Unboxing a Huge Train Collection - Prewar Gauge 1 Tin to Postwar Lionel to Modern Z Scale

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  • Опубліковано 5 лис 2024

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  • @daringrant9359
    @daringrant9359 7 днів тому +7

    Finding the 3854 merchandise car in the wild would make my day! Great trains you unboxed!

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  5 днів тому +1

      Had I known what it was I probably would have lost it! It’s a gorgeous car for sure.

  • @jamesdenny4734
    @jamesdenny4734 7 днів тому +4

    You're tired, Dave? Hold on, I'm on my way to finish for you! 😃

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  7 днів тому

      I got through it! It was a busy day, I loaded all that stuff in my car after work, brought it home and moved it all to the train room, then went through all of it.

  • @TwistedMacGyversTrains
    @TwistedMacGyversTrains 7 днів тому +1

    That’s a nice collection! Looking forward to seeing how you’re going to restore the tracks and switches the most. Nice video, fully watched.😊

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  6 днів тому +1

      Thanks! I’d like to know how I’m going to do it as well! First I need appropriate power supply for the 32v

  • @RABSTRAINS
    @RABSTRAINS 7 днів тому

    WOW! A lot of goodies for sure. You will have fun working on all those pieces. 👍🔥🙏💪❤️🇺🇸

  • @jimmelchin1531
    @jimmelchin1531 7 днів тому +1

    There are definitely some interesting and valuable pieces in that collection. Keep us posted. Thanks Dave 👍

  • @MHRRR54
    @MHRRR54 7 днів тому +1

    Wow! A box full of surprises! That German engine looks very interesting! Best of luck getting it working but if anybody can do it, you can! Enjoy!

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  5 днів тому

      Thanks! I just need to find the appropriate 32v transformer then I’ll see if I can get them going.

  • @thomasdarwin6174
    @thomasdarwin6174 7 днів тому +1

    That Z Scale stuff was a good find

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  7 днів тому +1

      It’s very cool, I can’t believe a steam engine that small actually runs

  • @frankbruno9499
    @frankbruno9499 3 дні тому

    Congratulations! My friend Ward Kimball had some of the German cars in his collection and the ones with the roofs that open, if my mind is still working, were the most desirable.

  • @RixArtWorks
    @RixArtWorks 7 днів тому +1

    Now you have to build a mountain and have that Z-scale set going ‘round it!

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  5 днів тому

      That’s a good idea. Or maybe as a park ride for the kids

  • @Firemanharry
    @Firemanharry 7 днів тому +1

    That engine IS totally cool!!

  • @johnandrus3901
    @johnandrus3901 7 днів тому

    Nice! The bridge is a Lionel 314. Very solid. I like the Marx bridges better, but those are very good bridges.

  • @MrMarshall7491
    @MrMarshall7491 4 дні тому

    That sure looks like the Lionel set that I got for Christmas in about 1958. Dad bought at Gibble hardware in Hemet Ca.

  • @daivdwalker2374
    @daivdwalker2374 7 днів тому +2

    Wow!!!Awesome collection video I'm glad you got such a cool hual I Love that stuff specially some of those cars and Really Love those Oil rig drillers or pumps Love to have those

    • @daivdwalker2374
      @daivdwalker2374 7 днів тому

      Those square looking hopper German cars wonder if those were coal cars

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  4 дні тому

      Lots of great stuff for sure

  • @tomrogers5516
    @tomrogers5516 7 днів тому

    What an amazing array of collectibles, Dave. Hope you can make use of them. Lots of work ahead! I hope you were able to sleep that night!

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  5 днів тому

      Thanks and I slept ok. Surprisingly my allergies weren’t too bad. I can’t wait to work on some of this stuff

  • @vferrante6436
    @vferrante6436 7 днів тому

    3854 merch car ,,home run, the German trains are very cool, tuff to find,try not to fall off your chair when you look them up,lol,keep them as is no paint..great find ty for sharing...also the maroon generator is a keeper ,,nice pickup!

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  5 днів тому +1

      Thanks, I couldn’t believe some of the nice stuff in this collection

  • @Coreyt1976
    @Coreyt1976 7 днів тому +1

    Wow, you’ve picked up some cool items.

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  5 днів тому +1

      I did. Hopefully I get to keep some of it!

  • @williamsantangelo
    @williamsantangelo 7 днів тому

    Thank you Dave what an interesting bunch of Trains so very kool

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  5 днів тому

      Thanks! I really enjoyed going through all of it

  • @SteveRenon
    @SteveRenon 7 днів тому

    What a nice experience to open everything.

  • @w.rustylane5650
    @w.rustylane5650 7 днів тому

    Wow, what a haul! You've got some really nice Lionel stuff. Wish I could add some of that to my Lionel collection for the layout. I have the coal elevator that I repainted. I bought out a guy at a flea market several years ago. Cheers from eastern TN

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  7 днів тому

      I couldn’t believe some of the stuff - probably won’t have enough space for the accessories

  • @MattKonsol
    @MattKonsol 7 днів тому +1

    Very nice haul video here! The Marx crazy couplers are actually the prewar era couplers male and female couplers the one Canadian pacific engine I have by marx I believe same as the one in the video has those couplers as well.

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  4 дні тому +1

      Ah gotcha. I’ll have to play with them and see what I think.

  • @johnsimon2035
    @johnsimon2035 7 днів тому +1

    good haul!

  • @daleseabourn2271
    @daleseabourn2271 7 днів тому

    Great haul video! I like the unboxing of the collection and it all looks amazing.

  • @green97probe
    @green97probe 7 днів тому

    Dave, that 3854 is a definite score. Mine came to me in a similar way.
    Be careful if you take it apart. The body is fragile.

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  5 днів тому

      It’s a nice one! No plans to molest that car in any way!

  • @MygrandpasTrain
    @MygrandpasTrain 7 днів тому

    WOOOW Christmas in October! Will be interesting to see the Marklin stuff run.

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  6 днів тому

      Me too! Hopefully there won’t be too many hurdles

  • @momatmach1
    @momatmach1 7 днів тому

    The Marklin gauge one is really nice and very collectible over here in Europe, it’s top quality

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  7 днів тому

      Cool. It’s gorgeous stuff. I have to get a transformer to power it so I can check it out

  • @johnknippenberg-LandmarkYards
    @johnknippenberg-LandmarkYards 7 днів тому

    Quite a bonanza, Dave! 😎👍

  • @jamesdenny4734
    @jamesdenny4734 7 днів тому

    Meeces like anything soft to build a nest!

  • @kgtrains
    @kgtrains 7 днів тому

    awesome collection

  • @IndianaNorthWestern
    @IndianaNorthWestern 7 днів тому

    The little "house" on the german car is basically a shelter for the brakeman that would ride the car.
    Before air brakes, the germans had brakemen ride on one car that had a brake handle, and sometimes would have another beside with the brake handles next to eachother so one man could do two brakes, instead of having 4 or 5 that would run along the top of the train like we did here in America
    But yeah, it's just a shelter for the brakeman

    • @IndianaNorthWestern
      @IndianaNorthWestern 7 днів тому

      And with the German trains, if you want to sell them, do not restore them cosmetically, otherwise the collectors will 100% not want them, it would be quite literally burning money.
      However, I recommend keeping them, restoring both cosmetically and operationally, and running them, it would be quite a treat for almost anyone lol

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  7 днів тому

      Brakeman shelter makes sense. It just looks so whimsical on that car.
      I hope to be able to keep them. Trains have more value to me in terms of joy than they do in money.

  • @DanPursel
    @DanPursel 7 днів тому

    hi dave the marx crazy coplers as you put it are in fact one way couplers by marx trying there hand at real operation rather than tab and slot they even had there own version of a uncoupling track section hope this helps

    • @johnkraft7213
      @johnkraft7213 7 днів тому

      And those fork couplers, if they are plastic, work with the tab and slots. If they are metal you can put a slot in them to make them work with tab and slot.

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  7 днів тому

      Makes sense. I can’t believe I hadn’t seen them before.
      Tab in the knuckle, yeah I know but I still like the basic metal tab coupler

  • @ChrisHessert
    @ChrisHessert 7 днів тому

    The LWs are very nice transformers. I have the one my Dad bought after I was born, getting his Prewar trains ready to run again. That Märklin 1 gauge will be worth some coin. Since you have the track to go with it, I'd keep most of it and get it running.

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  7 днів тому

      I like the LWs too. I’m going to do my best on that marklin, I hope to be able to keep some of it.

  • @JosephStately
    @JosephStately 6 днів тому

    That is a 164 Log loader at 3:13 made by Lionel from 1940 - 1942 and from 1946 -1950. If the supports holding the chain conveyor are painted gray it is probably a prewar version, otherwise they are silver for the postwar version.

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  5 днів тому

      Nice. Ok, I’ll have to go back and check out the accessories againz

    • @JosephStately
      @JosephStately 3 дні тому

      By the way, that is a great collection of trains and accessories.

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  3 дні тому

      @@JosephStately thanks. I’m so glad they called me instead of just tossing it all in the dumpster!

  • @don679
    @don679 4 дні тому

    31:45 that's the top to the 193 tower you pulled out earlier. The 3854 is worth some $, should have 6 Baby Ruth crates with it.

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  День тому

      I figured that out about the tower much later lol. I think I saw a picture of the tower and then realized.
      The 3854 is awesome. Don’t know if I have the crates or not, will have to look

  • @wayneantoniazzi2706
    @wayneantoniazzi2706 7 днів тому

    Holy jeez Dave, I think you might have stumbled on a remnant of Hermann Goering's lost Maerklin collection!
    I mean, it disappeared after the war and had to go somewhere!
    OK, I'm joking, but that Maerklin set was top-of-the-line in its day and yes, you called it right. It's GErman #1 Gauge, just a step up from O and from what I've been told the gauge of #1 track is the same as G Gauge the major difference being G obviously doesn't have the center rail. A very good set to have lucked into!
    I've got one of those Lionel GE Lehigh Valley engines, I've had it since the 1960s. A bit of cleaning, lubing, maybe some motor servicing and you should get good service from it. Not super-great puller but a reliable one.
    "Made In The US Zone Germany." An interesting relic of the Post-War Occupation which ran from 1945 to 1951.
    The Heathkit box sure got my attention! I never built any Heathkits but I remember the brand, real home electronics stuff kind of like Radio Shack used to be. And those newspapers wouldn't happen to be the "Bergen Record," would they?
    Man, you've sure got plenty to keep you busy!
    A fun and fascinating video, "Toy Train Archaeology" at it's best!
    Thanks for posting! (Wish I was there to share the fun!)

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  5 днів тому +1

      Toy train archeology, that might make a good slogan on a shirt.
      The 44 toner is nice, the whole set is. I’ll definitely clean it up and run it a couple times but it will probably need to find a new home.

    • @wayneantoniazzi2706
      @wayneantoniazzi2706 5 днів тому

      @@dagryffynhobby Finding new homes are what train shows are all about!

  • @johnblair8146
    @johnblair8146 7 днів тому +1

    That german stuff is $!$!$!$! Possibly prewar Marklin.

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  7 днів тому +1

      Yeah prewar marklin gauge 1, it’s very cool

  • @Mr39036ce
    @Mr39036ce 4 дні тому

    Lionel El anything is a good find. Any numbers stamped on those Heathkit boxes?Like W5m or WA-P2, Interested.

  • @dbtech7914
    @dbtech7914 7 днів тому

    Really nice collection of fun stuff! 13:54 What can I trade you for the 2420 Spotlight Caboose? I can fix up some of those accessories for you. Hope to see you at Allentown. Enjoyed the video.

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  5 днів тому

      Don’t know if I’m letting the spotlight car go or not. I’ll certainly pick your brain if I have issues with any of these accessories

  • @robertmadison2752
    @robertmadison2752 7 днів тому

    Just Out: Dave gets rid of all his O gauge; creates new Z scale layout. Now has room in his garage for his White Freightliner restoration . . .

  • @amicus1766
    @amicus1766 4 дні тому

    Those are Marklin - the tender and covered car, circa 1920

    • @amicus1766
      @amicus1766 4 дні тому

      Yep, Marklin locos and cars from the 1920s

    • @amicus1766
      @amicus1766 4 дні тому

      American frieght cars - but that isn't a caboose it it's a German style baggage car

    • @amicus1766
      @amicus1766 4 дні тому

      More Marklin - DO NOT restore those except for the ones with almost complete paint loss

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  День тому +1

      Thanks. I’m a fan of the original worn look, a repaint would only be in the table for me if the paint was beyond saving

    • @amicus1766
      @amicus1766 День тому

      @@dagryffynhobby That larger Marklin 4-4-0 is a very valuable loco, usually $1500-4500 depending on variation and condition- great finds, you were really blessed!

  • @davidjohnson4918
    @davidjohnson4918 7 днів тому

    How much for Zscale stuff and would you be interested in O gauge Trade fo4 Zscale ?

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  7 днів тому

      Please send me an email to discuss. See video description for address

    • @davidjohnson4918
      @davidjohnson4918 7 днів тому

      @dagryffynhobby alright I'll be getting with you I have alot of High-end Locomotives from Visionline- Lionel legacy- Altas Premier - Mth Premier- Everything Scaled Size ..Including 💯 s and 💯 s Cars And Accessories All Is New as Well..Happy Railroading

  • @PhilCash-u8t
    @PhilCash-u8t 6 днів тому

    Need a bigger layout lol

  • @jimciancio9005
    @jimciancio9005 7 днів тому

    Wow!!! That's some awesome stuff Dave! It was like opening Christmas presents with you! LOL. Some very interesting and fascinating trains and accessories in them there dusty old boxes! Especially the German made trains and accessories, there's something definitely different than American trains and accessories. Some of their rarer trains appear to be like one offs made by the A-typical German clock makers, but the production variants seem to be like a Marx quality. Very cool stuff my man!

    • @dagryffynhobby
      @dagryffynhobby  4 дні тому

      Glad you enjoyed it, I know I did. The quality of the big German trains is fantastic. I can’t wait to get them running