My Favorite Animated and Operating Lionel Cars

[dsmith]

If you wonder what some of the Lionel animated and operating cars look like when they operate, I have made several videos showing all the action.

1. 3472 Operating Milk Car

2. 6-12706 Manual Barrel Loader modified with a solenoid for remote activation.

3. 3359 Twin Bin Dump Car

4. 3444 Animated Cop & Hobo Car

5. 2316 N&W Gantry Crane with homemade electromagnet and forward/reverse crane operation

6. Mail Bag Pick Up\

7. 9301 US Mail Car with mail drop

8. 9300 Log Dump Car

9. 3361 Log Dump Car

http://youtu.be/zXihu92pqME

 

 Lionel modern era Oil Drum Loader 22997 based on an American Flyer postwar origional. The Automatic Dump Car 3469 was produced by Lionel from 1949-1955.

http://youtu.be/jb5CvKdXNcQ

 

Lionel modern Moe & Joe Lumber Unloader 6-36774

http://youtu.be/19dKCVLqp24

 

This is a long video of my layout, but if you look about 2/3 of the way into the video you will see several closeups of the Lionel operating Giraffe Cars, Operating Brakeman car and Operating Cop and Hobo Cars

http://youtu.be/6Rhu9OjhQl4

 

3424 Wabash Operating Brakeman Freight Car

3376 Animated Giraffe Zoo Cars

16683 Animated Elephant Car

3357 Operating Cop & Hobo (or Hydraulic Maintenance) Car

http://youtu.be/UeSC9HZdNVM

 

 Lionel Postwar 3454 Automatic Merchandise Car and 3562 Operating Barrel Car.

http://youtu.be/o7g9-4A0uYU

[overlandflyer]

dsmith

3376 Animated Giraffe Zoo Cars

16683 Animated Elephant Car

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http://youtu.be/UeSC9HZdNVM

a friend of mine used to run about 10-12 of those old school giraffe cars as a unit train.  what a riot it was watching them doing the 'wave' as they bobbed up and down in unison over a long straight section.

growing up in NJ and visiting both the Bronx (3376/86) and Turtleback (7913) zoos occasionally, interesting that i wound up in San Diego (7904) able to complete the Lionel hat trick.

nice overview.  cheers...gary