Gauge Gondola Car
Gauge Gondola Car
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 LIONEL ERIE ANIMATED GONDOLA train car police hobo o gauge 6 38324 3444  US $118.84
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 LIONEL ATSF OPERATING BARREL CAR train gondola o gauge ramp 6 38329 3562 US $118.84
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 LIONEL NYC CULVERT PIPE CAR load 6 38349 train gondola mth o gauge 6342 NEW US $89.84
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 LIONEL MTH 11 70011 3812 O GAUGE TINPLATE GONDOLA CAR US $72.00
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 Lionel O gauge PS 5 Gondola Car w Containers Koppers US $60.99
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 Lionel O gauge PS 5 53 foot gondola car w containers New York Central US $60.99
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 LIONEL 17185 LINES ROTARY BATHTUB GONDOLA TRAIN CAR O GAUGE SCALE LLCX HOPPER US $59.95
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 LIONEL CANADIAN PACIFIC RAIL GONDOLA CAR 6 30048 coal train o gauge cp 6 26375 US $54.84
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 LIONEL 9307 ERIE O GAUGE ANIMATED GONDOLA CAR OB US $50.00
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 LIONEL NYC GONDOLA CAR w LOAD train o gauge 5 barrels coal ore 6462 w box US $50.00
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 O Gauge Ives no 63 NYC HR Gravel Gondola car US $49.95
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 LIONEL NYC GONDOLA CAR w LOAD train o gauge barrels coal ore 6 38310 6462 NEW US $48.84
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 LIONEL NYC GONDOLA 6 30103 Rolling Stock railroad Train car o gauge 726609 NEW US $39.84
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 NIB O AND O27 GAUGE NEW YORK CENTRAL LONG GONDOLA CAR US $38.50
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 LIONEL O GAUGE POSTWAR TRAIN 6462 BLACK GONDOLA CARS WITH BARRELS ORIGINAL BOX US $35.00
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 LIONEL LONE RANGER GONDOLA CAR 6 30116 train west o gauge tonto 6 26610 NEW US $33.84
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 LIONEL SANTA FE BARREL CAR train box gondola o gauge ATSF 6 30139 B NEW US $33.84
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 LIONEL NYC FLYER GONDOLA 26652 CONTAINERS train car o gauge 6 30156 US $28.84
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 O GAUGE WILLIAMS TRADITIONAL LINE 47207 BURLINGTON ROUTE GONDOLA CAR W BARRELS US $28.00
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 O GAUGE WILLIAMS TRADITIONAL LINE 47201 ALASKA RAILROAD GONDOLA CAR W BARRELS US $28.00
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 LIONEL POSTWAR O GAUGE GONDOLA AND HOPPER CARS US $25.00
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 MINT CONDITION Lionel 6 19966 Railroader Club Gondola Car Modern O Gauge US $20.99
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 AMERICAN FLYER 476 O GAUGE GONDOLA CAR US $20.00
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 K Line O O27 Gauge freight car K 6545 Ferrara Candy Gondola with Crates NIB US $19.99
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 LIONEL36063 CONRAIL GONDOLA CAR WITH TWO CANNISTERS MINT O GAUGE TRAIN CAR LOOK US $16.50
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 MARX O GAUGE PAIR TIN LITHO CARS 3555 BOXCAR 3552 GONDOLA P616 US $15.99
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All about Lionel Model Trains
During their nadir, Lionel model trains were legendary internationally for their focus on detail and the standard of manufacture. They continue to are : from Hogwart's Express for Harry Potter fans to the Polar Express or merely the straightforward Pennsylvania steam freight train, Lionel offers a large range of trains that are true to the originals, real or hypothetical.
In reality, a Lionel electrical train was one of the first two electric toys to be inducted into the national Toy Hall-Of-Fame ( the other was the straightforward Bake Oven ). It was his marketing expertise that gave rise to the phenomenon of Model Train collecting at the start of the 20th century.
His idea commenced when he devised moving promoting gondolas employing a tiny electric motor he had developed, and when he revealed that folk were more inquisitive about the gondolas than in the products they were lugging around he got the idea of using his electric motor in toy trains. By means of fantastic dept displays at xmas time Cowen gave rise to a public interest in toy trains, and shortly they were among the state's most well liked toys.
Cowen's arrival of the two 1/8' gauge 3 rail track became the standard, and signaled his dominance of the toy train market. A curious innovation of the O-scale track was the O27. The standard O makes a circle 31 inches in diameter when the curved rails are put together, while the O27 was only 27'. The O27 could run OK on O gauge track, but not vice versa, as the 27' curve was too sharp for standard O scale trains. After Lionel's golden decade covering 1946 - 56, the company dropped as a rising number of folks switched to the smaller HO scale ( that Lionel ultimately sticked to ) and kids's interests went from toy trains to toy vehicles. This was only to be expected since the age of the car had arrived, and although vehicles had been in existence for many decades, it was only now that the number of models had expanded to the limit that toy manufacturers considered it worth manufacturing them. Toy cars were less costly to folks than trains that required rolling stock and tracks to go with them. The company was at last sold to a business known as General Mills who ran it from 1969, even though it never hit the heights of earlier years. Then in 1986 it passed on to Lionel collector Richard Kughn, and became known as Lionel Trains. Quality quickly rose again but in 1995 the company was sold to a consortium known as Wellspring Associates LLC. The company now trades using the nom-de-plume Lionel LLC, but will always be known to fans as Lionel Toy Trains.
Real vintage Lionel model trains can be identified from the couplings. Prior to the Second World War, Lionel couplings looked like hooks, while after the war there were two types of coupling : the Scout series couplers and the more modern peg couplers. The Scout series were the entry-level series with G shaped couplings that don't open. The more complicated couplings have pegs that may be pulled on the bottom to open them.
Post-war also saw the arrival of electrical couplers. This was better than the 1st version as there were no contact shoes to get snagged with switch points.
The Lionel model trains are normally stamped with four numbers, identifying each item. These can be found either underneath or on the side of each vehicle and locomotive.
The company now operates from Ohio, and the new 2009 catalog offers many new items including the New York Transit tube set, and the Dewitt Clinton Heritage Steam Passenger set, and there is also a large number of new rolling stock. Lionel model trains are still live and kicking, and the new catalog proves that it has not lost its gusto for innovation.
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