Tinplate jackpot score at the Urbana IL show today

Nice score, Mike! I didn't know there was a show at Lincoln Square Mall today, would have tried to make it over there!

Rusty

Its going on tomorrow as well, 11am till 4pm I believe, its posted on the mall's website.  Guy down near our live steam group, has a nice apple green 252 electric with really nice original paint, already rewheeled, for $100.  I would have bought it to but only had enough for the set.   I wont be there tomorrow but others from our group will be running the steam layout.  We are back home, the 4 fur babies here, so no 2 day shows for us.     Mike the Aspie

Heck of a score, but talk is cheap, lets see some pictures!!!!

In the morning, going to bed now and my cell is dead and on the charger.   She is all lined up on the table ready for pics tomorrow!     Mike the Aspie

The Train Tender for parts.

http://www.ttender.com/

great score!

Gentlemen,

    What Art hypes us all out of our minds with some great Tin, then posts no picture and goes to Bed.  Art I swear you are worse than a female teen age Teese!

Pictures Tomorrow!

PCRR/Dave

For part numbers, you can try Olsen's Toy Train Library, which has section dealing with Prewar.  Then you can go from there to the dealer of your choice.  Great score, but........PICTURES!!!!

Mike,

 Sounds like you did quite well. As Dave mentioned, the Train Tender is a great source for parts. Looking forward to seeing your pictures. Also, if you search "Lionel 227" on eBay, you can often find parts like the marker lights that are currently for sale at a reasonable price. 

Tom 

Good Morning, pics as promised.  She is a 227 going by the boiler face number plate. Freight cars are all dated with a month number and 41 like 12-41

ok men......call off the black SUVs.....

Very nice buy. Enjoy!

Yes, you did very well as that engine can command quite a few pennies to purchase in most cases!

From my research this morning, I have Lionel set 859B from 1941-42.  Just need a few wood barrels and the missing parts on the train for it to be complete.  Goes well with my early postwar 671 PRR Turbine set I bought last fall in barn fresh condition but complete.  

http://www.dakotapaul.com/items/showitem.asp?iid=1052

Mike, 

 On the front of the smokebox door, does it have the number 227 showing? 

Tom

Yes Tom, 227 on the smokebox door.  I got everything polished up using an old trick I learned from Rush Harmon Jr when I was his shop tech many years ago, Pledge furniture polish.  Only feature I haven't tried is the automatic couplers that trigger with the whistle button.  I got the E unit to sequence reliability and she runs smooth and pretty quiet as well.  Bell rings when I turn it on.  New power leads for the tender and other missing parts to come soon as I find them.  Train Tender didn't have much of anything I need.  But I did find them on evilbay.     Mike the Aspie

I have a Lionel prewar Tank car and caboose that has the electro couplers you need. PM me and I will give you a good deal.

Sent you an email to the addy in your profile.   Mike the Aspie

More pics.

ARTFULLDODGER,

1st let me reacher over here and recall the Black SUV that was dispatched early this morning.  

Real nice 227, looks to be in great shape, especially finding it as you did.  I especially like these old Tenders on these trains, way cool stuff!

PCRR/Dave

Nice looking car.  I may let my ZW go to finance more tinplate.  Its massive overkill on my little 4x8 single track set up.  I just need to get this RW restored that I got with the Turbine set(its original transfomer).  I have the little 1041 that came with my father's set for building lights.  I put a new cord on it and refreshed its internal wiring last fall.    Mike the Aspie

Many happy memories of Urbana, my wife's grandparents lived there. At one time he worked on the IC and later was a machinist at the U of I.  When we were at Ole Miss we would catch the IC at Batesville and ride to Urbana. It was my first trip by rail and I immediately fell in love with railroading. The first Christmas after we were married my wife gave me my first Lionel and I've been hooked ever since. 

Nice find. It looks like the marker lights are broken off, Yes/No?

Mike,

 I had started a topic back in 2016 after I had bought a #227 that was in much worse shape than yours.  Other good info on there if you want to check it out. 

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...rewar-steam-switcher 

Tom

Yes, both front marker lights are broke off.  I have repro replacements found and on order, along with amber jewels for the front and red jewels for the tender.  She runs well.  I just put a new cord on and went thru the filthy RW transformer I got with the 671 Turbine set last fall.  Cleaned up nice and works well.  The ZW is cool, but takes up lots of space on a layout running 1 train.  I did stumble across your article on the basket case 227, was fun to read, I really enjoyed it.    Mike the Aspie

Mike, 

  The right way to mount the marker lights is to drill out the portion of the old post that most likely is still on the locomotive. The downside is that you can go through several drill bits trying to do that. Conversely, I've had good luck with my own method...snipping as much of the new post off near the base, filing it as flat as possible and using an awl and file to make what is left on the locomotive as flat as possible or, even better, slightly indented. Then, I use JB Kwik (which sets fast) to hold the marker lights in place. I have not had any issues with any that I have attached this way and I've done plenty over the last few years. In fact, maybe this should be called the TOM method, "Therapy Of Markers!" (patent pending)  

Tom 

I've been know to use the JB meself......