Well here is a short freight consist circa about 1940. The Lionel 204 was one of the last die cast engines manufactured by Lionel prior to the war. It was never catalogued and just offered in sets. These were typically "General Special" sets offered to lots of stores and more or less made up of standard cars. This consist is not a set per se, it is just a correct line up of cars for the engine from my collection trying to mimic the 1940 set. All the cars are correct with the following exceptions a) all the journals should be black and b) the caboose should have a red not tuscan roof. The engine has a 2689 whistle tender (whistle works) which was one of 3 or 4 different tenders that it came with 1940-42. Never came back after the war. I have a neat video of this guy pulling these cars but I cannot figure out how to get video uploaded. If anyone knows where there are some instructions please forward.
