Weekend tinplate photos/videos 12/22/17! Christmas weekend edition!

Merry Christmas and have fun with your trains, this one is a little JEP from the twenties.

Daniel

Two streamliners from LR (Le Rapide); the violet one is prewar and the red one (named Riviera Express) is postwar:

Happy Holidays

Fred

Well..... in for a penny in for a pound.  Since Greg brought up Ives passenger sets from the early 1920's in the last Tinplate Photos and Videos and showed us his consist with dark green roofs and orange sides I thought we might as well see what the other half looked like.

Ives Catalog Cut 1923

...and the train

new arrival this week. I had been after a 659 for a while, just never got around to getting one (yet), then I saw an 809...never knew about them until recently, and they don't seem very common.Seems small after the O Gauge cars I've picked up recently.

Merry Christmas,

I took this video of my trains last weekend at a weeklong Public display in Manassas, Virginia, before we opened up. 

Caught my cat snoozing using the Christmas train as a pillow.  Merry Christmas everyone! 

I used this as my Christmas  card.

Robert,

Thanks for posting the Ives catalog cut. Its always fun to see the artwork in comparison to the reality.

Keeping with the Ives theme for a while; here is what I believe is a good representation of Set #436 cataloged in 1928  - The Fort Orange

The engine is a repaint, but the cars are in their original paint.

#135 Pullman

#136 Observation

The set was cataloged as a 3 car set,

but I had an extra #135 Pullman in the collection. So I made the passenger train heading home for Christmas one car longer.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Great Tinplate Weekend

Northwoods Flyer

Greg

It's been a Hummer of a week. A few acquisitions between the shopping and the wrapping.

Merry Christmas to everyone!

LOVE the sleeping train cat! :-)

I wish I could sleep as comfortably as my two cats!

Just found this at my local grocery store. All tinplate and yes I did come with some small bags of M&M’s! 

just in time for santa,i always wanted an af wide gauge caboose in green,so now I have one painted for the jolly man

Nice Terri!  Flyer should have done one in these colors.  

Picked up a nice set of refurbished passenger coaches/observation (610-610-612) from an estate sale:

Figured these would line up nicely behind the MTH/LC 254E I have for a representation of the 266E set from 1929-1930:

A pic from the layout a few years ago...one of those rare snowstorms that seems to hit every once in a bit. Hope this fellow makes it home in time for Christmas:

For everyone here and for those absent, have a happy Christmas!

PD 

Christmas freight car load(s) entries. Wishing y'all a MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!!!

I recently finished getting both colored frames of the early Lionel-Winner Lines freight cars (red & black frames, of the same series (1512,1514,1515,1517).  These were used with the 1588/1588T clockwork, or the 1689E by Lionel.  The cars were listed as early as 1932 from the Winner Electric Train catalog.  The top row of the complete sets was just the black frames alone.  The lower photo is comparison of both framed colors.  The 1514 at top has NO “Baby Ruth” loco, nor Lionel stamping, (presuming this is the early Winner issue).

This second 1514 has the punched-door handle, Baby Ruth logo, and Lionel stamping

The next is a side by side comparison of both 1514 boxcars

MBA posted:

MBA saw this at our local grocery store, I wonder who got the idea first. : )

Ha!  They had the idea first.  I saw that same 6 pack a few years ago and I thought that was a pretty great idea so I stole it.  Cheers!

...but I came up with these too...

I picked up an old Lionel 262 on eBay. The seller said it runs, but when I took it to a LHS, it only sat and buzzed. However, I figured the buzzing was a good sign, so I proceeded to take it apart and tune it up. The motor ran without the frame and shell, but it would short out frequently. I started investigating the wiring and found the worst dry-rot I had ever seen. Three of the wires lost all of their insulation in a crumbled messy pile. So, I completely re-wired it. I could not get to the pickup roller wire and did not want to take the wheels off, but I was able to take insulation off a similar gauge wire and persuasively slip it on. It works now! Here is a picture.

One of the wheels is bad, so that will need replacement someday. I also did not get a tender. I got my Christmas carpet layout setup and borrowed my MTH 260t Vanderbilt tender so I could pull some freight. Here is a video.

I actually bought the engine for another project, which I will share on Christmas. However, I really like it and may need to get another motor for my project.

Merry Christmas!

George

DOC,

   Thom I love the Christmas Card, looks like a Tin Plate Christmas to me!

PCRR/Dave

the af tank car just arrived with a load of egg nog,,the town is saved

terry hudon posted:

the af tank car just arrived with a load of egg nog,,the town is saved

That's awesome! I hope AF makes a stop at my home terminal...

Lionel Transcontinental Limited consisting of an original standard gauge Lionel state brown 408E with Williams reproduction state cars. When I acquired the engine it was heavily stained and looked like it was soaked in motor oil and coffee grinds. Fortunately after a complete disassembly, cleaning, polishing, and fabrication of a couple of missing handrails I can now enjoy my 408E paired with a recent purchase of matching State cars. The requisite red and green bulbs add a nice Christmas flavor. 

A very MERRY CHRISTMAS to my fellow tinplaters, who have shared some of their treasures over the past year on this great thread! My humble Lionel Classics and MTH Tinplate Traditions pale in comparison to many of the original gems shown here! THANK YOU!  

Christmas is just around the corner, and the eastbound Christmas Express is comin' 'round the bend. She's speeding along for a Christmas Day meet with the westbound Christmas Cannonball!

Those of  you who are following my posts know that I substituted metal Kibri stations for plastic Hornby on my Dublo layout.  My latest acqusition completes the stations on my 0 Gauge layout.  It is the Kibri 0 Gauge 52-15, the only Kibri I believe that includes the attached covered platform. It joins the 52-4 0 Gauge and the 52-5 S/0 gauge stations.  The 52-15 station was once owned by the incredible Jerry Greene.  His collection sold recently for tens of millions of dollars. Enjoy.

LEWRAIL:  WOW! That is one GEM of a station! Wunderbar!

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Here is my first all Dorfan Wide Gauge freight consist running on my outside loop tonight.

MERRY CHRISTMAS 

NJCJOE posted:

MERRY CHRISTMAS 

everytime I see this ,I want one so bad,just cant find a shell,,yet !! thanks terry

Here is the station all lit up.

Light from the 262 headlight was showing under the boiler front. I added a little window insulation in the boiler to fix it. Then I needed to get lens covers for the lower marker lights. I used a hole punch, a plastic folder insert and a dab of gel glue. Seems to look OK.

George

looks great George...this is making me want to find another 262...never should have sold mine.

Steamer posted:

looks great George...this is making me want to find another 262...never should have sold mine.

Thanks Dave.  I found a nice tender and just ordered it. Now I want to find some Ives litho cars to match with it. 

I just bought another 262 that has a junker shell. I need the motor for a project. I bought the one shown above for that project, but liked it too much. 

George

The Christmas Express came in on time for it's meet with the Christmas Cannonball. Happy Christmas y'all!