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Thanks for sharing a really great find. "Happy Rails". GMan

I love ❤ the MPC era!!! A lot of great looking and great running trains were produced in that era. Thanks for sharing and I love the video!!!

When are we going to see the trash train turn to treasure?

You did excellent restorative work on your loco and cars !! I appreciated the more moderate running speeds because most tin-platers run their trains at break-neck speeds.

The things people do are amazing!!! Why throw this stuff out? Unbelievable!! Glad you found it.

AWESOME FIND! Think I'm going to become a sanitary engineer! :)😄

What a classic #736 steam locomotive. You did a beautiful job on restoring that locomotive. Runs like factory new again! Frank

What a fantastic video my friend. You have a beautiful looking layout packed with action. I really love that you used Plasticville houses. I just subbed to your channel and will be getting caught up on your videos.💯❤️😎

I came from the 9/11 disney video

The MPC era produced cheaper Lionel sets , locomotives and rolling stock. However, it was the MPC designers who gave us the needle bearing rollingstock allowing us to pull longer trains. They also gave us the scale diecast freight car trucks with real springs which put to shame the old postwar freight car trucks hands down. In time, the MPC developers reached a level of quality which matched the original postwar Lionel complete with magnatraction and steel gears. They brought back such classics as the N&W J, the 783 Hudson (which was a copy of the 1950 model Hudson), the Virginian FM (with the new Southern Pacific - which existed with the original Lionel as a prototype model only, never produced) and the GG1 with (eventually) the same quality of the original. Another thing is MPC gave us much more colorful, attractive models over the flat or rather boring postwar models (except for several of their diesels). MPC did a huge service in bringing Lionel back from bankruptcy and gave it new life and these MPC models reflect that with their vibrant paint schemes and eventual high quality re-issues. BTW, I drove my parents nuts with the "Mighty Sound of Steam"!! My parents would ask me to unplug the tender from the engine to shut it up. - Memories.

One mans trash is another mans gold! Congratulations on your latest acquisitions. What a fantastic save!

Save that's how I got all my trains some worst than that

Most of my trains are MPC and up to 2005. There was plenty made and can be bought inexpensively.

wow!! Helicopter car, auto loader, AND submarine that’s an insane find

Great channel, you sure know Lionel history. Keep up the good work!

Thats hella cool .... I'm glad you saw it before it got smashed in the garbage truck!!! 😳

Thank you for showing that a bit of cleanup can make the trains sparkle. And saving these beautiful postwar Lionel trains from being scrapped into the junkyard makes this collection enjoyable because your restoration is rewarding. All of the cars are fantastic. I remember seeing a different version of your chopper car. And it was the light blue model with the solid yellow chopper. When it soared, the entire body of the helicopter rotated! However, I remember the chopper elevating roughly twelve inches. I'm impressed.

Great find! Thanks for saving

Keep up the good work. Getting back into Lionel myself. Have a 1950 Hudson, its a repaint but thanks to your information it runs like new! Thank you!!!

Awesome find and thanks for saving it that’s my goal in this hobby to save and bring them back to life to enjoy them again

You got a 1956 set there with the Milwaukee the trucks on the scout tender can be salvaged Grills for Auto car are easy to get

Nice presentation ; I hope you paid almost nothing for these items ! Good luck on your restorations !

Thats crazy! Saved from the trash, way to go!

That was a great save, and great haul! You got some excellent Lionel pieces. I look forward to your restorations of the rolling stock and the locomotives. Tom

Some people sell these things on Ebay, the more damaged and rotted, the lower the price they usually go for. I've bought several pieces from there that were advertised as 'not working', 'does not run', and 'for parts only', and attempted to restore them to operating condition with mixed success.

With some elbow grease a lot of these pieces will look great, and some restoration work will bring those engines back to life. Ther are some nice pieces in that collection.

Hey, isn't it great when loveless and homeless Lionels find YOU? Yes, there's forces at work in the world beyond our understanding! Best o' luck on the rest of the restorations!

Wow, someone threw all of that away, unbelievable... so glad you saved it

The MPC Era had some very nice Engines and sets that are gaining value

ALMOST LIKE BEING RIGHT THERE WHAT EXCELLENTJOB!!

Growing up my first fascination with Lionel started as a kid watching 90s VHS tapes. Wasn't until I was probably 20 or 21 that I got my first Lionel set in 2013. I've just recently started adding to my tiny collection big time.

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If it wasn't for MPC General Mills there wouldn't be Lionel Trains today. MPC were made in Michigan by us who knew how to build complex things.. Think about it?

The plunger is also used to push air to force smoke out of the stack.

Berk-shear not Berk-shiiire.

The "mighty sound of static" sounds better than the phoney digital sounds of today.

A lot of the "cheapening" that is blamed on MPC actually started during the later postwar era. The switcher that you showed was based on the postwar 600 series switchers from the mid 50s. These had stamped metal bases and molded on details, unlike the very early switchers that had cast metal bases and better motors. It was Lionel Corporation that started putting plastic trucks on their freight cars and even put plastic trucks on their 6464 boxcars in the 60s. One thing that can be said about MPC was that they buried the dreaded plastic "scout" motor for good.

I didn't have Lionel, but my parents got me, a Marx layout, with a #8 configuration. The locomotive was a 2-4-2 steamer. That was back in 1968ish?? I ran that 'till I was 12, or so. I don't have the tracking, or any of the accessories, but I still have the engine, and cars.

I received my first Lionel train, a Berkshire on Christmas, 1952. I still have it. It has required some maintenance, but runs fine.

That's a real nice engine, you did an excellent job restoring

Glad you got it.

Those are awesome, good stuff right there :)

Yup, please keep building these video's. I certainly am grateful for the content. AND ( I'm guessing from the accent ) a north eastern location the weather has been wet, no fun to be OUT side, might as well run trains and build train video's! Love that Lionel Milk car. What a contrast in technology as well. Pretty cool.

Timely video 4 me, thank you for building these, great and interesting channel you are building. Have a recently acquired 6-18003 Delaware, Lackawanna & Western 4-8-4 Locomotive that prolly needs to have the tender & preventative maintenance done sooner than later. DID dig out the old bubble gum like grease & put in a synthetic. Never thought to look in the tender :)

Cool 😊

Sierra no. 3?!!

I'm a big fan of MPC or older Lionels. Great video!

Love all the Plasticville pieces!

Mark McCummins I remember as a teen in the ‘70s having scorn for Lionel MPC, dismissing it as the “cereal trains.” These days I praise General Mills for saving a company that clearly was on the rocks. Because of their efforts Lionel is with us today.