Has anybody hear of a Lionel 2028 or can tell me something about it? I saw one in a ebay auction and it was listed as a “Lionel 027 2029”. I searched the Lionel Postwar Library and my standard catalog of postwar lionel and could not find it. I do know its a postwar engine because it has "Made in USA, Lionel Corporation, N.Y.
1955 vintage. Pennsy GP-7
Type I - Gold Lettering - VG $250, EX $425, Like New $650
Type II Yellow Lettering (most common) - VG $225, EX $350, Like New $500
Type III Tan Frame - VG $350, EX $500, $Like New $900 - (beware of fraudulent examples)
Source:
Standard Catalog of Lionel Trains - 1945 - 1969 by David Doyle, Krause Publications, ISBN 0-87349-890-9, copyright 2004
Hello Grayson!
A Lionel 2028 is a GP-7 that Lionel came out with in 1955 & is brown in color with gold lettering & numbers. It had no Horn although it did have Magne-Traction & was the economy version of a GP-7 in those days. A 2029 is a Steam Engine that Lionel made starting in 1963 with the old 2026/2037 Tooling. Again, this is another engine that was basic & it had no Magne-Traction at all & was one of the first engines in the 1960s to use Tire-Traction (Lionel’s term for a Rubber Tire on one wheel) The 2029s came with Whistling & Non-Whistling Tenders as well( 243W, 233W, or a 1130 Non-Whistling Tender) The better 2029s were made from 1963-1965. After 1965, the 2029 was made in Japan & suffered from poor quality as they were assembled very poorly & had loose axle bushings & oversized screws. The Japanese had very bad quality control in those days & this is part of the reason Lionel sales suffered in the mid-late 60s. The 2029s made in Japan are identified by a Bronze colored metal used to make the Front & Rear Trucks & the Winding Wire of the Motor Field is Green(The Versions made in Hillside,NJ had Red Windings on the Motor Field) These descriptions will help identify the different 2029s made back then. Take Care.
The 2028 was an economy model. It did not have a belly fuel tank. The fixed handrails were either attached with rivets or by welding. It also came with only one light in the short end, and I believe, did not have stainless steel handrails at the cab.
Kurt
Greenberg’s Price guide don’t list the 2028 as being that high in dollar value; Greenberg’s Pocket Price Guide 1901-2008 page 70, is where it is listed. Also I have never seen anybody get book prices for any of their trains, always less than book.
Lee F.
Actually, all you are referring to a GP-7, however its a steam engine.
Look at the auction description:
Grayson,
That looks like a 2026 to me,the lettering is probably blurred,and the seller posted the wrong number.
Lionel never made a 2028 steam loco.
Carl T.
Judging by the scintered iron drive wheels, the 2026 you are looking at was probably produced from 51-53, and modelled after the 1666, and would have a 2-6-4 configuration. Provided that is the origional motor, and wheels.
Smoke and headlight, no magnatraction. Tenders range from 6066T, 6466T (no whistle), and the 6466w whistle tender.
Kurt