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Post by af3020 on Oct 23, 2024 22:59:52 GMT
Healey36 - I have no idea. I have a friend who collects those cars and that is one of his big gripes - I know if he had a time machine he'd go back there and demand they make at least one for him.  |
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Post by oace on Oct 24, 2024 8:20:13 GMT
Thanks healey36 and af3020... Bing / circa 1925 : I'll tell our friend Maurice, the scenery specialist of the club, which owns this little building ih his collection... OACE |
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Post by af3020 on Oct 29, 2024 2:38:18 GMT
Here's the latest passenger cars from the erection shop to roll into the coach yard on the O&O. They're so new they don't even have our railroad name on the headboards! Seriously, these are cars Flyer made for independent distributors who did not want to have Flyer logos. I have several of the #1107 cars like this but I've never seen a complete set made up of these cars.  |
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Post by healey36 on Oct 29, 2024 23:39:13 GMT
Wow, af, those are beautiful...not a nick on them.
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Post by oace on Oct 31, 2024 17:47:40 GMT
Hornby Tinplate Style - but much more recent : my Three ACE Trains 4-4-2 Sisters...  The very interesting point of this set of steamers (and the whole model serie, by the way) is that they all run at the same speed, thanks to their identical mechanism and motor.  OACE |
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Post by af3020 on Oct 31, 2024 19:52:34 GMT
Wow oace, three Hornby tinplate style engines running nose to tail! The rumor that you were running these on the mainline was all over Ophir in less than an hour. As a result, O&O railfans headed out to the mainline to catch a glimpse of them as they roared past. A favored spot was the old French Hornby grade crossing on the outskirts of Erehwon and, as you can see, everyone and their grandmother is out there waiting to see you roll through (the rumors were sketchy so everyone assumes you are coming in from the east - if it is the other direction please call the crossing guard shack so that dad with his kid on his shoulders, and everyone else, can be facing the right way).  |
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Post by oace on Oct 31, 2024 21:17:30 GMT
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Post by healey36 on Nov 2, 2024 18:32:11 GMT
Too funny!
Always been a fan of LMS red...
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Post by healey36 on Nov 5, 2024 16:09:26 GMT
I have a few of the Lionel tunnels that get used for floor layouts and occasionally under the Christmas tree. I have a number of the small 118:   Made from 1920 to 1932, this one is constructed of sheet brass, and didn't get a varnish overcoat by the previous owner. Only eight inches long, it's a short trip through the darkness. The portals were stamped separately, then soldered on before painting. They seem to be prone to damage at the top of the portal where the Lionel name is stamped; this one has reinforcing strips soldered in to try to keep it intact (I suspect the damage occurs when the tunnel might be dropped). I think there was an earlier version of paper-mache, and there was also a lighted version (the 118L). I don't have an example of either of those. I'd love to have seen how they made these and the "artists" that painted them.   |
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Post by oace on Nov 5, 2024 21:39:34 GMT
Too funny! Always been a fan of LMS red... Thanks healey36 ! The ACE Trains catalogs states that it is "LMS Brown" color, but considering that the box in the picture below is Vivid-Clear Red, I'd rather agree with you, it's an "LMS Red"...  Likewise, her sister below is announced as "LB&SCR Brown" color... Personally, I'd rather say Moutarde à l'Estragon color (the color of a variety of mustard we have here in France, that you may call "Brown Mustard" color in USA)  OACE
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Post by healey36 on Nov 9, 2024 13:41:24 GMT
A shot from the archives, our Lionel 258 barreling south on the two-track mainline:  The 258 remains a favorite here, dragging a dedicated string of 800-series four-wheel freights. |
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Post by af3020 on Nov 9, 2024 20:08:41 GMT
All wound up and no place to go - clockwork power at rest.  |
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Post by healey36 on Nov 9, 2024 21:58:25 GMT
Beautiful stuff, af, every single one of them.
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Post by af3020 on Nov 9, 2024 23:36:36 GMT
Thanks Healey36. A bit of trivia - if you examine the blue coaches behind the Flyer engine you will note the lithography of the second coach does not match that of the other two. However, if you were to turn the car around you would find the other side to be a perfect match for the rest. Given the color and similarity of the two litho treatments I have to wonder how many times a car with two different sides like that one made it off of the assembly line and into a shipped train set.
The other item worth mentioning is the Vedes train set. If it looks a lot like a Bing set it is because it was manufactured by Bing for Vedes.
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Post by healey36 on Nov 18, 2024 15:23:09 GMT
Vedes is a name unknown to me, so thanks for showing that. It seems Bing manufactured a number of things over their life-span that were marketed by other companies. The prewar Flyer water tower comes to mind.
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