Sunday Photo Fun 3-22-15

[traindaddy1]

SIR JAMES: NORTHWOODS FLYER:

 Thanks. I learn something new everyday about this great hobby.

[Northwoods Flyer]

fifedog

Thanks for sharing guyz.

Stebby - nice score.

Northwoods - seeing less and less blue board on the Blue Board...

 

 

LOL.  You are observant fife.  More and more of the blueboard is being covered by buildings and other stuff.  Sometimes its even hidden under a layer of dust.  I'm following your countdown with envy.  I hope you find a perfect trainroom with a nice house attached when you relocate.  

Enjoying the World's Greatest Hobby

Northwoods Flyer

[Northwoods Flyer]

traindaddy1

Nice....Question: Is that a 3-rail track? Thought that American Flyer trains only ran on 2-rail track.

 

Before WW II American Flyer trains ran on three rail track just like other O gauge trains.  A.C. Gilbert took over American Flyer in 1938 and began the process of producing more "scale" looking trains.  After the war Gilbert American Flyer came back as S gauge with the two rail track that most folks are familiar with.  The Flyer photos above both show equipment from the pre war 3-rail era.

Enjoying the World's Greatest Hobby

Northwoods Flyer

[sir james I]

Prewar flyer was scale in size but ran on 3 rail track. 2 rail flyer came after WW2.

[KRM]

 Stebby, nice score at a good price.. Thanks for starting SPF. 

I have the sister to that bridge. It is the Lionel 315 and has the light. From what I have found yours is the 316 without the light. I bet you could add the light easy. I think the cover is the same lenses used on the ZW short indicator.

http://www.tandem-associates.com/lionel/lionel_trains_316_acc.htm

http://www.tandem-associates.com/lionel/lionel_trains_315_acc.htm

 

Here is the bridge I made for the front track. 

 

[fifedog]

Thanks for sharing guyz.

Stebby - nice score.

Northwoods - seeing less and less blue board on the Blue Board...

 

[traindaddy1]

Nice....Question: Is that a 3-rail track? Thought that American Flyer trains only ran on 2-rail track.

[Northwoods Flyer]

dougdagrump

These are for Greg, one of the operators on friday(father & son crew) brought in his father's Flyer that was received when he was a child. Most of the train is original with a couple of new cars/additions at the rear of the train.

 

Thanks Doug.  As you know I love anything Flyer, and if its pre war Flyer its even better.  The dome car and the observation are nice additions to the Gilbert era 3 rail Flyer.  That engine is a real beauty and difficult to find.

This is my version of "What if Flyer did this...."

My favorite part is the custom end car.

Enjoying the World's Greatest Hobby

Northwoods Flyer

[bigdogjeff]

What happened to all the people on this site

[rtraincollector]

All look great to me. Hope to have something new to share next week. Thanks for sharing

 

[dougdagrump]

These are for Greg, one of the operators on friday(father & son crew) brought in his father's Flyer that was received when he was a child. Most of the train is original with a couple of new cars/additions at the rear of the train.

[Northwoods Flyer]

Thanks for starting the thread stebby. My fear is that folks have lost interest is posting photos here.  Its a shame too, this was one of my favorite threads.  I have two albums of photos in my online storage site that contain over a thousand photos that were taken to post to this thread over the years.

Here are my contributions for this week.

Enjoying the World's Greatest Hobby

Northwoods Flyer

 

[stebbycentral]

Wow! Can you believe it's been a month and a half since the last SPF?  I'll take the opportunity to throw in a couple of pictures of some personal aquisitions from the Davenport, IA trainshow and swapmeet from yesterday.  (And why BTW do they call it a "swap" meet?  The only thing I've ever seen swapped for merchandise is $$$.)

But I digress, this first item was simply marked "Metal bridge - $20".  The dealer indicated that he had no idea who made it as there were no markings on it.  But the price was right, and I do have plans for a large bridge on my future layout.  When I got it home I put out an SOS to some internet friends.  At first I thought it might be a Flyer 753, the consensus now is that it's a Lionel 315.

 

But my real find was this relatively scarce Flyer Bethlehem Steel gondola with the rail load intact.  A simple cleaning and touchup of the paint job was required, and now it has pride of place in my work train.