Made a video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy8ysVD7vrU
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Another spectacular job!
Becky
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
Nice job. Looks good. Thanks for the pictures.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
thse turned out fantastic!
Dave
It's a TOY, A child's PLAYTHING!!! (Woody from Toy Story)
Thanks a lot everyone! Here's a couple more shots with the lights off...or um...on...or, wait...
No reverse unit or neutral setting in the 248, so I had to stall it to get the shot. Even though these cars never included lighting, I think it adds a little something to them. I have a tendency to like things that light up.
Nice job!
Impressive! Very nicely done.
Roger
Very nice job - thanks for posting the pictures!
- James
Beautiful!
Being a native Noo Yawka I especially appreciate the Park Avenue Pantographs - which are the right size to reach the under-running third rail (on the tunnel roof) of the Grand Central Puzzle Palace, where there are vast gaps in the normal (under-running outside) third rail. Those things always confused the Pennsy fans.
Chuck
I am very impressed with the quality of the work you did on this train.
Congratulations on a great restoration job.
This past Christmas and Winter, I received and collected a full Lionel passenger train with a 248, two 529s, and a 530 passenger car.
Since the 529/530 and 629/630 passenger cars use the same body, I decided to renumber the cars and paint the full set red, cream, and black. Considering the cars are only worth $10 to $15 each, I didn't really feel bad about it. And now, here it is all restored and shiny!
I know lighting was never included in these, but again, they're pretty cheap, so I didn't feel bad about making a tiny modification to each frame to fit a scratch-built pickup roller, and the center brace in the body already had a hole for mounting a light in other passenger cars sharing this part, so I couldn't resist lighting the whole set.
I'll take a picture with the lights on once it's dark enough to get a good shot.
These really are the tiniest passenger cars made by Lionel! Just to give even more perspective on its size, here it is with my 254/710/710/712 passenger set from a couple years ago.
Oh yeah, the motor and wheels are all in excellent shape for their age, and with only a light cleaning, this thing's a great runner! I'll put up a video later.
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