The Blue Racer by Ives.
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Northwoods Flyer
The Northwoods Flyer Collection
of
American Flyer Trains
"The Toy For the Boy"
A full train of these cars!
Many of these cars were carried over to the early postwar years, with new trucks and couplers.
These cars are much larger than most. At one time, I wanted to put together a whole train of these big cars. I wound up with only the caboose...
But, I did put together a complete train of the smaller pre war cars...
Oh, sorry! I'm talking about the Lionel 2813, 2817 and such...
Paul
Well this has escalated quickly Northwoods, I went to a local train store that has lots of prewar Lionel and very rarely some American Flyer but it is gone as quickly as he gets it. Not today though......
He got this set of cars with the matching Hudson and tender. Someone had spoken for the engine and tender but didn't want to buy the cars because he already had a set. He also had two sets of Hiawatha's one was spoken for and I'm getting the other one which has the whistling tender that works. It needs a couple of wheels replaced, that they're ordering. I'll post pics when I pick it up.
You gents have some great stuff, that's for sure!
Good thing I'm not into tinplate or pre-war or I'd be drooling all over the keyboard. Yuck!
The Boadway Limited by American Flyer
Northwoods Fyer
I love the Eagle litho cars. This is the engine that came with mine but it isn't the correct one.
Here are two variations of the Dorfan 607 caboose:
Black trucks without journal boxes,
and black trucks with brass journals.
Great posts JonEddy. I particularly like assembly sheets for the streamliners. I have not seen those before.
Here is a nice tin plate bridge I came across. Marx is the manufacturer, not sure of the time period though.
Funny you mentioned the Hiawatha, I found these sheets for streamline 12" car assembly and the Hiawatha\Burlington Zephyr in a box full of manuals I got yesterday too.
Marx tin plate tunnel I got at the same time as the Hudson Flyer set.
I figured it wasn't a good idea to run them on O36 curves. I like the Hiawatha and the Union Pacific sets but I can never find all of the cars at once or in nice shape.
JonEddy
Northwoods Flyer Thanks, I have a set of the chrome cars too. Now I just need the blue and red versions. Actually I think you will also need the orange cars from the Hiawatha set, and the yellow cars from the Union Pacific set. I believe that the Hudsons were designed to run on the 4 rail whistle track (40" radius?). I always ran my Hudsons and their streamlined cars on O-48 Fastrack and they operated well. Enjoying the World's Greatest Hobby Northwoods Flyer
Thanks, I have a set of the chrome cars too. Now I just need the blue and red versions.
Actually I think you will also need the orange cars from the Hiawatha set, and the yellow cars from the Union Pacific set.
I believe that the Hudsons were designed to run on the 4 rail whistle track (40" radius?). I always ran my Hudsons and their streamlined cars on O-48 Fastrack and they operated well.
JonEddy Thanks, I have a set of the chrome cars too. Now I just need the blue and red versions.
Northwoods,
What radius track do you run your streamliner hudson set on?
Jon
Northwoods Flyer Nice finds JonEddy. Those streamline cars look excellent. Thanks for posting. Yes that is the caboose for the B&O diesels. Mine is the 8 wheel version. Enjoying the World's Greatest Hobby Northwoods Flyer
Nice finds JonEddy. Those streamline cars look excellent. Thanks for posting.
Yes that is the caboose for the B&O diesels. Mine is the 8 wheel version.
Northwoods Flyer I coming down to the end of the archived photos of the Marx items in my collection. These are the B&O diesels. I have the caboose too, but apparently I didn't take any photos of it. Enjoying the World's Greatest Hobby Northwoods Flyer
I coming down to the end of the archived photos of the Marx items in my collection. These are the B&O diesels. I have the caboose too, but apparently I didn't take any photos of it.
Northwoods, is this the caboose for that Marx set? My brother likes Marx too.
Here are some recent acqusitions I made. A 1938 American Flyer Hudson green streamliner set and a lionel OO gauge set. I'm not sure if they're considered tinplate or not but they're all metal and prewar.
Delightful photo Penny. I think that I have at least one of those trollys packed away somewhere. Thanks for posting.
Here is a #2813 by Lionel from the first train purchase I ever made.
Absolutely charming!
"Greyhound"...by MTH :
Sorry. Couldn't resist!
I'll redeem myself with one of my favorite photos. A repro Paya trolley between a Repro #68 and a repro #57:
Same me, different spelling!
The Greyhound by Ives.
The Ambassador by American Flyer. Some of my favorite passenger cars.
Great Photos Paul.
Thanks for Posting. Keep them coming.
The Dorfan portion of my collection is relatively small. I have been trying to limit it to the O gauge line. The lumber car that I posted above came with a home made lumber load. I have been trying to create a lumber train.
I have limited the variations that I will collect to examples with black trucks with or without brass journal boxes. There are other variations.
Here are two more examples:
Another weakness of mine are the Marx E7's. But that's another topic altogether, sorry.
I need to get those beautiful passenger cars, like you've got.
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