I was horrified when I stumbled upon this listing for a Lionel #1666 on Ebay...what happened to this engine?
Is this the result of long term water damage?
Could it be cleaned up and run again?
I am not the seller.
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Looks like it was left in a wet basement and in it's box for years and kept drying and getting wet drying and getting wet
IMO, it's junk.
gunrunnerjohn posted:IMO, it's junk.
Exactly what I thought.
Someone already bid $12.99 + $12.99 shipping for it. Fess up, Chuck, was it you?
NS 3322 posted:
This would be the ultimate train resurrection project for a highly skilled hobbyist.
Blessings on whoever is buying and recycling that piece of crap. They're keeping it out of a landfill.
Arnold, looks right up your alley. Don't go over $300.00 though. Don
If it was an AF 21140 Challenger I would be bidding on it lol
Al
I was just trying to weather it a bit. j
There are some artifacts from the Andrea Doria best left where they were.
Bruce
It looks like a case of terminal zinc rot.
scale rail posted:Arnold, looks right up your alley. Don't go over $300.00 though. Don
LOL.
I greatly admire the great train ressurrectors and restorers on this Forum, but am not one of them. I always take a Rube Goldberg approach to my trains, taking shortcuts involving the least amount of time and skill.
I'm tempted to buy this and give it to Dennis Holler, I hear he likes a challenge! 
GeoPeg posted:I'm tempted to buy this and give it to Dennis Holler, I hear he likes a challenge!
I was thinking the same thing!!!!!..I was getting ready to mention Dennis!....his heart goes pitter patter for gems like that!!!....Id bet He'd have it running before this post closed up about it!!….
rattler21 posted:I thought we were not to criticize another's actions.
How about if we just giggle a little! 
Simon
I think it would make a great aquarium decoration.
Not sure what the fish would think, however.
That wouldn't make a good door stop!!
I'm gonna say the paint is obviously trashed. I'll bet it could be scraped clean with a stiff brush and fine steel wool and the details could be intact so I'm fairly certain that at the very least, you'll have a usable shell. As for the inards, I don't know how much moisture got in, so that may be a different story. The wheels seem to have relatively little crud on them compared to the rest of the engine, except for the pilot wheels. You may need new running gear, or just the eccentric crank at the very least, and maybe, just maybe, it can be brought back.
Why would someone bother to list that?
Years ago bought a few like one pictured cheap for the motor components only the boiler casting if stripped most likely would be badly pitted and a challenge indeed.
Don't think it's worth anything nor can it be restored from the looks of it, it's got bad rotting.
Mixed Freight posted:I think it would make a great aquarium decoration.
Not sure what the fish would think, however.
Don (Scalerail), maybe you can use it for one of your underwater videos of the Hawaiian coral reefs. I think the fish would find it very interesting. Maybe some of the fish will see it and join this Forum.
Come on guys it's just WEATHERED.
Use it as scenery for wreck. Nose into some dirt at the bottom of a hill and put some vegetation on it.
At first I thought this was a thread about the crazy "buy it now" prices people list on ebay for PS1 locomotives. Apparently it is not 😁.
Cut it apart and use it for sinkers for fishing line.
Movie prop
Nightmare before Christmas. 
Send it to the Island of screwy/oddball toys. Let Santa have a go at it.
Simon Winter posted:rattler21 posted:I thought we were not to criticize another's actions.
How about if we just giggle a little!
Simon
+1 I'm still chuckling over the comments in this thread.
That won't buff right out. 
A Gomez Adams original
I think whoever buys it should try to file a warranty claim with Lionel.
How does the engine grade using TCA standards?
Chris Sheldon
FireOne posted:How does the engine grade using TCA standards?
Chris Sheldon
under the "C"
That’ll buff right out
Does it come with the original box? Can't wait to see that.
Chris Sheldon
I wish I was the one selling that pup...……...I'd have all the answers for selling it!....yes Matt!....that will buff out! with a grinder!...and yes Chris...there is an original box!....there's a small hunk of it that appears to be stuck next to the E-unit slot...Oh wait, that might be TP...don't touch that!
harmonyards posted:I wish I was the one selling that pup...……...I'd have all the answers for selling it!....yes Matt!....that will buff out! with a grinder!...and yes Chris...there is an original box!....there's a small hunk of it that appears to be stuck next to the E-unit slot...Oh wait, that might be TP...don't touch that!
You left out "great puller".
Chris Sheldon
FireOne posted:harmonyards posted:I wish I was the one selling that pup...……...I'd have all the answers for selling it!....yes Matt!....that will buff out! with a grinder!...and yes Chris...there is an original box!....there's a small hunk of it that appears to be stuck next to the E-unit slot...Oh wait, that might be TP...don't touch that!
You left out "great puller".
Chris Sheldon
our disclaimer: If your dissatisfied with your purchase, simply return the dust to the earth, and kick rocks!...
harmonyards postsour disclaimer: If your dissatisfied with your purchase, simply return the dust to the earth, and kick rocks!...
I always liked "please feel free to return the unused portion of the product and we will return the unused portion of your money" or outta site warranty, once you are outta sight, the warranty is void.
Chris Sheldon
Whoever bidded on it is probably going to put it on their layout in a scrap yard scene. Couldn’t see somebody restoring it.
