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More stuff down off the shelf, this a prewar Lionel 249 with a short string of 2600-series freights:

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This loco had the annoying habit of losing one of the studs that holds the left-hand connecting-rod/eccentric in place. A little ...

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:

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After two decades of inactivity, the set ran like a champ. It came with baggage ...

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.

Pulled the Williams NW2 down off the shelf for a spin around the mainline:

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This is a pre-Bachmann locomotive from Williams featuring dual motors, True-Blast II horn, bell, and nice graphics (even if the Western Maryland never ...

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:

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It's a terrific little set, one that may have made some lucky kid really happy on a ...

The under-tree display featured a Lionel 290E set from 1936 this year (2024):

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All in original form with the exception of the 657 caboose. That was the first O-gauge tinplate refurb I ever did, probably some three decades back at ...

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!

That's a nice looking unit! When you get your consist hooked up, add a photo, please!

Here you go, Paul; from her first run after 41 years in storage, the newly acquired Lionel F3 takes the point on the Coast Daylight:

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These ...

We started the refurbishment of the prewar #98 set a while back. First up was the 253 electric. It was in pretty rough shape as found:

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I'm not one for strip-n-repaint methods much anymore, but this one was hurting. I had the ...

Not official postwar, but an MPC-era reissue of the postwar F3 in the Southern Pacific's Daylight scheme:

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From 1983, this is new-old-stock found locally, not a mark on it (the box has a bit shelf-wear. I plan to use it as a head ...