Does Anyone Still Have Postwar Lionel?

[hoborailcat]

@wilh: I'm going for a black one. Not only does it appeal to me more, but also I don't feel like paying top dollar for a relatively common Postwar engine that a collector wants more just because of the color.
@tycoonK4: It seems like I'll probably stay with both scales, I've come too far in N scale to give it up now.

 

[sawyer811]

I hear that, My N-scale layout is over my Lionel layout.

Oh P.S. i was digging around and i found my great-grandfather's old lionel that i forgot i had (I always tend to get the leftover trains in the family :hehe: ) and i've got a 221 2-6-4 Dreyfuss. I don't know what else is in it (didn't bother to look) but i remember there being a couple boxcars in it and a broken ZW.

 

[hoborailcat]

@sawyer811:Man, you're finding some great stuff! The 221s are always fun to run. Is it the gray version or the black version? And about the N scale, it's the same here, a bi-level layout.

 

[SD45T-2]

I hear that, My N-scale layout is over my Lionel layout.

Oh P.S. i was digging around and i found my great-grandfather's old lionel that i forgot i had (I always tend to get the leftover trains in the family :hehe: ) and i've got a 221 2-6-4 Dreyfuss. I don't know what else is in it (didn't bother to look) but i remember there being a couple boxcars in it and a broken ZW.

Be forewarned though, they won't work properly on 0-31 or larger switches

 

[sawyer811]

@Hoborailcat: it's the grey version. The motor isn't the best, but it can still run no problem. It does do the same as your 2055 though, it growls at me

@tycoonk4, my layout is O-27 anyway, so no problem there.

 

[SD45T-2]

Due to it being past 10:00, I won't have time to post the shots.

 

[hoborailcat]

Time for a bump! Picked up a 2037 today that I got on Ebay. Really enjoying it, but hearing it run so nicely reminds me of the cleaning that my 2055 needs.

 

[wilh]

Nice buy, but how much was it, because sometimes you can overpay for something on Ebay. (Especially common items).

 

[hoborailcat]

The final price came to $45.36, a very good price for an engine that came in near perfect condition.

 

[wilh]

Ooh, good price. Can we see some pics of it?

 

[hoborailcat]

Here's the 2037:

And the 2055:

 

[wilh]

Wow. That looks amazing.

 

[hoborailcat]

Thanks, in my opinion they are more fun to run than any of the new stuff (except maybe the Shays).

 

[SD45T-2]

Well,they look great. Almost new.

 

[hoborailcat]

Here's some videos of them running. Sorry about the quality, working with an older camera.
The 2055: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3j7MFRuQ7I
The 2037: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL3xQDmqOSA

 

[TheParot67]

Lionel postwar

I have a 1919 slightly modified tinplate O gauge electric thats been passed down through my family.

 

[hoborailcat]

It'd be great to see pictures, old Prewar tinplate is hard to come by these days.

 

[sawyer811]

hey hobo, i noticed both engines (the 2055 and the 2037) have a modern tender behind them. is there a reason for that? not trying to sound like a purist rivet counter, i just wondered (I had to run the tender from my...4-4-2?...for a while because the original tender had derailment problems).

 

[hoborailcat]

That's the tender from my modern 4-4-2 8632. I have a repro Postwar streamlined whistling tender that works perfectly but for some reason isn't compatible with my power system, so I only run it at shows. The modern tender is lighter, so I run it just to take some of the weight off of the engines' old motors.

 

[wilh]

Why take weight off? I have a 1952 2035 2-6-2 and I run it with it's original whistling tender and it still can but ten cars with it. (The engine also runs very smoothly).
On a side note, I have some early Lionel O gauge as well.
To be specific a 1918 801 Wabash R.R caboose, the 1920 150 NYC electric loco and the 1919 (I think) 612 observation, 602 baggage and 601 coach.
On a side side note, I just got a 1062 2-4-2 with three cars (plus the tender) for 35 dollars. It was a definite bargain.