Well good morning F.E.F. fans, Great pictures all especially since most of us are recovering from too much Turkey!
My offering today is very humble, it is one of the early Lionel MPC offerings from 1973-74 a simple plastic steam engine that came with a A.T.S.F. slope back tender. However my operating pictures of this guy will have a (Marx) NYC tender as his original SFe tender is just beyond repair.
Here he is with his original Lionel Tender. By the way, at 48 years old, this guy still works fine and can pull small trains around my mostly flat layout.
Here he is with his "substitute" Marx tender. By the way, note the strong similarity in the plastic casting between the Lionel slope back tender of the 1970's and the Marx slope back tender of about the same vintage. Could they have been trading parts?
Here he is pulling my "air defense" train, complete with missile launching car and a flat full of spare missiles.
Well I hope everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving, if you are driving home please be careful today is one of the most heavy traffic days of the year. Best wishes ... and ON TO CHRISTMAS
Don