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 from the archives, an MTH (Lionel Corp.) 254E with a short drag of 2800-series freights hustles down the mainline toward Heat-Pump Pass:
Taken a decade or so back, this is before all of the utility work in this section completed in 2023.
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:
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.
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:
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.
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:
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.
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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Every year the company sets up a Christmas tree at the Lionelville station (#126):
It looks pretty desolate ten days out from the big day, but the word is things will be hopping by the middle of next week!
It looks pretty desolate ten days out from the big day, but the word is things will be hopping by the middle of next week!
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Got a couple scale inches of snow on the basement layout tonight, just enough to throw a panic into the passengers looking to board the last express out of Lionelville:
No worries, though; they should be home a little before Midnight this Christmas Eve. Might even get a glimpse of Red One passing through.
As Tom McComas would say, "Merry Christmas everyone...Merry Christmas!"
No worries, though; they should be home a little before Midnight this Christmas Eve. Might even get a glimpse of Red One passing through.
As Tom McComas would say, "Merry Christmas everyone...Merry Christmas!"
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Tonight, the newly-acquired MPC-era Lionel F3 took the point on the Coast Daylight:
After a bit of lubrication, it ran great. It's a nice-looking train, but I'll need to find a couple more cars for it.
Happy New Year everyone!
After a bit of lubrication, it ran great. It's a nice-looking train, but I'll need to find a couple more cars for it.
Happy New Year everyone!
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Taking down the Christmas tree and display today...thought we'd give the Lionel 290E set a spin around the basement layout before packing it up:
It's a terrific little set, one that may have made some lucky kid really happy on a Christmas morning some ninety years ago. Runs like a champ.
It's a terrific little set, one that may have made some lucky kid really happy on a Christmas morning some ninety years ago. Runs like a champ.
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A shot from a good friend's 2-rail O-scale layout, his model of Western Maryland Alco S-2 #125:
About as close to the real thing as one can get in O-scale.
About as close to the real thing as one can get in O-scale.
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While we're pulling stuff down off the shelf, dug the kid's MTH Super Chief set (30-4021-0) out of the closet of his old room and gave that a spin:
After two decades of inactivity, the set ran like a champ. It came with baggage, vista-dome, and observation cars, but sometime along the way we added a coach and a full-dome car; the little F3 pulls all of it easily. It's easy to understand how this Santa Fe train was such a favorite amongst toy train enthusiasts, and this MTH set is a neat little version.
After two decades of inactivity, the set ran like a champ. It came with baggage, vista-dome, and observation cars, but sometime along the way we added a coach and a full-dome car; the little F3 pulls all of it easily. It's easy to understand how this Santa Fe train was such a favorite amongst toy train enthusiasts, and this MTH set is a neat little version.
