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General Discussion / Re: The cast sleigh motor 1684

« on: May 29, 2024, 05:47:07 PM »

Thanks,
 I see the alternate number on the page.
 I did notice the cluster gear from the picture. Now I can move forward to get this motor running.

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General Discussion / Re: The cast sleigh motor 1684

« on: May 28, 2024, 05:37:50 AM »

One problem I had was matching up the motor to the engine number. After all the views, I revisited the postwar manual and found the 1655 which has the double reduction gear. Made in 1948. The wheels are geared differently from the 1654. I know the gear is a 1655m-5. Page 122 of the Greenberg Repair Manual.

 

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General Discussion / Re: Show me a video of your old Lionel toy train layout

« on: May 24, 2024, 06:02:15 AM »

This video displays seven different engines running.
The outer loop is O gage.
Then a Lionel HO engine in a loop.
The 248 is on 027track in a  figure 8.
In the beginning of the video on the left, up on the wall is a 50 Gang car.
To the right is o gage run with DC on a back and forth trolley line.
The outer elevated trestle is American Flyer.
The inner trestle is 027.
I will have have to look at it closer to id some of the engines.

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General Discussion / The cast sleigh motor 1684

« on: May 23, 2024, 08:33:22 PM »

For this motor I am interested in part numbers for the double reduction motor intermediate gears and wheels.
I have the frame but do not know exactly what engine it was in originally. I have found other engines with the same single reduction motor, but I cannot find one with a double reduction gearing.

Thanks for any information.

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General Discussion / Re: 1516T or 1588T Love me Tender

« on: April 04, 2024, 02:13:14 PM »

Thanks for the Picture!

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General Discussion / Re: 1516T or 1588T Love me Tender

« on: April 02, 2024, 09:04:13 PM »

Thank you for that information. I would like to see one. Maybe at a show, now that I know what to look for.

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General Discussion / 1516T or 1588T Love me Tender

« on: March 31, 2024, 04:42:51 PM »

In the 1936 catalog I found a four wheel tender that has the metal box like a 1689T. It is shown in the spring driven set as a 1516T (page 46)and can be found behind a 1588 torpedo, as a 1588T (page 45).  Is there really any difference?

So far, I have collected two and neither were stamped.

 

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General Discussion / Re: need another way to couple a Lionel prewar 226E

« on: March 31, 2024, 04:33:19 PM »

Steam engines are not a problem. I just use an appropriate tender. Some tenders are adjusted to take higher level cars too.
I shop around for old tenders just for that purpose.

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General Discussion / Re: Interesting Auction Items

« on: March 20, 2024, 02:06:25 PM »

  I never had a chance to get an 822. Years ago I did get the 820 boxcar and it has an end stamp number,

   

 

 

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How To and Technical Information / Re: Cleaning American Flyer Rubber Roadbed

« on: March 19, 2024, 09:06:25 AM »

I like your solution! No pun intended.  You can surely handle a bulk cleaning job that way.

I find that Easy Off is a simple fast way to remove paint from metal and most plastics.
All I do is hold an inverted freezer bag around an item. Spray it outside. Then seal it up with a clothespin and let it set.
Some paints are ready in three hours but the old prewar paints sit overnight.
If one try is not enough a second is even better.

Technically the lye does not burn, it is a base and just dissolves the skin. Wearing protective gloves is always a good idea
Lowes now carries a larger size can of Easy Off, Just as good as the Walmart can but more.

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How To and Technical Information / Re: Post War Lionel F-3 Power Trucks

« on: March 19, 2024, 08:55:46 AM »

I know this is an old thread and the OP has been gone a few years. I cannot resist.

 F-3 trucks are brittle and need a good wheel puller to get them off without breaking.
I circumvented this method buy using ordinary putty knives that are slotted for the axle.
You just work the knife under the wheel and then use the other one from the opposite side.

With the handle sticking out, I suspend the whole truck, usually on an open vise.
Then I tap the axle out of the wheel and catch the truck with a small drift pin
The flats of the putty knives take all the pressure off the edge of the wheel.

If you use a wheel puller I would like to know about it

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General Discussion / Re: Restoring some old prewar Lionel big O gauge

« on: March 15, 2024, 02:25:15 PM »

Nice Collection and Wonderful Work!

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General Discussion / Re: Sizing Photos and Adding Videos

« on: March 15, 2024, 06:32:50 AM »

] Recently I just figured out how to resize. I am using Windows 11. I use a Phone camera pictures which are huge.

First I crop the picture and press select. Then I just save the picture and replaces the original. That is done with the first icon in the picture.

 

The ampersand ... is chosen next and ch0ose Resize from the menu.

This shows up.

 

Then, In the left box I choose 400 which works for me. Everything adjusts after that. I press save and add the word small to the name.

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Collector Corner / Re: The 110 Bridge

« on: March 14, 2024, 06:30:11 PM »

 

In the 1930 Catalog the 110 Bridge is listed as an O gage but obviously Standard Gage track will fit.

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Collector Corner / The 110 Bridge

« on: March 14, 2024, 06:26:54 AM »

I get lucky once in a while searching for Lionel Trains at Antique Shops and Flea Markets. One requiremnt is that they have to be priced just right. In the Northeast the is a Hug market three times a year in Brimfield Mass. It iis huge because vendors are camped out in fields for a four day event. Anyway the concept drifted to Deerfield Fair Grounds in NH and hold a Brimfield North weekend.
It was our first time attending. These vendors are not really local  vendors they travel a lot.

So last May I spotted this with no tag and got it for ten bucks.

 

As a rightful Newbie this is my first picture.