Can you remember the name? like Lionel, American Flyer, Ives, Marx maybe, or Joy Lines?
http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/t/116423.aspx?PageIndex=1
Here is a thread dedicated to prewar American Flyer. Tons of pix of trains, catalogs and brochures. Maybe something here could spark your memory.
I agree, smoking locomotives were not produced until after WWII (post war era). It may be that this was a train that your grandparents bought for their children.
kmc ...My grandpa had a train from his childhood that was from either the 20's or 30's. It was very cool because it lit up and blew smoke from the smoke stack! It was electric, ..
...My grandpa had a train from his childhood that was from either the 20's or 30's.
It was very cool because it lit up and blew smoke from the smoke stack! It was electric, ..
saying it was both electric and blew smoke, i've got to think your decades are a bit off. Lionel had some of the first, if not first popular production, smoking locomotives, but that was not until 1946.
can you remember anything at all about the set box? that might be the best clue to at least narrow down the manufacturer.
cheers...gary
Lionel 1946 catalog - inside back cover
HI KMC, as stated it would be very difficult to ID the loco without more info. During the 20's and 30's there was numerous electric train manufactures that produced locomotives that could be potential candidates. My local library has the complete collection of Greenberg books for Lionel trains that has pictures of Lionel trains from that period, you may want to check out your library.
Bill T.
Welcome to the forum. Electric toy trains with smoke and lights were certainly produced in that era. Without more details about the train you remember, it is hard to tell you more about it. You might find some books about toy trains of that time with photos that help jog your memory at your local public library.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Hi- I am new to this forum and don't really collect toy trains, but I was curious about one in particular and might try to buy it in the future. My grandpa had a train from his childhood that was from either the 20's or 30's.
It was very cool because it lit upa and blew smoke from the smoke stack! It was electric, but I think my aunt pawned it. It was metal or tin and was complete with tracks, cars and the box.
I really don't have much other information. Does anyone know about something like this?
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