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| Cars fabricated by Madison out of parts. Car on bottom shelf is a searchlight car with the searchlight missing. Larger View |
Madison made three O gauge diners from their parts cache. Here are two of them. The third was made from a Flying Yankee coach (not pictured). |
Number 6 4-4-0 Steamer with 8-wheel tender. Thick rims. Produced between 1912 and 1923. Runs great. We have it running in our new |
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No.6 loco and tender was cataloged 1906 to 1923. This is a very early example with thin rim drivers, slide-on pedestal light, large bell and 2-piece split frame. Note solid-frame 3-rivet trucks on 6T tender. Couplers on early models should all be short or long straight hook. |
“PLAY WAR!” was the insensitive proclamation in Lionel’s 1917 and 1918 catalogs. Outfit #215 included the No. 203 Armored Motor Car, and 2 No. 702 supply cars shown in photo. A second outfit #214 included the 203 and pair of No. 900 ammunition box cars. Lionel’s first military sets were cataloged 1917 to 1920. By 1920 the more appropriate slogan “I Jumped for Joy” was being used. |
Transition 156 4-4-4 loco has pedestal headlight, gold vents and Manufacturing motor, characteristic of the earlier 703 loco, but later 156 number and die-cast pony wheels. Speculation indicates it would be made 1916-17, but Lionel was just making toys and was known to put together parts from different years to fulfill an order. |
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No. 701 early electric c. 1915 has gold vents, pedestal headlight, cast iron wheels and Lionel MFG emboss directly on copper pick-up, not on separate plate. |
No 602 baggage and 603 Pullman in rare light orange, made for uncataloged sets c.1922. Same 7 inch car body as dark green 601, 602 cars. |
Outfit No. 169 made 1922 to 1924, consisting of 0-4-0 156X loco, 610 and 612 in rare brown with dark green trim. It is believed that many 150 series locos in colors other than dark green are factory repaints. 2 examples of brown 156X locos examined by the author were mojave on the inside. |
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Very early No.14 boxcar. Characteristics include, solid-frame 3-rivet trucks, 2-piece roof, smooth sides with painted slats and primer yellow under and inside. Car dates to 1906-08. |
No. 154 electric in light olive green. Loco has later type frame and brass strap headlight. Likely made during end of production in 1923. |
No. 150 small electric in very scarce mojave. As side-note this loco was in Lou Redman's collection. Lou was one of the top experts in Early Lionel O-gauge. |
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Primer yellow underside and inside of early No. 13. |
No. 13 early stock car has type II open-frame 3-rivet trucks, smooth non-embossed sides, 2-piece roof. Underside and inside of early cars is painted primer yellow. |
No. 35 Pullman and 36 observation with ribbed sides, nickel rivet-type trucks. Note maroon door variation on 35 and long platform on 36. Cars are circa mid-teens. |
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Underside of early No. 6 with split frame |
54 Electric in brass with rounded roof cab, 1913-1924. Came with both single and double motor versions. p43 |
5 Steamer with thick rims, 1906-26 p46 |
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No. 87 Rheostat for Racing Auto Sets. Note that this item does not appear in any Lionel catalogs or books. Pictured here it is in its original box. It was made between 1912 and 1915. |
No. 601 Pullman and 602 baggage c. 1915-16 with type I half-moon cut-out trucks. |
21. Set 291 1926 only. Cataloged with both early (801 caboose and 800 box). And later cars (802 hopper and 907 tank). All with no journals. W/ box $1800-$2200. |
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186 Accessory Set Lithographed houses. Earlier sets came enameled. Yellow box series (usually deteriorate due to high acid content. (5) $2200-$2400 |
23. 1049 Accessory Car Set $250-$325 w/box |
1060 Set of Passenger Cars $375-$450 w/ box |
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300 Early Hellgate Bridge with box and shipping carton. Bridge has dropped to $750. With box and shipping carton, $1200/$150 |
241 Passenger Set 260 w/chugger, two 710 coaches and one 712 Obvs w/o box $1700-$2000. With box, $3400-$3800 |
This 254 Olive Passenger Set was uncataloged and assigned the designation “SPECIAL.” No set number. One of the 5 rarest Prewar O gauge sets. W/box $3500-$4000. |
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This 254 Olive Passenger Set was uncataloged and assigned the designation “SPECIAL.” No set number. One of the 5 rarest Prewar O gauge sets. W/box $3500-$4000. |
226E w/ Irvington cars, 41 w/o box $1700-$1900. With box $2400-$2600 |
194 Deluxe Accessory Set 27, 28 Set 194 contained accessories in boxes with Standard Gauge numbers, 78, 69,76, 80 and 77. Set 193 contained the same accessories but the boxes were marked with O gauge numbers (O78, O69, etc.). Each contained sections of special track to activate the accessories. (5) $2500-$3000 complete with all boxes. Empty set box alone sold at auction for $1800. |
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Lionel Boats hit hard by reproductions. The 44 used to be $1500 and the 43 around $900. Now both $600-$800 with box. |
Lionel Boats hit hard by reproductions. The 44 used to be $1500 and the 43 around $900. Now both $600-$800 with box. |
290X Single Span O Gauge Bridge "X" indicates Standard Gauge bridge modified to accommodate O and O27 track. (5) 400-500 w/ box. $250 w/o box. |
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70 Accessory Set (modified). Originally came with two 62 semaphores, one 59 street lamp, one 68 Warning Signal, and two 14v globes. Dealer added two 58 Lamp Post and additional 14v globe. Modified set sold at auction for $5000. 5 rarity |
Dealer Display for 43-73 Lamps Lanterns for 46 and 47 Gates. Rare (5) $800-$1000 |
127 Station is common with Mojave base. Rare (5) with green base. W/box $500-$700. |
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Set 295W Blue Streak w/box $2200-$2700 |
The 278E Red Comet Set was available in 1934 (picture) and 35 IN 35, it came with a waffle tender. The 34 version is harder-to-find. With box, $2200-$2800. |
Handcars l to r 1100 Mickey Mouse, 1107 Donald Duck Rail Car, 1103 Chickmobile. 1107 w/box $800-$1200 |
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129 Terrace Station Platform 28-33, 35-42 p13 |
114 Double-Window Station, 31-34 Big drop. Used to be in the $1500-$1700 range. Now $800. |
Uncataloged Sears Set, 41 204 gray, 2689W tender, two 609s and one 611 Obvs. $1000-$1200 |
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1927 Macy's DSS, 27 Red 253 w/cream trim. Two 607 coaches and one 608 Obvs.$1200-$1500 w/ no box |
Sears Uncataloged Set 59-79P186WX 40,41 Black 238, 2225W tender, 2602, 2600, and 2601. Truck installed at end of cars. High coupler on all cars and tender. Similar set sold on eBay for $3800. |
Classic Lionel – The 755W Hiawatha |
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124 Lionel City Station 20-30, 33-36 Terra cotta/pea green p13 |
292 Set This olive with orange trim version of the 248 was made in 1927 only. 248 came with combination couplers. It is the hardest-to-find 248. p28 |
Clockwork Set 1547 36,37 1511 Commodore Vanderbilt streamline loco, 1516T , 1515 tank, 1514 Baby Ruth boxcar, 1514 Erie boxcar (add on, rare with black door), 1512 gondola (add on), 1517 caboose |
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840 Power Station 35-42 Cream/orange/gray floor p17 |
Lionel's largest Standard Gauge steamer, the 400E was first cataloged in 1930 and was available through 1939. This early version has brass and copper trim and unpainted brass bands. |
OO Boxcar kit in orignal box. Never assembled. p42 |
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OO Tank kit in original box. Never assembled. p42 |
OO Hopper kit in original box. Never assembled. p42 |
OO Caboose kit in original box. Never assembled. p42 |
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First issue |
Second issue Lionel Standard Gauge Billboard Set (left) U32,33 (5) $400-$500. Second issue (5) $600-$700. Special "mail-in" promotion by Lionel. Billboards came in Lionel envelope. Second set harder to find. Reproductions available. Add $500 if you have correct envelope. |
Set 240E Work Train, 33-35 260E w/ cream stripe, 260T, 811 flat, 812 gondola, 810 crane, 817 caboose. W/box $2200-$2500 |
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The King of the Hill –709W The Rail Chief Set, 37-41 |
916 Tunnel, 33, 34 Some sold through Macy's and came in Macy's box. w/Macy's box $700-800 |
Set 299E, 26-28 254 Olive w/ maroon vents, 814 box w/ pea green door guides, 813 cattle, and 817 caboose (door guides may be changed) |
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Two of our favorite things – Lionel Hudsons 763 Hudson Gunmetal w/rare 2226WX coal tender 40 only p31. 763 Hudson Black w/2226W coal 41,42 p31. |
Boxed 1054 Lionel Jr. Freight Set, 1934 |
Extremely rare 436 Power Station. "Edison" printed over door. Box has letter "E" rubber stamped above the word "Station" on box. p16 |
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Set 764W, 1937. Came with gray 763E and gray Vandy tender, 2814 box, 2815 tank, 2312 gondola, and 2817 caboose. With original box – $3500-$4000. Back in 1937 this set sold for $40, so in 73 years it has increased 100X in value. Seems about right. |
Early 810 Crane on the left and later 810 Crane on the right. Both with their original boxes. p38 |
195 Illuminated Terrace, 27-30. Came with 90 flag, 184 bungalow, two 56 lamp posts, 198 villa, and 191 villa. p15 |
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Boxed 1054 Lionel Jr. Freight Set, 1934 |
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Postwar Gallery - TOP 1945-1969 |
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Left: Operating Generator Car 3530 Long stripe, number underlined. p121. 3530 Short stripe – rivet in center of upper door guide. Right: 3530 Long stripe – divot in center of upper door guide 3530 Short stripe – rivet in center of upper door guide. |
Rare 2350 White over orange, painted, rivet shows p92. 2350 Orange over black, decal covers rivet p92 |
Top: 2331 Gray shell painted blue/light yellow (4) p90 Bottom: 2322 Blue shell painted yellow/blue (3) p90 |
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Left: 6464 Cars 6464-175 Rock Island black lettering (5) p104. 6464-475 B&M Purplish (4) p105 Right: 6464-1 Western Pacific red lettering (5) p103. 6464-0500 Timken "butternut" yellow (4) p106 |
Left: 3494-550 Monon w/overstamp p101. 6464-325 Sentinel p105 Right: 6464-325 Sentinel p105. 6468-1 B&O Automobile Car p106 |
Left: Hoppers p117. 6436-500 Girl's Train Hopper. 643657 Maroon w/ number that appeared on Girl's Train hopper. Right: 64361 No spreader bar. 643625 No spreader bar |
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Rare 2338 Milwaukee Road orange stripe through cab (5) p91 |
Rare 2347 Sears C&O (5) p91 |
Left: 41 Army painted (5) p93 Right: 41 Army unpainted (2) p93 |
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Left: 42 Picatinny Arsenal p93 Right: 57 AEC p93 |
Left: Military & Space 3510 Satellite Launch red (3) p118. 3413 Mercury Capsule Car p118. 3470 Target Launcher light blue flat p118 Right: 3619 Helicopter 3413 (3) p119. 6844 Missile car red (5) p120. 3419 Rare with clear blades (normally black) p118 |
Left: Cabooses 6417-50 Gray (2) p107. 6417-50 Tuscan (5) Right: 6047 Red (2) p108. 6047 Tuscan (5) |
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Lionel Train-O-Ramas Came in boxes of Nabisco Shredded Wheat. Three sheets with scenes to be punched out. 12 different. Both assembled and non-assembled very hard-to-find. Premium for mailing envelope. |
Left: GG1s p92. 2332 Black w/decals. Purchased from non-collector. Decals not right. 2340 Tuscan 5 stripe, 55 Right: 2340 Green, 55. 2360 Solid Stripe, 61-62 |
Left: 6828 Black (4) p115. 6414 (2), 55 p113. 6501 Jet Boat w/ packet p114 Right: 6828 Red (5) p115. 6414 with rare blue car, red and white cars still in original packaging p114. 6410-25 Unlettered flat, 2 red autos (4) |
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Left: Hoppers page 116 6456-25 Glossy red/yellow (4). 2456 3 lines of data (rare) 6176 Bright lemon yellow unlettered (rare). Right: 6456-25 Glossy red/white (5). 2456 2 lines of data (common). 6176 Yellow |
"Halloween" General with rare Plasticville 963-100 Log Cabin. Came only in set. |
2333 New York Central AA F3s p89. Top Chubby RS lettering, black decal, 49. Middle Same with red decal, 49. Bottom Heat-stamped, thin lettering, black decal |
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Left: Tank Cars page 122. 2855 Black, gas and oils, 46. 6315 Burnt orange, 56. 6315 Orange 65,66 Right: 6555 Silver, thick lettering, no gas and oils. 2855 RS on bottom. 6315 Painted orange, Hagerstown box |
Two 6418 Girder Bridge Cars with four sets of four-wheel trucks. Bridge came in three colors, orange, black, and a pinkish orange (top shelf). The pinkish-orange version is probably the hardest to find but all are worth about the same. Current eBay "sold for" price is $60 with a box. We have them at $90. p111. |
Set box for 9820 Sears Military Train Set, made in 1964, with paper. |
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9820 Sears Military Train Set, 1964 240 with tender, 3666 with cannon (came only in this set), 6470. Exploding box car, Flat with tank, and 6814 with black frame. This set also came with rare (5) 347 Cannon Firing Set (not pictured) |
4110WS Electronic Set, 49 p144. 671R Turbine, 4671W, 5459 Dump, 4454 box, 4452 gondola, 4357 caboose. Came in set box inside shipping carton along with track, switches, 97 coal loader, 151 semaphore, VW transformer, ECU1 Electronic Control Unit. |
Switchers Left: 6250 Seaboard w/ decal (3) p91. 600 MKT gray frame, black railing p90. 613 Union Pacific p91 Right: 6250 Seaboard RS lettering (4) p91. 600 MKT gray frame, yellow railing, black steps p90. 614 Alaska p91 |
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Left: Searchlight Cars p121. 6520 Maroon generator, crackle flat gray light, 49,50. 3620 Orange generator, sans serif, gray painted light, 54 3650 Olive gray, 58. Right: 6520 Green generator, smooth light, 49 rare. 3620 Maroon generator, glossy gray light, 49,50. 6822, one operating coupler, 64 |
460 Piggy Back Transportation Set |
470 Launching Platform with Exploding Target Car Mint w/box |
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462 Derrick Platform Set Mint w/ box |
Box for smoke pellets |
443 Missile Launching Platform with Exploding Ammunition Dump Mint w/ box |
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448 Missile Firing Range Set |
671-75 Replacement lamps for 671 Turbine |
Cataloged in 1957, the 2396W Canadian Pacific AA, four-car passenger set (three vista domes) is one of the most desirable of the entire Postwar era. |
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2379 Rio Grand F3 AB 57,58 p91 |
2348 Minneapolis & St. Louis GP-9 p91 and 2349 Northern Pacific GP-9 p92 |
The early Lionel Alcos were fine runners. The rare gray-nose yellow 2023 UP version is on the top, 2031 Rock Island in the middle, and the 2032 Erie AA is on the bottom shelf. p89 |
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Three late Irvington cars with original boxes. Silhouettes. 2625 Irvington, 2627 Madison, and 2628 Manhattan. Novice collectors refer to these cars as "Madison." p99 |
2328 Burlington with original box. p91 |
746 N&W J with 746X tender and box. "X" designates long-stripe tender. One of the few Postwar items going up in this down market. p94 |
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400 Budd car with box and liner. p89 |
FM Units Two versions to the 2341 Jersey Central FM, dull and glossy. The glossy (top) is rarer and worth about $200 more. The Lackawanna FM came with maroon roof in 54 and a gray roof in 55 and 56. The maroon-roof version is a little harder to find and worth about $100 more. p90 |
2330 GG1 complete with box, inner liner and paper, just like you opened it for the first time in 1950. First Lionel GG1 with two motors. p92 |
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3472 Milk Car Best-selling operating car Lionel ever produced. Early version with metal doors. p120 |
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Modern Era - TOP 1970-to the present |
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0119 Triscuit Reefer (O gauge) Tape applied to end-flap covering original |
0104 Wheat Thins Reefer (O gauge) Sticker covers "Mounds Candy." 0104 is a HO number. Information requested. |
6-28565 Employee Caboose |
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19928 1994 Christmas Car |
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