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Common Trains Run on the Layout - General 4-4-0 Engines and Train
A General 4-4-0 train is also operated. Often a Lionel horse car or Outlaw shooter car, a Lionel 3370 Outlaw and Sheriff car and an 1800’s period baggage/mail /passenger cars are pulled.
I also pull my homemade lighted Gold Bullion car for the sheriff to guard, shown here as the silver car.
For a long time I ignored the Civil War and missile/space trains and cars. I thought they tended to be plasticity, flimsy and troublesome to operate. In the last three years I warmed up to them and some reasonable priced items were found.
The first General 4-4-0 was a General Lionel 1862 engine and coal tender with a chip out of roof and a Lionel 9541 Santa Fe Railway Agency Express Passenger car. The roof was repaired and painted.
The second General 4-4-0 obtained was a cheap Lionel General 4-4-0, 8005 dc powered set with coal tender and Lionel 9541 Santa Fe Railway Agency Express Passenger car. I added a full wave rectifier and changed the Lionel 8005 to ac operation although in one direction. A selector switch was added for manual reversal. The engine was dressed up with gold stripping, a lighted head light and painting all red engine black for the boiler and stack.
A fuzzy picture of Lionel 8005 before painting and dressing up! 
The Lionel 8005 was painted, along with the red and silver front wheels and painted domes. The body and stack were painted Black. Gold stripping was added to dress up. Much more beautiful ! 
Now that I have two Lionel General 4-4-0 locos I can simulate The Great Locomotive Chase of the Civil War between the General and the Texas. The Disney movie “The Great Locomotive Chase” is a good train movie to watch and the kids will enjoy it too.
Charlie
