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1951 Lionel Train Set ALCO Diesel

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Posted by mitchelr on Friday, May 19, 2006 6:52 PM

Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 19, 2006 1:16 PM
The Sunoco double dome tank car was included in most of the postwar freight sets roughly from about 1947 to 1955. They are very common at train shows.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 3:50 PM
Thanks to all. That was the info I needed.
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Posted by Frank53 on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 1:59 PM
you'll pay more for the shipping than you will for the car.
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Posted by jimhaleyscomet on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 1:29 PM
FYI most of those UP tank cars show up often on ebay for little money.

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Posted by Jumijo on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:02 PM
Not to go off-subject, but I have the Williams 2023 repros in silver. I also recently bought a Williams B&A State of Maine box car and was a little surprised to see that those stamped truck frames in the photo above were reproduced exactly.

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Posted by Frank53 on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:58 AM
looks like this is the one you are missing:

6465, probably Type II.



It appears the set is 1467W - type I. The type II set was the silver Union Pacific ALCOs.
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Posted by palallin on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:18 AM
I do not have my listings handy at the moment, but my older brothers received that set (before I was born), and at least one more car was included.

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1951 Lionel Train Set ALCO Diesel
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 11:12 AM
I have what is left of my 1951 Lionel trains. They were recently discovered by a boyhood friend to whom I loaned them many years ago in the attic of his grandmother when she passed away. I disassembled them to nearly the very last screw , cleaned them up and have all of them running like a top again.

My question is, do I have the entire set?

I have a 2023 ALCO diesel set, both operating and non-operating units, in Union Pacific livery, armour yellow and grey; a Lionel 6656 stock car in yellow; a Lehigh Valley 6456 hopper in boxcar red, and a Lionel SP 6357 caboose in dark red. I also have a 1033 transformer. I suspect my father bought these for me as a set.

Does anyone know if these items came as a set, and, if so, do I have all of it? I do know for almost certain that I received these on Christmas of 1951.

Thanks

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