Skyline Tin Litho Train Layout Buildings
This tin buildings were made by Skyline manufacturing in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in the late 1940s early 1950s. Shown above is the Middleton train station. Here’s another picture showing the other side of the station:
Skyline is the descendant of the A. Schoenhut Company. Schoenhut is famous for their Dolls and Circus Figures, but they also made wood buildings for train layouts. These were sold under the name Hollywood Homebuilding.
In the early 1930s Schoenhut started making wood and cardboard building kits for toy train layouts. By 1934 the name had changed to Skyline.
After World War 2, Skyline continued to make the cardboard kits, but also made a small line of tin lithographed buildings. The station shown above is one of them.
Skyline also made houses as shown below:
The houses measure 7 inches across the front, 6 inches deep, and 4 inches to the top of the chimney. The window and door locations change depending on the lithography. This simple stamping change results in a wider variety of toy houses with very low costs.
Here’s another picture of the two Skyline houses shown above:
Here’s a picture showing four mint in the box (three are still sealed!) Skyline houses. The boxes are dated 1949, and the red with green roof came out of a box marked M5. I assume the box marked M4 has a red roofed house. Also shown in the picture below is a sealed envelope with the original bulb assembly. The
The Skyline houses were much bigger than the H&H Sales houses. I’ll add a comparison picture in the near future.
Skyline also made other railroad buildings. A freight shed, a signal tower, are two of them. I’ll add pictures of the other Skyline items when I get them out.
Here’s a link to see Skyline train buildings on eBay
F1 STAGE 2 CLUTCH KIT 90-98 SKYLINE JDM RB20DET RB25DET
 | US $127.99 End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 12:24:18 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $127.99 Buy it now | Add to watch list |
96 97 98 Acura TL 2.5 UA DuraFlex SKYLINE BODY KIT
 | US $599.20 End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 17:16:41 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $599.20 Buy it now | Add to watch list |
MEGAN REAR TOE CONTROL ARM KIT SKYLINE GTR GT-R 09+ R35
 | US $249.99 End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 19:23:31 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $249.99 Buy it now | Add to watch list |
1/24 Fujimi Model Kit SKYLINE GT-R MURAYAMA R&D R-32
 | US $14.99 End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 23:33:46 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $14.99 Buy it now | Add to watch list |
1/24 Fujimi Model Kit MINE'S SKYLINE GT-R BNR 32 NUR
 | US $14.99 End Date: Saturday Jul-31-2010 23:46:21 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $14.99 Buy it now | Add to watch list |
