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Today I ran my Lionel Rio Grande freight set 2291W, which I received for my first Christmas in 1958, on my Super O postwar layout. This was such an action packed consist for a child or an adult to enjoy. Lionel certainly knew how to keep your interest. It has logged many miles these past 62 years and still looks great and brings back lots of great memories.

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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. 

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@trumptrain posted:

Slow B&O way freight with brakemen riding front and rear.  

Another great video, Pat. You take the video so that the viewer is trackside, looking up to the train as it goes by, which I also often do. It makes the model train look awesome the way real trains look to us when we are trackside looking up at them.

What is most special about this video, IMO, is what I've said many times before about your photos and videos:  your glorious autumn colors. It is amazing, IMO, how you can be so skillful with autumn colored scenery and you are also color blind.  

Arnold

Hi everyone !  Some might remember that I mentioned in one of the other threads that I had discovered a KLINE Santa Fe S-2 switcher that I had apparently bought and packed up and forgot about.  I commented that I was surprised that this thing had 2 motors, 3 position reverse, great livery, and ran really smoothly.  So today I began to wonder how it would stack up against the Lionel "600" series NW-2 's under post war freight conditions.  So I hooked it up to 5 relatively heavy PW freight cars to see how she did.  The cars were 3464 NYC Operating Box car, 2454 Baby Ruth Box, 6464 GN box, 6464-100 WP box and a fully illuminated 2357 SP caboose.  Well, she did extremely well.  Handled this consist with no trouble at all.  In fact she cruised around my 0-31 loop (mostly flat) with no trouble at 8.5 volts on the ZW.  Here are some pictures.

KLINE PW Freight 1KLINE PW Freight 2KLINE PW Freight 3

 

Well, I remain convinced that we lost a good supplier of trains when KLINE left.  This little guy could clearly hold his own against the PW competition.  

Have a good Holiday everyone

Don 

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@pennsynut posted:

WP John: I really like the scene in your video. 

Tom Densel: Super scenery for the short freight at just the right speed.

Patrick: Always enjoy your scenes and especially your lighting. What type/color lights are on your layout please?

Pennsynut thanks so much!  The lighting on my layout is actually stock.  Whatever came with the building or lamp is what I use.  

Been awhile since I ran these two Lionel Famous American RailRoad freights. The Southern has all the cars that make up the set. The Great Northern has some Lionel, some KMT, and a K-line caboose. The sound of steam and whistle were top of the line in early 80s, not so hi tech now, but still a lot of fun.

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Here they are in action.

 

 

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When I put a freight train together it is going to resemble an abbreviated version of a train that actually ran over its home road. Here is southbound FW&D 131 that has just filled at Quanah, TX.  Picked up were loads of wallboard and bulk gypsum from Georgia Pacific and boxcar loads off Frisco 537.  Next comes plug door boxcars of Coors beer from Golden, CO., and loads from affiliated Hill lines cars coming out of Wendover, WY.  The rear tonnage is ag commodities from Amarillo, TX.

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Today I ran my Lionel Rio Grande freight set 2291W, which I received for my first Christmas in 1958, on my Super O postwar layout. This was such an action packed consist for a child or an adult to enjoy. Lionel certainly knew how to keep your interest. It has logged many miles these past 62 years and still looks great and brings back lots of great memories.

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Rich.  I have the exact same set.  That was a great Christmas wasn't it.  All my friends wanted the red and silver Santa Fe.  Nobody wanted the yellow & green D&RG.  Sure glad Santa made a great choice.  Luv that magna traction.

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When I put a freight train together it is going to resemble an abbreviated version of a train that actually ran over its home road. Here is southbound FW&D 131 that has just filled at Quanah, TX.  Picked up were loads of wallboard and bulk gypsum from Georgia Pacific and boxcar loads off Frisco 537.  Next comes plug door boxcars of Coors beer from Golden, CO., and loads from affiliated Hill lines cars coming out of Wendover, WY.  The reartonnage is ag commodities from Amarillo, TX.            

Nice work, Robert!  That sure is made up prototypically for the pre-merger era with typical SD9 power.  I notice that you added some undulating track, which is also prototypical for Fort Worth & Denver.

Your personal record has been awarded ten merits for acquiring and coupling up a prototypical freight train consist from long-departed Texas railroads, and for incorporating undulating territory en route, as is prototypical for the FW&D.

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@Virginian65 posted:

Truly an astonishing sight. Is this a club layout or are you building it yourself?

I can actually answer your question. To answer your question, no, the layout is apart of his personal collection. I have been working for him for three years now and we have been working on the layout for about a year now. Recently, the layout has reached a point where we can run about two trains on its mainlines so we have taken a break in construction and now we have been building trains. Hope this answers your question. Thanks and happy railroading!

Well fellows, I have nothing than can compare with the length and scale look of PSAP2020's tank train, but thought you enjoy something on a little smaller scale as well (really not scale at all).  This is a combination German / UK train using Mettoy Ltd (UK) freight consist pulled by a Konrad Dressler loco (labeled made in U.S. zone, Germany).  All the cars/loco from the late 40's through the early 50's.

Here is the Konrad Dressler loco and tender, CW from the 50's, ready to leave the depot with its short consist of Mettoy Ltd freights.

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Here is a view of the consist.  All 3 freight cars are from Mettoy Ltd in the UK.

Shell tanker

Stanchion Car - set to deliver a vintage sports coupe (not its original load but it fits perfectly so I use it)

LMS Open Wagon

All cars date from '49-'51



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Well my contribution of the freight train post for this weekend.  Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and have a happy and healthy weekend.

Don

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