The Airco box car represents a refrigerated or insulated boxcar with a tank inside for industrial gases, and somebody found that a tank body fits inside the standard 6464 Lionel box, a nice detail if you open the door.
That little speeder is made by General Models Corp. It was called the 'Mac' in their old catalogs. I've heard they were made as inexpensive as possible, and have a motor with only two rotor poles inside, which means sometimes they might need a push to get started, don't know how true that part is though.
They also made a trolley that looked a lot like the Lionel #60 trolley but smaller. Both trolleys were modeled after the Birney Single Truck Safety Car, a trolley that was popular around 1920. General Models also offered a scale NW2 diesel switcher like Lionel's but theirs was all die cast.
The Airco box car represents a refrigerated or insulated boxcar with a tank inside for industrial gases, and somebody found that a tank body fits inside the standard 6464 Lionel box, a nice detail if you open the door.
The blue 8303 was originally going to head the 70s Blue Comet set, but Lionel knew they could do better and used the blue Hudson instead.
Great video. Love the mechanical sound of steam
That little speeder is made by General Models Corp. It was called the 'Mac' in their old catalogs. I've heard they were made as inexpensive as possible, and have a motor with only two rotor poles inside, which means sometimes they might need a push to get started, don't know how true that part is though.
Thanks for the info!
They also made a trolley that looked a lot like the Lionel #60 trolley but smaller. Both trolleys were modeled after the Birney Single Truck Safety Car, a trolley that was popular around 1920. General Models also offered a scale NW2 diesel switcher like Lionel's but theirs was all die cast.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birney#:~:text=A%20Birney%20or%20Birney%20Safety,labor%20cost%20than%20conventional%20streetcars.
interesting
Very interesting.