philo426 I have noticed that when I post something up,the only replies I get are from Penny or Flint! what's up with that?
I have noticed that when I post something up,the only replies I get are from Penny or Flint! what's up with that?
Well either nobody's paying attention or they're just shy. There's 346 views so somebody's looking in.
philo426 It is a little over the top ,so I went on the Bay and found a beater Lackawanna body that had been poorly repainted Stripped it down and painted it for my NYC scheme...
It is a little over the top ,so I went on the Bay and found a beater Lackawanna body that had been poorly repainted Stripped it down and painted it for my NYC scheme...
Do we know when the model appeared? Is it possible that the model was started before the CNJ trainmasters were delivered, but after the order was announced? That was the problem with the Hornby Dublo "Deltic" model, which went into production before the real locomotives appeared and had a quite different paint scheme.
It also occurs to me that the CNJ model might have been able to use the paint masks of the black and yellow VGN scheme.
Peter
pennytrainsJoshua Cowen answered ..."do you know who actually BUYS Lionel Trains? It's the women.
I guess there was something to that. As the saying goes "Nothing succeeds like success."
(Unless it was the "Lady Lionel," but that's another story!)
Anyone else out there got a Trainmaster? And it doesn't have to be a Lionel, at least as far as I'm concerned.
I've read that when asked about the bright shiny unrealistic enameled paint schemes of his products, Joshua Cowen answered ..."do you know who actually BUYS Lionel Trains? It's the women. The mothers, aunts, sisters of the boy who go to the stores and do the shopping. And women buy on color."
Same me, different spelling!
philo426 Plus it is a Pretty Striking paint scheme that could attract buyers ,like the Red and silver Sante Fe Warbonnet scheme
Plus it is a Pretty Striking paint scheme that could attract buyers ,like the Red and silver Sante Fe Warbonnet scheme
That's as good an explanation as any. The tangerine and blue scheme WAS pretty striking on the Jersey Central's F3's, but it didn't hold up well.
Flintlock76 Yeah, it's always puzzled me why Lionel did the Orange (properly tangerine) and Blue scheme on the 1950's produced Trainmaster since it was totally incorrect.
Yeah, it's always puzzled me why Lionel did the Orange (properly tangerine) and Blue scheme on the 1950's produced Trainmaster since it was totally incorrect.
I don't know if I've ever read/heard something of this sort in the past to make me think this (so I'm just thinking out loud here, not claiming this to necessarily be historical fact), but I half wonder if Lionel picked that paint scheme due to it being close to the Orange and Blue of the company colors.
It's not like they made an Orange and Blue Santa Fe or NYC F3 ;). But I could see given the choices, they might have picked the colors correct for the road name, but not that particular engine for this reason.
-Dave
philo426 Nice Green instead of the Orange and Blue scheme!
Nice Green instead of the Orange and Blue scheme!
Yeah, it's always puzzled me why Lionel did the Orange (properly tangerine) and Blue scheme on the 1950's produced Trainmaster since it was totally incorrect. Trainmasters were always in "Sea Green" with "Dulux Gold" striping. Lionel's people could have taken a short ride to Jersey City to see for themselves!
However, the initial deliveries of FM's 1500 horsepower roadswitchers to the Jersey Central were in blue with orange stripes! Here's one of them.
http://archives.anthraciterailroads.org/view_image.php?photoID=40
A little Trainmaster lore, Jersey Central crews ALWAYS tried to run Trainmasters short-hood forward whenever possible, and it usually was. The reason being if a Trainmaster was run long-hood forward diesel exhaust fumes would drift into the cab nauseating the crews!
Anyway, I got trainshow "Right-time, right-place!" lucky with that TM, and I didn't pay anywhere near $395.95 for it!
This isn't mine, but I've got one JUST like it!
https://train-station.com/cgi-bin/shop.pl/page=6-8687.html/SID=11707
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