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I never thought I'd say it, but I miss Menards. They are the cheaper of the big 3 in home improvement stores. THe C&NW passenger set looks nice and would make a nice under-the-tree set. But I wish it was scale. That would be VERY Probably also very expensive. The GP-9 and GP38 requests could easily be scale locos. They are scale size whether Traditional or Standard O. Just more detailed in scale versions.
Chuck: In my thread about JC colors I mentioned that I was unable to find a tangerine/blue caboose or boxcar. Have you seen any? Only JC cabooses I have seen are in "Red Baron" red, what appears to be brunswick green, and "caboose" red. Dep
[quote user="brianel027"] "I am pretty sure the orange-white-silver one isn't." Believe it or not Dep, it is. Classic Toy Trains did an article at one time, and I know I have it - just don't know what issue it was in - and the article was about this new loco being tried out by the New Haven. It was done up in a very similar scheme to the one Lionel used. As I recall, the article pointed out this was a completely new scheme for the New Haven, and Lionel jumped on to it
Thanks to everyone for the valuable insight and information. I think we can safely conclude that the tangerine-blue FM was one of Lonel's early fantasy scheme. A shame that JC didn't pick up on it. It would have looked spectacular. I have also been unable to find a caboose or boxcar painted in tangerine-blue, so I don't think they ever existed either. Now for another quick question. Back in JC's early days they used heavyweight coaches for passenger use. Did the FM ever get used to
Thanks Chuck!!! That's excellent. Now I just need to get a passenger heavyweight set that is scale and isn't a Blue Comet. I think MTH makes a green version which might look nice. Brian: The NH I liked as a kid was the Little Joe American Flyer loco with the black/orange/white McGinnins paint on it. I had AF as a kid...parents couldn't afford Lionel. But I had a steamer (with the steamer chuff sound long before Lionel had it). I LOVE that B&W picture of the NH!!! No wonder Lionel
Ralph: Here's a pic from Rich's link. This F3 is duplicated by MTH in their Premiere line:
Brian: I had a sinking feeling that was the case. Oh well, it IS a nice paint scheme. I'm not real crazy about the green-gold colors. Is that McGinnis New Haven F3 black-white-orange color not protypicall? I am pretty sure the orange-white-silver one isn't. And yes, MTH makes versions of both. It's been my experience so far that the fantasy schemes in MTH (other than the FM Trainmaster tangerine-blue) have been in their RailKing line. Most of the Premiere stuff seems to be pretty accurate
I am a fan of Jersey Central, as you can see by my signature line. But only the orange-blue and Brunswick green eras. I think the red-white stuff is just too gaudy. Like the train from hades Anyway, I have questions.....I have seen pictures of the Brunswick green cabooses and boxcars, and the red-white cabooses and boxcars. But no pictures of orange-blue cabooses or boxcars. Is the orange-blue color scheme limited to locomotives? Did the orange-blue locomotives get used for passenger or freight or
Another one that suggests checking the traction tires. I had a MPC NYC Service Station set that had the early "Mighty Sound of Steam". Dang thing wobbled from the day I took it out of the box. Finally replaced the traction tires and it smoothed out much better. But there was still a slight wobble to it. It did have some nice cars in the set, though. Dep
Chuck: Same for me...never saw a pic of a tangerine and blue FM. I have a funny feeling it may be a "fantasy scheme" that the old Lionel foisted off on us. I have a few FMs in that color scheme and really like it. One is the re-release Lionel from the Celebration Series and is really loaded with features. I did find another website that goes into great detail about when and what colors JC used. Check this out: http://www.homauchchunk.co.uk/liveries.htm LOL...they call that yucky red-white