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PostPosted: Sat Oct 12, 2024 3:32 pm 
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Another from the archives, an MTH (Lionel Corp.) 254E with a short drag of 2800-series freights hustles down the mainline toward Heat-Pump Pass:

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Taken a decade or so back, this is before all of the utility work in this section completed in 2023.


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Another archival shot from the same approximate location, this a Lionel 259E in gunmetal with a string of 600-series passenger cars:

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The 259/259E series locomotives went a long way toward keeping Lionel's sales going during the mid-1930s when things were looking pretty bleak.


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I've been working on assembling a set for a young couple and their two girls; a good friend had sent me this modern-era Lionel Columbia-type 2-4-2 after thinning his collection a bit. I figure it would make a fine locomotive for the set:

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Can motor, so it runs super smooth and quiet, with smoke, whistle, and a blazing headlight. I think they'll think it's pretty neat.

Rolling stock next.


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Another shot of our gun-metal 259E, this one in less light so the head-end lighting can be appreciated:

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Headlight, illuminate number board, green marker lamps, and the red glow of the smokebox coming up through the stack, all from a single 18v bulb.


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