I pick up the lithograph station that is perfect size for S-Scale. Note the figures in the picture are Bowser and are too large for S but too small for O. Does anyone know who made the station and when.[View:http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/themes/trc/utility/:550:0]
Pretty darn nice tin station, in all my travels I have not seen another.
Bill T.
I had an identical station pointed out to me while on the Grass Valley Layout Tour during the 2011 TCA convention in Sacramento. I do not recall which of the 3 homes it was in. My friend who pointed it out indicated that there had been a recent article about this, possibly in the TCA Quarterly (it may have been in the "Who Done It" series). My friend indicated that he thought it was a german station, but was unsure of it. I do not recall if my friend had one of these stations or not.
Because it is a lithographed station, it is likely a pre-war station.
All I can say is that it is a very interesting and well done station.
Otis
I have not seen anything like this in the TCA quarterly, nor have I seen anything similar at York. There are no manufacturers marks at all on the station. Nothing is printed in the lithography like Flyer and Ives use to do. What fascinates me with the station is the scale it is modeled in.
Major I have not seen anything like this in the TCA quarterly, nor have I seen anything similar at York. There are no manufacturers marks at all on the station. Nothing is printed in the lithography like Flyer and Ives use to do. What fascinates me with the station is the scale it is modeled in.
That is a real gem and just by looking at the support columns at either end of the canopy, it certainly looks like other stations from the early twenties if not just a bit earlier. I would take a photo and send it to the editor at TCA Quarterly..the scale is odd which makes me think this is a European product from that era yet it looks "American" A lot of the Hornby stations look American. That would be my best guess.. Thanks for sharing a picture of this rare find.
Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.
As I indicated, my friend pointed it out to me in one of the homes on the Grass Valley layout tour and I thought he indicated that he had seen something on it in a recent Quarterly. I suspect it may be in the "who done it" section or possibly new and unusual things seen at York. You may have to look back a couple of years.
However, that being said, I do not believe that the manufacturer of the item was indicated and my friend did not know who had made it.
Hi major- I sent you a personal conversation note-Joseph Hartz
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