This is a video of my offering for last week: Ives Syndicate Trading Special No. 3 in action.
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Greg, Some foreigners on the Blueboard Division!
scott.smith posted:
Scott Smith
For those of you who may not be familiar Scott Smith has a beautiful collection of tinplate and hopefully we will see more of it in future weeks to come! Welcome to the tinplate forum Scott! 
Rob English posted:Greg, Some foreigners on the Blueboard Division!
They were granted running rights years ago when the Wausau Widgets factory became a subsidiary of The Ives Railway Lines.
At least one commuter train brings workers to the factory daily, but no one seems to know where these folks live.
Northwoods Flyer
Greg
I like really this building. Kind of reminds me of my brewery i cobbled together from and old Marx building.
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samdjr74 posted:I tried to get a couple action shots but bad camera, bad timing and my horrible photography skills made it a challenge, anyway, here goes
These are great pictures! Very enjoyable! You can see the smoke from the engine wafting up to the Hellgate above.
Thanks for sharing.
George
Chris Lonero posted:I like really this building. Kind of reminds me of my brewery i cobbled together from and old Marx building.
Chris I like the smoke and action that you added to your brewery.
Navy.Seal has a very similar building that he uses as his brewery. We were fortunate to get them from the same craftsman. (This is his photo from the Tinplate Beer Reefer thread.)
Northwoods Flyer
Greg
SAMDJR74,
Looks great to me, fantastic Tin Plate Layout! Looks incredible. Beautiful 2nd Level Hellgate Bridge set up!
PCRR/Dave
For those of you guys who are video producing challenged, this is what I have figured out. You can load up to forty seconds of video from an I phone without using YouTube. Just like loading a photo. I’ve taken some stirring action from my Lazyboy. I haven’t a clue how to use YouTube. I’m good with my forty seconds of fame. Action sells!
Cheers, BK
Went the Cal-Stewart meet in San Ramon this weekend and picked up this Marx clockwork set. The wheels don’t appear to have any track time. Just gorgeous. Notice the black track. I don’t normally buy 4 wheel Marx, but way to nice to pass up.
Steve
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Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:Went the Cal-Stewart meet in San Ramon this weekend and picked up this Marx clockwork set. The wheels don’t appear to have any track time. Just gorgeous. Notice the black track. I don’t normally buy 4 wheel Marx, but way to nice to pass up.
Steve
Steve- What a sweet set. Sorry I missed you this year. Just totally fried from working a lot of overtime. Need to retire,😁
Dennis Holler posted:
Had some JEP cars show up today. Actually got these with a few Lionel cars for $10. Had to remove that silver paint overspray from the tank car but it came off and the lettering stayed on!
saw that one. good to see you got it.
Robert S. Butler posted:"Big Alice the Goon"
An interesting case of mis-identification - American Flyer's #9915.
In 1935 Flyer introduced #9915, a cast aluminum superstructure engine/tender combination which could be purchased separately or in combination with either a freight or passenger set. The engine/tender is, to say the least, odd looking.
American Flyer #9915
It was produced in 1935 only.
Over the years toy train and model train enthusiasts in general have come to calling this engine the "Aeolus" (pronounced ee'-o-lus) - The Keeper of the Winds - because of a general resemblance to the CB&Q engine of the same name.
CB&Q Aeolus
Indeed there are some who maintain that the CB&Q engine was the inspiration for American Flyer's #9915. However, this isn't the case. Flyer introduced #9915 in 1935 and the debut of Aeolus on the CB&Q didn't occur until 1937.
The name for the CB&Q engine was the result of a naming contest run by the railroad. Mrs. Goldie Murray's name was the winning entry. The home built engine was "The World's First Stainless Steel Streamline Steam Locomotive" according to the CB&Q. It was used on conventional passenger trains as well as backup power for the diesel Zephyrs.
The name "Aeolus" was quickly corrupted to "Alice" by shop wags and the railroaders took to calling the engine "Big Alice the Goon" -a nickname derived from a character in the contemporary "Popeye" cartoons.
The 1935 catalog text clearly states what American Flyer was really trying to do with #9915 - sell a generic streamlined steam engine that would sort of resemble a number of the streamlined steam engines on the real 1935 railroads and hopefully satisfy customers interested in having something representing the likes of the Commodore Vanderbilt or the Milwaukee Hiawatha.
In particular the catalog states "Either the passenger or freight trains shown on this page should be of particular interest to you as they represent the challenge of the streamline steam driven engine against the new diesel electric motored units. In addition to the New York Central, the Milwaukee Railroad and the Baltimore and Ohio railroad have produced locomotives of this character."
As we know now, the idea of a generic streamlined steam engine did not go over well and the engine was a commercial failure... still, the passenger train is eye catching and the brass highlighted cadmium plated passenger consist does have a visual presence that many fans of the world of toy trains find fascinating.
Set RCT-1324
Oh, they weren't popular THEN. Now you would need a bankroll to obtain one. Last loco on eBay was $550, sets as high as $1900.00
Just got this mth baggage car Lionel should have made I like it
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