Lionel shell

Pretty sure they'll be a bare shell that you have to move your guts over.  I believe the windows will be there.

OK Thanks John,

Just answered a similar question via email, so let me try to explain, so everyone is aware. Body shell part numbers that end in a suffix of 002 means that the only thing we have done to the shell is remove the screws that mount it to the frame. As the suffix increases it means we have taken parts off of it. So, a suffix of 007 means the lighting boards are likely gone as well as any removable hatches; radiator hatches, programming switch access hatches, etc. If the suffix number goes any higher we have stripped even more parts from it. We typically stop at 007, as taking parts off any shell starts to create irreversible deco damage, which winds up with otherwise nice shells in the dumpster (and nobody wants that!). The same goes for tender suffixes T02 (just screws removed), T07; other parts removed and so on.

We typically keep a large selection of what we call "scrap shells" these are shells that have some form of decoration damage (that renders it unable to be sold as a "new" shell). Anyone who has been to Ohio or NC in the service department has seen the vast collection of "scrap" shells we inventory. Why do we keep them? Because  we don't like to not have a resolution to a problem! 

Thanks,
Mike

Mike, stuff like that doesn't appear in the on-line inventory, or does it?

Thanks so much,  GREAT information,

Tim

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Mike, stuff like that doesn't appear in the on-line inventory, or does it?

The 'scrap' stuff does not show on the website.

Mr. Reagan was nice enough to advise me on the shell info early in the week. Strange to see it listed again!

I feel very special, I have a part named after me in the Lionel Inventory.  I felt so special that I bought it!

I think MTH should follow Lionel's lead here, also naming a part after you (different part of course). 

I wait with eager anticipation.

Maybe you should take that Lionel label to York and show it to Mike Wolf while holding it up next to your York name badge (just to get the ball rolling, of course). 

(Gotta have a little fun here and there...)

rtr12 posted:

Maybe you should take that Lionel label to York and show it to Mike Wolf while holding it up next to your York name badge (just to get the ball rolling, of course). 

Hmm... maybe not.

Oh well, sounded like a humorous gesture yesterday...thought he might get a kick out of it? Enjoy the York trip.

Hard to say, I'm trying my best to be good.