Fantastic find! So cool that your friend alerted you to the sale and that’s the engine you found there! And you are obviously very happy, and who wouldn’t be, that is such a gorgeous engine. I didn’t realize the 773 came with different tenders, good to know. Thanks for sharing.
WOW! great find! I know where there is a 773 1950's version with Lionel lines tender for sale in my home town. After watching your vid and reading the comments, I'm thinking I need to take the plunge in it.
That's beautiful! I just bought the "66" NYC 773 myself. I almost didn't but, my buddy who has been collecting for over forty years said you better or it will be gone. Glad I did
Great Find ,lam.always looking for Trains ,l have a few 773 ,s ,but today l picked up a Nice 616 Flying Yankee Set and A Few more Train Sets and a nice lionel trolley Set as Well 2 Big Transformers and alot Accessories in boxes all for 300 dollars great find and thanks for Sharing
Congratulations! I got my 773 2 years ago. My favorite steam locomotive I have. Make sure you lube it up including cleaning out the old grease from the gearbox & add new. Very nice find!
Congrats on a great find. Even if it's the New York Central version, most of us are pretty jealous. Keep good care of her and hope to see her running soon.
Beautiful 773. Looks like it is in awesome shape. Enjoy it for a long time. By the way, your peach shirt looks very stylish on you. Nice wardrobe choice.
Nice find, my 773 is a prized part of my train collection. I was lucky enough to be gifted the complete 2169WS freight set many years ago by a relative. He wanted my young children to enjoy it. My family and I will treasure it forever and remember him every time we run it. Good luck with your 773.
As an operator myself, the only thing I'd say to not do is let this become a shelf queen. Everywhere I go I see collectors who let these things sit on shelves, afraid of running them lest they get even the slightest little ding on their perfect locomotive. They don't realize the damage that's being done simply by letting them set. These things need to be run, it's what they were built to do.
Beautiful find and congrats! Those nice boxes add a great deal to the value and collectability of the piece. Keep in mind when you take the engine and tender in and out that that cardboard is almost 60 years old. The corrugated box for the engine is fairly safe but the thin carboard of the tender box is delicate and the lids and coupler protection flaps will tear very easily.
Really nice . I just have the later ones, the 783,and the 1990 scale version.,but it's good enough at my age.But even those are just great running engines🏆🏆
Rare find with brick boxes. In my area you would have to fight 100 people to get that Loco/tender. That is 1964-66 with the more desirable NYC tender. You probably know this already but you need 072 radius track to run that on.
Great find and incredible condition and great boxes. The difference between this one available between 64 and 66 and the 1950 release is there are no valve guides from the steam chest and obviously the tender. The 1950 model had a wonderful die cast tender with die cast 6 wheel trucks. The early 1964 tenders were lettered Pennsylvania which was incorrect, the Pennsy didn't have Hudson's. Yours is NYC which is correct. Also, yours has a backwards water scoop under the tender which may be a little more unusual. Bummer that they put a plastic tender with plastic trucks behind such a beautiful locomotive. Great find though.
Amazing find, but if you want to fix the scoop, it's an easy fix. Remove the shell, take to whistle off the frame, and the scoop is simply resting within the pocket. Lift and rotate, then put everything back together. It's a 5 min fix tops.
I'm new to model trains. Just have a couple questions. 1-how can I tell a train is ac or dc from the outside of the model train. 2- how many is too many to have of model trains. 3- what makes each brand different and why have so many engines if they all do the same thing? Thanks
I know how you feel about finding this locomotive . I am getting out of the hobby and have an entire room full of Lionel Post War trains in boxes that I want to sell .( not give away ) .
I want one of these. But for now I'll just have to live with the 2055 I just got in the mail today. Hopefully the seller can find the tender that it was supposed to have with it.
Awesome find! But this video needs to be rated PG-13; the couple of times you bumped it my heart nearly stopped!! Please do a run video after you service it! Also the scoop on mine is pointing the other way.
Maybe it's an optical illusion but it looks like the lefthand handrail is bent, compared to the right side one. (Looking at the front, the "bent" one would be on the right side of the picture.)
Nice engine, you should be a little more careful with it , don’t pick it up by the lettering. Also you almost dropped it at least two times . It’s a piece of history take care of it . Have it serviced properly before using it. Good luck.
Awesome 773 Hudson!
Happy for you Ray ! Give it a good service and let roll !
Sweet!!!! Love the estate sales. Love to know what you got it for.
Dude, you scored! Impressive shape!
Fantastic find! So cool that your friend alerted you to the sale and that’s the engine you found there! And you are obviously very happy, and who wouldn’t be, that is such a gorgeous engine. I didn’t realize the 773 came with different tenders, good to know. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching.
1950 version came with the 2426W (Like a 783 tender) and the 1964 version (Ray's engine) came with the 773W as shown.
Ray.....good things come to those who wait. Score !
WOW! great find! I know where there is a 773 1950's version with Lionel lines tender for sale in my home town. After watching your vid and reading the comments, I'm thinking I need to take the plunge in it.
That's beautiful! I just bought the "66" NYC 773 myself. I almost didn't but, my buddy who has been collecting for over forty years said you better or it will be gone. Glad I did
Great train to have!
Great Find ,lam.always looking for Trains ,l have a few 773 ,s ,but today l picked up a Nice 616 Flying Yankee Set and A Few more Train Sets and a nice lionel trolley Set as Well 2 Big Transformers and alot Accessories in boxes all for 300 dollars great find and thanks for Sharing
Congratulations! I got my 773 2 years ago. My favorite steam locomotive I have. Make sure you lube it up including cleaning out the old grease from the gearbox & add new. Very nice find!
Nice find! Hope to see a run session video once you clean lube and oil!
I thought I had a great find this weekend with the purchase of a 671 tubine with the 2671wx tender with factory tail lights. You win 🏆 Bill
2671W not WX sorry
@@williampetruno9138 My opinion is that your tender is harder to get than a 1966 Hudson, though a Turbine wouldn't ever be worth as much as a 773.
I would definitely keep the boxes because there in excellent condition, if you did decide to sell her the buyer would want the boxes!🚂
Congrats on a great find. Even if it's the New York Central version, most of us are pretty jealous. Keep good care of her and hope to see her running soon.
Thanks for watching.
@@raysrails2164 I’m currently working on a history video for the 773. Maybe we could do a mash-up video together
@@railchief74 Yes that would be great for a future video.
@@raysrails2164 cool, let me know on Facebook or messenger if your interested
What do you mean by “Even if it’s the New York Central Version”. Are you saying it’s worse because it is a New York Central Locomotive?
Great find
Awesome find. Congratulations. Please post video when you get her running on the layout.
Beautiful 773. Looks like it is in awesome shape. Enjoy it for a long time.
By the way, your peach shirt looks very stylish on you. Nice wardrobe choice.
It's only the most wanted steam locomotive in lionel Postwar history. Quite envious. Nice!!
Yep it was crazy seeing the box for the first time and pulling the engine out to look at it.
What a score!!! Wish I had that kind of luck at estate/yard sales....
Great find Ray. looks like a great engine, enjoy! Would like to see her run soon!
So happy for you that you were able to get the engine you wanted! Glad it went to a good home, enjoy!
That's the quintessential Lionel Post-War Hudson to have, awesome find and condition! 😎👍
Nice find, my 773 is a prized part of my train collection. I was lucky enough to be gifted the complete 2169WS freight set many years ago by a relative. He wanted my young children to enjoy it.
My family and I will treasure it forever and remember him every time we run it. Good luck with your 773.
Thanks I plan on keeping it.
Really nice!
Thanks for watching
As an operator myself, the only thing I'd say to not do is let this become a shelf queen.
Everywhere I go I see collectors who let these things sit on shelves, afraid of running them lest they get even the slightest little ding on their perfect locomotive. They don't realize the damage that's being done simply by letting them set. These things need to be run, it's what they were built to do.
Sweet !
Your 773 Hudson is nice,I would like to see it running
on a big layout!
Very nice. Please do a run session.
omg wow the hudsons are a beautiful loco your 773 is in awesome shape condition
Thanks.i was really happy to find one I could afford
Beautiful find and congrats! Those nice boxes add a great deal to the value and collectability of the piece. Keep in mind when you take the engine and tender in and out that that cardboard is almost 60 years old. The corrugated box for the engine is fairly safe but the thin carboard of the tender box is delicate and the lids and coupler protection flaps will tear very easily.
Yes I leave the boxes open on the shelf.thanks for watching.
Really nice . I just have the later ones, the 783,and the 1990 scale version.,but it's good enough at my age.But even those are just great running engines🏆🏆
Rare find with brick boxes. In my area you would have to fight 100 people to get that Loco/tender. That is 1964-66 with the more desirable NYC tender. You probably know this already but you need 072 radius track to run that on.
Be glad you got the version that wasn't lettered "Pennsylvania". Little blunder on Lionel's part.
Very nice. Glad you got it.
I still love it ! Thanks for watching
Epic 773 Ray! Vintage Hudsons are my favorite.
They run on 031 curves too
I have a Lionel 1953 semi scale 773 Hudson and it’s very rare and smooth runner
I'm so happy you found this Enjoy. I have a 663 small Hudson that I've had since I was a kid and wouldn't trade for the world
I meant to say 665 small Hudson
Nice find Ray! I’d say you were pretty lucky to score that 773 from the estate sale!
Yep it was a great find.
Great find and incredible condition and great boxes. The difference between this one available between 64 and 66 and the 1950 release is there are no valve guides from the steam chest and obviously the tender. The 1950 model had a wonderful die cast tender with die cast 6 wheel trucks. The early 1964 tenders were lettered Pennsylvania which was incorrect, the Pennsy didn't have Hudson's. Yours is NYC which is correct. Also, yours has a backwards water scoop under the tender which may be a little more unusual. Bummer that they put a plastic tender with plastic trucks behind such a beautiful locomotive. Great find though.
Thanks for the information.Thanks for watching.
Congrats!! It's a shame that Lionel cut corners with the 1960's 773 and didn't go with the 2426W die cast tender.
Great find man. A very iconic engine from Lionel. Good luck with it, she's definitely a keeper!
Nice add to your collection!
Nice real nice, good presentation Ray.
Yep thanks, thats one of my older videos .
Nice find. Please note, the tender water scoop is on backwards
Yes I saw its easy to fix but I'm going to leave it how it is.thanks for watching.
Some came like that from factory. Leave it alone. Also box with red print a little harder to find.
Sweet
I ran it a few laps around the layout for the first time yesterday.
That is awesome, I have the Gray MPC version, I know how heavy they are.
You might have part of the 1964 Super O set
Thanks.I will look that set up tonight and check it out I never heard of it before.
These are made to be enjoyed by kids of all ages. ENJOY!!!!!
Amazing find, but if you want to fix the scoop, it's an easy fix. Remove the shell, take to whistle off the frame, and the scoop is simply resting within the pocket. Lift and rotate, then put everything back together. It's a 5 min fix tops.
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Very nice, like
What a brute! Loveit
Thanks for checking the video out .
I'm new to model trains. Just have a couple questions.
1-how can I tell a train is ac or dc from the outside of the model train.
2- how many is too many to have of model trains.
3- what makes each brand different and why have so many engines if they all do the same thing?
Thanks
Nice good luck rare find
I know how you feel about finding this locomotive . I am getting out of the hobby and have an entire room full of Lionel Post War trains in boxes that I want to sell .( not give away ) .
Thanks for watching
I want one of these. But for now I'll just have to live with the 2055 I just got in the mail today. Hopefully the seller can find the tender that it was supposed to have with it.
I hear you
Awesome find! But this video needs to be rated PG-13; the couple of times you bumped it my heart nearly stopped!! Please do a run video after you service it! Also the scoop on mine is pointing the other way.
Yes I thought I was helping myself when I made the turn table.thanks for watching.
Maybe it's an optical illusion but it looks like the lefthand handrail is bent, compared to the right side one. (Looking at the front, the "bent" one would be on the right side of the picture.)
Thanks for watching.I noticed that also a day after I bought the piece.I looked in to it and all the others are like that also.
Can we see it run
Yes soon .I let it run 2 laps around the layout.I need to put new grease in the gear box.thanks for watching.
Is it me or is the water scoop on the tender backwards?
The scoop was backwards in that year . Thanks for watching .
Nice engine, you should be a little more careful with it , don’t pick it up by the lettering. Also you almost dropped it at least two times . It’s a piece of history take care of it . Have it serviced properly before using it. Good luck.
It’s okay if u don’t have money u have sooooooooo much I reallly want some😢
Don’t drop it!
I know I heard that before the Hudson is still doing great and in my collection. Thanks for watching
I don't like.post war they're boring
What that's crazy !!
i wouldn't even look at a hudson unless its the 1950 version.the 64-66 looks like shit