Video of my Lionel Silver Spike Passenger set

Love the "vintage feel" with tubular track!

Peter

Terrific and I love the use of Multi scale too!!!

Love it! I wanted that set so bad when I was 8! I liked the art on the boxes of starter sets in the late 80's and early 90's.

Dave,  very nice !!!

 

Alex

Good Lord, its hard to believe that the Silver Spike set came out close to thirty years ago.  Seems like yesterday.  That little set still looks good speeding around the rails. 

Cool layout!  I remember the Silver Spike from the catalogs when I was a kid...

Now I want one again!

That's awesome. I still have that set too. My brother and I went 50/50 on buying that one to run with our Amtrak Lakeshore Limited and Amtrak RDCs. Good ole '80's!!!

THAT set was my best Christmas morning present ever! I waited all yr for 12/25 to see if Santa brought the Silver Spike!

He not only brought it, he sent an extra car...and on a birthday I got the last car Lionel offered.

Still have this set, will never sell it. Can't put a price on some things!

Here's my first Silver Spike set in 2008, which had 6 cars.  When I dismantled this layout, I sold it along with the Lionel 2065 Hudson you see in the video.   I regretted selling almost everything.   So now I am buying again many of those items.   The Silver Spike is a start.  This was an unique layout in that it had several brands of track all intermixed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...c9SD0aM#t=185.556068

 

BTW, in the 80's i had a layout with the 70's era Atlas O 2-rail track, ,  sectional and flex.  Was very inexpensive back then.  ( $.99 per straight or curve)  I installed an HO-scale rail for the center rail.   Trains ran smooth and quiet.  No need to modify wheels.   Will try to find some pics to post.

 

 

Was that one of the first modern sets which had a full dome, baggage, bag-combo and diner?  If not in the set, as add ons?

I think you had to get the "add ons" for the complete set.  I bought this used at on old hobby store in metro-Atlanta that is now gone.  Paid only $100.  No box, track or transformer.  

 

I pulled this set out of the box last night. 

My little one loved it.  "look! People!" 

Little stinker kept turning off the room lights to enjoy the train!  I liked it too!

A 30 yr old set still making kids happy, can't beat it!

Drummer3,

    Dave I love the old Silver Spike, really fantastic Train!  It should run smooth as glass with the DCS via the Z4K side receiver.  Incredible control for the Silver Spike!

PCRR/Dave

 

I have the Santa Fe version of this set with all the cars. Over the years I have bought a few extra of the full length vista dome cars. The engine is a great puller and it is a great set.

Steve

I got some of the cars, both add on and from the set from a dealer at a TCA meet.  Run them with the LAKE SHORE set.  Power them with Amt ABA F3 and PREAMBLE EXPRESS F3.

The only issue I see with the cars is it is silver under the red and blue strips in the window area.  That should be white.  But the diner and combo cars are great add ons.  L in the 1950's should have made them.

For years I searched for the Lake Shore cars and extra B unit.  Always thought the B would be a nice addition for the Silver Spike set.  

Watching this train run in my living room with my little one driving it sure brought back a lot of memories.  

Great video Dave.  It reminded me of the layout I had as a kid with the inside track curving behind the Plasticville station.  Thank you for sharing!

Drummer3 posted:

Powered diesel has dual can motors,  8-wheel drive, and 4 traction tires.  Lighted train looks great when room   lights are off.   I will eventually install LED lighting to eliminate flickering.

Lionel Amtrak Silver Spike Set - 1988

 

 

The video caption says with "MTH track?"    There were/are quite a few add-on cars for that set, right?

Radioron, I should have placed commas between the caption words.  I just list most tags that apply for the sake of people using search terms on youtube.  For instance, MTH refers to the Hudson engine, and so on.   

Thank for watching.

 

 

This was the second Lionel train set that I got from my parents.  I got it back in 1988 and added the additional add on cars in the early 2000's.  Now I feel the urge to go down to the basement, dig it out, and run it.