Greetings,
When I was a boy, in the early '60’s, I had 2 Lionel diesels, one was the yellow & gray Union Pacific, the other, which was my favourite, and the one my dad gave away to my cousin, which pissed me off, was a maroon or burgundy in colour and I don’t remember if there was a road name. And if I remember correctly, there was a front coupler. I have not been able to find any listings for this anywhere.
Does anybody have any info on this?
Thanx
First one that comes t mind is the Pennsy GP-7. Not maroon but tuscan with either tan or gold frame and hand rails???
No, not that body style. I’m talking of the style that first replaced steam, with the rounded nose.
There are several locomotives that it might have been. There were two Pennsylvania electrics in tuscan with gold stripes (not Diesel, but similar in appearance), the 2360 GG1, 1961-63, and the 2352 “EP-5”, 1957-58. There was also a Milwaukee Road “EP-5” in yellow and dark red, 1957-58. In real Diesels, there were some F3s, the 2373 Canadian Pacific A-A set in gray and reddish-brown, 1957, and the 2367 Wabash A-B set in gray and purplish blue, 1955.
Do you remember whether it had pantographs (on top, for current collection from overhead wire)? Was it single ended or was there a cab at both ends? How many units? If two, did each of them have a cab or just one?
No pantographs, single ended and only one unit, at least I had only one. I do not remember any other colour but the maroon/ burgundy, but the “Milwaukee Road” name is faintly familiar, and could be in white letters.
I wonder if perhaps it was a Rock Island FA-1
http://www.postwarlionel.com/cgi-bin/postwar?ITEM=2031
Or maybe a “Texas Special” F-3
No, it was neither of those, although the body style resembled that of the texas special.
Here are a few other options in the F-3 body style that could fit based on the colors you mentioned
Milwaukee
http://www.postwarlionel.com/cgi-bin/postwar?ITEM=2378
Canadian Pacific
http://www.postwarlionel.com/cgi-bin/postwar?ITEM=2373
Illinois Central
just in case heres a purple engine take a look now this is probally a lot newer than you had but it might be the road name http://cgi.ebay.com/LIONEL-TRAINS-PURPLE-F3-ENGINE-SET-ABA-ATLANTIC-COAST_W0QQitemZ290305994122QQcmdZViewItemQQptZModel_RR_Trains?hash=item290305994122&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A4|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1308
If it was a F-3 and in a color similar to maroon I would say it was the Canadian Pacific.
213, and the 216, and the 229 were red Minneapolis & St. Louis Alco Diesels, all with front couplers.
Lionel did make a 2028 Pennsy GP-7. Tuscan with gold lettering, railing and frame.
I don’t remember any Pennsy Diesel’s (Tuscan color) other than the GP-7.
Kurt
Sorry guys, none of those match, although they are some beautiful locomotives. The red of the Canadian Pacific is a close match, but all I can remember is that it was all one colour, and it was that colour that made it my favourite.
Thanx for all the suggestions. Maybe I’ll hook up with a hypnotist and do some regression therapy to figure this out.[:D][:D]
one more question do you remember if it was a plastic shell or maybe it was made out of tin
It was a plastic shell, and I remember that it did not have the look and feel of a repainted piece. I am also thinking that there was no insert to simulate windshields and door glass.
I am also thinking that all the current Lionel books may not be listing every single train that was produced and I may have to find and search through older versions to find what I am looking for.
Here are a few more possible options that come to mind
Dang! I didn’t know that list existed. I checked through every loco and nothing matches, although I saw that some numbers were missing.
The colour of the loco is the same colour of the caboose shown in this set with the white lettering.