That it does! My favorite time of year! I can’t give you a logical reason but it always has been.
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Same here. Love autumn.
Rich
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My DMIR 8813 SD18 also came with a nice glass display case.
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2-6-2 Locomotive No. 1666
First introduced in 1938, Lionel ’s 2-6-2 Locomotive No. 1666 was a scaled-down, economically-priced version of Lionel’s pre-war No. 700E “Hudson” type steam locomotive.
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And here!
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A friend of mine has a 2-rail brass Hudson in a display case on the piano in his living room. Bare brass, shined and polished, unmarred by dust or finger prints. It does take one’s breath away.
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How about a photo or two?
Rich
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It’s always fun to see an example of Lionel’s Hell Gate Bridge BUT if you want to get a proper “scale” impression of what the train vs. bridge size SHOULD be put an N Gauge train on the bridge.
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I agree. But you must remember that when this bridge first came out, the Lionel trains were even bigger than this one!
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Considering the 400E and 392E barely cleared the arches I’ve always wondered how well the big electrics like the 402E and 408E navigated the bridges with their pantographs raised. Or did they? My #8 is a lot smaller than either of those locos but the pantograph is a 402/408 reproduction part and there wasn’t much spare room for it. My paper bridge was built using the correct measurements btw.
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I think maybe HO might be more appropriate… or perhaps TT. Ultimately the Lionel model isn’t remotely done to a particular scale- I can’t imagine how expensive a scale model would be, and no doubt it would be hard to find many buyers for a scale proportioned Hell Gate Bridge back in the prewar years, let alone today. Not that Lionel did produce any ‘scale’ accessories at the time.
-El
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Didn’t a club somewhere build a scale Hellgate on their huge layout? I seem to remember pics in CTT, maybe?
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I’ll see what I can do.
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Yes, in fact Rene Schweitzer did a blog on the CTT website several years ago. The club’s in Wisconsin in the Waukesha / Milwaukee area but I don’t remember the name. And the size of that to-scale Hell Gate Bridge is breathtaking!
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I tried to find a photo of the Hell Gate Bridge with a train on it to download and post last night but so far no luck. There’s plenty of pictures of the bridge itself though.
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I tried to find a photo of the Hell Gate Bridge with a train on it to download and post last night but so far no luck. There’s plenty of pictures of the bridge itself though.
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Not a steamer, but here’s one.
Source: Flickr
Rich
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That does VERY nicely!
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