K-Line American Freedom Train

Stunning

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

windycitysaint posted:

It took me 10 years to collect the whole set. I finally got the basement finished and now they’re finally displayed. Hope you enjoy. 

Now that is pretty impressive.  Congrats!

Awesome, impressive, amazing, and USA loyal!. Hope I can do the same finding the elusive williams M-103 set! Lol 

Ron464nyc posted:

Awesome, impressive, amazing, and USA loyal!. Hope I can do the same finding the elusive williams M-103 set! Lol 

I give up.  What is the elusive Williams M-103 set?

WOW! That set is Amazing.         Where/ When are you going to run it?   I have a few suggestion on where.

Bill DeBrooke posted:

Ron464nyc posted:

Awesome, impressive, amazing, and USA loyal!. Hope I can do the same finding the elusive williams M-103 set! Lol 

I give up.  What is the elusive Williams M-103 set?

 

Well Bill, it's a passenger set that meets all my needs. Madison heavyweights in NYC green that negotiates 027 radi

I remember watching part of that set run around the layout at M&G Hobbies eons ago.  The flag tips were just sharp enough to start shredding the inside tops of the Lionel tunnel portals.  Took me a while to figure out it was happening.  (I noticed some weird long, things on the roofs of the passenger cars. And, took a few minutes of critical watching to actually see it as it was occurring.)

Fred

I just saw the entire consist run today at the North Penn O-Gaugers open house.  Harry Henning III owns it.  A stunning engine and consist to see running!

Congrats on getting your set! You're sure to get countless hours of enjoyment from it.

-Greg

Find the Lionel Station sounds car and add it.  Lionel did a nice job on that one!

The car with the liberty bell is sweet.  Hope Lionel eventually does those cars...

Jim

Ron464nyc posted:

Bill DeBrooke posted:

Ron464nyc posted:

Awesome, impressive, amazing, and USA loyal!. Hope I can do the same finding the elusive williams M-103 set! Lol 

I give up.  What is the elusive Williams M-103 set?

 

Well Bill, it's a passenger set that meets all my needs. Madison heavyweights in NYC green that negotiates 027 radi

This is a really early set.  First production runs.  At least you can have a picture.  Apparently there is a much later copy of this set that was made in China.  I guess that is the M-103 set

Nice to see it all together!

Have the entire set also. I8 cars and I added 2 MTH baggage cars. The entire set is  over 30+ feet.  I will be running it this coming weekend at a show on our modular  layout. 

windycitysaint posted:

It took me 10 years to collect the whole set. I finally got the basement finished and now they’re finally displayed. Hope you enjoy. 

What a gorgeous set, congratulations. Persiverence does pay off.

Would love to see a set like that being run sometime. 

Way back in 2001 when K Line introduced this series, the local TTOS division (of which I was secretary) gave the engine and first 5 cars away as a raffle prize.  I did not win the raffle and could not afford the cars at the time.  I was, however, deeply smitten by the train and vowed to one day own them.  I now have the complete collection along with MTH GS-4 and T1 in freedom colors and now the 3rd Rail T&P 610 to power the train.  And it only took 17 years!  With the Lionel entrance, generator, and scale diner cars introduced this year, there are only a few cars left to make the train complete.  For now I am using modified MTH freedom train baggage cars for the exit and tool cars and am looking for a heavy weight baggage for the T1 tool car.

My next project is to model the 3 flat cars.  I am compromising on size using 68 ft vs 85 ft flats which will only carry 3 containers but I think they will fit with the spirit of the model.  I have the cars, containers and decals but still need the time to do the modeling. 

Rolland

I thought I had the entire K Line set (plus MTH passenger cars and GS4) but now I see I may be missing a few cars.  I'll have to double check the cars I have  compared to the entire set you show. 

The Lionel cars, Lionel entrance, generator, and scale diner cars, are they 21" cars??

The complete set was 17 Passenger cars. A few years later K-Line came out with the 18th car representing 1977-1996. 

Beautiful set, I hope all the above owners enjoy many years of fun with them.