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whats was your first Lionel?

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whats was your first Lionel?
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 19, 2003 6:42 AM
the first Lionel i got was in 1994 or 95 and it was a Lionel Santa Fe A-A unit. i still have it and although the paint is a little chipped and the horn sticks its an excellent running engine!
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Posted by dknelson on Thursday, June 19, 2003 8:16 AM
My first was probably around 1957-58. It was an 0-27 set featuring a red electric locomotive in a 2-4-0 configuration. You still see these at swap meets.
I still remember the cross hatched decorations on the box it came in, and the rag paper "accessories" catalog that Lionel packed inside the box. Pretty exciting.
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Posted by edo1039 on Thursday, June 19, 2003 8:19 PM
I received mine for Xmas 1949 working Boxcar and Milk car and Platform,still have it, run it only at Xmas time,kids enjoy it.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 21, 2003 10:25 PM
This is kind of a trick question for me. When I was a little boy (1985-89) I used to play with my great grand pa's lionel train at my grand pa's house (Still do sometimes). Its an old beat up steamer. I tell you one thing, If you give it clean track and a good transfomer, you whould think the engine is new!

Now the first Lionel train I ever got, I just recieved for X-mas this year from my parents. An old metal 2-4-2 (Loco # 6110). The cars, tender, and transformer that came with it are mixed mached, but it all runs. The loco has a broken smoke pellet system, that I plan to install for next X-mas. At first I thought there was no way I could ever own any Lionel stuff due to some outragous cost. Then I started to look for the less sought after stuff (65-90's). Hey I dont have all the cool stuff, But Im just glad I can even find something in my extreamly tight budget!

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Posted by douginut on Monday, June 23, 2003 1:38 AM
my first lionel was a Marx. Our family just could not afford the Lionel of 1957, no matter what the "pop pursueder" said to my dad. It ran well and two christmasses later our falily hat gotten a lot more prosperous. Under the tree was a big brown box with a Lionel HO Virginian Rectifier Locomotive, six athearn freight cars, an RDC-2 with HI-F drive. also a loto f track and a switch. I was in hog heaven. The Marx sold to a collector and paid for the extravagance.

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Posted by dknelson on Monday, June 23, 2003 8:03 AM
And now that Lionel HO would sell for collector prices.
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Posted by cbq9911a on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 5:02 PM
My first Lionel set was Lionel HO in 1961, a NYC GP7 with milk car and dump car.

My first Lionel O set was a Sears uncataloged special with a 2037 steamer and a host of SAMAT cars.

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