I just picked up a postwar lionel 248 steam engine. According to the references I have, it came in one uncataloged set in 1958. Can anybody tell me what came in the set? My materials don't cover this.
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A 6151 yellow metal flat car with a Lionel Ranch truck, a 6112 gondola, black, a 6014 Bosco boxcar, and a caboose that I don't remember, probably a 6017. I might be wrong as I need to look at that catalogue again.
Thanks, but that sounds like the 249 set right in the beginning of the 1958 catalog.
According to the reference material I have, the 248 was only sold in an uncataloged set.
Sorry, I have had a long week. I misread the number. I don't know much about the 248.
From "Greenberg, Volume IV, Uncatalogued Sets"
248 1130T, 6014 red BOSCO, 6121 flat/pipes, 6476 red LV hopper, 6111 flat/logs, 6112 black gondola/canisters,
6017 caboose, 310 billboard set, 957 Plasticville farm building set, 1015 transformer, track including a 45 degree crossing.
All items had boxes except for the transformer, straight and curve track.
Set # X-610NAA
Thanks John!
I picked up the trains at an antique show. The 248 engine looks like it's just dirty. The cars are another matter. I had my doubts about the cars being right, because I knew the engine had the wrong tender. The trains came with the correct transformer, an orange Bosco, a red LV hopper, a yellow metal flat without pipe/log racks), and a broken 1015 transformer. I left the track behind because I didn't want to carry it.
I think the Bosco car and LV hopper will clean up. The yellow metal flat has paint loss, and the wheels of all the cars have some rust.
I will try to find the correct tender, but I don't think I will try to assemble the set. Those Lionel/Plasticville sets are just too dear.
