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Hi all,

  Being a big fan of Lionel's semi-scale prewar steam switchers, I was glad to see Ed Boyle write an article about these engines (and the 1989 re-released version). They are as durable as anything Lionel ever produced, have a good level of detail and are just plain fun to operate. Made in 1939 to the early 1940's, how many of us will work so well when we are in our 70's?!

  A co-worker of mine was taking a web design class a few years ago and needed to create a website from scratch so she created a website for my trains. It is still under construction with typos and other fixes, but thought some of you may like it.

 

www.steamswitcher.com

 

Happy holidays,

Tom

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I've always been under the impression that the engine pictured and the re release were actually scale, Lionel's only other prewar attempt besides the 700E

 

There were also semi-scale prewar 0-6-0 types...the 201, 203, etc.  The shells from these went on to become PW 0-4-0's too numerous to mention and still in production

 

There's a re-release sitting on the shelf of my LHS calling my name but scale fidelity isn't a concern for me when running conventionally.  It's been there a while...maybe I should make an offer

 

Bruce

 

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It turns out that the Lionel B 6 switchers all have scale proportioned bodies but are not exactly scale models!  They are realistic looking but don't quite replicate any real engine in the B 6 switcher family.  So what? They are realistic enough for me and very attractive locomotives to boot.

 

Also, they are really hefty

 

Ed Boyle

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O Gauge Railroading magazine

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Note to Pappy,

  Thanks for your kind thoughts. Yes, as long as I am alive and kicking (knock on wood) and can afford to renew the website every 2 years (not too hard, it is actually pretty affordable) I will keep it running. The poem was my own creation, giving a nod to my hometown (Yonkers, NY), my website creator-friend's hometown (Binghamton, NY) and steam switcher mechanic, Mr. Losee. I think I mention on the website that you can get 99.9% of them running with a good cleaning. The last one I bought on eBay looked like an explosion happened in the boiler with wires going every which way...he got that one running in one afternoon.

 

  Tom

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