Guess what I found?

[cnw1995]

Lucky for you, Brent! What a neat story about the Sager car.

[Anonymous]

The Doctor is In ! I won a #2500 series Vista Dome car on Ebay.  I was unpacking it and as I was looking it over I heard something inside. I am thinking "foam packing" So, I unscrew the screws off one end and found the following item: "This article was inspected at the Factory and found in perfect operating condition. Inspected by 5051 R.C.  The Lionel Corporation  Factory & Service Department  28 Sager Place Irvington, N.J.   It was a salmon pink Inspection slip! It seems it never was removed by it's first owner. Oh, and the name plates are held on with hex screws. I am putting toghther a Streamliner set (because I never had on as a child) and the first one I found at the last TCA meeting. (it was an orphan) I also got lucky on Ebay when I bought the baggage car. The seller gave me a obsevation car(no trucks) as a bonus. (he did not want to throw it out) Two Pullmans to go.If someone is looking for a fixer-uper streamliner car, I might part with it for a good price.  Let's hear about any other "finds" out there.

Till My Next Missive, I Remain The Humble Yet Strangly Evil Doctor!

Dr,
I had taken my #50 Gang Car in for service just before Christmas.  As I'm standing at the counter explaining what I wanted done to it, a little piece of paper falls onto the counter... an inspection slip!  I was floored!  I now have a MINT all original #50 Gang Car, MINT original Box, MINT original instructions, AND a MINT inspection slip!  I bought this car for $25.00 about 8 years ago at a train show.

Not too shabby!



BTW - Congrats on your find as well!

Brent

[underworld]

Congratulations Evil Dr.!!!!!!

Quite a great find!!!!!

 

underworld

[wrmcclellan]

Neat find Dr! Good to hear from you - it has been a while.

 

[1688torpedo]

Hello All!  The Sager Observation car that Bob speaks of was originally planned for the 1941 product line & was never made as Lionel by then was manufacturing war material to help out Britain & our Allies & then Pearl Harbor happened & the project was put on the back burner so to speak. The Sager name came from one Oscar Sager who was a World War One Veteran who hailed from Irvington,NJ  & since the Lionel Factory was on Sager Place in Irvington this is how they chose the name Sager Place for the Observation Car. Dr. Fu Manchu- Sounds like a nice find you've got there & a piece of history as well as many of the Inspection Slips got thrown out over the years. Take Care.

[lionelsoni]

Does everyone know the story of the Sager Place observation car?  It was a Madison car, number 2626, in the 1946 advance catalog, but not made until 1991, as number 19018.

[ChiefEagles]

Nice find. 

[darianj]

Sounds like a pretty good find!

[daan]

Lucky you, just keep the inspection card with the car! Ebay isn't that bad..

[Dr.Fu-Manchu]

The Doctor is In ! I won a #2500 series Vista Dome car on Ebay.  I was unpacking it and as I was looking it over I heard something inside. I am thinking "foam packing" So, I unscrew the screws off one end and found the following item: "This article was inspected at the Factory and found in perfect operating condition. Inspected by 5051 R.C.  The Lionel Corporation  Factory & Service Department  28 Sager Place Irvington, N.J.   It was a salmon pink Inspection slip! It seems it never was removed by it's first owner. Oh, and the name plates are held on with hex screws. I am putting toghther a Streamliner set (because I never had on as a child) and the first one I found at the last TCA meeting. (it was an orphan) I also got lucky on Ebay when I bought the baggage car. The seller gave me a obsevation car(no trucks) as a bonus. (he did not want to throw it out) Two Pullmans to go.If someone is looking for a fixer-uper streamliner car, I might part with it for a good price.  Let's hear about any other "finds" out there.

Till My Next Missive, I Remain The Humble Yet Strangly Evil Doctor!