Help IDing engines/sets from 1946

[pgtr]

We are trying to recall more details on a set we had from 1946 and learn more details. It either had a 224 or 1666 engine with a tender that had 'wire' handrails. The cars were brown tin. And it was definately a 'set'. And money was definately in scarcity back then! :)

From a previous thread, I believe the 1666 was in set #1402/1402W. What would have been some of specifics of any 'sets' that included either of these engines (224, 1666) in 1946?

thanks

[Dr.Fu-Manchu]

pgtr, The Doctor Is In !!! The 1946 set#1402 was a passenger set with the 1666 loco and the cars were green. It was listed as an "027 set" Set# 2100 was an "O"gauge set, had the 224 loco and brown pullmans,altho they did also use green pullmans. This made two different sets with the same #. Both the #224 & #1666 came in freight sets.This info is in the Greenburg guide to LionelTrains 1945-1969 Vol.III sets.
There is more info if you want it, just ask.
Till My Next MIssive I Remain The Humble Yet Strangly Evil Doctor !!![}:)]

[Anonymous]

I have a 1946 catalog, so I can help with further questions. By the way, money was NOT in short supply right after the war. Many women had worked for the first time, but there was very little to buy during the war years.

[Chris F]

The Doctor nailed it regarding the 1946 set. The 2100 set came with a 2466T tender (no whistle), while the 2100W set came with a 2466W tender (with whistle). Both tenders had wire handrails around the water deck, but not the sides (which would have been the 2466WX).

Either set came with two brown 2442 tin pullman passenger cars and one brown 2443 tin brown observation car. The 2442 number was used again in 1956 with the introduction of the Clifton dome car (streamlined, plastic, O-27).

1946 versions of 2442/2443 cars had silver rubber-stamped lettering, while 1947-48 versions had white heat-stamped lettering.

Joe, were a transformer and track included with these sets? I'm thinking not, since they were cataloged as O-gauge sets.