MYSTERY ACCESSORY

M.CAFFEYOGR Forum Member

I ONCE SAW AN ACCESSORY THAT WAS DESIGNED TO LOAD PIPE ONTO A BOXCAR. A FORK LIFT WENT TO A PILE OF PIPE, APPEARED TO COLLECT ONE, DROVE TO THE OPEN BOXCAR AND APPEARED TO DEPOSIT THE PIPE INTO THE BOXCAR. IN REALITY, WHEN THE PIPE APPEARED TO BE UNLOADED, IT ACTUALLY SLIPPED UNDER THE FRONT OF THE FORKLIFT AND DISAPPEARED. IT REAPPEARED WHEN THE FORK LIFT COLLECTED ITS NEXT LOAD. THIS MAY BE HARD TO FOLLOW IF YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS ACCESSORY, I UNDERSTAND. DOES THIS DISCRIPTION RING A BELL WITH ANYBODY? THANKS. MIKE C.

2/6/122:47 PM

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artyoungOGR Forum Member

Yep, Lionel from the 90's. Don't know the #, nice bit of sleight-of-hand, could've done more with the mechanism (such as loading baggage into a baggage car). Didn't actually pick-up pipe, the forklift came out of a shed with a load of pipe, went to the boxcar where it hit a tab that pushed the load inside the forklift body, retreated into the shed where another tab popped the pipe load back in sight, and then moved forward again.

2/6/123:37 PM

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iguanaman3OGR Forum Member

It is item # 6-12798. I can't get the pic to show

Here's the url.

You have to add the http, the new forum program keeps truncating it.

://i.ebayimg.com/t/lionel-animated-fork-lift-loader-station-6-12798-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$(KGrHqRHJB!E7)t9Vr-2BPENNuqT+Q~~60_12.JPG

2/6/123:37 PM