#6 through #18B are on this page
#19B through #22090 are on page 3
Unless otherwise specified, the large pictures on this page are of Transformers in the collection of The Upstairs Train.
(Picture courtesy of Robert LaRiviere.)
(Picture courtesy of trainz.com.)
#6A 75-watt 25 cycle Transformer made in 1946.
(Photo courtesy of an anonymous donor.)
(Photo courtesy of an anonymous donor.)
The earliest models had a two-part handle like the #7 above; you can see it in the instructions.
Later models like this one had a one-piece handle like the #7B above.
(Photo courtesy of an anonymous donor.)
Later models like mine had a more morern-looking plastic handle.
(Pictures above and below from the collection of The Upstairs Train.)
The only visible differences are the "220-250 volts" on the faceplate and the plug.
(Pictures above and below courtesy of Graeme Eldred,)
#9B 150-watt Transformer made in 1946.
(Pictures above and below courtesy of Sam Williamson.)
#12B 250-watt Transformer made in 1946 thru 1952
By the way, the lower photo shows how to verify that a transformer works:
Connect a voltmeter to the base post and each of the fixed and variable posts;
also when it's plugged it, the green light should come on, but not the red (which indicates a short).
(Pictures above and below courtesy of Roy C Stoner.)
(Picture courtesy of Rob Renninger.)
(Picture courtesy of G. Elliott.)
(Picture courtesy of New England Toy & Train Exchange.)
#16B 175-watt Transformer made in 1954 thru 1956.
(Pictures above and below courtesy of Paul McDonald.)
#16C 35-watt Transformer (16C-199) made in 1958 & 1960.
#17B 190-watt Transformer made in 1952.
(Photos above and below courtesy of snorkelhawaii.)
#18B 175-watt Transformer made in 1954 thru 1956.
(Pictures above and below courtesy of Matt Arnett.)
#18B 190-watt Transformer made in 1953.
(Pictures above and below from the collection of The Upstairs Train.)
Show me the rest of the Transformers.
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