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Getting Started => Welcome! => Topic started by: Walts-Trains on June 15, 2008, 19:28:11
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I am the Walt in Walt’s Playmobil trains.
First many thanks for the kind things that have been said about me.
I will post details of how I became involved with Playmobil trains in the section Walt’s trains. I now have all but one of all the trains and stock that Playmobil have made.
If I can be of help to anyone please contact me.
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Hi Walt, nice to see you here. We (my wife and I) met you at Lythm-St-Anne's late last year and talked about the burning house. As we're trying to move house, the burning house is still in its box, so I haven't had the chance to try my hand at wiring things up, but thanks again for all the help you provided in terms of advice and diagrams and sources.
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Welcome Walt!
I hope you like it here - but I think you will ;)
Bogro
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Hello, Walt ... :wave:
A BIG welcome to Playmofriends from the United States Virgin Islands!
We are looking forward to exchanging lots of ideas about trains with you.
All the best,
Richard
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Welcome aboard Walt!
I now have all but one of all the trains and stock that Playmobil have made.
What set are you missing?
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The Loco I have not got was made for Germany in the 1990s.
It is based on the Western Loco. The box had the same number on as the Western 4054 and in the box was the Western smoke stack and cowcatcher.
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The Loco I have not got was made for Germany in the 1990s.
It is based on the Western Loco. The box had the same number on as the Western 4054 and in the box was the Western smoke stack and cowcatcher.
Walt, are you absolutely positive that this loco isn't a custom? I wonder how many other members here also know about this loco?
If it really was something that was produced by Geobra, then it is probably even more of a rarity than the Japanese roller coaster (3980A).
Thanks for the photo.
All the best,
Richard
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Hi Walt! :wave:
Welcome to PlaymoFriends!
It's very nice to meet you. :)
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Hello, Walt!
:wave:
It's great to hear each stories of Playmofriends with their Playmos! ...
'Look forward to hear yours :)
Welcome!
from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Gus
:blackhair:
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Richard
I am sure that this loco was made by Playmobil for one of the big stores in Germany to be sold by them only. A friend of mine purchased one about three years ago in Germany from a store that was closing. I have seen it and of course could alter a Western to look like it but the markings on the loco and tender would be difficult to change. The Loco is marked AMPFLWANG and the tender K.BAY.STS.B.
Is this any help to identify the store?
Walter Turner
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Hello, Walt ...
The Loco is marked AMPFLWANG and the tender K.BAY.STS.B.
Playmobil has made quite a few exclusive sets for Karstadt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcandor) over the years. The "K" might be for Karstadt ... ???
However, Ampflwang (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampflwang_im_Hausruckwald) is a town in Austria.
So what does Austria have to do with Karstadt?
Maybe nothing because K.BAY.STS.B. is an abbreviation for Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:K.Bay.Sts.B_locomotives) which is the Royal Bavarian State Railways.
Interesting mystery ... :hmm:
All the best,
Richard
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Greetings from the Pacific Northwest Walt! Welcome aboard! :wave:
Gepetto
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Richard,
Many thanks for the information. Could they have been made for Austria?
I will have to contact my friend and find out where in Germany he got it.
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Hello, Walt ...
Here's some more info ... It seems that there were three main Royal Bavarian lines. The Maximillian Line ran to Salzburg which is only about 24 miles from Ampflwang. Ampflwang produced coal which was hauled out by train. So, it's possible that this loco would have been used for that purpose.
The Three Bavarian Main Lines
With the nationalisation of the Munich-Augsburg route in 1844 the Bavarian state railway era began. In the beginning the Royal Bavarian State Railways concentrated on the construction of 3 main lines:
* Ludwig's South-North Line (Ludwig-Süd-Nord-Bahn), 548 km long and built between 1844 and 1853. It ran from Lindau near Lake Constance via Kempten, Augsburg, Nuremberg and Bamberg to Hof near the present Czech border and linked to the Saxon railway network.
* Ludwig's Western Line (Ludwigs-West-Bahn), which was 100 km long, built from 1852 to 1854 and opened in sections. It ran from Bamberg via Schweinfurt and Würzburg to Aschaffenburg with a link into the state of Hessen.
* Maximilian's Line (Maximilians-Bahn) which ran from Ulm to Augsburg and from Munich to Kufstein with a branch to Salzburg in Austria. It was built from 1853 to 1860 and was 188 km long.
In the following years the state railway network was continually expanded. Gaps were closed and from the middle of the 1880s the countryside was connected up with an extensive branch line network. These were generally known as the Lokalbahnen or 'local lines'.
All the best,
Richard
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