Vintage HO Train Collection Unboxing - Circa 1949 What Will We Find?

The other day I was at a friends place and they had recently acquired a whole bunch of model trains from another friend. They said I could take the entire collection so I hauled it all home and decided to have a look today. There were countless pieces of rolling stock likely dating back to the 1940s as well as buildings and tons of track. Almost all of this stuff is gonna need work but with a bit of effort I'm sure it will be great.

[oskarvalance]

You hit the Very nice. Now go do your magic and bring it all back to life. From Texas

[johncloar]

Very nice, realy like the old stuff. Thanks for the video.

[ciaranburke]

Very lucky find, love all that old stuff, many years ago that was somebody's pride and joy 😁👍

[sergioarroyoguerrero]

Excellent unboxing HO scale tracks, manual switch and structures .
📦 N scale freight cars and locomotives, Atlas, Bachmann and Life Like for me.

[magnuswettermark]

This is awesome. Love these old stuff. Still a proud dc runner btw....

[ATSFProductions]

Ahh yes we all love a goodnight with a new SMT video

[dansmodelrailways]

The long single track shed at the start and the strange looking platforms are Kitmaster/Dapol kits from the UK. You can still buy them

[armandisip]

Hi Harrison…at 10:13 is an Ambroid (rhymes with android) Great Northern RR caboose kit. I saw those kits from the late 1950s-early 1960s at the loco hobby shop. Those kits were way beyond my model building skills. Congrats on your latest items!

[CinophileRailroad]

Gosh DARN Is This/That Is Quite A Haul! Man I Go To A Lot Of Yard Sales/Estate Sales/Antique Stores/Thrift Stores, And Model Train Wise, You Never Know What You Will Find! Also You Should Have Your Own TV Show, Like A Model Train Version Of "American Pickers." Call It: "Canadian Train Pickers!" Just A Thought. 🚂💖

[sparky]

i do enjoy box hauls that you get. real miss mash but a few of those will make a couple good cars. nice bridge.

[AWGarage]

Oh wow that Pluto Water box car. 9:05 “America’s Physic” the stories I heard of that stuff growing up. French Lick and the Casino Hotel are about a 20 minute drive from my place lol. Kind of cool seeing rolling stock of places you grew up around especially being small towns lol.

[antonbruce]

Harrison, at 15:03, you show an Ambroid cat kit. Ambroid is a craftsman kit (not for beginners!), which were manufactured from the 1940's through the late 1960's. There have not been any produced since the early 70's (1971 is the last one I can find). Ambroid was a glue manufacturer, and their models were rumored to have been produced to sell their own glues. Take a suggestion - KEEP THAT BAD BOY!!! They are quite rare.

[falzar]

Nice haul there. The baby Ruth cars would look great by your Hershey factory, even though I think it's a Mars candy brand.

[williamstander]

Ambroid is an old craftsman kit line from the 50s 60s. Nice vintage haul you will have a blast fixing them up. I have a lot of those old kits, they are fun to build. Good to see you again.

[everdc]

Well done, Harrison.Stuffs found a good home.I just went through a box lot a couple of months ago. Lots of new stuff the old boy never got to. Gave Sparky the new building. I didn't have the real estate. Most of my new shelf build is being done with it. Thank you for sharing
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[MattKonsol]

Oh wow bro that was very of your friends to give you all this. Very generous more rolling stock plus you got a nice turntable and that bridge right there is just awesome. Should be a fun project in the future. I have that same Lionel ho postwar floodlight car that my dad had when he was young then passed on to me and those little hopper here are actually ore cars or ore jennies. Thanks for sharing this man!

[adirondackandnorthern]

I enjoy these videos so much SMT, what a great haul

[russrh]

Every time i see collections like this, i realise we've all got limited time and need to get in and play trains

[moosecat]

It was interesting that the Marklin track was in the collection, especially since there wasn't any Marklin rolling stock or locomotives.

[dweebteambuilderjones]

9:33 The gray car is a hopper, it has doors in the bottom to let its contents out. Conversely, the black car at 8:15 for D&RGW is a gondola (a mill gondola specifically) as it lacks the doors at the bottom (hoppers also _never_ have sides that short). There are also bathtub gondolas, which are gondolas that _look_ like hoppers but lack the doors at the bottom.