Price & repair books

[ED WHITFORD]

I could use some help here I wouold like to know what price/ appraisal books are out therre & what ones give the most bang for your buck.

How about repair books Or retoring them. I have several books at my disposal that belong to my dad however a lot of them are from the 40's & 50's & are in need of care. I am afraid to use them as I do not want them to fall apart on me.

Some of the stuff in them I have not seen in newer repair books.

This is just another step for me to get the repair shop going here at home.
Luckally for me dad is still down here instead of up there in heaven. He don't use the books any more as he has most everything in memory so they just sit.

I have Greenburgs repair book but like I said the books out now don't cover every thing.

Thank you.

[phillyreading]

Ed, just like what you said the repair books out today don't cover as much as the Lionel repair books and I think that it is because Lionel made the trains and no body is consulting the older books on repair. If you want a good source for older books on repair visit a train show near by where you live and buy an older book in good shape.
I have a couple of older Lionel instruction manuals that used to come with a set from either the 40's or 50's and it mentions all sorts of Lionel transformers that were made back then and has the voltage outputs for them in the book. One book even mentions about Majic Electral(hope I spelled it right) and how to use it, this was Lionel's first attemt at running more than one train on the same track at the same time(1950's).
One note about Greenberg's Price Guide is it don't cover all the variations from the 1930's. I have a 249E with a 2225T tender and a 2657 caboose from 1938, Greenberg's doesn't list the tender at all or the caboose for 1938, the caboose is listed for 1940 & 41. I got this set from my dad so I know it is an original and not a throw together by somebody.
Lee Fritz in West Palm Beach FL

[jimhaleyscomet]

Ed, If you have the ISBN number on the side of your books put it into the following website or another similar one..

http://www.campusi.com/bookFind/default.asp?srcId=11110

Perhaps you can find a "used" book in good shape and inexpensive that you would not mind using.

Jim H

[dwiemer]

Ed,
I am sure the books you have from you dad are a great resource. I would suggest that you take them to a place like Office Depot and have them copy the pages, if they will let you with the copyrights, or you can copy them on your own. Then put them in lose leaf binders and use them that way. You may find some important notes that your dad put in the margins.
Dennis