MTH or LCT would make a repro of this engine! 

At long last I have acquired one of my favorite locomotives the JEP CC-7001.  It is truly magnificent. When it arrived, it didn't operate, but a mixture of oil and contact cleaner awoke it from its sleep and it runs quite well.  The box was stamped Chester Holley Tampa FL and I just happened to have a  JEP catalog from the early 1950s also stamped Chester Holley.  Both had the two motor loco offered for $95, and the one motor $75 in the catalog.  Should have kept the baggage van I think I sold to Daniel many many years ago.  Just missed a pretty good 4700 series Wagons Lits restaurant car on Ebay that would look very nice with the locomotive.  Now I have something to look for.

Next week or perhaps in two weeks I will post a really interesting acquisition from the Nina and Jerry Greene collection. Stay tuned.

lewrail posted:

At long last I have acquired one of my favorite locomotives the JEP CC-7001.  It is truly magnificent. When it arrived, it didn't operate, but a mixture of oil and contact cleaner awoke it from its sleep and it runs quite well.  The box was stamped Chester Holley Tampa FL and I just happened to have a  JEP catalog from the early 1950s also stamped Chester Holley.  Both had the two motor loco offered for $95, and the one motor $75 in the catalog.  Should have kept the baggage van I think I sold to Daniel many many years ago.  Just missed a pretty good 4700 series Wagons Lits restaurant car on Ebay that would look very nice with the locomotive.  Now I have something to look for.

 

Next week or perhaps in two weeks I will post a really interesting acquisition from the Nina and Jerry Greene collection. Stay tuned.

Hello Lew,   it is an excellent choice, greetings for that nice piece.   I still have the car you sold me, it was a you say many many years ago, a postal van and also with the Chester Holley stamp on the box. i have seen several JEP pieces in USA with that stamp on it, maybe he has imported many JEP in your country.

All my best wishes,  Daniel

I think Chester Holley had one of if not the biggest hobby shops in Florida in the '50's.  I think he was also very deep into mail order sales during that time period as well.  I bet we could turn up some adds for his stuff in old Model Railroader mags.

Dennis Holler posted:

I think Chester Holley had one of if not the biggest hobby shops in Florida in the '50's.  I think he was also very deep into mail order sales during that time period as well.  I bet we could turn up some adds for his stuff in old Model Railroader mags.

If I'm not mistaken Chester Holley's shop still existed into the late 90's. When I visited it was located in a warehouse type building on S. Himes in Tampa.  At the time it seemed like that shop had everything you could ever want.

I remember Chester's listing in O Gauge saying "The Most"

Pictures and video of my recently acquired Jim Cohen reproduction Lionel 1912 Special. I have owned a Jim Cohen reproduction 1912 for many years and now the brass 1912 Special joins my collection. The cars are original Lionel 18,19,190 but from the late teens.

Eric Hofberg

TCA, LCCA

Pete in Kansas posted:

Dennis Holler posted:

I think Chester Holley had one of if not the biggest hobby shops in Florida in the '50's.  I think he was also very deep into mail order sales during that time period as well.  I bet we could turn up some adds for his stuff in old Model Railroader mags.

If I'm not mistaken Chester Holley's shop still existed into the late 90's. When I visited it was located in a warehouse type building on S. Himes in Tampa.  At the time it seemed like that shop had everything you could ever want.

I think you are correct Pete, I 'm pretty sure i made it there in about 1994 or so.

Dave's right too I remember "The Most"  from the adds also

A french JEP catalog with the Chester Holley stamp. The catalog is in french, to my knowledge there where never english translation. I think it dates from 1960-61 with the famous 141 P illustrated.

Daniel

Greg J. Turinetti posted:

You could have found this Ives set under your tree in 1923.

Have a Great Tinplate Weekend

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Greg ...WOW those passenger cars are awesome !
I would like to find some of these, can you give the car dimensions.

I did find this site but no dimensions ...

http://www.ivestrains.org/CD/O...s_passenger_cars.htm

It's a nice sunny morning  at the Christmas village ...

Great photos again this week, and an interesting variety of tinplate.  I appreciate everyone's interest and contributions.

PD - Thanks for the compliment.  Great looking 258.

Tinplate Art - Thanks, I am growing to like Ives more and more.  I think I have most of Hertz's books too.

NJCJOE - You never can tell what might pop up under your tree.  From what I have seen from your postings you have lots of goodies to run.

Yamawho - The 129 - 132 series of Ives cars are fairly common, although these green roofed cars were only made in 1923. You are at the right site to see the variations in these cars.  I have learned a lot from The Ives Train Society.  These measurements are approximate:

L 9" (not including couplers)  W 2 1/4" Height 3 3/4"

This is more typically what the orange cars look like:

Have a Great Tinplate Weekend

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

Ives has peaked my interest too Greg. My collection is small...two actual Ives and two Lionel transition cars. Oh and one track clip with Ives on it that is surely Postwar Lionel.

Greg, thanks for the information.

I see your shelves are full of Ives orange passenger cars ... maybe you could sell me some and make more space

then he'd have more room for more Flyer tinplate

Yamawho,

Actually the sets you see on the wall are all American Flyer.  I only have the two sets of the lithographed orange cars. I also have a set of very early (1918 - 1919) lithographed cars in green.

I think that I am like most collectors; there is always room for another set of cars.  Good luck on your hunt.  The sets show up on ebay fairly frequently.

Greg

I follow your Flyer pic thread over on the CTT site Greg, beautiful stuff.

and I just pulled the trigger on another Prewar piece to show off for next week.

MERRY CHRISTMAS