New Lionel Catalog - Interesting Error

[Algonquin]

I just received my new Lionel Catalog (Volume 2, 2002) this week. Another great catalog by Lionel (That Burlington E5 as well as many of the Postwar celebration series cars are a must have for me). As I was looking over the pages I noticed a new real cool effect being used. Lionel is adding a neat shadow that makes the trains look as if they are casting a natural shadow. I first noticed it on the page showing the new CN Tank Train. I then reviewed the rest of the catalog to see how often this special effect was used. It is used in photographs on a couple other pages. However, as I was reviewing the shadows of the two train sets on pages 12 and 13, I noticed that the shadows were reversed. Reversed in that the shadow for the caboose was being cased by the engine and that of the engine was being cast by the caboose. This was the case for both sets on these pages.

Appearently, this particular little discrepancy made it through the review stages of the catalog. It is always fun to catch little mistakes like this.

Beyond this little discrepancy, I think this shadow effect on the train sets adds a lot of realism to the photos. I personally like it. I hope Lionel continues using it in the future.

Regards,

Tim Pignatari

[Anonymous]

YO TIM,ARE YOU GOING TO SEND A EMAIL TO LIONEL LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT YOU FOUND.......AKA HUB

[Algonquin]

Hi Hub,

I was not planning to notify Lionel. There would be nothing that they could do at this point. This is just one of those funny errors that show up from time to time. Not like the motor description error on the Girls train set from the previous catalog. In the Girls train set case many people ordered the Girles train based on the description that it would have a pull-mor motor and magnatraction. And the product shipped did not have either. In the case of the shadowed sets, I am sure no one would expect that these were designed by Lionel to cast a reverse shadow.

Every one makes mistakes. Here is one from CTT.

In the article on Fritz Von Tagen's collection in the July 2002 100th issue of CTT on page 82. The photo caption simply refers to the hudson engine as a “number 5390 hudson”. Lionel never made a regular production hudson with the number 5390. As was noted in the third column on page 80, Mr. Von Tagen loaned Lionel a Kit version of the 700E from the late thirties. This kit locomotive was used buy Lionel in the development of Lionel’s 1-700E in the late eighties.

This kit hudson was also painted and decorated by Lionel with the number 5390 and used in the catalog photos for the 1-700E and display at train shows. The photographs on the cover of the Lionel 1990 Book 2 catalog and pages 1, 2, 30 and 31 clearly show the number 5390. Prior to regular production, Lionel changed the number for the production version of the 1-700E to 5340 (a number actually used by the New York Central on this version of the hudson). This pre-production version of the 1-700E was returned to Mr. Von Tagen. The hudson shown was not the standard 5340 but a one-of-a-kind 5390 hudson, the pre-production 700E kit version repainted by Lionel and shown in the catalogs.

As always, have fun with trains!

Regards,

Tim Pignatari

[cbq9911a]

Another really interesting error regarding the "E5". It's not an E5. It's an E6 in Burlington colors. There's no stainless steel fluting, and the nose is wrong. The painted "grilles" on the nose are missing as well.

Which is a shame. If somebody tooled up for an E5, they'd probably sell them all fairly quickly. Half of the sales would be within 150 miles of Chicago, though.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

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