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I've got a decent sized postwar collection but was never much of a fan of the Santa Fe boiler Hudsons. They run fine but the casting is kind of plain and makes a weird resonating sound that I don't care for. However this version with the Baldwin discs and streamlined tender looks really nice. And don't fret the mismatched engine and caboose roadnames. Lionel was notorious for that through most of the postwar era.

Great review and a super set ! 👍 What year was the newspaper packing ?

The 1946 catalog had some great models to start Lionel’s postwar era

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Lionel post war for reliability. MPC for color. Modern for realism.

Very interesting. Lionel used the basic drive-train on a number of locomotives. I have a 2025 and a number of 2026's. The 2026 always had the spoked drivers and they changed all of the steam engines to spokes for MagneTraction and I don't know the reason. Strangely, the Baldwin Disc's were 1/8" larger in diameter than the spoked wheels. I don't care for the 1950 modifications, adding that 4-wheel trailing truck and removing a bit of the drive-rod detail. The only reason that I can think of for adding the four wheel trailing truck, is that it was cheaper to manufacture than the two wheel, with the cast side-frame. Either way, the increase in traction from the nickel-rimmed drivers should have been enough. I don't have any of the later 2026 or 2025/675 locomotives and I doubt that I will every buy one. An excellent review and video, as always.

My humble opinion is that I'll take my Lionel Postwar era collection over most things modern. My stuff was made in America by America's greatest generation.The history is rich and more honorable. 🇺🇸 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃

Hey, is there someone walking over your head? This is messing up your sound of video.

Good luck on finding a Pennsylvania converse with green marker light.I do believe the only one i've ever seen is in that set

Why do they pair a Pennsylvania RR caboose with a NYC engine 🤔

Nice! Wish I could have made it there! Hopefully next year we'll see ya there David. 😢❤😊

Excellent review. Great, under appreciated set. Magnificent mpc engine. Made in America and well made.🎇🇺🇸🎆

Cool set

its a beautiful train

Some people rag on MPC era trains I grew up with but mine are still going. Great video!

What did you ? She sounds good for a new feature ?

See if moving the ground wire to the other side rail does anything ? Or if the sound board touching the metal frame ?

great addition, thanks for sharing. Your Sound of Steam actuator needs some adjusting and I'm pretty sure it also has the electronic whistle too. Love the MPC era. I picked up an 8206 recently and it runs & pulls great.

My first Lionel was MPC 1974. Though terrible by Lionel standards I knew no different at 10 years of age; my favorite Christmas gift of my youth. Thank you for bringing back memories through your interpretation. Great video👍🏽

Nice set love your videos

Great information 👍👍👍👍cool set

Hello, did you do a video of the service station set Bethlehem Steel I think it was made in 2000?

I think it’s important when videoing that the audience gets to see the items. It’s most important to make sure that everything is in frame. Thanks.

I have a boxed F3 service station set, Milwaukee Road. I need to free up some space, do you have any interest? I'm mostly looking to get rid of it, not get rich haha!

The products Lionel has out now is far better than those from 1970.

The mpc era lionel trains are in many hearts and minds of 70's kids the toys had a lot of charm. Il never sell what i have.

Nice set Dave, The MKT stock car is bast off a postwar car In 1958 in a Virginian rectifier set

Nice👍👍

Try holding the items from the set box in the picture.

Great set David.

The MKT stock car is actually quite similar to the postwar 6556 MKT stock car. The main difference is the postwar version has white doors; the MPC version has yellow doors.

Thanks for sharing Dave.

Love the Hudson in this set! A younger brother to my 2065

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David I have that same NYC Hudson steam engine and tender. It is the only MPC steam engine with the Baldwin disc wheels and they certainly look nice on that Santa Fe type boiler shell!!! Thank you for sharing this video!! 🎥

This is a fantastic set!! I actually have this set brand new in all of their original boxes. The only thing I did do was open up my tender. The one thing you need to aware of is the sound board in the tender was put on a piece of foam rubber that most likely has disintegrated over time inside. I HIGHLY recommend that you do not plug in this tender to the locomotive until you resolve this issue. If that board touches the chassis of the tender, the capacitors on the sound board WILL short out, and you will not have your Mighty Sound of Steam sounds, nor the electronic whistle that this tender has. Your locomotive should have come with a #8251-50 horn/whistle controller. This controller works best to operate the electronic whistle inside the tender. If not, a standard transformer with whistle control will work as well. Open up the tender, and clean out the old disintegrated foam rubber, and replace it with double sided foam tape. You’ll then be able to use the tender without any worry of losing your sounds. I did mine a number of years ago, and it worked perfectly then, and I feel most confident it will work perfectly now. I plan on setting my set up this year for the first time because I have my first grandson that will enjoy seeing this colorful set, and that one day I will hand this down to him in full operating condition. Tom

That tender came out after the turbine loco with 6-whel trucks ! It is a Pennsy prototype !

Don't forget to run your great trains a bit slower !

Cool set!

My 8206 has a loud tender but the whistle doesn't work. Cool service station set.

Really great set! Does the tender have a whistle? If so is it post war style or electronic? I'm sure you'll enjoy owning this.

This looks so cool. Great catch man 🤙

The mighty sounds of…?😭

MPC mighty sounds of static? The old whistles are easily repaired and maintained.

Need longer trains