I'd love to have thoughts on what this might be. Or it maybe it's nothing in particularly, but just an amalgamation of parts my grandfather's friend put together.
I acquired this steam engine from my grandfather, who got it from a friend, so it's history is very much unknown to me, though it's earlier than 1970 because I first saw it about 1970. It looks a lot like a 700E, and indeed a couple of parts have "700E" plus some numbers stamped on them as part numbers. I known the road name has been changed and the road number appears to be a non-Lionel decal. Also the drivers are completed filled in, while pictures of 700E's that I've seen have open spokes in the drivers. The tender is a 2426W, not a 700T. The electric motor is AC, but it looks like it has been replaced with a non-Lionel part, and the gearing may have been changed, because it is super quiet and has great low speed behavior.
I'd love to have thoughts on what this might be. Or it maybe it's nothing in particularly, but just an amalgamation of parts my grandfather's friend put together.
I'd love to have thoughts on what this might be. Or it maybe it's nothing in particularly, but just an amalgamation of parts my grandfather's friend put together.
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