lionel 2337 GP-7 (3-57)

OK.  I checked with my Greenberg's Guide to Lionel Trains.  2337 GP-7 Wabash 1958. In good condiction it is worth about $300.00.  However, my book is dated 1997.  I would say that this is still a very good postwar GP-7 to acquire.  Enjoy.

Many thanks,

Billy C 

Original box???  Orange or cardboard???  Box inserts????  Even with all the bells and whistles, I doubt this Peeze would ever get 1400.00, except at some crazy auction where everyone was throwing around stupid money!   Keep the GEEP and have some good fun with it.  They look good and run good too. You can always add the working knuckle couplers and then remove 'em if you ever decide to sell it.  I got my 2339 a couple of years ago at the Cranberry show. Paid $225. with original box and ex. + condition. PW GEEPs are the schizzle !

Your 2337 was probably made on a 2339 shell. The 2339 was in an O gaue set in 1957.

Greenberg lists both of these at around $275 for an excellent condition. Having original packing and box contents drives the value here i believe.

I bought one a few years back that i was never totally sure that it was an original. The body seems like it is heat stamped but very lightly. The set that this was in was interesting as well with the plane on a flat and boat on a flat. I like the set.

The built dates on postwar Lionel locomotives and rolling stock are not an accurate indication of the year the item were made.

Perhaps when Lionel modified the molds/masks for the 2337 from the 2339 , the only change made was the number. Everything else about it as far as the body is concerned was the same as the 2339.

As far as I know, the only difference between a 2337 and 2339 Wabash Geep (besides the number) are the couplers. One engine has dummy couplers, the other has operating couplers.

If they are any other differences, I'd like to read about them.

According to Tuohy/McComas, the 2339 had a blue plastic shell so only the gray and white were painted on, while the 2337 used a gray or black plastic shell with all the colors painted on.

One has to wonder if the non-operating couplers on the 2337 were to offset the cost of painting the blue on?

Rusty

I am thinking that the non working couplers was because this was in an O 27 setand maybe was intended to have less features than the O gauge version 2339 from a year earlier. The caboose that comes with the 2337 set is a bare bones unlit Southern pacific style car so you can see that they were saving on this set all around.  The 2337 I have has operating couplers as it was that way when I acquired it.The Body is a gray shell as Tuohy/McComas describe. 

Zillions of 2337s today have operating couplers. This was done both at shops like Madison Hardware, Millburn Trains, and thousands of Wabash GEEP buyers over the decades. I did it to my 2337 back in '74.  I'd say original couplers would have almost zero effect on the collectability of this peeze!

I think i will keep it in my collection, it is a very good puller and not a bad looking engine. This is my first Wabash engine. I have always wanted one so now i have it and i couldn't be happier. thanks for all the help!

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