JOY LINE® SERIES 1927 - 1934
350 LITHOGRAPHED ENGINE
Scarcity: R3 - Value: $375
Description: Thin sheet steel 0-4-0 engine is six inches long. One piece blue sheet
steel frame has an odd cut-out above the front wheel and contains
lightweight coil
spring clockwork motor with integral key. Motor operates rear wheels. Boiler front
and pilot are one piece. Boiler, stack, cab and roof are separate pieces. Cab has a
steel weight tabbed inside.
Yellow and black boiler front has twenty bolts, smokebox door and kerosene headlamp.
Pilot has eight spokes and hook coupler.
Red, black and gold boiler has six rows of twenty rivets each although some rivets
are not visible (under stack or behind pipes). Number "350" in gold with black
outline appears below tinned stack.
"THE JOY LINE" is lettered in black along
bottom edge of boiler. Gold handrail outlined in black runs from first band of
rivets to last with two stanchions. Two gold pipes outlined in black run
from the cab forward. Top pipe turns down and enters airpumps, lower pipe turns
down at front wheel. Two domes on top of boiler are black and gold with twenty
gold rivets.
Cab side has one punched window and one lithographed window with driver wearing
a red coat and hat. Windows have gold frames outlined in black. Back and bottom
edge of cab are gold with black outline as is the number "350", which appears in
a gold and black outlined simulated raised panel.
Eleven black rivets are above a gold
and black strip at top of cab. Roof is blue with three embossed ribs and rounded
corners.
Description: Thin sheet steel 0-4-0 engine is six inches long. One piece blue sheet
steel frame has an odd cut-out above the front wheel and contains
lightweight coil
spring clockwork motor with integral key. Motor operates rear wheels. Boiler front
and pilot are one piece. Boiler, stack, cab and roof are separate pieces. Cab has a
steel weight tabbed inside.
Yellow and black boiler front has twenty bolts, smokebox door and kerosene headlamp.
Pilot has eight spokes and hook coupler.
Red, black and gold boiler has six rows of twenty rivets each although some rivets
are not visible (under stack or behind pipes). Number "350" in gold with black
outline appears below tinned stack.
"THE JOY LINE" is lettered in black along bottom edge of boiler. Gold handrail outlined in black runs from first band of rivets to last with two stanchions. Two gold pipes outlined in black run from the cab forward. Top pipe turns down and enters airpumps, lower pipe turns down at front wheel. Two domes on top of boiler are black and gold with twenty gold rivets.
Cab side has one punched window and one lithographed window with driver wearing a red coat and hat. Windows have gold frames outlined in black. Back and bottom edge of cab are gold with black outline as is the number "350", which appears in a gold and black outlined simulated raised panel.
Eleven black rivets are above a gold and black strip at top of cab. Roof is blue with three embossed ribs and rounded corners.
