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Post by Sir James on Sept 26, 2019 13:43:03 GMT
Last Sunday I ran some trains with friends and one of them brought a prewar bell ringer switcher set. I remember it as a kid my friend had one and we would play with it for hours with the watchful eye of his mother, What a memory that brought back. The train, the friend and the times.
S.J.
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Post by laz57 on Sept 26, 2019 13:49:09 GMT
SIR JAMES,
Yes we too had that set. Anytime I see the white gondola with the blue containers in it, it takes me back under the tree at Christmas. ran that train for hours.
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Post by dennym57 on Sept 26, 2019 14:51:28 GMT
Running my 2037 my dad bought me back in the sixties. I put it on the tracks once in a while. It was my first engine. That's all I have left of those days.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2019 15:35:42 GMT
The Lionel 2356 Southern F3s. Always brings me back to being a kid.
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Post by Charlie on Sept 26, 2019 15:42:22 GMT
Yes and arguably, the least expensive engine in the group.
My dad’s 671 Turbine will be the last engine to be sold off/given away because it brings back so many good memories from when my brothers and sisters were kids.
I have no interest in running a conventional postwar anything, but as I said, it will be the last, if ever to go.
The new technology, paint and decoration is much more interesting to me as a model railroader but has absolutely no inherent collecting interest. If I lost interest in a particular engine, I have no problem letting it go to someone who would want it. I can’t say the same for the little 671.
Charlie
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Post by Joe Saggese on Sept 26, 2019 16:47:30 GMT
I still have my cannon ball express from the early 70s. I run the engine every now and then and reminisce when I would come home from school and run the train in my room.
The gondola would be filled with tootsi rolls and the flat car would carry a few 3 musketeer bars.
My train always supplied me with the goods lol.
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Post by Country Joe on Sept 26, 2019 18:56:40 GMT
While I have many wonderful Lionel memories they are trains in general rather than particular pieces.
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Post by ptc on Sept 27, 2019 14:10:56 GMT
Indeed yes, the Lionel 2343 AA F units lights my fire.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2019 14:14:13 GMT
My Dad's PW 2356s...  My PWC 2356s...  My Century Club 671...  |
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Post by josef on Sept 27, 2019 15:01:23 GMT
Memories, yes. But its not my train set, rather my brother set. We bring this set out every Christmas and along with some Plasticville buildings that were under my parents tree. It isn't a very expensive set, but its the first electric train my parents got for my Brother on Christmas of 1960. We would have it set up in our bedroom and run it every waking moment. Then in February of 61 he passed away at age 6. The train was put up in the closet, until me and the wife retrieved it in mid 70s to run every Christmas since, under our tree. Memories, sometime emotional when we set it up, even after 60 years. Its my most treasured item.
   
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Post by Adam on Sept 27, 2019 15:05:32 GMT
The 4-4-0 Generals do it for me since that was my first train.
Found this on Youtube of the set I got. This is not mine, but this is the exact set i got. I still have it, but this one is in much better shape.
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Post by twincities on Sept 27, 2019 15:29:02 GMT
the lionel 623 black diesel switcher reminds me of a time and enjoyment of running this train along with many other memories of thanksgiving/Christmas and downtown window displays
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Post by Country Joe on Sept 27, 2019 20:58:37 GMT
Memories, yes. But its not my train set, rather my brother set. We bring this set out every Christmas and along with some Plasticville buildings that were under my parents tree. It isn't a very expensive set, but its the first electric train my parents got for my Brother on Christmas of 1960. We would have it set up in our bedroom and run it every waking moment. Then in February of 61 he passed away at age 6. The train was put up in the closet, until me and the wife retrieved it in mid 70s to run every Christmas since, under our tree. Memories, sometime emotional when we set it up, even after 60 years. Its my most treasured item.
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Post by MichRR714 on Sept 27, 2019 21:06:07 GMT
SJ, Little doubt that old bell ringer is a classic!
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Post by Sir James on Sept 27, 2019 23:06:46 GMT
Yes I knew you could tell it was quite a pleasant surprise.
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