Prewar Early Vintage Elektoy 1 Gauge Toy Train Brass Loco Tender 4 Cars 10 track

Prewar Early Vintage Elektoy 1 Gauge Toy Train Brass Loco + Tender + 4 Cars 10 pieces of track. I do not know much about these trains. Please use the pictures as part of the description and ask any questions you may have.

What you see is exactly what you get. The Elektoy train line was a #1 gauge series of tinplate manufactured in a small factory in Harrison, New Jersey, during a brief time period in the early 1900's, and has become a highly sought after and collectible commodity. The trains were produced in limited runs and since there are only two years of known cataloguing, and no advertising on a national basis was ever performed, there is not a great deal of information available on this company. The Hoops family (a father-son combination) initially operated the firm as Metal Specialties from 1875 to 1910, making various metal goods with a wide variety of uses. In 1910 the name Elektoy Train Line was patented. Shortly before any trains were produced, ownership passed to the J. Elektoy catalogs have been found for the years 1912 and 1913 but no other paper trail is known to exist. Elektoy #1 gauge New York Phila Balto Washington Passenger Set with #905 0-4-0 Steam Outline loco, 8-wheel tender, 2 #913 Coaches, #914 Combo car, made 1010-17. Elektoy made #1 gauge, three rail, all electric trains with the intention to compete in the middle of the toy train market. At the time, the lower end of the market was primarily'O' gauge trains made by Ives and German imports.

The upper end of the market included Ives, Märklin and Bing #1 gauge and Lionel's Standard gauge trains. #1 gauge is 1 ¾ inches (1.75 inches or 44.45 mm) between the outside rail heads, making it larger than'O' gauge but slightly smaller than wide (Standard) gauge. It is also often referenced as being 1? Inches between the outside rails. The scale for #1 gauge is typically?

In those days, train sizes were defined using gauge, rather than scale. The four primary gauges having standards adopted were #0 (commonly called'O' gauge today), #1, #2 and #3. Elektoy #904 Black Center cab Electric outline Loco in #1 gaugeElektoy only created 0-4-0 type locomotives in electric and steam outline. The Elektoy line was characterized by very low prices. It was hand painted in maroon, gray and black. Livery was for the PRR, and the cab was numbered #9. It was modeled after the S-1 Electric prototypes that ran on the New York Central RR during this era. The nickel plated cab featured sliding doors.

The 1912 catalog stated that the illuminated headlight could be "turned on and off simply by unscrewing the lamp a half turn, or vice-versa". The lettered numbers on Elektoy locos and cars did not correspond to actual catalog numbers. Elektoy #905 0-4-0 Brass Engine and tender in #1 gaugeElektoy steam type locomotives (#903 & #905) were made entirely of metal and included a bell, an octagonal headlight with pedestal, rivet detail on the steamchest, boiler and bunker. The Elektoy name is engraved on the steam chest.

The steam type loco bodies were removable without requiring the use of any tools. This was accomplished by unscrewing the locomotive's smokestack, then the boiler could be swiveled back on a hinge located under the cab.

This allowed access to the motor, frame, and running gear to facilitate replacement of brushes, oiling of gears and bearings, and cleaning directly from the top of the motor (Voltamp - Boucher trains provided this identical feature). The same motor and running gear powered every locomotive in the line. It had a six-pole armature, a horseshoe field, steel laminations, a bronze commutator, and mica insulated gauze brushes. Motors were equipped with reverse switches, were well made of good materials, ran very smoothly and quietly, and pulled long strings of cars. Locomotive wheels were made from hollow stampings, with eight wide spokes.

Tenders employed 8 wheel trucks, and imitation coal piles. The Elektoy #905 steam outline locomotive was made in brass and appeared similar to Lionel's #7 locomotive. However, unlike the #7 or #6 special, the Elektoy brass engine is the most common one to find of the series. Elektoy #903 0-4-0 loco and tender in #1 gaugeThe #903 steam outline loco was finished in gun-metal, as was its tender. It had a shorter boiler than the #905 and one less sand dome. However, it used the same frame and drive mechanism as the #905. The #903 boiler, cab and tender body were made of sheet steel. Early #903's were equipped with a coal bunker and no tender was provided.

The later #903's may have come with a very rare 4-wheel coal tender or the more common 8-wheel coal tender. The 4-wheel tender was described as a simple 3-sided sheet steel wrapper soldered to a #906 dump car frame and painted black.

It had no rivet detail or lettering. The #905 had a polished brass boiler, and solid brass parts throughout. It came in an unpainted natural finish, with a nickel plated cab and nickel plated chassis component parts, including details such as an air compressor, hand rails, and running boards. The tender also had an unpainted natural brass finish. Elektoy promoted the product with a statement in the 1913 catalog that, There is nothing like it on the market at double cost. The cars were painted and had rubber stamped roadnames and details. Elektoy #915 Electro Pullman car in #1 gauge Elektoy #913 Maroon and Tuscan Lithographed Coach in #1 gauge Elektoy #914 Orange Lithographed C&O Combo Baggage car in #1 gauge Elektoy #2518 C&O Passenger coach in #1 gauge. Elektoy passenger cars were primarily made in three 11 types - a #913 coach, a #915 Pullman, and a #914 combine. The coach was available in orange painted litho with a Cheseapeake and Ohio road name, in a maroon and tuscan painted litho with the Pennsylvania Limited lettering, or in blue painted litho with the New York Phila Balto Washington lettering.

The #915 Pullman was offered in orange labeled as the Richmond, in dark red lettered Electro, and in maroon and tuscan, also lettered Electro. The #914 combine car provided the most variety of choices, offered up in yellow with the liveries of the New York Phila Balto Washington, or in red with the same road name, in orange as Chesapeake and Ohio, or in dark red as the Pennsylvania Limited, in maroon and tuscan with either Pensylvania Limited or New York New Haven and Hartford, or in blue with New York Phila Balto Washington. It was very common for Elektoy to issue their passenger sets with mixed cars of different road names and colors. Only one set, the Pennsylvania Limited in maroon and tuscan came with matching cars. All passenger cars were equipped with two 4-wheel trucks, and for some unknown reason, were always labelled with the #2518.

The coach and combine cars had windows punched out, but the doors had lithographed windows. The Pullman car, always had cut out windows over the doors, nickel air tanks and an electric light.

Passenger cars were joined using two couplers riveted together loosely enough to flex when the trains were traversing curved tracks. Theses couplers were never permanently attached to the car bodies. A very rare set of smaller 8 passenger cars was catalogued as #937, and used the same body as the #901 trolley. These came painted in a light bluegray color, and were lettered for the NYNH&H.

Elektoy #903 0-4-0 Steam Outline locomotive and rare 4-wheel tender, with special 8 #937 passenger cars in #1 gauge. Instructions advised the use of dry cell batteries at 4 to 6 volts to power the trains. The motors pulled one amp. The 1912 catalog stated transformers are discouraged and are found in practice to be unsatisfactory and dangerous.

A rheostat controller was available for 50¢ that featured an automatic spring lever cut-off mechanism which prevented track power from being left on, similar to the dead-man control found in real electric locomotives and rail cars. In 1911 and 1912 it is believed that train sets were not catalogued, only individual train cars and locomotives were listed. All of the info here can be found on this sight.

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State of Assembly: Ready to Go/Pre-built
Color: Bare Metal
Material: Metal
Scale: 1 Gauge
MPN: 01
Year Manufactured: 1913
Modified Item: No
Power Supply: AC
Gauge: 1
Vintage: Yes
Brand: Elektoy
Type: Track
Control: Analog
Year: 1913
Features: Tender, 3 Rail
Recommended Age Range: 5-100
Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1919
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Grading: C-4 Fair
Vintage (Y/N): Yes