Trains.com

Postwar Lionel Train Display, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

2751 views
6 replies
1 rating 2 rating 3 rating 4 rating 5 rating
  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Bayville, New Jersey
  • 1,296 posts
Posted by Hudson#685 on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 9:06 AM

Very Nice! Well Done! Yes You just got my wheels turning! Thanks for sharing.

John

  • Member since
    March 2013
  • From: Waterford N.Y.
  • 6 posts
Posted by uronw on Monday, March 18, 2013 6:36 PM

Nice display.  I especially like the 627 44 Ton Switcher.  That was my first engine waaaay back when.

 I had it as a kid (and subsequently gave it away, does that sound familiar to anyone?)  I bought  one now to replace it on Ebay. lol. 

Ron Weatherby

My wife and I are in it together for the long haul.

O is the only way to gooooooo.   

  • Member since
    December 2004
  • 276 posts
Posted by David Barker on Sunday, March 17, 2013 6:23 AM

Super nice and a great idea!Cool

  • Member since
    April 2005
  • From: South Carolina
  • 9,713 posts
Posted by rtraincollector on Saturday, March 16, 2013 5:29 PM

Looks great gives me idea of offering something like that to ours local Library But maybe try to do it like around Christmas

Life's hard, even harder if your stupid  John Wayne

http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/

  • Member since
    August 2003
  • 218 posts
Posted by alank on Saturday, March 16, 2013 4:39 PM

Dave,

      Great display....My son did a display like yours, excepting it was Hess Toy Trucks, when we moved to our current location and they opened a new library.  Your display, and other posts to this forum give me inspiration.  There is something special about the Lionel Trains and the 50s....That is when I grew up with mine...  I like some of the new stuff, but the simplicity and that 50s era just does it for me.   Thanks for your posts.

                                                                                                                   Alank

  • Member since
    August 2010
  • From: Henrico, VA
  • 8,955 posts
Posted by Firelock76 on Saturday, March 16, 2013 10:01 AM

Great looking display, well done!  Can you tell us the "whys and wherefores", that is, is there a purpose to the display, were you invited to do it, are there other themes in other display cases such as "toys", "nostalgia", and so on? 

At any rate, I'll bet you'll cause an up-tick in activity at the local hobby shops!

  • Member since
    January 2006
  • 621 posts
Postwar Lionel Train Display, Dearborn Heights, Michigan
Posted by dsmith on Saturday, March 16, 2013 9:17 AM

I have installed a Postwar Lionel train display at my local library and it will be up through March and April.

Caroline Kennedy Library, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

  David from Dearborn  

Join our Community!

Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.

Search the Community

FREE EMAIL NEWSLETTER

Get the Classic Toy Trains newsletter delivered to your inbox twice a month