Classic Lionel Trains in Action
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- Опубліковано 12 лют 2014
- This video shows most highlights of 0 gauge Lionel trains and accessories from the 1920th to 1960th. Watch coal and log stations in action, rockets being launched and many trains from the Scale Hudson to the gang car. All accessories are mounted on a large layout.
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My mom worked a ladies dept store and she was always in charge of the toy section during the holidays. After Christmas in 1948 the demo Lional train set came to our house. The steam locomotive is a 2.6.4 with a whistle fender. I always set it up for Christmas and pop built a table 4x8 and ran the train in our basement for a few weeks. Mom passed it on to me because I had the first grandson. Right now it is all boxed in the original boxes just waiting for me to set it up again. Have to make room for the tables and it will come to life again.
I love the smell of Lionel track ozone in the morning.
Yes. Brings back a lot of good memories!😊😊😊
I love these trains
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Better clean out that commutator ;)
Wow! Great way to make an old man cry! LOL My father had all of the trains you showed, with the exception of diesel locomotives. He was a steam man. I mean I'm feeling very emotional right now with memories of my Dad and I in the basement working on his layout, fixing wheels he got replacements of, working on making the trains run smoothly, while I sat on a large stool lightly dusting off the layout. We'd be talking and he would reminisce about his days in Brooklyn, taking the train into town, the "L" through the Bronx, etc. God, if only I could go back in time, just for one night to be sitting on that stool spending time with my Dad and his extensive Lionel collection. If only......
I agree....with tears in my eyes !!!
That clickity clack of the rails is one of the most relaxing sounds in the world for me. When life gets burdensome, grab a beverage and enjoy your trains going round and round.
This is history. Not everyone had the opportunity to see these trains and so many details and moving devices. Actually, we must congratulate the creators of these trains and accessories, considering the time when they devised and built them. I congratulate the creators and those who still retain these jewels of model trains. Thanks for showing them.
I thought, well there's no way I'm gonna watch 47 minutes of Lionel trains. I watched the whole thing! Amazing!
I HAD TO TAKE 3 BREAKS LOVED IT
I remember these trains from almost 70 years ago in the early 40s when I was 8 years old. I spoke to a collector recently and he commented - "What could you play with for 10 or 15 years, then put in the attic for more than 40 years, and now bring down and have it all work again"? They were designed well and to last. My 1666 engine, a 2-6-2 runs like a top. I set it up because my daughter who is in her 40s suddenly, out of the clear blue said "Don't sell those, we would like to have them." Sure surprised the hell out of me.
Ah, a Marx 1666! Great runners, those Marx -- and a whale of a lot cheaper than Lionel back in the day. I wish I would have collected a lot more Marx 20 years ago; the prices they fetch now has skyrocketed.
People and children today do not have memories of trains that those of us who actually rode them for transportation do. The train whistle has a haunting sound to some of is. And, of course, there were the trains set up around the base of the Christmas tree with complete villages and even sometimes even miniature people. No one is ever too old to outgrow the magic of playing with trains
Incredible ! I recall marveling about many of these accessories as a kid. By today's standards they all look almost "Rube Goldberg", but as a child they were the height of technical genius. We must remember that the product engineers who designed these accessories used a slide rule, not a computer. Despite the inefficiencies of these accessories and rolling stock the nostalgia overwhelms me. Yes, those were the days when a kids imagination ruled !
I second that! 👍🚂
In the mid 50's my father brought me home a used Lionel train with oval tracks and 6 cars - all black , and the black engine has little white pellets that made smoke when you put one in the stack ! I loved it ! So simple , yet just enough to be remembered 67 years ago ! He brough the set home in a large used paper bag , but I didn't care !
as someone who devoted countless hours
poring over the tantalizing images in those classic catalogs
i am just tickled to see - not only the familiar images once again -
but also the cars and accessories so depicted -
in actual physical form and operation.
Lionel didn't always have the best looking locomotives, but their automated accessories were one of a kind. A moment of silence to remember the memory of the helicopter operator, who lost his life seconds after taking off from his train car launch pad.
Today I boxed up my 1956 train layout I had placed around the Christmas tree. Taking it down brought tears to my eyes! My father got me the work train set in 1956 when I was only 1, but it was my favorite toy until the late 1960s. Seeing videos like this are inspiring, and I have begun buying all the Lionel things on E-Bay I could never afford as a child. Lionel trains and accessories were the best toy a boy could ever have! All that action before the age of computers!
The submarine car was the absolute best. The submarine came off the car to take to the swimming pool. You wound up the rubber band, adjusted the diving planes, and it would travel underwater deep in the pool while we watched it with goggles!
Thank you for this wonderful video! It is especially nice to see the pictures in the catalog.
You can watch the submarine in my video Classic Lionel trains - water action. It is on my channel.
If you remember watching this, you deserve a gold star.
That was fun seeing all the old Lionel stuff.
Literally millions of dollars worth of classic trains on screen. And what looks like The Sydney Harbour Bridge
Indeed, Lionel's best trains and sets. Heirloom quality you would be proud to hand your child and pass on the magic.
Sadly, trains and hobbies as a whole have dwindled due to cheap and instant gratification like games and smartphones. I have several Lionel and Marx train sets that are over 50 years old and run to this day. You will be upgrading phones in a few years and consoles in seven years so these are a good investment that last far longer than Candy Crush.
Deathstrike I think part of the problem the model railroad hobby has in the current day is that people on average have less money (adjusted for inflation) than during the postwar era and less room for massive layouts. The minimum wage has not kept up with the productivity output of this country, so working people don’t have the money to spend on model trains. As such, these models have become very niche luxury items which can’t have the same mass appeal to younger audiences as they used too because not as many people can afford to buy trains for their kids. Especially O-Scale, which is very expensive.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Lionel, but these days the focus of their product is bells and whistles on top line stock for avid modelers instead of fun accessories for youngsters.
That is a replica of the Hell Gate Bridge in New York City.
oh....didn't expect to see you here Leo.....
I really like how everything is more whimsical. Its toy-like but in a very mechanical, almost pinball machine way. Not overly realistic. I like the trains running way too fast. The 3 rails and how these old units are put together doesn't lend them a very "realistic" scale model look or feel. They are much more enjoyable this way. "Lets play with the trains!!".....not "Lets watch trains, but don't touch anything". Much more charming.
You are 100%.
I used to love watching this video, and I still do. Been watching it every year for about 6 years straight. This video proves that you don't need to have a realistic layout to have fun!
Thank very much for getting back to me. You have very very nice layout and you have work very hard at it. Myself I have built 3 different layouts when things were going great guns. Thank you for being very kind you have a great blessed day. John
@@johnblythe6284 thank you John. The layout that you see In one of my older is actually my grandfather's. He used to setup his table every Christmas for all of the kids to play with. We have since moved and now I have my own Marx layouy
I had some of this stuff back in the mid-1950's. But in a three room apartment and a family of four...I had more fun with the Lionel Catalogs that came out in October. Dreams in full color.
This is my 3 year Olds favorite video. I can't imagine what he would do if he saw it in person. Nice job!
Watching this motivated me to get out my late step-dad's Lionel set from 1950. As I go through it it seems to be complete with the 681 locomotive and coal tender, milk car, working box car, 2 depots, and lots of track sections, etc. This is the first time I've seen it and I can't believe what great condition it's in. Everything is still packed in the original boxes and I see it has a catalog and #921 maintenance kit...even the little 'quality control' paper slips are still in the individual car boxes! I'm guessing it to be a figure 8 layout as there is a 4-way track section. Now I have to figure out a place to set it up.
Very nice. Hard to imagine that so many people gave this vid a thumbs down. Too bad for them. They must be unhappy there's no detailed scenery or it's lacking prototypical operations. Whatever, it's still a fine, fine video of some classic toy trains. I, myself, prefer HO scale, but I can recognize a great collection and devoted effort when I see it! Well done, sir!
DEFINITELY jealous of your layout! That said, just imagine how many kids (myself included) would have marveled at having even one or two of these accessories! While they didn't exactly perform as illustrated (i.e., turning milk cans into projectiles), that just added that much more to the fun, albeit in a different way. Now I marvel at the engineering that went into making these things work in the first place; no computer chips in sight! Thanks for sharing your collection (including illustrations) with us.
I can't tell you how much I enjoyed watching this video -- seeing my beloved Blue Comet run the rails again after 60 years literally brought tears to my eyes! And watching once again while the coal loader threw those tiny Lionel coal lumps all over the layout, and seeing the maniac milk car guy fire his cans out like bullets, had me laughing out loud. Bless you!
What an extraordinary collection and all in working order - some close to a century old ! Magnificent !!!!
First off I would like to thank you for sharing your video. I have 23 working sets of Lionel my self there all from my great grandfather my grandfather and my father I love them and will never part with the the best one loco I like out of all is my 2055 Hudson..
An absolutely amazing array of Lionel locos, accessories, action cars. Well done video. Thanks for sharing. I remember as a kid in the 50's drooling over a lot of that stuff in the Lionel catalog. Some of it I still do.
"This is what dreams are made of". I still have a few cars I got in 1959 but this video is beyond belief! I had the super O track.
When I was young (late 50's early 60's) my Mom and Dad made friends with a lot of the "well to do" people in the small town I was raised in. The son of one of these well to do families had this HUGE Lionel train layout in their basement. This video takes me back to that exact period in my childhood. It was tradition in our home town for families to go see this train layout every Christmas season. They kept the layout up year round but still. I couldn't even imagine what some of these trains and accessories are worth today.
What an amazing collection. The largest collection I have ever seen, by LIONEL, on film. The operating items were really cool and amazing. A really enjoyable film to watch.
Man...some of these older accessories are better than the current stuff
This video is pure joy.
3 track may not be "prototypical" but it always put a smile on people's faces.
This is perhaps the best and most comprehensive video on UA-cam of vintage Lionel trains. I saw a lot of pieces that I too have in my collection, like the milk car, stockyard, gate man, lots of prewar locomotives, etc. This was when Lionel stood for quality American-made trains that were an iconic part of many people's childhood years. Now, they're just churning out a boatload of Chinese-made garbage, and it's sad. Lionel needs to get back to their roots and bring manufacturing back to America if they want quality control to improve, because I will never buy the cheaply-made crap they're making now. It's an insult to Lionel's legacy, and if they want to save their reputation from totally spiraling down the toilet, then some serious overhaul from the top down is sorely needed. Let's get back to what made Lionel great in the first place -- American-made with pride and top-notch quality!
I agree and same with hornby companies should start production where it used to be. Lionel in the us and hornby in the uk
RJC 72 Those days are gone forever.
My neck hurts from watching. Gotta love Magna-traction.
My dad just pointed me to this video, he had a few of these as a kid, including the milk, cattle and trolly. Brought back happy memories for him to recognise the clicking sounds of relays. Thanks for sharing. 😊
I had a nice Lionel set in 1968, but never had any of the extras. A lot of these items were way ahead of their time. This is a very cool video.
Thank you so much for sharing, great video of Lionel accessories of days gone by. Even thought they are cheesy they are the best accessories. I grew up watching my dad run his Lionel O27... Very fond memories, i now have all his trains, but packed away. I hope to get out someday soon, my youngest son which is 17 is in love with them..
That's a seriously impressive collection of accessories!!!
Wow what a layout
I can't even begin to imagine the value of this layout!
@RIDIN’ HIGH 5150 Yeah, and imagine its value today!
Brings back memories.
I had American Flyer as a kid but remember the stores all had the train displays at Christmas.
AMERICAN FLR FOREVER
@@jeromegrzelak8236 YES!
I love how all of these old Lionel accessories buzz and vibrate wildly when you use them
If I went into the room with this layout I'd never come out again.
Bring me food and I’m permanently satisfied here
A wonderful video for all us "old-timers" who remember the way Lionel trains and accessories looked and functioned--long before digital and computers. Thank-you so much.
I never knew Lionel made stuff this intricate. It is amazing there were "fully function" buildings like these in the 50s and 60s. I've not seen anything even close to being as elaborate as some of those buildings in the modern model railroading stuff.
What a wonderful show. You made me seem eight years old again for a while!
Absolutely fantastic !! Remember so many of these trains and accessories and enjoyed so very much ... THANK YOU for sharing ...FANTASTIC!!! In 50's only got to see many of these at Lionel exhibit in NY City, adjacent to Madison Park or at Dept. store layouts (now pretty extinct).. but nothing as comprehensive and complete and thoroughly enjoyable as your presentation....labor of love and it shows ... BTW did I mention ... FANTASTIC!!! Cho Cho along !!
This video brings back soo many good memories with my grandfather and when i got my first lionel train set i have been doing trains since i was 5 now i am 14 what a great hobby to keep goin 👍
I have been doing trains from five as well and I am seventy-five and still at it.
Locomotive man8444 I'm 13 soon to be 14 and to collect lionel
Something about toy trains that just make me feel happy and make me wanna smile.
Man some of those (expensive!) trains were really moving! Even over the trestles.😯
Just an amazing layout. One day I have to take my boxes out of the closet. I see many cars that I know I I have.
O.M.G! This has became my all time favorite video! I'm turning 59 years young, this weekend & I'm proud to say, " I STILL PLAY WITH TRAINS!! 😍🚂👍💖
I'm only 4 years behind you, and and just as passionate about Trains!!!
@phuck ewe Lol! The only way I can manage to pull a train, is to be up in the engineer's seat! Sigh. One can only dream! 😊💖
Thank you ever so much for the 47 minute time machine. I finally got to see all the Lionel operating accessories IN ACTION. Those were the things of dreams that many of us could only see in the catalogs or the occasional Christmas displays in the large department stores. Once again, “Thanks for the memories” .
3:32 Boy, that sound brings back a lot of Christmas memories. Great video.
Great review of Lionel trains and accessories pre and postwar. Great collection!!
Really quite a marvelous display of classic Lionel trains! What a fabulous collection of historical treasures from the Golden Age of Model Railroading!
Greetings from Arizona,
Glenn
***** It is really quite a splendid collection, as most of these items are very rare and considered to be almost priceless in the history of model railroading. To collect and maintain these treasures is an honorable task. Also it is a great benefit to see everything in operation, something we do not always see for such historical gems.
Glenn
***** This is likely a better archive of Lionel items than anything the company did itself!! Too bad we can't send you and your camera, through a time machine, back into the Lionel Showroom in NYC, both in 1948 and 1957, for those two showpiece layouts! I don't think, aside from a few promotional short movies that survive, that we really have any sharp, quality footage of these classic accessories actually operating; especially not in color. That's what makes this video of yours so valuable. This is as good or better than anything Tom McComas has done.
Lionel trains are so different. They're fast, loud, bright and beautiful. Toy trains at their best. Lionel is a different breed. It's amazing.
They don't have to be fast. They are controlled by a throttle. Amazes me why owners ALWAYS run them fast. So unrealistic.
Who could not like this? This film is a treasure. So great to see all these trains and accessories in order and working. Well done!
Very nice layout . Takes a lot of us back a few years. Lionel Trains are the best.
My dad collected toy trains for over 30 years unfortunately he got rid of all of them and I remember a lot about him the GG ones the Hiawatha brings back a lot of memories I really enjoyed this video thank you
Absolutely incredible video. I kept saying to myself that i couldn't believe you had every item under the sun it seemed - and then you showed one more. Plus you showed the catalog images. That was priceless. Thank for a treasure.
Just an amazing collection of trains and accessories. I've never seen one more complete. Thanks for taking the time to video and post it all.
Wish I had the space and the funds for these classics. Thanks for the video.
This is one of the best Lionel accessory and train videos I've seen. Well Done!
Thanks for sharing. Brings back memories of me and my Dad setting up our layout every Christmas.
Looking at this stuff never fails to make me feel good, it always gets me into the zone
Ah postwar Lionel trains. Beautiful
Wow..You should be so proud ...you brought my childhood dreams that I never met alive..What a beautiful priceless collection so thank you for inviting me into your home
Just beautiful ..... I lived my childhood dreams.... I wish only that my father could have seen this ..he loved trains... his dad was a station master at Boston's South Station Freight yard. He was poor but bought me an American Flyer set ...but not the extras as you have .... So nice of you
The automatic milk car had me laughing
"HERES YOUR MILK! YOURS TOO HELL HERES MORE MILK OK BYE!"
BZZZZZZZT! BZZZZZT! BZZZZT!
MILK YEET
“HERE’S YO MILK” (milk man then proceeds to Y E E T milk at the person’s face)
I've been watching this since 2016? It's awesome.
I started an interest in learning electrical theory and practice, giving me a BSEE, and the same with meteorology, all due to the Lionel Corporation's products in the 1950s
Thanks for sharing your layout.The best operating layout i have ever seen. Thanks again from Lancaster P.A.
Reminds me of the wonder, awe & excitement when I was 9, 10,11, 12 years old. Man do these toys bring back memories! We can share them now at a moments notice with the younger generations. Hopefully the older generations will do just that. Thanks for trip down memory lane!
that room must smell amazing....fantastic layout
I love modern model trains and all the details but everyone has to agree stuff like this will never dissapoint.
It's also easy to understand how they work.
So this is what Heaven looks like 👍
INDEED!!!!
This is a terrific video and should be required viewing for anyone contemplating collecting or operating pre and post war Lionel. Thanks for the effort.
Growing up in the 1950's/60's I had a swell set of American Flyer trains. My mom gave them away when I entered the navy in '71. I know what those Lionel and American Flyer train sets go for now. What the hell, I still got my Stratego and Risk games. I did have Lionel trains too. Loved the submarine car with submarine I used in the bathtub with my "soap suds stickleback navy and scrubbing brush landing craft" (courtesy Squeeze).
This is so cool! Even after 7 years!
Classic layouts never go out of style! Great video.
Just think of all the wonderful creativity that went into all those accessories.
Stunningly brilliant! I learned tonight that two of my cars that came with my missle launching pad (that was at the bottom of a nice box of Lionel engines and cars) are actually exploding box cars without the shell. Speaking of exploding.......my Ebay watch list is about to explode! Very, very cool video........thanks for sharing!
I laughed out loud at the giraffes ducking under the bridge! Priceless! 😂
fabiodriven
Ah a classic
Funny how these old tin trains have gone from a kids dream to an old mans dream. Guess they cant compete with modern electronics.
Great assortment of accessories just about all Lionel produced and the sound effects really tops it all. Nice job. Like the 204 blue Diesel that was one of my first sets but with passenger cars in 1957
So cool. My Dad wanted for us to have a pike one day. He would have loved this. Thank you for posting it.
This is what most boys wanted back in the day for Christmas from the local department store
I received my Dad's 1953 scout 1130 set 3 yrs ago . Thanks to you I now have a crammed pack 4x8 layout full of accessories and locos. You brought the 1950's kid out of me!! Thank you for all of your videos.
You could never get away with having a rocket launcher next to a depot, what with OSHA, FRA, etc. regulations! Haha! But seriously, I have never seen one of these operate before. Thanks again for showing us all of your cool stuff!
I have to say as a baby boomer watching this incredible video I was totally drooling man. just awesome.
Thanks for a very wonderful video. It brings back all the great Lionel Trains,Operating Systems,and Accessories throughout the Decades.Mmmmmmmm
Very entertaining to watch. Thank you
I have some of these cars from the 1950s. The milk car and other working cars grandkids love them!
I can smell the electrical connections burning.
Riff it’s a good smell...I have a set from the late 20’s. The transformer is a hot black brick with a left to right sliding lever that hits contact bumps to control speeds...sparks included!!
Oh, how nice to see so many postwar/prewar locos, cars and accessories in action! Thanks much for posting!
OMG,when that turntable switch buzzed at 8:13 I got a whiff of ozone in my nose,just like when I was a kid with my American Flyer set. It's amazing what memories can trigger. Excellent video of a very cool set-up of trains from a bygone era....
Hi and let me add my thanks for the care and fun of probably the most entertaining vid of our trains I've ever seen.
It's a kid's layout...delightfully crowded, unburdened with adult logic.... magic!
I had no idea Lionel did all this I thought it was just engines and railcars. WOW!
Hard to imagine this was the high tech stuff of the era. My favorite, and one I have on my layout, is the #464 Sawmill even though the planks coming out are bigger than the logs being fed in!
Great video, thanks.
Much of this cost an arm, leg, 40 yrs back when I was collecting. Today, you can throw in the other arm and leg! That Hiawatha set for instance. I wouldn't have had it running near that fast! Loved that oil rig, and as a kid, the 3472 milk car as well. Thanks for bringing back some great memories!