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Bing O gauge set 523
Terry:
I got this set last weekend. I think it's from the late teens or maybe the 1920s. The box says 523/8/0 on both the top and bottom. The box has dividers with tin reinforcing clips. The loco runs!
There is a card in the box for a Jefferson transformer, but the set came with this neat General Electric transformer with "Pat'd Nov. 21,11" on the nameplate. This has taps that give from 1 volt to 22 volts in small steps depending on the binding posts used.
CNJRR:
Nice, with the box too.
Sometimes the box is worth more then the trains.
starfire700:
That is one of the oddest transformers that I have seen. I can't tell from the plate, is it step-down from the higher voltage house-current in Europe?
Side note, my Dad worked a short time for Jefferson Transformer, before he joined the Navy in 1942. I think of that every time I get a Jefferson with a train buy.
Terry:
Jim - the plate says - Primary 110V 50-140 Cycles.
starfire700:
And the loco has a cowcatcher, so set must have been made for export to the USA.
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