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@drummerdave_a
10 ай бұрын
Very well done, Mike! Thank you! I always wondered how the system was designed and now it makes a whole lot more sense.
@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks
10 ай бұрын
Thanks!!
@christopherlillja8492
10 ай бұрын
Well done! I love this sort of information. I kinda knew there was a system, but it's great to know the details. Keep up the good work!
@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks
10 ай бұрын
Thanks!!
@wayneantoniazzi2706
10 ай бұрын
VERY informative! Thanks for posting!
@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks
10 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
@kensbackshop6399
10 ай бұрын
Awesome advice
@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks
10 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@johnknippenberg-LandmarkYards
10 ай бұрын
Good to know, some mysteries explained. Thanks!
@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks
10 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
@railchief74
10 ай бұрын
This was a brilliant way too explain this mike! I couldn’t have said it myself. Great video
@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks
10 ай бұрын
Thanks!!
@AJScola-cq2ec
10 ай бұрын
Excellent video. I never knew this.
@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@roccodirico9737
10 ай бұрын
Very good video. I never knew what those numbers stood for and I'm old. How old? When I was young, there were only two kinds of coffee: Regular & Large
@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks
10 ай бұрын
:-)
@richardsobieck9660
10 ай бұрын
Now I get to nit pick. The hopper car numbers changed from 6456 to 6476 after they riveted the trucks to the bodies, but also 6476 had two operating couplers while the 6176 had one operating coupler and one fixed coupler, and the 6076 had two fixed couplers. Other rolling stock also used the 64** 61** and 60** numbers for the same reasons. Thanks for sharing the info. No one fully understands why they numbered things as they did but I have known about this code for years but even Lionel didn’t follow it exactly. Most people don’t catch an X suffix usually meant something extra like the hand rails added to a tender or for an operating box car.
@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks
10 ай бұрын
Not really nits as each example fits the pattern.
@franktino6676
10 ай бұрын
Now, Mike, didn't " x " preceeding a code #, signify that the item was part of a set, and not originally offered as a separate sale item ?🙄
@johnreid1865
10 ай бұрын
Mike, how about a video explaining the different types of Lionel, Heritage, Legacy etc, I know many who get confused
@chicagolandrailroader
10 ай бұрын
Fascinating stuff
@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks
10 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@paulbervid1610
10 ай бұрын
Great video. Very informative.
@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks
10 ай бұрын
Thanks!!
@plunkervillerr1529
10 ай бұрын
You could buy the Greenberg guide to Lionel, as I bought their Marx guide.
@williamsantangelo
8 ай бұрын
The Enigma Code very interesting TU!
@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks
8 ай бұрын
Well, it's not QUITE as complex as Enigma! :-)
@jlynn6361
4 ай бұрын
I watch video on post war lionel steamers, i think i missed my train number identification. I have an engine with #8633, it has a 4-4-2. Is the number on this correct? Is it a middle of the line quality? Thanks now for any input.
@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks
3 ай бұрын
Engines in the 8xxx series were usually made after 1970. The 8633 is a modern era locomotive that comes in a number of variations (Union Pacific, C&O, etc). These 4-4-2s are considered starter level locomotives.
@ninaf9388
5 ай бұрын
What does it mean when a Lionel tender does not have a model number?
@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks
5 ай бұрын
Most tenders do not have numbers.
@mezmureyes1568
6 ай бұрын
I am trying to catalog and price all my deceased husband's postwar Lionel collection. One of my challenges is I can't find numbers like 6-xxxx in my pricing book, and I am further confused when the box has the "6-" number and the car itself has an entirely different number, like 4835300l. I made up these numbers, just to represent their characteristics. If you could help on this I would very grateful.
@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks
6 ай бұрын
A "6-xxxx" catalog number is from the MPC era of Lionel (1970-1986) and a "6-xxxxx" number is from roughly 1990 forward. Most of the modern production items use car numbers that represent real railroad numbers rather than the catalog number of the item so it becomes more difficult to track them down without the box. It can be a daunting task. If there is a Lionel collector or operating group in your local area you might find someone there who can give you more help than a book will provide. Good luck!
@richardnelson-ux1zz
10 ай бұрын
How do you track down the locomotive numbers
@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks
10 ай бұрын
The locomotive numbers are a mess
@billintex001
10 ай бұрын
@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks I do know that early postwar steam locomotives with 3 digits were marketed as "O" gauge whereas 4 digits were "O27" gauge. That's why some locos had the same same bodies, cab numbers being their only difference (675/2025 for example)
@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks
10 ай бұрын
@@billintex001 Except the 221s were O27! There was no consistency in locomotive numbers.
@billintex001
10 ай бұрын
@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks you are right about that one! Although not marketed until 1946 it looked as though it belonged to the prewar era. Perhaps a prewar design stopped before its production run by wwII ?
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