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Prewar Lionel
| This Web Page Last Updated: February 28, 2010 |
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This page contains our current inventory of Prewar Lionel engines, rolling stock, cabooses, passenger cars, accessories, original boxes and other paper items. It includes both standard gauge and O-gauge trains made during the prewar era (1901 - 1942).
* * * Click on "Yes" in the Photo column to see a picture.
* * * Click on "Grade" in the 3rd column heading for an explanation of grading.
| Prewar Lionel Sets, Engines, Cars and Accessories | |||||
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| Cat # | Item | Grade | Photo | Price | Details |
| Prewar Engine & Tender: | |||||
| 225E | Steam Engine & Tender |
Loco: Restored to E++ Tender: Ex. See Notes |
Yes | $275 | A very, very nice amateur restoration of a brawny, diecast locomotive! Comes with a whistling tender.
Photo of the left side of the engine. This 2-6-2 engine has cab number plates plus an operating headlight. Photo of the right side of the engine. Loco has external feedwater heater tank on the front of the boiler, nickel-rimmed Baldwin disc drivers, a full complement of driving hardware and a die-cast trailing truck. Photo of the front of the engine. The loco lights & runs very well! An "aerial" view of the loco. Photo of the left side of the tender. The tender was cobbled together using a mixture of prewar and postwar items: the postwar chassis (probably a 6466WX) has a plastic whistle mechanism and was outfitted with prewar trucks and a single collector assembly. Photo of the right side of the tender. The somewhat "up-scale" tender has silver lettering, rivet detail, handrails & deck rails plus 4-wheel trucks with black journals and a non-operating box coupler. Photo of the back of the tender. One weak letter and one scratch on the shell; the chassis was re-lettered as "2235W" on the bottom of the frame. An "aerial" view of the tender. This "early-coal style" tender works well and has a nice-sounding whistle. A great 225E L&T combination for an operator! |
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| 045 | Operating Gateman | E+/OB | Yes | $195 SOLD |
Ever-popular and vigilant Gateman with swinging lantern.
Photo of the well-dressed Gateman make an appearance. Very uncommon version from 1936 with an aluminum-painted girder pole, brass finial and brass diamond-shaped sign. Has toolbox with embossed lettering plus a green base, red roof and off-white shack, door & chimney. Includes a piece of "O" gauge track section that was insulated (non factory). An "aerial" view. A few small rust spots plus some rub marks on the base and that's it for flaws. Overall, this piece is very, very clean with nice vibrant paint! It lights and works perfectly! Photo of the box. Grade 8+ original box (stains; tears; tape on the side -- probably from an inventory or address label). Another view of the box. Has the elaborate insert which also serves to shield the special insulated piece of "O" gauge track so as to avoid scratching the accessory. Photo of the box insert, insulated track and lockon. It is a SOLID box: fairly clean, complete, square & sturdy -- it is rather brick like! In addition, the box has the original "LIONEL ELECTRIC TRAINS" sealing tape and the colorful orange, blue & white end label is over 95% intact! Includes the correct prewar lockon and the original instruction sheet #45-50-22M, dated 1-36. Photo of the instruction sheet. We have never had this unusual instruction sheet before. It is in nice shape and advertises six other Lionel accessories on the back page. Photo of the back page of the instruction sheet. We have had many gatemen over the years but never this one! The 1936 Gateman is really different because of the girder-style pole, the box is rather odd because of its size and even the instruction sheet is somewhat unique because of the advertising! Click here to go to our Soviet Union Accessories Page to read about Comrade Gateman -- the Russian version. |
| Prewar Lionel Original Boxes | |||||
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| Year | Description | Grade | Photo | Price | Details |
| 238E | PRR Steam Engine | 8+ | Yes | $ 85 | A very, very nice "Schiffenhaus Bros." corrugated box for the 4-4-2 Pennsylvania streamlined "torpedo-type" Steamer sold in 1937:
Another view of the box. Flaws: tears; creases; punctures; stains; no insert. Overall, this box is SOLID: very sturdy, fairly square, fairly clean and there is no un-original tape anywhere! The original Lionel tape is in nice shape. Close-up of the manufacturer's data showing the year. The year is printed on one of the long sides of the box. Photo of the side with preprinted instructions to the customer. The other long side contains printed instructions to the customer on how to send the item back to Lionel if the engine needs servicing! Prewar boxes are not that easy to find; this one is nice and it will certainly protect your locomotive! FREE: a crummy (grade 4) original box for the 265W tender that was sold with the 238E steamer: Photo of the tender box. Flaws: missing all flaps on one end; missing the other coupler flap; missing a small piece of the box; tears; scrapes; creases; punctures; small stains. Another view of the tender box. Not pretty but it does have one good end flap and it is better than no box -- and it is free. |
| Prewar Lionel Original Instruction Manuals | |||||
| Year | Description | Grade | Photo | Price | Details |
| 1940 | "Instructions for Assembling and Operating LIONEL TRAINS" |
8 (Ex.) |
Yes | $ 25 SOLD |
40 pages; blue printing on an orange cover; includes suggested track layout plans!
Flaws: "aged" look; tears at the spine; one dog-eared corner on cover. A very nice manual! FREE: the List of "Factory Approved LIONEL SERVICE STATIONS" (form #331)! Photo of the service station listing. If you have a nice 1940 set, it's not complete without these documents! |
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In the early years of the 20th Century, Joshua Lionel Cowen built a toy train company that became an industry giant. Thanks to high-quality products and innovative marketing techniques, the Lionel Corporation developed into a piece of Americana.
In the prewar era, Lionel offered some of the most colorful and ornate trains in their history. Although in many cases, they have a primitive look about them, they also possess an old-world charm unmatched to this day. The quaint accessories of this era were ingenious and impressive.
Increase the attractiveness of your modern-day railroad and add an alluring Prewar Lionel accessory or signal. Expand your collection by purchasing an engine or car from Lionel's wonderful early years.
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