Northwoods FlyerNice work Jon. Are you going to restore passenger cars to match?
Nice work Jon. Are you going to restore passenger cars to match?
#738701 by Marx
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Northwoods Flyer
The Northwoods Flyer Collection
of
American Flyer Trains
"The Toy For the Boy"
Postwar PaulOMG! Lookin' sharp! Great job! Paul
Thanks!
Jon
JonEddy How about a nice custom painted tin plate? American Flyer 4667 I got on eBay that was repainted horribly. I just got done repainting it a custom prewar Lionel Midnight Blue. I left the frame original and just cleaned up as much of the repaint red as I could. Before: After:
How about a nice custom painted tin plate? American Flyer 4667 I got on eBay that was repainted horribly. I just got done repainting it a custom prewar Lionel Midnight Blue. I left the frame original and just cleaned up as much of the repaint red as I could.
Before:
After:
Lookin' sharp! Great job!
Paul
fife,
I like your use of the Lionel 106. Your layout is looking great. And thanks for noticing the color coding.
2815 tank car by Lionel
LIONEL 106 Bridge
The O gauge Ives Limited from 1927 - by Ives of course.
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To compliment JonEddy's posting here are the two versions of the Dixie Queen by American Flyer.
This is the blue variation like JonEddy's
I was fortunate to get it with its matching individual boxes.
This is the blue/violet variation (no boxes this time).
It's difficult to see the color differences in these photos, however it is more apparent when you see them in person.
Two obvious differences are that the blue variation has the car number stamped on the side while the blue/violet version has A.F.L. stamped on the side. The bottom of the frames are also different.
Northwoods FlyerBeautiful set Jon. Now you can start your search for the violet/blue version. Thanks for posting.
Beautiful set Jon. Now you can start your search for the violet/blue version.
Thanks for posting.
My offering for today. O gauge Indian Refining Oil Tanker by Dorfan.
Black trucks without journals.
Black trucks with brass journals.
The American Flyer Dixie Queen Set #1314 circa 1930-31
Marx 4485 State of Maine Products
Lionel #2811 Lumber
Ives apparently used the same name for two sets. A few entries back I posted one version of the Green Mountain Express.
Here is the second set with the same name.
American Flyer Wide Gauge #4644
Green with grey frame
Green with black frame
Red with grey frame
New York Central gondola by Dorfan.
Lots of great trains on this thread!
Lovin' it!
When a person collects toy trains, on occasion people will find trains for you at garage and estate sales. Last year my wife's boss bought a box of trains for me at a garage sale. I finally found the box in the storage building this week. They are Marx; so I have some items to add to that part the collection.
This is a 556 caboose by Marx.
#2817 Red Hopper by Lionel
The Green Mountain Express 1926-1927 by Ives
Set #1726 Northwestern Freight from American Flyer
Here are two variations of the O gauge Pennsylvania box car by Dorfan.
Without journal boxes....
And with brass journal boxes....
I've got one of those Marx "Tales of Wells Fargo" sets! Got it for Christmas when I was six or seven years old. Actually, all that's left of the set is the train, the rest of the pieces disappeared long ago.
Still runs and smokes too!
A REEEEEAAAAALLLLLYYYYYY extended vision caboose?
A Bekh and a Marx.
Same me, different spelling!
Northwoods FlyerI apologize for the poor quality of the photos. They were taken a long time ago with an old camera I was using at the time.
The Wells Fargo set from Marx.
Again, a stretch for the "Tinplate" category, but its the last of the Marx portion of the collection that I have available.
Another set to which I added an additional car.
I apologize for the poor quality of the photos. They were taken a long time ago with an old camera I was using at the time.
Lionel 2814
Yes it is known as Cadet Blue.
Before I found the engine I had the cars paired with an Ives tender and an American Flyer #401.
They look nice together and I like the 3260 in Cadet Blue with the cars too.
Is that the shade they call "Cadet" or "Kadet"?
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