All original except for the window inserts.

613

614

615

253

607 Peacock color

608 Peacock

655

657

1668E

Tender was repainted but engine is original.

259E

Next restoration on the table after I finish my 810 crane car.

820

Well, well... this is right up my alley. Thanks, Frank.

Older photo to start: I'm hoping to take some pics this weekend of my recent acquisitions.

Here's my Lionel #258. It runs very well - that goofy exposed headlight looks great at night.


Frank, I agree you should post more pics/video of your Flying Yankee. I finally got mine per your recommendation, arrived last week from Trainz. I like the gunmetal parts much better now that I've seen it in person. It's authentic: the new repro cars mate perfectly to the #618, #619 cars from my Prewar Silver Streak set (279E)! Vestibules are a bit stiff, initially had some trouble getting 'em all coupled securely.

Bob, like you, I'm a fan of the 429: it's respectably close to a scale model. I have that same No. 19 set from my Dad:


Dave, great restoration work!! That's a super collection: you should post these to the OGR Tinplate forum too. I'd like to hear more about your techniques and what you learned from your Dad, if you choose to share that. Did you take the ends off the tank on the #815, or leave 'em on? I'm following your method for building my collection of Standard Gauge. Slowly gathering up damaged 500 series freight cars that I can restore.



GooGone, maybe?

Happy Memorial Day: remember our Fallen, who literally gave everything on our behalf. Please take time during your holiday activities to recall and pray for the many thousand men and women currently deployed from all the Services.

Wow, I can't believe it. I posted the 1st pictures and before I could get back with more this is up to 3 pages.

Dave, I also have a set of those blue passenger cars. Mine came with a 225E and are from my childhood. Mine are the 2600 with auto box couplers but they are not in quite as good a shape as yours.

Chris, great to see someone else has a Flyer 429 and enjoys it as much as I do.

This is a 203 from about 1940. I bought it at the TCA convention at Disneyland in 1979.
There is also a 201 that is the same except it has ( Magic Electrol ) ( New, Sensational Mystery Motor-Enables Two Trains to Run on Same Track Circuit, at Same Time, Individually Controlled )

Must have been the 1st attempt at TMCC

The front and rear couplers on this will swap with a postwar 1665/1656 if you want to have a 0-6-0 to run with postwar cars

There seems to be something more noteworthy about using the phrase The Lionel Lines.

I like it.

these pics look so great, I might go buy some prewar just because everyone has some to show