THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY A FAVORITE SET OF BOBS BECAUSE IT WAS STORED IN THE MASTER BOX , NOT IN THE BASEMENT WITH THE OTHERS. ONLINE ARTICLES HELPED ME DATE THIS SET TO 1949. 1949 WAS THE YEAR THAT THEY INCLUDED A 675 LOCO, WX TENDER, AND THE CORRECT BROWN PULLMAN AND OBSERVATION CARS. THEY MADE SIMILAR SETS FROM 1946 THROUGH 1949 BUT THIS ONE IS 1949 AS FAR AS I CAN TELL. AND IT PULLS THIS ENTIRE TRAIN WITH GUSTO!
LOCO LIGHTS AS SHOWN IN ONE PHOTO, E UNIT WORKS, RUNS EQUALLY WELL IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. TENDER BODY TOP COMES OFF, IT NEEDS SCREWS OR REPAIR TO STAY ON CHASSIS, BUT IT DOES WORK AND MAKES THE WHISTLE SOUND BUT WAS WEAK WHEN I FIRST TESTED IT,, FROM SITTING SO LONG, BUT IT GETS STRONGER THE MORE IT IS USED AND DOES WORK,, IT PROB WOULD BENEFIT FROM AN OILING BUT I DONT KNOW HOW TO DO IT SO I WILL LEAVE THAT TO YOU. THE 2 PULLMANS AND THE OBSERVATION CARS ARE ALL METAL AND IN VERY NICE CONDITION!
NO BAD SIDES, SAME CONDITION ALL AROUND. ORIGINAL PAINT AND I WOULD CALL THEM GOOD TO VG LOOKING FOR SURE! NICE MATCHED SET HAS ALWAYS BEEN TOGETHER SO IT ALL MATCHES IN CONDITION. ALL COUPLERS STAY CLOSED AND PULL THE TRAIN, I LINKED IT ALL UP AND RAN IT ON A TEST TRACK. I DONT KNOW HOW THEY OPERATE FOR REAL, I DONT COLLECT TRAINS AND NEVER HAD ONE AS A KID, SO I DONT KNOW IF THEY OPEN AND CLOSE RIGHT, PROBABLY, BUT THEY DO ALL STAY HOOKED. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO LIGHT UP BUT THEY CURRENTLY DONT,, PROBABLY NEED NEW BULBS BUT NO IDEA. THEY HAVE ROLLERS BUT IN SOME ARTICLES I FOUND ONLINE THEY DIDNT INSTALL LIGHTS INSIDE.THE OBSERVATION CAR REAR RAIL HAS A SMALL BIT OF GREEN PAINT ON IT ,, COULD BE CLEANED,, MINOR. THE BOXES FOR ALL OF THE CARS EXCEPT FOR THE LOCO ARE HERE BUT THEY ARE ALL MISSING SIDE FLAPS SO ARE NOT IN COLLECTIBLE CONDITION BUT HAVE PROTECTED THE TRAINS VERY WELL OVER THE YEARS AND ARE INCLUDED.
OVERALL THIS IS A VERY NICE GOOD RUNNING EXAMPLE OF THIS VINTAGE LIONEL TRAIN SET. I HOPE SOMEONE WILL GIVE UNCLE BOBS OLD TRAINS THE TLC THEY DESERVE AND RUN THESE. TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK.
The item "1949 LIONEL TRAIN 2136 WS in BOX 675 LOCOMOTIVE TENDER 6442 6443 PASSENGER CARS" is in sale since Saturday, June 6, 2020. This item is in the category "Toys & Hobbies\Model Railroads & Trains\O Scale\Locomotives". The seller is "tedpoley1" and is located in Hellertown, Pennsylvania. This item can be shipped to United States.