I have a Prewar and a Postwar 1666, a 675 with Baldwins, and a later oe with the sintered wheels.
Dave
It's a TOY, A child's PLAYTHING!!! (Woody from Toy Story)
A quick look around the shelves yielded this count:
1- 21165, 5- 21160, 3- 303, 4 – 302, 2- 21085, 2- 312, 1- 293, 1-21107, 2 – 21088, 1 – 356, 2- 290, 1 – 300AC, 1- 322, 1 – 332, 3 – 283, 1 – 310, 2 – 350, 3 – 282, 1 – 342AC.
Jim
Guilty as charged, I have two AF 312's, 1 SIT, 1 SIB. I also have two 293's, one I had to buy because it had taken a nose dive and had a bent cow catcher. A little patience, and I was able to straighten it without breaking anything. I also have singles of the 336, 342AC, a 360-365 diesel, and a Franklin 88. Now if i can just build a layout large enough to use them all!
George
Lehigh Valley RailroaderJust curious how many people have several of the same type of engine? Could be just differnt cab numbers or different manufacters (Lionel, WBB, MTH, etc) Are any of those your favorite Locomotive? Is that why you have multiples of it? Thanks!
Just curious how many people have several of the same type of engine?
Could be just differnt cab numbers or different manufacters (Lionel, WBB, MTH, etc)
Are any of those your favorite Locomotive? Is that why you have multiples of it?
Thanks!
I have a couple of Lionel Fundimension Southern Crescents.
lionelsoni There were two companion articles, titled "Doublehead those steamers!", on page 86 of the January, 1999, CTT on how to add front couplers in ways that did not permanently alter the locomotives. http://www.trains.com/ctt/default.aspx?c=i&id=61
There were two companion articles, titled "Doublehead those steamers!", on page 86 of the January, 1999, CTT on how to add front couplers in ways that did not permanently alter the locomotives.
http://www.trains.com/ctt/default.aspx?c=i&id=61
Thanks, Bob. I purchased that issue for that very purpose, however, I thought the solutions possibly beyond my capabilities, and additionally, I was unsure of their esthetic appeal. I would prevfer something which would switch out the stock cowcatcher for one with an integral coupler. Can't some nich mfgr offer something like that?
runtime
I have several and I am sure more than I can think of at this time. A couple of turbines (PW), several 2025s, 2026s, 2037s, SW1s, and a couple of FMs. The 2025s and 2026s are for projects that I plan. Also, I have a couple that I got because I just forgot that I had one just like it in a closet, or under the layout. One day, I will make a list of everything, but then, I would be afraid my wife would see it.
Dennis
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Thanks again for all the interesting replies
dsmith jwse30 The only engine I have 2 of is the 2025. The price of the 2nd one was too good. I modified one of them by putting a coupler on the front for double heading. J White Wow!, J. White, I would like to hear how you added a coupler on the front of your 2025.
jwse30 The only engine I have 2 of is the 2025. The price of the 2nd one was too good. I modified one of them by putting a coupler on the front for double heading. J White
The only engine I have 2 of is the 2025. The price of the 2nd one was too good. I modified one of them by putting a coupler on the front for double heading.
J White
Wow!, J. White, I would like to hear how you added a coupler on the front of your 2025.
jwse30, I too would really like to hear about how you did this. Could you inform us?
Thanks
Bob Nelson
I have four SD-45's; three by Williams, one Pennsy and two Reading Lines and one Reading Lines SD-45 by MTH. Also have two Lionel 224's, one is a 224E and the other is a 224, both steam engines. There is also the A-B-A set of Williams F-7 diesels for the Santa Fe with six El Capitan passenger cars. I am trying to sell a set of Pennsy F-7's, A-B-A, by Williams at a train show this month in Deerfield Beach FL.
Lee F.
On different occasions I purchased 646 and 2056 postwar Lionel steamers, each time because they were cheap, in good condition and they appealed to me. Only when I brought the second purchase home, and then did a little research, did I realize that they were the same except for on having magna-traction and the other not, and that they also share a shell, though not drivetrain, with my 736. But they are both good runners.
It would be nice to double head them if someone could provide a nice, easy, and good looking process for adding a front coupler. Couldn't someone develope a conversion kit that would work with most Lionel postwar steamers? With the tendency towards operating longer trains on bigger layouts, I think there would be a strong market.
I have purchased the powered and unpowered units of the same loco
Bill T.
Wow!, J. White, I would like to hear how you added a coupler on the front of your 2025. The only steam engine I can double head is my postwar 1615 steam switcher (which I think is the only postwar steamer with a coupler on the front).
My only mupltiple engine is a Lionel postwar 205 Missouri Pacific Alco diesel. Usually I use the dummy engine as the second A-A unit but I purchased a second powered unit so that I could run 2 powered alcos when I want to haul a long or heavy load (just like a real railroad would do).
There is so much variety today in locomotives, but most of it is on the scale side. Not much for the 027 operator. So I have quite a few of the Lionel Industrial Switcher, the small Lionel steamers, and the K-Line MP-15, Alco FA, and S-2 switchers.
I do a lot of repainting though, so I can make the variety and little modifications to the locos to make them all look a little different. So like with the K-Line S-2 below, you can see added marker lights, an actual headlight, an added metal ladder on the side, added horn to the top of the cab roof, added details to the hood of the loco, and filled in pilots.
On this loco for variety, I removed the included side handrails and substituted a handrail along the upper side of the loco which is painted yellow. Plus you can't see it here, but I cut a window into the back door of the cab and often paint the handrails and window visor different colors.
Since this photo was taken, I've also highlighted the edges of the metal handrails front and back with yellow paint along with the edge of the bottom sheet metal step. In my mind, highlighting just the side edge of the front/back handrails looks better than having the whole thing painted.
For the money, it's hard to beat the K-Line S-2 for perfomance, reliability and especially looking at home on a small layout with semi-scale or 027 types of rolling stock. I'll be looking forward to the RMT version of this loco if it ever gets made.
brianel, Agent 027
"Praise the Lord. I may not have everything I desire, but the Lord has come through for what I need."
mersenne6 Ten AF #10's. Each one heading up a variation of the Flyer Rainbow sets which were offered in the late 1920's.
Ten AF #10's. Each one heading up a variation of the Flyer Rainbow sets which were offered in the late 1920's.
No wonder I can't find any!
I have tried to keep from having any duplicates in my collection of American Flyer Prewar trains but I do have multiples of the body style of the steeple cabs, but only one real duplicate and that is the black 1218. I also have 2 3115s. In steamers I only have duplicates of the 3322, and I have two of those. I don't think that is too bad out of a total of 52 Prewar O gauge engines.
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Thanks to all for the responses. Very interesting info.
None. Now and then, if I see a similar one in much better condition, at a reasonable price, I might buy it and sell the first one. I really like to have different engines (and cars). Thanks for asking.
As a Collector of Lionel and "O" gauge, not an Operator, I only have two cases of duplication. "OO" gauge Lionel Hudsons, I have 3, 1938 Scale, and 1939-41 in both Scale and Simi-Scale. The other is the 225E with die-cast tenders, I have 2, I just like that New Haven prototype locomotive.
As an Operator, I have 500+ feet of "G Gauge" track winding around my yard. Lashups of two or three twin motored locomotives are often used to pull 30 foot trains up the grades. DCS "Lash Up" command is used. I have, in addition to MTH locomotives, five Aristo-Craft locomotives converted to DCS Control.
Don U. TCA 73-5735
I have 2 of the Williams FM Trainmasters in Jersey Central.
I also have a Lionel #671 & tender from 1949, and a Williams #671 and tender from 2004.
Chuck
Bob Keller
NYC Niagaras-3-Lionel
NYC Mohawks-3-Lionel
Shays-2-Lionel
NYC Hudsons-2-MTH
FEF,blavck and grey-2 Lionel Legacy
NS-Dash 9s-2-Lionel Legacy
laz57
Got "quite a few" doubles, some triples and one set of diesels, I have 4 off.
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I have numerous dupicate of engines, postwar steam and diesel. Some were aquired because I was trying to better something, and some were aquired because they were in a lot of trains I bought, and I didn't sell my duplicates. My daughter was 7 or 8 years old, and said to me one night "daddy you have 2 of everything, one for running, and one for parts'. It wasn't planned that way, but I would often run something, if I was having trouble with it, would scavange a part off the other, and then replace or repair the other as time permitted. It is amazing, you can have 2 or 3 of something, but you like running 1 better than the other. No matter how many 2026s I aquired, I couldn't just replace the shell on our original because it was missing a marker light. I finally gave it to my nephew, as it was his dad's first train. The time frame for when I aquired a lot of these also factored in. Today there is much more, and you have to plan your purchases.
I have several duplicates, without looking I'd guess I have 4 290's, 282's, 5 302's, 3 300's, 2 312's, 4 or 5 21160's, 4 283's, 2 350's, 2 21088 Franklins, some are vairations of the same loco.
I have three 736s, three Santa Fe F-3s: 2333, 2343, & 2383, two 2046s, two Jersey Central diesel switchers, and maybe a couple more duplicates. I buy stuff when I find it at a good price, regardless of whether I already have one or not. I think the 736s are the best steam engines Lionel made in the post war era. I also like the way the dual motor F-3s run. They are very good at low speed as are the 736s. I have always felt that the Lionel steam engines didn't have enough gear ratio between the motor and the drivers. The 736s and the turbines are worm drive which gives them a higher numerical gear ratio than the other steam engines.
Bruce Baker
I have what would be considered pairings - like a set of F3 ABBA, and FT ABA, but otherwise I have lived within my own motive power procurement policy and procedures, that is, diversification of motive and steam power. This drives the mechanics crazy in Lionelville. ALCo, Electromotive, Fairbanks Morse, General Electric.
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