Lookee what I got

[yellowlynn]

A train set was given to me at a yard sale today. I don't know diddly ziltch about it. It is Lionel, and no numbers anywhere. There were 2 switches, #223 which showed to be made about 1932. The rails are 2 1/4" center to center of outside rails. The loco, 4-4-4, and cars, are 19" long. All the lady wanted, was if I got any info on it, to just let her know. They hung on to it for years just to see if they could find out anything about it.

Lynn

 

[yellowlynn]

more

different views

 

[yellowlynn]

cars

There are 3 cars

 

[hooknlad]

Could that be the lionel 385 E?

http://www.hrtyrergalleries.com/auctions/November+22-23+03_23/

if you clean the rust off - it could look like the picture on this link above

 

[Jim Krause]

Must be a good day to get free trains. Yours looks like a collectable and despite it's condition, I think you should treat it as such. The older Lionel trains are highly prized by a lot of people. I'll make the same comment to you that I did to the other post. " Might be a good idea to get an appraisal". Incidently. it can be restored by a qualified person.

 

[yellowlynn]

maybe

It can't be the 385E since it is a 4-4-4. My book is over 20 years old, and has only a few pictures. None of this one I can find. Is that track O gauge , or what. It seems a mite big, but all I know is HO and N.

Lynn

 

[60103]

2 1/4" gauge would make it Lionel Standard gauge.
Not in the potted Lionel history I have. Looks like a larger loco, so possibly scarcer.
Very definitely do not perform any restoration until you get proper identification.

 

[shaygetz]

Wow, whatta beastie:thumb: All that should be said has been said, certainly looks like all that is necessary to get running is all there...sweet:thumb:

 

[N Gauger]

Does this look like it????

CLick above and check to see if the window configuration matches the cars you got Then see if the auction goes any higher..... I think each car is worth about 70.00 -- the engine might be worth 200/00???

 

[yellowlynn]

wrong numbers

I believe that seller is mixed up. His cars are 4 axle, and I believe are number 339 and 341, according to the px in my book. My cars are 6 axle and are picture with the same numbers he is showing. I think mine are 418, 419, and 490. (?????)

Lynn

 

[N Gauger]

I have the 339 & 341 and they have the number boards at the bottom on either side of the car name,,... They are different than these

 

[N Gauger]

When I id'd these cars I looked at the small windows on either end of the cars ... also the vents at the top of the car roofs (Upper Glass in the prototypes).

 

[N Gauger]

but you're right - unless the trucks were switched at one time... the bodys are the same, but not the trucks (in the link I posted)

 

[eightyeightfan1]

They may have been rebuilds. Something thrown together with parts from different rolling stock. Even the paint looks too new and doesn'tr even really match.

 

[LoudMusic]

That's a restoration process not far from restoring the real thing!

 

[yellowlynn]

junk

I asked the seller about whether they were retrucked or not. He said he bought them from a junk dealer, and he, himself, didn't know anything about Lionel. So, we'll never know.
Mine must be all original because all the rust is the same.sign1

Lynn

 

[brakie]

Guys,I am not a Lionel collector but,I suspect that set *might*be prewar.Doesn't look like anything I seen from the 50s and 60s.