Here is something a bit different for everyone's enjoyment... a couple of videos I recently took when my friend Rick came over to run windup trains.
First up, some Hafner, American Flyer and other clockworks getting some exercise:
On the Marx front... Rick brought over his Marx Red Flyer and Joy Line windup trains for a run:
- James
James,
Thanks for posting the link to these videos. Clockwork always makes me smile. I can't help but imagine how much fun these trains brought to the children who have owned them. The layout is a great showcase for the trains.
Great Job and a tip of the old fedora.
The Northwoods Flyer Collection
of
American Flyer Trains
"The Toy For the Boy"
James - Great videos! Thanks for sharing!
Who needs electric anyway!
Ray
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
James
Great videos! Thanks for posting!
I just found one of those Marx switch towers so it was nice to see it.
I really like the windup key hanging from the crane and the Santa Fe Grand Canyon car Is that made by Marx?
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
I love clockwork trains. Thanks for posting! (It sure is hard to find the right keys) I'd love to see more of the Hornby 20 someday.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Thanks for the kind comments, everyone. Bob, the Santa Fe car is a Hafner item... I don't have anything with matching couplers to pull it around, but it is such a neat tinplate car I couldn't pass it up. It looks nice parked in front of the Marx Lumar Construction Company.
Doug, the Hornby is a cute little locomotive, I think it is the smallest windup in my fleet. The tender isn't the correct one for it, but it looks OK. I like to run the Hornby locomotive with those two Joy Line passenger cars, everything is about the same size. Someday I'll get my friend Rick to bring over his small Hornby set and I'll get video of both running at the same time. I'll see if I can find a picture to post for you later today.
Look forward to it!
Hornby Pictures:
Here are a couple of pictures of it next to an 833 Marx windup. The 833 isn't a big engine as far as O gauge locomotives go, so you can see how small the Hornby Type 20 really is:
It runs very well, especially considering how small the mechanism is. One of these days, I'll get some video!
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