What Pre or Post War trains do you have?

To many to mention but my favorite is my Prewar 763-E, still runs smooth as silk after 75 years.

I own the 2026 and 2018 post war steam engines. I've had them since I was 8 years old.

Beautiful train bill 

There was a time that I never would have believed I could state this but I too have far to many to mention.  It almost bothers my conscience....almost.

Way too many........My pride and joy is my New Haven F3 freight set (set # 2507) from 1958.

Peter

Just the 2046 engine and rolling stock set that was given to my brother when he was a wee lad back in 1951 (?).

For some reason, he had no interest in it .... so its been mine since I've been married.

I have 85% of Post War Steam and Diesel production,they are on wall display,now run all Digital Trains.

Too many to post all. 10 shelves on 140 feet of walls. Two hundred pre and post war sets. A few "R&R's", repos and restorations. About one third shown below.

The middle train in the Hudson stack, a 1946 703 Madison set, has a Wanamaker's charge plate on the shelf in front. I wonder why that's there?

Shelf spacing, FYI, eight shelves 5" high, the ninth shelf is 6" to accommodate the prewar "O" gauge crane car (1939 769 set) and an 7" wide top shelf for standard gauge.

The only postwar train I have is the one I received at Christmas, 1955. It is Lionel's "Cleartrack Special," pulled by the 2037 prairie steamer, the most common steam locomotive Lionel produced.  Today, the train runs just as well as it did in 1955. 

All of my other trains are modern Lionel and Williams.

pretty much all of the 1950 catalog.

The prewar Hudson is very nice but I always wonder why people would tell the world what they own.

Jim

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Uh, maybe because that is what Trainguy is asking us in this thread?

i was just curious of what everyone had no hard feelings

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i was just curious of what everyone had no hard feelings

Hey, don't sweat it. Some folks like to post about the trains they own, others don't.

not as many as I'd like, but more than my Wife thinks I need.... Actually she talked me into my last purchase, so she's fine with the trains. 

I have all Pre and Postwar steam,224E,225E,1666s,2046,2026,2037 and others. Looking for a GG1 someday, and still have lots of pre and Post rolling stock to find. Might have to get serious and hire that backhoe to make the basement bigger though.

I mostly run modern-era scale 3-rail, but what I currently do have in my extremely modest postwar locomotive collection:

2026 "Prairie" with the 6466wx tender (early version with full eccentric crank side rods, nickle-rimmed drivers, and separately-applied handrails).  This one was a Christmas gift to me by my parents in the late 1970s.

685 Santa Fe-style Hudson with 2046W tender (early version with the embossed drive rods).  Hardly any nicks in the paint; still have the original box for the engine, although it's seen better days.

2055 Santa Fe-style Hudson with 6026w tender.  Also with only a few minor nicks in the paint.

Front pilot steps are all still intact on those steamers, which is a bigger deal with the 685 & 2055 since the boiler & pilots are a single casting on those two and frequently are found with one or both steps broken off in the secondary market.  I'm currently replacing a missing valve rod screw & the pickup roller assembly on the 685 as the existing pickup roller assembly is messed up including the fiberboard, waiting on getting the replacement parts from fellow forum member Chuck Sartor which should arrive any day now.

One of the joys of ownership is sharing.

Paranoia is not a way to live.

My entire collection is prewar Lionel. Nothing newer than 1935, 85% is Std Gauge purchased new by my grandfather. The remaining balance is Std & O-Gauge sets I've collected over the years. I enjoy running everything. I must admit that a few of my early sets are waiting for original replacement parts.

Well for me I have collected trains from all years.  From 1920-2014 I like them all.

 I have been in this hobby since I was born. I have trains that were my grandfathers and

ones that my father got me and ones I have bought.

I like them all I like to run my newer stuff year round and the older stuff at Christmas. 

Here a pic at one year old with Lionel 402 still have pops old one in collection.

 I enjoy collect them old or new.

I was extremely touched last fall by the widow of a gentleman who had just died. In 1938 he had received not one, but two train sets for Christmas. His last wish was that his two trains would be restored and displayed by a club for the public.

We were given a Gunmetal 224e with a tinplate whistle tender and three green Pullman passenger cars. The other set was a black 224e with a die cast tender and four tinplate freight cars plus a caboose.

We are quite fortunate to have a friend of our club that restored these engines (the Gunmetal 224e was in pieces in a shoe box). It ran on our Christmas layout. These trains delighted our visitors and we look forward to displaying them on the layout for many years to come.

Gilly 

i would guess that 90 to 95% of the 200 or so pieces I have, are postwar. Most were acquired during my childhood years and have too much sentimental value to ever part with them. The 2035, 746 and 2383 are on the top of the favorite list.

Wow that's a nice story gilly

I still have about 30-40 Lionel Prewar and Postwar locomotives and maybe 100 pieces of rolling stock.Most has been packed away since the early 1980's.

Here's my layout from around 1975-

That's a nice layout 

Just have three Train Masters, Jersey Central, Virginian, and Lackawanna.

Well for some reason my train didn't arrive today hopefully it will come tomorrow.

Here's 2 of my favorite PostWar sets

1958 New Haven Freight set

1951 Union Pacific

Freight set

Peter

I have a postwar Lionel F3 and two or three steamers that run if groan a bit and all.  I'm not really into running them that much.

And just one pre-war train, my Dad's wind up Marx set, which I refurbished about five years ago.  I  bought replacement/parts locos and cars for everything except the B&O boxcar (which is rare and expensive) and have except for that boxcar a fully set of backups plus spare parts.  I converted a loco just like his to electric so I can run the train on my layout if I want but its really just for display now. I display it with the tender backwards because that is how I ran it in 1953.

Zero pre-war.....tons of post-war, both new clones, and original, and sometimes a mixture of both on the same chooch !

Prewar?  Let's see...

1: Lionel 252 electric locomotive with three passenger cars (belonged to my father).

2: Lionel #1700 streamliner, with two passenger cars (belonged to my mother).

3: A few assorted prewar accessories.

Postwar:

1: The Lionel 2026 I received for Christmas in 1951, and the tank car, caboose and gondola that came with it.

2: Lionel 2032 Erie A-A pair, with original box and wrapping.

3: Lionel 2046.

4: Lionel 736.

5: Lionel 681 turbine.

6: Lionel 2037.

7: Lionel #53 D&RGW snowplow (with correct "a").

8: Lionel #41 US Army switcher.

9: Lionel 6220 ATSF diesel switcher.  Although this one is postwar, I mainly run it with my scale trains.

7: Assorted cars and accessories.

Mostly, they live on display shelves, but they all get run from time to time.

Finally got her in she looks beautiful. Also she is squeaking can someone tell me where to use the oiler. I already lubricated the engine.