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Post by healey36 on Nov 13, 2024 2:50:18 GMT
I don’t think you’ll take it in the shorts for a bit of thread-drift here, but you’re right, we should stay on topic.
My interest is primarily in the prewar stuff, before they transitioned to the diecast locos. I really like the stuff that is stamped steel, even better if lithographed. There is a lot of art and design ingenuity in these things.
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Post by mopac on Nov 13, 2024 5:37:19 GMT
For those that are interested in Tinplate and Prewar here is a link to a website that has all the early catalogs that you can look at. Lionel,American Flyer, Ives and others clintjefferies.com/catalogs.shtml#_ |
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Post by healey36 on Nov 13, 2024 13:41:22 GMT
Oh, thanks for that link, mopac. The old catalogs are always handy when researching stuff.
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Post by rtraincollector on Nov 13, 2024 15:27:53 GMT
Thank-you MOPAC, that is a great link.
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Post by chuffinguy on Nov 14, 2024 16:20:56 GMT
I'll second that...great link. Now in my bookmark folder. Thanks for sharing, Mopac.
With my prewar steamer search now focused on 259/261/262s, it brings up a question about switches (turnouts). My Christmas O27 layout has postwar #1024 manual switches. I've read conflicting information about driver wheel flange depth between O and O27 locomotives. Some claim the flange depth is identical while others say O gauge locomotives have deeper flanges.
So...will an O gauge locomotive derail when crossing a #1024 O27 switch?
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Post by healey36 on Nov 16, 2024 16:10:36 GMT
I've not had issues with flange-depth while running O-27 track on floor layouts or the inside loop on the basement layout, but I have had issues with stuff passing through O-27 turnouts, usually involving the stands, even with Lionel gear. The Marx stuff can't seem to handle the frog clearances. On our basement layout, we used O-gauge tubular throughout (except on the inner loop which is O-27). The outer O-gauge loop of the mainline features no turnouts; the inner loop of the mainline has two prewar O-21 manual turnouts:  All of the Lionel prewar and postwar stuff runs safely through these two turnouts; the Flyer and Ives stuff does as well, although there can be some occasional bumpiness depending on the direction. I don't even try to run Marx stuff through them. We purposely kept the number of turnouts to a minimum with the objective of mitigating these sorts of issues. Anything with suspected turnout issues we run on the outer-loop of the mainline.  |
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Post by chuffinguy on Nov 18, 2024 20:26:25 GMT
With the prewar tinplate itch needing to be scratched, I was on the lookout for old stuff at a local train show yesterday. A little postwar but zero prewar. A good amount of modern O gauge, some S gauge AF, and a ton of HO. What I did come home with is a set of #042 O gauge manual turnouts in very good condition, with original box, for $15. One bulb even works!
Found a lot of very clean of vintage O gauge tubular, enough straights and 31" curves for the Christmas layout, on eBay for $25. So for minimal cost, I can move from O27 to O if necessary. The thought has cross my mind about having an inner O27 and outer O gauge layout for Christmas 2025.
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