Always been a Marx fan. Left those Lionels to the Hi-rollers. And I never go to garage sales, but just happened by one early this morning and saw the folks setting up a table. A silhouette of something caught my eye, so I doubled back. There it was, with the 2466 tender. Nothing else, but for 25 bucks, I grabbed it. The thing is a 9 out of a 10. She has very little run time by looking at the tell-tales. Runs like a Swiss watch. I just love those big Baldwin drivers! If my Marx engines had faces, they were frowning a little watching it go round and round and.........
Congratulations! Looks like a very nice piece. I have the 1666 and absolutely love it. I too never get to garage sales, as for some time, the most I found were some HOs.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
very nice. The 224 is one of the smoothest runners ever.
If you want to doubel your money, I'll give you $50.00 for it and I'll pay the shipping!
very nice right there.
got to love them garage sales.
i hit a few today but no train stuff, butt i found the coolest thing. You guys remeber the leg lamp from that christmas flick. "youll shoot your eye out" cant remeber the name but i scored one for 2 dollars today...sweet..
back on track sorry, i think that is a beautiful piece you got there.
A Christmas Story. The late Jean Shepherd wrote the book and the screenplay and narrated the movie. There's some Lionel shown in a store window, as I recall.
Bob Nelson
yes your right. i couldnt remember the title....
i want a pink bunny suit
trainsandmusic wrote: The drive rods are blindingly reflective.
Ya think? Had to turn the flash off for the rest of the pics...
nice bling bling there.....lol
but you know now you got to run it and let it get a littel track dust on there so it looks used and real....I think an old steamer needs to look old.....still a wonderful find
I love yard sales
Nice find. It looks like a '46 model from your pics.
Rob
Wow! And I thought I did great when I got an HO set for a dollar at a garage sale today. Congratulations on a very nice find!
Don't worry about disloyalty to Marx. There is room for both in a person's life. I have Marx and Lionel and plenty of other brands and love them all.
ADCX Rob wrote: Nice find. It looks like a '46 model from your pics.Rob
From Post War Lionel site,
A quick way to identify a 1945 model versus its 1946 counterpart is to view the cab floor on the back of the steam engine. The 1945 model has a floor which is 'squared-off' along the back edge -- similar to the prewar version. The 1946 model has a more rounded and elaborate cab floor.
http://www.postwarlionel.com/cgi-bin/postwar?ITEM=224
This one appears to be 'squared off'.
Sask_Tinplater wrote: There is room for both in a person's life. I have Marx and Lionel and plenty of other brands and love them all.
I have a variety of trains too.
marx
williams
lionel
and k line
i love them all, they all have there own unique place on my soon to be layout....
MadMarx wrote: ADCX Rob wrote: Nice find. It looks like a '46 model from your pics.Rob From Post War Lionel site, A quick way to identify a 1945 model versus its 1946 counterpart is to view the cab floor on the back of the steam engine. The 1945 model has a floor which is 'squared-off' along the back edge -- similar to the prewar version. The 1946 model has a more rounded and elaborate cab floor. http://www.postwarlionel.com/cgi-bin/postwar?ITEM=224This one appears to be 'squared off'.
I don't know how you saw this in these two pics... the easier way to spot a '45 is black railings on the loco & tender. All silver in '46.
ADCX Rob wrote: MadMarx wrote: ADCX Rob wrote: Nice find. It looks like a '46 model from your pics.Rob From Post War Lionel site, A quick way to identify a 1945 model versus its 1946 counterpart is to view the cab floor on the back of the steam engine. The 1945 model has a floor which is 'squared-off' along the back edge -- similar to the prewar version. The 1946 model has a more rounded and elaborate cab floor. http://www.postwarlionel.com/cgi-bin/postwar?ITEM=224This one appears to be 'squared off'.I don't know how you saw this in these two pics... the easier way to spot a '45 is black railings on the loco & tender. All silver in '46.Rob
Huh? Am I missing something, or was the post directed to someone else? I still say it is a '45....
I've read it applied to the 1666 for identification.
MadMarx wrote: ADCX Rob wrote: MadMarx wrote: ADCX Rob wrote: Nice find. It looks like a '46 model from your pics.Rob From Post War Lionel site, A quick way to identify a 1945 model versus its 1946 counterpart is to view the cab floor on the back of the steam engine. The 1945 model has a floor which is 'squared-off' along the back edge -- similar to the prewar version. The 1946 model has a more rounded and elaborate cab floor. http://www.postwarlionel.com/cgi-bin/postwar?ITEM=224This one appears to be 'squared off'.I don't know how you saw this in these two pics... the easier way to spot a '45 is black railings on the loco & tender. All silver in '46.Rob Huh? Am I missing something, or was the post directed to someone else? I still say it is a '45....I've read it applied to the 1666 for identification.
The postwar 1666 always had a rounded cab floor. The early '46 model had black railings. There was no '45 1666.
The postwar 224 in '45 had a square cut cab floor and black handrails(tender too). Also, the tender had no drawbar.
Yours has silver railings on the engine & tender. We can't see the cab floor profile or the tender/loco connection in your pics, making it appear to be a '46 model.
Well, that pic of the cab floor & short drawbar is of a prewar model. Not that there's anything wrong with that at all - a great find.
Is there a hole in the floor of the tender frame just above the drawbar? The '45 loco drawbar is supposed to fit into that hole of the '45 only black-railing 2466W, which is also supposed to have a flying-shoe coupler truck and no drawbar.
It now looks like you have a nice '41-'42 224 teamed up with a 46-49 postwar tender.
ADCX Rob wrote: Well, that pic of the cab floor & short drawbar is of a prewar model. Not that there's anything wrong with that at all - a great find. Is there a hole in the floor of the tender frame just above the drawbar? The '45 loco drawbar is supposed to fit into that hole of the '45 only black-railing 2466W, which is also supposed to have a flying-shoe coupler truck and no drawbar.It now looks like you have a nice '41-'42 224 teamed up with a 46-49 postwar tender.Rob
Thanks for the info... For 25 bucks, I'm sure enjoying what I have... Really looks good even if it isn't correct...
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