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Reply to "Restoring a Lionel 152 - opinions desired."

Thanks for asking.  that posting is so old that I had forgotten about it, and my plan for running it at a show was overtaken by events of the time.  Since then I've acquired several other old engines in need of rehab so I'm choosing among many restore projects to occupy this time of social abstinence.

Given that my 152 is in the over 100 years old category, I have an additional incentive to move it to the head of the queue.  The New England TCA is going to have an operating exhibit at the show for the NMRA Northeastern Region convention in October.  Our theme will be model railroading of 90 to 100 years ago.  No kits then.  Only way to model a railroad then was to use what we now think of as toy trains.  It's a way of getting young model railroaders to be aware of collectible trains.

We will make some exceptions to the 1929 cutoff date - Lionel state series cars are a must, more realistic interior detail than most O gauge streamliners being produced now.

To go with the 152, I've got at least a dozen 603/604 and 629/630 series passenger cars that were in sets with the 152 and its descendants.  Several of them now move up in the rehab queue.

I'll post more about this project as I go.

 

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