My brother and I are trying to duplicate the 1950 UP Alco Freight set. Our third brother, who passed away a few years ago, had one as a boy, and his daughter would like to put one together for her daughter.
I am looking for the number of the set and a listing of its contents so that we can duplicate it as closely as possible. I don't have much in the way of PW resources, so any help would be much appreciated.
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The set looks to be 1467W “027’ Diesel 4-car Freight
The Consist was:
2023P Twin Diesel With built in horn (Union Pacific)
6656 Stock Car (Lionel Lines)
6465 Double Dome “Sunoco” oil car
6456 Leigh Valley R.R. Hopper Car
6357 Illuminated Caboose (Lionel Lines)
8 sec 1013 curved track
5 sec 1018 straight track
6019 Remote Control Track
ctc lockon
1033 90 Watt Transformer
Hope this gets you started. Sounds like a fun project.
Kevin
Thank you!
This is a great beginning!
Nice, classic PW set. I have essentially the same set but led by the 2032 Erie Alcos. Very colorful.
Johnstrains,
What color is your hopper: red or black?
This is the 1951 set......
Peter
palallin posted:Johnstrains,
What color is your hopper: red or black?
Mine is the brick red, white lettering.
If I'm not mistaken, I think there was a another red LV hopper that was actually a fire engine red but those seem to be rare.
The hopper shown in the catalog for this set was black. The Tandem-Associates site lists the 1950 Hopper as Black and the 1951 as maroon.
Were the alcos yellow or silver?
I have the 1950 Anniversary passenger set that is yellow. Will post some photos later this afternoon when I get home. These alcos were great locomotives!
I have the 1950 2023 passenger set with the 3 passenger cars which is available at a low price. I know you are looking for the freight set but if this would help, let me know. I gave this to my son but his kids are into video games, phones, etc. and don't really want it.
Dan
Thanks for all the info, guys!
I know the engines were yellow. My surviving brother may remember better than I about the hopper.
Cool if the Engines were Yellow then it was the 1950 set which should have had the black hopper.
Palallin, The consist that Kverdon listed is the correct one, from "The Standard Catalog of Sets"- Doyle's book. There is nothing special mentioned about the color of the hopper, as far as the color, that would have made it unique. If you could find one of the scarcer color combination, all the better, BUT it appears nothing is special as color. It is your choice as to making up the Set, as you remember it. Bottom line is have fun searching. Good luck with your search.
As Jay Jay posted, the hopper shown appears Maroon, yet the box is marked Red. I really don’t think the hopper color is relevant to what you want to recreate. Find what appeals to you.
TeleDoc posted:As Jay Jay posted, the hopper shown appears Maroon, yet the box is marked Red. I really don’t think the hopper color is relevant to what you want to recreate. Find what appeals to you.
Absolutely. Take a gander at these. Lionel 1467w yields lots of variations, especially with the LV hopper.
Yup, lots of choices, so pick your favorite. But if you follow the chart listed on Tandem-Associates, only Black or Red were available in 1950-51, and other colors were issued later. The funny think with the RED cars, they are most typically Maroon, and not a true Red. Just sayin’.
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