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Great video. Really like that you like the old stuff Great to meet you at the Wheaton show today and gave you a shout out on the video I posted today Wheaton train show recap and something I bought and I’m not sure why. th-cam.com/video/ut-nkA4R-6o/w-d-xo.html

@8:53, the plug above your pointer suggests that you have the motor brush plate from a 671R locomotive. These are even rarer than the loco itself as they were used in the later 40s with the short lived radio control model sets. The plug was relocated to the left post and a lead from the tender supplied the remote control E unit command. You could also control the whistle, uncouple cars and dump loads from cars ect. As they used tube tech and were difficult to keep on frequency, plus they were quite a bit more money, they were a very limited production.

Still running strong

Best I can afford are the o27 ones like the 2055. Ones like you got seem to go for stupid prices.

Tried to buy one in a pawn shop. Owner wouldn’t sell it; he just displayed it and an old, smaller engine.

My first set! LOVE the Mighty Sound of Steam!! Thanks for sharing!

Great loco for sure! Just a heads-up I noticed that yours is missing the screw for the grease port on the underside. Looks like a good runner, thanks for sharing!!

It is a beauty and the 1950 Hudson is at the top of my wish list. I have a 1937 700E which is in excellent condition with no metal warpage. I also have the gunmetal 1937 763E with the Vanderbuilt tender which is also in pristine condition and a 1940 black 763E also in pristine condition. I inherited the black 763 E from my father in 2011. He bought this locomotive at a York, Pennsylvania TCA show in 1977 so it has a history with my family. I received my 700E from my father and mother as a birthday gift in 1986 after I meticulously reassembled it as it had been taken apart by it's original owner for cleaning but never got to it before he passed away. His brother sold it to my father. I worked slowly and meticulously knowing what it was and I had to make sure everything was correctly reassembled. I needed a 'new' original motor as the old motor was a 7-pole DC motor from the 1940's which the original owner had installed. I also had to purchase a 'new' original lubricator arm (700E owners will know exactly what I'm talking about) and put it into place which was a bear! None of the locomotive had to be repainted as the original owner was very careful with his model so all I had to do was clean it with dawn dish soap and a soft bristle tooth brush. I finally finished the project and presented it to my dad in August 1986 as a birthday gift but little did I know, the following October (my birthday) there was a gift card on the table and when I opened it, it was a made-up owners certificate for this 700E locomotive. Little did I know I was working on my own birthday gift, I thought I was doing it for my father. This 700E had it's original oak display board which alone could sell for around $1k and it has it original slide shoe pick-up for outside third rail operation common in the 30's and 40's. It also has it's original owners booklet which is in excellent condition. Mr. Bryant (the original owner who bought this locomotive in July 1938 from a King's Department Store) obviously took extremely good care of his Hudson. Yes, I still have these locomotives because of sentimental reasons. I have not serviced the 700E since 1985-86 and it runs so quiet and smooth. I recently serviced the black 763E by taking it apart and replacing all the old remaining grease with new gun grease. I also cleaned the motor brushes and now it runs like new. I did the same with my gunmetal 763E and it too runs so smooth. No hi-tech stuff to fail while sitting on a shelf for more than a year, just a simple, reliable performing model. Your video helped bring back a flood of memories surrounding these engines so thank you for posting this video. My father did have a 1950 Hudson but he sold it at a train show so I did not get to keep it. He bought it from a friend of a friend out west in New Mexico in 1986, it was really nice. I would have like to have had it too but that's okay. I had a modern 700E by Lionel from 1991 but sold it. If you ever get this model, it is a very fine running locomotive.

Where did you get it from? These are prized pieces I saw the 700e for 8000 at a show These old engines will outlive us all

It is on the top of my want list. The 1950 Berkshire is second on my list.

I think your 773 is definitely top of the Line and a beautiful Lionel Postwar Hudson scale locomotive. I would love to have one of the postwar versions but can't afford right now they seem to sell for $1000 plus on ebay. I do have the scale 763e Lionel Hudson with Vanderbilt tender that was made in the 1990's I bought back in 2011 new condition I have never used it was looking at it a moment ago. Is the body of your tender that goes with your 773 diecast? Thank you for sharing and I also like your background information you provided.

The locomotive is definitely on my list. Congratulations on locating one for your collection! It’s a great runner! 👍💯

Wow it looks great.

I think for its time yes it was fantastic and a worthwhile collectible but not the best in the overall collection of modern trains. We have many tmcc ,lagercy, and mpc locomotives to consider

Love it👍👍👍

700e

The 773 is at the very top of my Lionel wishlist, but I am very happy with my 784 Boston & Albany Hudson (and not just because it was the only one I could afford lol)

I have the Century Club version of the 773. Lionel originally wanted to re-release the 773 Hudson in 1996 but ultimately decided to release it in the year 2000 instead for their 100 anniversary.

I don't have the 773 but I do have the 785 from 1988 which is alo a fantastic locomotive

Yep best steam engine lionel manufactured .

I have a slightly older version of this locomotive in Pennsylvania colors from 2019. I’m kinda jealous cause the whistle on yours is a much nicer sounding whistle than mine (which doesn’t sound bad, but it sounds more like an air whistle than a steam whistle). The tender has always bothered me. It’s too tall for the loco and makes it look weirdly small. I’m looking into lowering the shell a bit to make it look better sized, cause my 2046W (which is pretty much the same shell) sits lower on its trucks and looks much nicer. This is a very nice locomotive. It’s pretty good value for what you get, though I do think they should’ve tried a little harder to cover up the inner mechanisms in the front. I saw the smoker was working very well on yours. Is it still working that good? Mine worked for maybe 3 weeks and now it barely puffs. It forms the smoke, but it doesn’t push it out the funnel.

The 773 is the holy grail postwar engine! Although I think I’m gonna have to settle for a 783 due to prices

Very cool! That is one gorgeous locomotive. The 2426W originally came with the post-war 726. If I remember correctly, it is the post-war version of the pre-war 2224 tender. I'd love to get a 773, someday. An excellent review and video, as always.

Awesome video, I don’t have a 773, been waiting for a deal😂😂. I think the 736 Berkshire is a close second.

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Nice, how ever you just made a lot of collectors go outside and scream yeah opened it when it was sealed, I thought I was the only silly buggar who did that kind of stuff

I like that set.That car that carries the Rails is hot

Great vidio, like the set.Thanks for the morning coffee...

Cool review, thanks!

Liked the set so much I just bought one for myself, thanks for the video.

Nice vid but I missed the bottom view of undercarriage.

Very well presented video. There's alot of key points that I like about this video. You mentioned how you can negotiate with vendors at the shows which is true. Alot of vendors want to move products so they will negotiate prices. The other thing that I liked is that you didn't go down the road of collecting trains and put the set in a corner. You showed that there is nothing wrong with opening up a new old stock set and enjoying it. Also I like the fact that you were to the point with your review of each car. I don't watch videos with long drawn out reviews. Yours was perfect. I liked the Penn Central train that you were running. You might enjoy my video with a Penn Central run as well. The video is called the Emerald Express.

Maybe you could wedge some thin cardstock or balsa wood under the crane as a temporary way of tightening that loose cab. But, overall it’s a nice looking set. Good for you!

I have the same set it’s pretty cool. The only problem I have had is the knuckles on a couple of the cars broke, I replaced them with new pieces. Other than that no problems I liked the set . I bought because I worked in the wreck dept of the Penn Central years back and I remember these wreck trains , also I have a large collection of railroad cranes,pre war post war and modern TMCC so the set was a nice addition to my collection

That is a great lesson to learn a couple of lessons number one when you see it, buy it. Number to just take a walk around the loop then come back and ask you got another half price great buy for this Just a fun fact, I believe that white tank car is right mobile gas train set back in the late 60s and had that bullshit on engine as well. Which look really cool. I’m actually trying to click that the engine OK

Cool set, sounds like you got a great deal!

Great work dude! No pun intended lol. Good job with the Review. The 1656 is a great choice too run the entire set with

Very nice! That is a fine set. The combo car is the crew car. Back in the day, that is how the wreck crews traveled to the derailment sites. These days, they use buses. It is good that you have the boom trailing, in the down position, which is proper. The boom is always trailing, down and secured, when moving in the train. The bodies of the crane car were always somewhat loose, because the shaft is smaller in diameter than where it fits through the chassis. It is possible to push the clip on the bottom a little tighter, but it really makes very little difference. Either way, Lionel always got great use out of their molds and castings, as that whole train is basically post-war, with updated graphics. One way or another, it is a great set. An excellent video, as always.

Great deal

I have this set, I definitely would recommend it for your O gauge layout, put it on a siding waiting for use! 🚂🫶

Looks like a fun set. 👍👍👍

Wow, great job asking about the price! Also, neat set. I really like the crew car.

Looks great

very nice

Have you tried tightening the screw that connects crane to the car body I have had some bad luck with crane cars One came from auction,with the trucks broken off and another one was dropped Nuts washers and lond screws do wonders.Also I notice your train addiction is growing 😊 Wait until you get the scale virus

Very nice set And a great price

Forget lieleeman8303 it is your layout and your trains if you want to "Highball" go right ahead that is what Lionel Postwar and Lionel MPC trains were made for!!! Nothing wrong with "Highballing"!!! I love the video too!! ❤❤

If the crane is similar to the post war crane, you can remove the cab from the car and add shims to straighten out the crane cab. Good luck.

Very cool set and great video