@bluelinec4 posted:When I was a kid I inherited a 2056 Hudson that my father had bought for my sister That was my only train until one of my Uncles gave me a pair of Lionel Erie FA's that he found in the garbage He was a garbageman in Edison NJ and gave me many more train he found that people would throw out. That FA though was pretty beat up I took the subway to Manhattan to Madison Hardware and had that guy with the rubber apron rebuild the whole thing It was always my best running and most liked engine after that
That's a neat story, Ben. The 2056 is one the coolest PW steam engines Lionel produced.
There's just something about those old Lionel Postwar trains that is timeless. Even though I did not have a Lionel set when I was kid (had a hand-me-down Marx 3/16" litho set), and though my "serious" model railroading roots are in HO... I will always and forever have an appreciation for much of Lionel's Postwar products. (And even Marx, to boot!)
Erie diesel power: Their original diesel schemes were absolutely, positively, one of the CLASSIEST schemes to have ever graced a diesel locomotive, regardless of engine type.
Andre
