Hello all, so late last year I went to one of my vendors, and I found a old trolley car in a box of wrecked engines, however after going through multiple books and resources, I have been unable to find andything about it, it is labled 3rd Avenue, and I believe the number is 810. Below are the pictures of this trolley. I also found a small speeder last month, and it has a simular looking motor to a spare motor I've had for years, does anyone know who made either of these, and some history of them? (Pardon the mess in the background, been told we need to move out and then we're staying at our current location multiple times in the past couple of months). Thanks guys.
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I cliked on one of those, and all I got was an ad for G-Mail.
Bob Nelson
Same here, and I tried several, random selection.
Sorry about that, here. https://photos.app.goo.gl/e2dPdUB1gUMjLNYK7
Sorry to say that link doesn’t work either. Posting photos on this forum is Pathetic and one of the biggest problems when using this forum. The software upgrade that was done several years ago, totally destroyed the “User Friendly” aspect of this forum. The older format would let you see who was actively On-line, while logged in. That feature is no longer availabLe. This forum needs a far better platform to make it a little enjoyable to use. Bring back some of the older features, and above all, figure an EASY way to post photos, directly from any device, WITHOUT relying on third party issues.
Sorry, I'll try again later. Thanks for trying to help out though
I can see the pictures, kind of blurry, but they're there for me.
Unfortunately I can't be much help. I thought the trolley might have been a Lionel product, but it doesn't match any model I've got in my reference book.
The speeder I'm drawing a total blank on. Sorry.
Let's bring them over.
Ives had an 810 trolley, but it looked like this:
The ends of the car you show resemble the style Lionel used for it's large Standard Gauge trolleys:
Your model looks hand-painted, which makes me think European manufacture for the American market. My first impulse would be Bing or Bassett-Lowke. Here's a treasure trove of information: http://www.tcawestern.org/manufacturers.htm
Becky
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
Isn't that motor car the General Models offering?
Thank you so much!
Apperently yes, thank you.
The speeder has been identified as a General Models.
So I studied the trolley a little today, and it has the initials dep on the front, any ideas?
Well guys, I think I solved the trolley mystery, I believe that it may have been built by bing, by looking at some other examples of constructions by them, and they seem very simular. Thanks for all the help, and if you have any other info on the trolley, that would be wonderful.
After posting my former post, I found a exact match. It is a bing, for a pic of a better condition one, just type bing 810 trolley on google.
That's it alright!
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