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Post by healey36 on Apr 23, 2024 16:46:27 GMT
We need a photo gallery of tinplate trains, so let's see 'em...on the layout, on the shelf, in a diorama, on the floor, on the workbench, wherever, it's all good. I'll start with this shot which folks tell me is one of the best taken on the current layout - from November 2018, an MTH/Lionel Corp. 254E heads a consist of original Lionel 800/2800-series freights:  Post 'em if you got 'em. Paul R. |
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Apr 23, 2024 18:22:29 GMT
Would a video do? My pre-war Marx M10005 streamliner (the only train I have that's older than me!  ), when it was just back from a motor refurb: |
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Post by healey36 on Apr 23, 2024 19:16:00 GMT
Perfect; one of these days I’ll have to figure out making videos.
Nice Marx M-10005. I have a prewar M-1000X and a Railking MTH M-10000...I’ll have to crack those out (although the Railking likely wouldn’t qualify as tinplate).
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Apr 23, 2024 19:23:24 GMT
Well, if videos will do, I'll add one of my only other tinplate, a PW Marx childhood set on long-term loan from my brother-in-law, running on a *much* earlier version of my layout!:
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Post by oace on Apr 23, 2024 19:29:58 GMT
We need a photo gallery of tinplate trains, so let's see 'em...on the layout, on the shelf, in a diorama, on the floor, on the workbench, wherever, it's all good. I'll start with this shot which folks tell me is one of the best taken on the current layout - from November 2018, an MTH/Lionel Corp. 254E heads a consist of original Lionel 800/2800-series freights: Post 'em if you got 'em. Paul R. This is a super nice picture / layout / rolling stock...  Is it yours healey36 ? At the first glance, looking at the track size, I am hesistating between O gauge or Standard gauge...  OACE
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Post by healey36 on Apr 23, 2024 21:23:23 GMT
oace yup, this is a photo from some six years ago. The layout is O-gauge...no standard gauge on the basement layout. The view is considerably different now, having added telegraph poles and a number of other scenic items. It's a nice long straight, perfect for viewing trains as they exit the Lionel 305 bridge. There used to be a pedestrian bridge here, but the company removed that to reduce trespassing by railfans (marginally successful).
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Post by oace on Apr 23, 2024 22:06:57 GMT
I see healey36... I was mistaken by the handle bars on your Olive Green resplendent electric locomotive : is it a reissue ? Or did you refubished an old one ? I read MTH/Lionel Corp. 254E, and this let me think that it is a recent unit... Whatever, your layout is truly magnificent - The kind of which I will never have the room to build, unfortunately...  I am damned to the Upstairs Pass, the Bedroom Tunnel, the Norman Wardrobe Desert, the Corridor Grand Canyon...   OACE. |
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Post by healey36 on Apr 24, 2024 1:24:07 GMT
Nice postwar Marx set, Steve. Those tin diesel A-A combinations are sharp. I always prefer the look of four-wheel cars...call me weird. Repro MTH 254E, oace; the freight cars are original Lionel. I acquired the loco years ago when a mint example of an original was cost prohibitive. One of the geographic features of the basement layout is “Heat Pump Pass”, so I feel your pain My two-rail O-scale friends like to remind me a railroad would never run a tank car directly behind the locomotive for fear of an accident; instead there would be another car in between. Can’t tell you how many times that’s been pointed out when viewing that photo, lol. |
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Post by edlloyd on Apr 24, 2024 2:24:06 GMT
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Post by healey36 on Apr 24, 2024 14:46:24 GMT
I always thought the Lionel 318/318E was one of the nicest representations of the NYC S-Motor, perhaps topped only by one of the Ives versions. Looks like a great set...is this the beginning of a standard-gauge display?
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Post by edlloyd on Apr 24, 2024 22:26:02 GMT
I always thought the Lionel 318/318E was one of the nicest representations of the NYC S-Motor, perhaps topped only by one of the Ives versions. Looks like a great set...is this the beginning of a standard-gauge display? It's the beginning of something. lol. I knew it was just a matter of time. I have always loved tinplate.
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Post by af3020 on Apr 25, 2024 5:45:44 GMT
Some arrivals and departures from the Elengowan station on the Ophir and Oblivion main line.  |
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Post by healey36 on Apr 25, 2024 12:37:20 GMT
A lot to see in that photo, af. I needed a pole similar to the one on the top of this station for my faux version...found a few on eBay, but the cost was prohibitive. I'll have to try to make one. I have a few repro insulators, so probably not too tall of a task, just need to find the time. Looks like an Americanized Bing in the background.
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Post by af3020 on Apr 25, 2024 19:13:18 GMT
Healey36, it's KBN.   |
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Post by healey36 on Apr 26, 2024 0:15:36 GMT
Karl Bub...know almost nothing about them. Sharp little locomotive.
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), when it was just back from a motor refurb:
