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Expertise
Any questions on American manufacturers of wind up cast iron floor trains, track trains and their litho tin cars and accessories. This would include manufacturers of the following; American Flyer,Hafner,Ives,Lionel,Marx,Dorfan and AMRR. I can identify variants in casting methodology and have experience in determining almost all manufacturing dates within catalogued identifiers. I have extensive experience in the litho tin variants of passenger and freight cars that go with the wind up sets and also many of the early electric train sets. I do not have extensive or specific experience on variations of European wind up toy trains but can help with most general questions on european cast iron wind up trains.
Experience in the area
35 years of collecting specifically cast iron wind up trains. I have repaired and restored during this same period having made many of my own tooling to support manfacturing restoration parts and accessories. I have identified 5 toy train engines and cars that had not previousely been published in any referance or collector book.
Organizations
TCA
Publications
TCA ETrain magazine. This is an online publication of general toy train interest.
Education/Credentials
I have a high school education with some college credits.
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Recent Answers from Jerry Loman
2009-10-05 Joy Lines Wind Up:
The coal tender with no lettering is a Marx Joy Line tender and would go with the green 357 passenger cars pictured in he other set of pics. The value of the tender is 430. The coal tender with the 120
2009-10-05 Joy Lines Wind Up:
You have a mixed consist of 357 coaches. This is common to find a different darker colored coach mixed with the lighter green coaches. The darker coaches are earlier production and come up as common as
2009-10-05 Joy Lines Wind Up:
The engine with the green wheels Is made by Ives around 1918. The wheels would have had no paint or red painted. Some one repainted your wheels green. The value as is is around $50. The second engine pictured
2009-10-05 Train identification:
The tank car pictured was manufactured by Marx in the late 40"S and 50"S The cars are very common and in the condition shown is roughly $1.00 A new example of the same car is still only worth $ 15-20.
2009-09-17 ID of AF Wind Up Train Set:
Don, You have a American Flyer 515 limited set made in the 30's these were produced in high numbers and have been a common set found on ebay. these were often found with the battery still in the tender
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