Lionel trains....

Man, seeing all these and the values makes me want to find my great grandfather's Lionel trains that he collected for many years. We used to set them up on a huge platform with a whole town every Christmas.

 

https://www.ivestrains.org/CD/wide_gauge/Locomotives/Electrics/3243/htmlfiles/No3243_1.htm
Lionel wanted to do this 4/4/4 configuration but could not do to patents. I started to see the quality in Ives. Even the cast iron frames are soft to the touch.

 

Pullin all three passenger cars.Im so glad its working. Its just amazing to me that a 1923 engine will run on the same track as a 2025. That's an engine, heat it up, oil it, beat on it, and it lasts over a hundred years.

 

Im confident I can add another car. Looks like they want $199. for one missing doors. I have to do some more testing. The lights are unhooked.

 

I think the previous owner died from eating paint chips.

 

1924.Ives made clocks.

 

Confirmed: The Ives 3243 DOES pull four cars on forty feet of track. But, the lights are unhooked on the passenger cars. There about the size of the Lionel state cars but weigh less..

 

https://youtu.be/Nz9I-Px67rA