What's Your Oldest Locomotive?

Either my MARX UP M-10005 cars, or the MARX Commodore Vanderbilt

 

 

Oldest Lionel are,

2025 (1952)[1485ws set] 

 2046 (53)[1509ws]

   2037(54)[1513s]

     665(55)[2277ws] 

My lionel Blue Comet Set is the oldest train in my current collection. 

River City 3 Railers own two 1938 vintage Lionel 224e's. Run like a swiss watch.

 

Gilly

1902-ish Carette Stork Leg live steamer.

1926 Lionel 250 w/passenger cars.

So far, Quick Casey is in the lead! Lovely old trains, guys, thanks for showing them to us. 

 

My eclectic bunch of odds and ends had a 1962/3 Hornby clockwork, then some 1950s metal S scale Flyer Atlantics, then some 1930s Marx silver litho showed up. Just found a high-mileage SG Lionel 390E, but I don't know if it pre-dates the Marx or not.

Quick Casey,

  Very nice looking engine. Never heard of it before so I did a little googling and found out some more info:

http://www.sidestreetbannerwor...om/locos/loco92.html

 

  Does it still run? 

 

Tom

MNCW asks; "Does it still run?"

 

  No, some fittings missing, boiler doesn't look like it would hold pressure.

Either my unrestored, super-condition 390E (mid-30's) or a repainted, restored #8 with small gear motor and manual reverse (probably from the 20's, but I'm not sure just when because I'm not familiar with all the variations). Sorry, I don't have a photo of either, and both are packed away. 

I have a clockwork Hornby tank engine in LMS livery that dates to 1928. I bought it in the 1990s, and I always wonder where it spent the prior 70 years or so.

I know I posted the 1912 Ives as my oldest locomotive... but I guess I do have one that is older, although it is in need of restoration and is a bit too large to be considered "Tinplate".  It is a Class C Cagney of 1899 vintage.  I know it doesn't look like much, but the important parts are there and it is in line for restoration after I finish another live steam restoration that is in the shop.  It will run again - I've rebuilt worse:

 

1950 Lionel 2036 that I received for Christmas in 71.  3 years older than me.

Michael R  your 3197 dates from 1930-1931

Okay thanks for the info!

Not "olde" in comparison to those previously posted, but I have a 224E and cars from LIONEL's first PW set in 1945.  So, chronologically, it's my oldest engine. 

WindupGuy, that's a great shot!  It reminds me of a quote from a first person account of backshop work written about 100 years ago.  The narrator was describing an engineer who was always complaining about his engine and demanding repairs for imagined faults.  Of the engineer he said. "All he wants me to do is jack up the bell and build a new locomotive underneath it!"

 

  As for oldest locomotive - here's mine - Bing 1904

 

 

Tom,

   That would be my Fathers 1st birthday present, ordered in 1900 by my Grandfather, the pre-production Lionel 263E Work Train with pre-production 711 switches, all came in the same Wooden Lionel Train Box, I still have the train, switches and wooden box today.  The individual engine, tender and rolling stock boxes, unfortunately are all gone.  The patched up 711 switch box still remains, however it's in poor shape.

PCRR/Dave 

 

On the left the original Lionel 263E and part of the original rolling stock, on the right the MTH 263E P2 Reproduction, with some of the original Lionel rolling stock.

Early 1940's 224E/2224W.

Mike

American Flyer #310 K5, and Lionel #1666...both from 1946.

 

Mark in Oregon

IVES 3253 in orange with the 129 130 and 132 lithographed passenger cars from 1924 

 

Lionel 153 also from 1924

 

Both run just beautiful

 

Enjoy

 

Frank

 

 

1912 Thin rim 6

 

 

1954 Lionel 2353 ATSF F3 ABBA.

earliest overall would be a 224E from the mid 40s.

Earliest PW I have would a 675/671 from 47

My oldest is a Lionel 252 from 1926, but it's pretty much a shelf-queen until I can replace the armature shaft bearing.

 

My oldest regular runner is a 1666E from 1939.

I have a 261 In original condition, runs great, no reverse. I have a picture of it around my Parents 1934 Christmas tree. I have 3 259E's that I have restored.

The Mojave No10 is 1925.  The gray was made in 1926-27.  It is from my dad's set.  The gray and maroon passenger cars are in the background.  These two are so quiet and run so well together.  Love em!  Here they are pulling ten all original tin prewar 500s in style. 

gene M,

   That is a great looking original 261, simply fantastic, your restoration 259E's are

beautiful also, great Tin work sir.

PCRR/Dave 

Santa brought me an American Flyer passenger set in 1956 when I was 11 years old.  Unfortunately, in August of '57 my family moved to Florida and there was no room to run the train.  Moved back to Ohio in '63 and the burning desire to set up a layout was in my veins.  Wasn't until after I graduated from college, then married, raised two girls and they graduated, then I knew the timing was right to put up a nice layout.  Started on it in 2002 and love it to this day.  1 AF, 6 MTH, 1 Lionel and is one of the highlights of my life to this day...

William, I love your original engines and cars!  About ninety years old, and still presentable and useable.

William,

   Any chance you could post some photos in addition to the video? Apparently, my tablet does not work with the video you posted.

 

 Tom

My 318e and 392 engines that were my fathers and grandfathers before me

My father's Lionel 252 and passenger cars, from, I believe, 1929.

 

This Lionel Passenger Train Set, belonged to my Father-in-law, when he was a kid.

     He was in the US Army during WWII, in the 82nd Airborne, Infantry, Company "D" at Corregidor & other S. Pacific Islands. 

Hey gang, great looking stuff! I love how a lot of your trains have some personal history that comes along with them. 

 

My oldest is this 1 gauge Bing live steam stork-leg. It's probably my favorite piece in my collection and it's all original. It's from right around 1900 but I'm not sure exactly which years it was produced. Can anyone tell me? 

 

Now THAT is cool.  Live steam!  I sure would like to know how that works.

A Marx tinplate wind-up 0-4-0 set from the mid 1930s.  It was my father's and I played with it when three or four years old.   It is in near-like new condition but I never run it. 

 

I have a second set bought on the 'bay six years ago that I converted to electric to run on the layout.  It is in near-like new condition but I never run it. 

 

 

I have some post-war locos that are "my" locos from 1950s, including a 2-4-2 Marx and some Lionel.  Not my original ones though, I bought them about five years ago and rebuilt/cleaned them up.

 

My oldest loco otherwise is a scale PS1 ATSF 2900 Northern that I converted last year to Legacy.  My oldest not-tampered with or rebuilt loco is a Railkind PS2 y6B from seven - eight years ago.  

LallyTrek - the best I can do with my references is sometime after 1895 and sometime before 1902.  There is a catalog cut in 1902 which matches your engine except for the shape of the smokestack and possibly the steam dome and there is an 1895 cut which illustrates engines with the kind of smokestack your engine has but with a different cylinder set up and with covered main drive wheels.

Not exactly highly sot after for Standard Gauge but my oldest.  This 38 proudly proclaims it's manufacturer tags on each end door, not hidden underneath.  I believe it dates to 1918.

 

 

Bruce

The stork steamers operate with no valve gear. The cylinder swings on a trunion which has the steam passages within it. As the cylinder swings from one side to the other, internal ports are alternately un-covered and covered allowing live steam into the cylinders and exhaust out.  I reckon the nickname is from the old dipping stork toy, or the motion of a stork walking.

Here's a neat Australian layout with a similar lokey:

My oldest is a 1935 Hoge  900 Shovelnose Streamliner, followed by a 1952 Lionel 2020/2020w combo.  The Hoge is a complete set, with 5 rail track, Hoge track lock-on, and the original "working" #950 transformer, and yes it runs!!!