I was just time traveling in the attic, and found 4 Bing tinplate cars I didn’t remember us having.
How can I figure out their value, and also learn more about Bing?
On-line info would be great for starters, printed stuff to buy I’ll consider, but I’m not sure how far I want to go with this.
I also found a bunch of two rail tinplate track and one crossing. Was bing two rail DC?
My Bing cars are O-gage, and in pretty nice condition; I would say C-6 or C-7 .
Is Bing stuff readily available, or rare as hen’s teeth, or somewhere in between?
Thanks,
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I’m not an expert, but I do like Bing! From what I’ve seen, the majority of their pre ww2 equipment was clockwork O or 1 gauge. Surfing Ebay is a good way to get some ideas of what’s out there and what it sells for in the US. If you check international listings, you’ll see a lot more.
Becky
That two-rail track is probably meant for clockwork trains, like this one:
See whether the rails are actually insulated from each other.
There’s not much out there on the web about Bing. There are a few European sites with some info and pictures concerning Bing exported to but you will have to hunt for them.
The best references are German books. Your single best source for info about North American Bing trains would be a reproduction copy of the 1914 catalog. These show up on E-bay from time to time.
Bing trains were clockwork and 3 rail electric – main gauges for were O and 1 gauge with some of the 1 gauge equipment offered with either O gauge or Standard Gauge trucks.
Bing was the prototypically correct train maker of its day. The litho treatment for
