Gilbert buildings #50 through #167 are on page 1
#168 through #273 are on page 2
#274 through #590 are on page 3
#593 through #755A are on page 4
#758 through #767 are on page 5
#768 through #774 are on this page
#779 through #799 are on page 7
#23586 through #23796 are on page 8
Because some of the Buildings & Towers (like those on this page) are also operating accessories, they are shown in both places.
Unless otherwise specified, the pictures on this page are from the collection of The Upstairs Train.
It's going to go right there in the last unlandscaped corner of my layout.
(Photo courtesy of Jacque Marsh.)
(Picture courtesy of Mike Battaglia.)
There were several variations: gray or dark gray-painted tower.
Colber also produced several much less valuable versions of the #769A.
Like the #766 Guilford Station, the cows "walk" around their pens and go up the ramp into the livestock car
when you open the gate. They leave the car through the other door after a ride around the layout.
(Photo courtesy of Rob Renninger.)
It was also made with a red base and a red or gray tank from 1950 thru 1952.
Colber made a dark green plastic version that they sold under their own name.
It had a gray or green base and black or dark gray sheet metal tower.
(Photo courtesy of Rick Dunn.)
#772 Water Tower was made for a short while in 1958 with checkerboard tank, black sheet metal tower, and white plastic shack with a red roof,
but it quickly became #23772.
The only way to tell the difference is to have the original box it came in.
(Picture courtesy of an anonymous donor.)
(Picture courtesy of an anonymous donor.)
#774 Floodlight Tower made in 1951 & 1952.
All plastic with a square red base, silver-gray tower, and
four lights with black or silver sockets in each corner. There were many variations.
Some towers came with a workman with wrench like the #773 Oil Derick above.
Irregular gray base with a red-painted sheet metal tower and
four die-cast light housings all pointing in the same direction.
There were several variations, especially in catwalk colors.
Show me the rest of the Buildings.
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