Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Lionel 610 almost finished

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Today, I assembled the Lionel 610 passenger car. I gave it new couplers, but for the rest all the old parts have been cleaned and re-used. T...
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Sunday, October 29, 2006

Lionel 812

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This Lionel 812 pre-war gondola just reached me in time. A few additional years of wear would have made it non-restorable: just for parts. ...
Saturday, October 28, 2006

Lionel 1722

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Recently I acquired a Lionel 1722 pre-war caboose in poor condition. It is rusting, the paint and lithographed picture are poor. And most st...
Sunday, October 08, 2006

Spray painting the 610 passenger car

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After looking at the webpages of Terry Gibbs, I decided that red body, cream windows, black tanks and trucks and a maroon roof would look th...
Sunday, September 24, 2006

Priming the Lionel 610 passenger car

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After the cooking pot treatment, there was still some yellow smuck, predominantly on the inside of the passenger car. This was removed with ...
Saturday, September 02, 2006

Stripping paint from pre-war Lionel cars

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There are many ways to strip paint from pre-war metal tin toys, including: sand blasting, sanding, immersion in white spirit or ammonia and ...
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Friday, September 01, 2006

Looking for Lionel

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Whenever, we want to see how a pre-war Lionel car exactly looked, web search engines offer often little help. For instance, type in "Li...
Sunday, August 27, 2006

Fun with pre-war Lionel trains

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It was time to empty the boxes and run some pre-war Lionel trains. It really amazing how smooth these trains run after 70 years. Since, the ...
Tuesday, August 15, 2006

655 box car restored

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Half a year ago, I bought a highly abused toy train car and I am proud to announce its restoration complete. One side of the box car had a c...
Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Holiday in the Jura

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During my holiday, I visited the small steam train in the French Jura mountain named Coni'fer. The wood-fired 0-6-0 steamer runs from Hô...
Monday, June 05, 2006

Slow progress with the layout

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During the last weeks I bought two tin buildings: one switch tower from unknown German brand and a small platform from Hornby. I also cleane...
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Monday, May 22, 2006

Metcalfe 0801 0 gauge Goods shed

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I purchased this cardboard building kit in a small British hobby shop. It was one of the few items they had in 0 gauge, but I liked it strai...
Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Ilkley train show 6th May 2006

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On the 6th of May 2006 the UK Lionel lines collectors club organised a train show in Ilkley. Without a doubt, this is the largest European g...
Saturday, April 22, 2006

unknown tin toy lantern

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I recently found this toy lantern in a second hand toys shop. It works with a 4,5 Volt flat battery (3R12). There are no references to the m...
Thursday, April 20, 2006

Easter railway fun

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Easter eggs need to be transported! Let's run them around before eating them.
Friday, April 14, 2006

Lionel 8770 switcher that didn't reverse

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This Lionel 8770 EMD NW2 switcher (blt. 1977) was purchased in Edmonton (AB) in 2000. It ran nicely forward, but did not want to reverse. In...
Thursday, March 16, 2006

SD 28 C&O diesel

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This SD28 diesel engine is an excellent runner (Lionel 18834, blt. 1994). It has six powered wheels and is able to run at very low speeds. I...
Friday, March 03, 2006

Modern B&O train

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This B&O train is run by a GP9 diesel (Lionel 28514, blt. 2000). It is nice running diesel that pulls long trains and still runs smoothl...
Thursday, March 02, 2006

Modern Reading train

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This steam train is composed of 4-4-2 Reading steam engine 8402 (blt. 1984), two green hoppers 16460 (blt. 2002), a gondola with coil covers...
Monday, February 27, 2006

Extending the roof for Lionel 610

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Sometimes you purchase an item with a trouble. Like this Lionel 610 passenger car, which I could purchase for bargain, but without a roof. L...