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       #Post#: 1557--------------------------------------------------
       New user question
       By: Gsmiller88 Date: April 30, 2017, 9:26 am
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       At 29, I am a new Lionel train user. I've used simple H/o style
       trains as an early teenager, and decided to get back into it.
       I bought a set at auction for $150 that looks to be a set from
       between 1952-54. It was either a whole set or pieced together to
       look like a set. I just want to know what I have.
       The auction included:
       2026 steam engine with 6466w whistle tender (what throws me off
       is that it's a 2-6-2, but it looks as if the front 2 were put in
       to replace the original front 4) the wear on the front isn't the
       same as the rest.
       X6014 looks to be variation D
       6465 looks to be type 7 frame and variation D (the word tank
       hasn't been replaced with 6465 and still has wire handrails)
       6462 9 9/16 gondola looks to be variation J type 2a body and 2
       lines of data 6 stained barrels
       6457 looks to be variation b, chocolate brown diecast stack
       lighted caboose
       All cars have bar ends.
       #Post#: 1563--------------------------------------------------
       Re: New user question
       By: artfull dodger Date: May 7, 2017, 8:48 am
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       Sounds like a "built up" set.  The 2026 can be a 2-6-2 or 2-6-4.
       It never had a 4 wheel pilot truck from the factory, nor will
       one fit.  Good solid entry level engine.   There are online
       guides to what made up each set and from what year.  I used to
       have the book but loaned it out and it hasn't returned yet.
       Unless the set comes from the original owner, then I look at it
       as possible assembled from seperate items to make up a set that
       once exhisted.  Replacment part alone are not proof of this.
       These were toys, parts got broken or lost over the past
       50+years.  As long as it runs good, that was a fair price for
       all of that.    Mike
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