Pre War Collection from Friends Estate

[TTAylor123]

I have in my possesion the train collection of a friend that died this summer at  92 years of age. At 13 in 1940 for christmas he recieved the Coal Elevator, the Magnet Crane, and Log Loader. One box has a price tag  from the Boston Store. I will going into https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Collectibles-Store/Sommerfelds-Trains-Hobbies-201167213232030/my local shop in the near future to see what can be done to get the most from these old toys that once ment so much to my old friend.

In the mean time I would like to start a discussion start to finish on how to breath life into this old set.

First I will post photos and from there we might all learn something.

There was a time I had quite a layout that my Grandpa Butch gavee me at 8 years old. As an adult my father gave it all away to his favorite salesman and made me cry. He never really considered my feeling about anything. My wife and I could never have kids and he took it out on us for the longest time.

[Postwar Paul]

Restoring old trains is really fun!! There's nostalgia, and a feeling of satisfaction getting them running again.

And, in some ways, you can maintain a connection to your friend, and the trains you both love! It's beautiful!!

I , for one, would love to see your progress!

Paul

[JonEddy]

Welcome! I would like to see your progress on restoring the train set too! I am going through the process of restoring a family American Flyer standard gauge engine from 1930-31 that has been in my family since around World War 2. Good luck and have fun!

   JonEddy

[rtraincollector]

If you would give us a list of what all you have, we may be able to help you restore these, and save you major $$

Most of prewar/postwar is not that hard to repair.

[Penny Trains]

aboard!

Becky

[LL675]

welcome! Please post some pics of your friends trains. Plenty of good help here to get them running. Are you keeping them?