Weekend tinplate photos/ Vidio's 9/2/16!!

Well, if we're doing some blasts from the past, I'll join in.

how about some Marx tin?

Here is a boxed Hafner set I picked up during the early 90s. At the time, well known New York City toy train dealer Jan Rechenberg was selling out of the Red Caboose on 45th Street. In addition to the usual Lionel and Flyer fare, Jan has always been known for having the more unusual and exotic such as Voltamp, Dorfan and others. One day he put this Hafner set on the shelf and, as I didn't have anything like it at the time, I bought it.

Jan is still in business under the name of Golden Spike International with a Bronx address. 

Bob

Last weekend I went to a swap-meet and found this German boxed clockwork Distler set. It is marked JDN for Johannes Distler Nurnberg and Made in Germany and is from around 1935. The locomotive also shows the marking Importé d'Allemagne, French for Imported from Germany, so I assume it was also made for the French or Belgian market. The passenger coach has the colors used for the famous German Rheingold train and the box artwork is beautiful I think.

beautiful set.

Box top art was often a top selling feature when these trains were new and still is for many collectors. Seldom did the reality of the box contents match the whimsy of that cover art work, but the brief moment when the holiday wrapping paper came off the box gave a child excitement and wonder at what the contents might be.

picked up this short wheelbase cast iron loco a few weeks back. I believe it is a Flyer 9e but the jog above the key on the casting and the curved top of the window (Hafner-like) has me stumped. Could also be a #10 or a #13 but does not have the A.F. 10 or 13 cast under the cab window. No brake lever, wondering if maybe it got separated or lost over time. Have ruled out Ives, Hafner and the 120 Dorfan but my experience in cast iron is minimal. Perhaps windupguy or one of you will recognize it.

As usually many nice pieces everybody.

For this week, some JEP sets in O gauge, they are in the middle range of production, between clocwork and the top sets.  All of them are from the 1955-58 period.

Have a nice tinplate weekend.

Daniel

Here are a few pictures of the American Flyer display at the 2007 Cal-Stewart meet. Not my display, but I loved it.

Steve

awesome display Steve. I especially like the cardboard dept. store display piece.  I remember someone was selling a hang banner that looked very similar several years ago.

Great offerings again this week folks, thanks for posting. September is here and what I consider the beginning of "train season". 

Chris, Thanks for starting the thread again this week.  Your photo reminded me that several years ago I decided to add some examples of the production from manufacturers other than American Flyer to the collection so that when I set up displays I had some pieces to compare.  It was supposed to be just a representative example of each manufacturer.  Lets just say things got a bit out of hand.  

Here is one of my examples from Lionel.

Have a great Tinplate Weekend and a relaxing Labor Day

Greg

Northwoods Flyer

Joe,

I really like the looks of a Red 408e. Very nice!!!

Sunrise

Now Arriving, only 8 months late. Another one that looks ten times better in person than in the catalog.

Steve

 It's time to watch the Wabanville transfer station from standard to narrow gauge.  Here we have a mixed consist on the standard gauge --Hafner locomotive (which looks remarkably like the Hornby red Made in USA loco), American Flyer 120 tender with back up light, and the 1122 and 1123 red American Flyer passenger cars.  On the narrow gauge are two Biller passenger trains with tinplate coaches but late plastic locomotive shells.  I'm including the Hornby USA loco for those who took the tutorial last week and want to compare Hornby with Hafner.  Enjoy.

Lew Schneider

This is nice!   I would like to see this done in an O gauge or ready to run standard gauge set.

My two tinplate pieces, planning on getting all 2800 series cars.

Jim O'C posted:

picked up this short wheelbase cast iron loco a few weeks back. I believe it is a Flyer 9e but the jog above the key on the casting and the curved top of the window (Hafner-like) has me stumped. Could also be a #10 or a #13 but does not have the A.F. 10 or 13 cast under the cab window. No brake lever, wondering if maybe it got separated or lost over time. Have ruled out Ives, Hafner and the 120 Dorfan but my experience in cast iron is minimal. Perhaps windupguy or one of you will recognize it.

 

It is indeed an American Flyer, although I have to confess my knowledge of specific AF clockwork model numbers is sorely lacking.  Flyer made a variety of clockwork motors, and this is one of the lower end examples.  I think they are comparable to the "Hummer" line, except those have tin bodies instead of cast iron.  All the examples that have passed through my hands haven't had a brake, which is pretty common for the lower end motive power of AF, Ives, and Hafner of the era.  I have a couple of similar examples in my collection; both have the same basic motor (simple riser gear type mechanism with a crude escapement) although they do differ in details in the body.  These motors run fast even when they are in good condition, and as the escapement wears, they run faster and faster!  Many of them that I have won't even stay on an O42 loop since they run so fast.  I have gone to the trouble to rebuilding an AF escapement, but it is a lot of work for a marginally useful motor.  Regardless, they are neat little locomotives and I am glad to have them on the shelf, even if I do rarely run them.  Yours is a nice example, thanks for posting the pictures!  Hopefully one of the more knowledgeable members will be able to provide a model # and date of mfg.

Love these JEP electrics Daniel!

Paul Moore posted:

My two tinplate pieces, planning on getting all 2800 series cars.

Paul, that's a nice set, those two go well together. You've got yourself a work train already!

david

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Now Arriving, only 8 months late. Another one that looks ten times better in person than in the catalog.

Steve

Wow! That really has tinplate appeal, Steve!

Chris,

   Here are a way cool Tin Plate Light House and a couple serious Cars for ya!

PCRR/Dave