This is my brother-in-law's lionel from either 1949 or 1950...he turned it over to me earlier this year for safe keeping...it just needed a little oil and the burshes clean up...it still runs like a top!...and i thought a black and white version of the picture was the way to go...

i just want to tell you how much i look forward to clicking onto the forum several times a day...always something to see and read...it's like a new model railroad magazine everytime you turn around...
my very best regards...
howard...here in sunny, warm and a little humid north florida...
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