RETIRED ENGINES

I still have all the engines from my childhood.  They have been retired and now sit on a shelf, but they all still run.

A lionel O gauge Freight set made in about 1933.

LIONEL 2-4-2 Pre-War (c.1933)
Steam Locomotive #262
& Freight Cars
Given to me in about 1947 by my grandfather

A lionel O gauge Freight set made in about 1933.

LIONEL 2-4-2 Pre-War (c.1933)
Steam Locomotive #262
& Freight Cars
Given to me in about 1947 by my grandfather.

A Lionel O Gauge Post-War steam locomotive from 1952.

LIONEL Postwar 2-6-2 Steam Engine #2026 (1948-49 version)
with 6466 Whistle Tender
Our first Postwar engine, given to my brother and me by my uncle in about 1950.

A Lionel O Gauge Post-War steam locomotive from 1952.

LIONEL Postwar 2-6-2 Steam Engine #2026 (1948-49 version)
with 6466 Whistle Tender
Our second Postwar engine, identical to the first, given to us by my uncle in about 1952.

A Lionel O Gauge Post-War locomotive from circa 1955.

LIONEL Postwar 2-6-4 Adriatic Steam Engine #2035 (1950-51)
with 6466 Whistle Tender
We called it “Big Moe”;
bought used by my father in about 1957 with 3 passenger cars.

A Lionel O Gauge Boston and Maine A-B diesel made in about 1960

LIONEL Postwar AB Diesel
Boston & Maine #217
Bought by me in 1959.

A Lionel O Gauge GP-9 diesel, made in about 1958

LIONEL Postwar GP-9 Diesel
Wabash #2339
Bought by me in about 1962.

A lionel O gauge locomotive and tender made in about 2004

LIONEL 4-6-2 Steam Engine
Rio Grande #8636 with Tender
A gift from my son and daughter-in-law at Christmas, 2004.

My six vintage Lionel locomotives on shelves in a room adjacent to the layout

VIDEO: 37 sec

Feb. 24, 2018 – Our Lionel 2-6-4 #2035 Adriatic Steam Engine, built around 1951, is still running great!