Model Train Journal

Happy Friday!!

Should have some pics to post from my new project next week. On a side note, I picked up a Lionel 2103W set this week from 1946 ( has the 224 steam engine). That early PW period - 45-51/52 - I forget how well all that stuff was built. The engine is sooo smooth.


NS ES44DC 7698 leads a southbound rail train through Arcadia, VA on the Roanoke District


NJT ALP45-DP 4530 leads a NYC bound train over Parkers Creek in Little Silver, NJ.


NS ES44AC 8044 leads 592 into Enola Yard as a fresh snowfall blankets the ground.


NS SD40-2 3519 is captured leading a stack train out of Whitaker Yard in Austell, GA on the Atlanta North District. The SD40-2 started life as Frisco 954 in 1978


Timing is everything - Eastbound NS 194 w/ ET44AC 3665 leading, meets westbound 85K w/ SD70ACe 1163 on the point at Keystone, WV.

I was going through a few boxes of stuff recently...thinking about purging a bunch of crap. Found a box of Lionel Scout gear that I'm not even sure where it came from. This is a Lionel 242 that was made during the 1960's, kinda the low point...found this picture of it in the archives:



Plastic motor, fixed coupler, a single traction-tire, yeah, this is pretty much the end of the line. Still, even after all of that, there's a bit of charm to it. Hopefully it made some kid happy one Christmas.

I have a four year-old grand-nephew that's somewhat into it...might make up a set and pass it on to him. Hopefully it doesn't ruin him, lol.

Healey

Christopher,
That 2103 set is IMO is a really nice set for that period and makes some later sets look rather cheap.

I have the 242 & some of the later cheap cars. Comparing it to the 2103W set , it's hard to believe they were made by the same company. That being said, the 242 I bought for 30$ at a show bc my son wanted it. It runs well for what it is.

If you're into Scout gear, run down a 246. That has magnetraction and you can load it up. Just as butt-ugly as the 242, though...

healey36 wrote:If you're into Scout gear, run down a 246. That has magnetraction and you can load it up. Just as butt-ugly as the 242, though...

Who's into Scout gear ??? lol

christopher2035 wrote:

healey36 wrote:If you're into Scout gear, run down a 246. That has magnetraction and you can load it up. Just as butt-ugly as the 242, though...

Who's into Scout gear ??? lol

Isn't that what a lot of people thought about Marx?

true. But I feel w/ Lionel... there's so much better stuff available from the PW period. Marx is just Marx.

christopher2035 wrote:

healey36 wrote:If you're into Scout gear, run down a 246. That has magnetraction and you can load it up. Just as butt-ugly as the 242, though...

Who's into Scout gear ??? lol

C'mon...where's your "I gotta have one of everything" mindset?