Hafner Clockwork Toy Trains

I need to empty my display cases out so I can loan them out for a few months. That means I have a lot of trains to box up and put in storage. Thought I'd video some of them as I get them ready to store. This round is all Hafner ranging from the late 20's to the late 40's, with the exception of some orange Flyer pieces I ran behind the 109. The Flyer motor don't work anyway. Hafner never made an electric, these are all clockwork trains. They go as fast as they choose to and stop where they want to stop. Luckily I only had to climb on top of the layout twice to retrieve a train. Excuse the sniffles, my allergies are acting up this evening.
Enjoy.

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Entertainment

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• Hafner Trains
• Clockwork Trains

[ghandi2011]

SUPERB!!!

Thank you very much for your detailed info. re. Hafner Trains and last but not least sharing your collection in action with all of us.

Great reference clip, it is a "Hafner Trains Bible".

[gigeastman]

@ghandi2011

Thank you for the kind comments, glad you enjoyed it.

Steve

[Margaux177]

Just a delightful layout and wonderfuly narrated video. Thank you for putting this together!

[gigeastman]

@Margaux177

Thank you. It is always a pleasure to know others out there appreciate these simple old trains of the past.

Steve

[bluecomet390]

Great video. Your layout really makes these clockworks come to life. Thanks for sharing. Five stars from me.

[gigeastman]

@bluecomet390

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

Steve

[gigeastman]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. When run at train meets, the windups are real crowd p leasers. Mant have never seen anyone run them.

Steve

[gwdancer]

What a nice video on the Hafner trains! I have long wanted to start a clockwork train collection, but it has taken a back seat to so many other things. Thanks!

[darktalon2gnt]

I love the little bell, I wish that idea had stuck around after in some way! Also, really loving the tinplate "noise" of the old trains, it's what kind of makes me hesitate for a moment on my vow to never be much of a collector...

[snickpickle]

I've never seen anything by Hafner before -- COOL stuff! Thanks for sharing! :-)