Anyone who knows my collecting preferences would say it would be a cold day in hell before I would buy tinplate toys. Well, I've just seen the devil on ice skates, so there must be something seriously amiss. That said, I haven't gone entirely soft, but have just acquired a delightful pressed steel vintage train, made in the late sixties by Bandai.
At around 150mm long and approximately HO scale, it originally ran via a battery pack which clipped to the rail. Mine came without track or power unit and also seems to have had the wagon bogies replaced for smaller HO standard ones.
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| Bandai Diesel 1965 (?) |
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| Gondola Wagon |
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| Southern Rail Tanker |
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| Caboose Wagon |
My initial interest in larger scale trains, as opposed to my usual N and Z gauge models, came about after I bought a pair of dilapidated Tootsietoy diesel engines and I recalled my fondness for the big trans continental engines i'd seen on layouts as a kid and a green Lone Star loco of similar shape that I had.
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| Tootsie Toy Diesel Loco - paint stripped, originally red |
So when I saw this unusual loco on ebay, I was immediately taken. Its doubtful i'll ever get to the point of having a full layout, but as it stands, it makes a great little subject for a quick diorama.
Beautiful those locos Bill! The dusty dioramas really bring out the feel on a Santa fe train powering through the borderland. I can see why you were smitten. You've gone loco!
ReplyDeleteyes, im loco parentis and its all your fault. ever since you gave me those german kinder trains ive been wearing Casey Jones hat!
ReplyDeleteha ha! The first shot is really great, with the lovely little buildings. I know its a modern scene but I can't help thinking about an old American frontier town.
ReplyDeleteits a landscape of the imagination, Woodstock, so it can be wherever we want!
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