i loved the colors of Lionel's new 255E so I decided to create my own with a beat up old 259E at a much better price, $27.00 plus shipping on E-Bay. It was worth the time, about a year, to collect all the cars and finish the train. The old 259E clunker runs GREAT!!! I did The Christmas Train last year.
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Nice job Gene.
looks great. would you have any "before" shots?
Gene,
Nice job! 
Although my focus these days is scale trains, I always love to see prewar tinplate come back to life! 
Jim
Gene,
That looks great!! 
I did a 249E in the LCT colors, seems like some of us just can't wait 
I like the Christmas engine as well, nice job all around!
Beautiful work; thanks for the pictures. Brought back a lot of memories on evenings/nights spent in the late Richard Sherry's basement as he brought back to life a lot of pre-war tinplate.
Thanks, again, for sharing.
Gene,
Great job on the old 259E, clunker my back side! All your engines look fantastic.
I have the original Black 259E & Tender. It pulls my 2600 series rolling stock quite well.
PCRR/Dave
Excellent Restoration • Like the Bright Orange.
Cheers from Michigan
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