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pre-war accessories
Posted by Boonter on Sunday, September 2, 2007 3:04 PM
Does anyone know of a list of Lionel accessories?  I am interested in pre and pst war in particular. 
Cheers & Talleyho !
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Posted by csxt30 on Sunday, September 2, 2007 3:10 PM

Here is a list of postwar accessories .  The TCA is another place for lists, I believe.

http://www.postwarlionel.com/access.html

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Posted by envfocus on Sunday, September 2, 2007 4:08 PM
Are you looking for something online?  I'm assuming no pictures, just a list.  Olsen's and other companies that sell Prewar parts have at least a partial list available.  Otherwise, I'm not aware of a simple list online; however, I am about halfway towards completing an excel spreadsheet that lists each Prewar accessory simply by number and name.  I'll be glad to share it with you when I'm done, but I'm probably a month or so away from completing this effort............RJ
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Posted by envfocus on Monday, September 3, 2007 10:26 AM

Looked at my past efforts and realized that I had gotten it done.  My Prewwar list does not include the lettered accessories (like transformers and track) from the era. Its in Adobe Acrobat format (.pdf).  Just click the link below.

Lionel Prewar Accessory List

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Posted by dsmith on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 4:43 PM

I don't have any information on pre-war accessories but I am interested in Lionel postwar accessories and operating cars.  One of the problems with aquiring an accessory is to see it how it works first.  So I have created 2 short videos that shows the operation of the postwar accessories and operating cars that I have aquired so far.  This might help you to decide if they are something that would be of interest to you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXihu92pqME

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BztpSEUqazk

 

  David from Dearborn  

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Posted by Boonter on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 5:40 PM
Many thanks for the helpful info.  This is JUST what I was loking for.  Once again this forum has helped me !!!
Cheers & Talleyho !

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