Don't forget that ALL of the postwar Lionel "Plugged Door" or "Billboard" reefer/boxcars cars use the exact same body shell. So, if I get a car with a body that is damaged, or I just don't like, I transplant a new shell from a train meet "junk' box, usually for about a dollar. Sometimes, the frame (with or without trucks) AND the body are junk box revivals.
Being a Marx guy, I have no choice but to troll through E-bay nightly. I`m mostly interested in Marx 999, and C/P engines to salvage their motors. I found that the best deals are to be got from women who have little or no interest in the hobby.
Good presentation shows big money is not a requirement to enjoy O and 027 trains. Most of my accumulation of trains is used and repaired/restored to varying degrees. Definitely no new stuff. Everything is pre/post war from shows, on line, and ebay.
I think I recognize that packing job as being from Trainz! Great ebay seller that also has their own website that I have bought a lot from. Great video!
Great informative video. I myself have bought things the same way. In some of the lots that were purchased, my primary goal was to obtain parts. If I got one or two cars out of it that were in great shape, I figured I accomplished my goal and had a plus. It is always good to have some extra parts.
I do not know why, but I have a thing for 6457 cabeese, and 6672 ATSF Mechanical Temperature Control (MTC) refrigerator cars. The ATSF Historical and Modeling Society has a book about about the real cars. The very first cars (circa 1952) were built for Union Refrigerator Transit Lines, National Car Company, Fruit GrowersExpress Company and Santa Fe Refrigerated Dispatch # 1200. From what I can tell on page 16 of their book, the car had black ends, the mechanical controls were behind a sliding door compartment very much like the Lionel model, and of course "MTC" on the plug door. Santa Fe experimented with Frigidaire, Trane, and Carrier systems, keeping spare parts on hand for all of them. The Lionel model to my knowledge only has "Carrier" lettered on the controls. The controls were on the "B" or brake end if the car. This is a thing because of the way the Lionel cars were made sometimes the controls are on the A end of the car. The sliding door should be on the B end where the controls, diesel engine and fuel tanks (400 gallons) were located. It is hard to tell what the car colors were. From what I can figure out I believe the ends were black because of what the book states. However I believe the sides were white, but the undercarriage was black. The lettering appears to be black as were the first Lionel models. Later SFRD cars were black ends and roofs and orange bodies, black doors and ends. The K Line SFRD reefers appear to be very prototypical. I think Lionel borrowed the brown ends and roofs from the plastic for the 3662 milk carabiner ditto for the white body and undercarriage of the 6672. I hope I helped. BDS
Great information! I agree that Lionel borrowed the colors from the Automatic Milk Car as I currently have the reefer and Milk Car parked together on a siding. They look nice together.
I have found that lights not working in cars, engines, or accessories is usually because the bulb has come loose. I love easy fixes! Another informative video, thanks!
Many years ago, the start of online auctions added to the death of the hobby store. Now, the increases in shipping has nearly destroyed the ability to get online buys like these. Nice purchases.
Thanks for the feedback. Followed some "expert" advice and tried some new editing techniques. The feedback seems to be generally negative, so I will go back to my old methods.
Just like many of our train friends the Postwar era is hands down my favorite. I love watching your video's and have for many years. I have to say that I really miss your old Mickey Mouse intro. That's what got me hooked at first. It's a shame they made you remove it. Anyway I have a question that you may know the answer too. I have many MPC engines from 1972 the orange DT&I. Do you know of any Postwar frames that will fit that shell. I'm looking to upgrade it to a dual monitor Postwar frame. Thanks for doing what you do Mike! Frank
In general, yes. There may be some issues with the placement of certain screws and handrails, but the overall size of the shells is the same. It's not a perfect fit, but it can be done.
Two things. As you noted, the 6457 caboose is the variation with the painted smoke jack. Plastic yes but a bit harder to find. . And the trucks on the Bosco boxcar are original to that car. The 6014 cars had metal trucks and some had scout trucks with magnetic couplers. Lionel didn’t make a plastic truck until 58 or 59. The car was developed for the Scout sets but remained in the line for O27 sets. They still make these cars. I have two videos covering the history and body types. Post was and modern.
@@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks apparently I am in error. Yours has a type 1 body which was 1957 production. Not sure when they changed to the type 2a and/2b bodies. Book says even the Frisco had AAR trucks. I am certain I have seen those cars with metal trucks. Oh well. Thanks for the info.
@@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks I found my Orange Frisco type 1 body and guess what, it has plastic trucks. But as we all know Lionel used old stock as much as possible until it was gone so I imagine some may have left the factory with metal trucks. They were just toys after all.
I may try LionChief, but the upfront equipment investment for TMCC, Legacy, and / or DCS just seems too much for me. Maybe if I was a newbie and didn't have 50 years worth of conventional equipment collected already.
@@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks Once I get sufficient funds, I intend to try DCS, but the upfront investment angle makes sense. Fortunately, I'm pretty new to the hobby and don't have to many trains, but I've also come up with a block-based switching system.
@@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks I’ve watched tons of your other videos but something was definitely off here. The movement was a bit choppy, which is usually a slow frame rate… and the color seemed a touch bright, which seemed to affect resolution in spots. I suppose there could have been some strange flaw in the streaming that was just happening around that time. I will give it a second look tomorrow sometime as a test.
There are a few specialty shops that make a limited selection of O scale decals. You can try a Google search for what you're after, or you can design and print your own.
