REPAIRING OLD LIONEL TRAINS - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

bobby · 09-25-2005, 03:33 PM

Any one into trains...got my old set out of parents attic and am starting to rejuvinate it...1948 Lionel #224 engine and lots of stuff...hope to have it running under the Xmas tree this year for the grand-baby!!...

xoxoxoo

Lebell · 09-25-2005, 07:30 PM

Before you do anything, you might want to take your stuff to a collector or a good hobby shop that deals in Lionel.

The old stuff can be worth some serious money, but a botched repair or restoration can ruin the value.

I wish I had had this advice 25 years ago before I "fixed" my old California Zephyr dome coach with some silver paint.

But if you don't care, you can do it yourself if you are somewhat handy. If it still runs, it probably just needs a good cleaning. Myself, I would take it into a train shop.

bobby · 09-26-2005, 06:33 AM

so little trust.........this engine is worth about 400-500$$$ as is......also got a Burro crain and lots of track,switches and cars...........xoxoxoo

maleficent · 09-26-2005, 06:41 AM

/me salivates...

I love old trains... my dad's old set from when he was a youngin... (probably late 30's early 40s) is over at their place... and it still runs... every christmas i get to put together the tracks and get it up and running around my mother's christmas village...

When i was younger, I had a table in the basement that the multiple train sets and electric car sets ran on - I had a complete city highway system set up... and the collissions were so much fun... cars could fly pretty far when hit by a moving train... (I soooo wanted to be gomez adams)

have fun with your trains, Lebell's right, i'd take them to a collector and find out what you need to do to have them restrored properly... If you want to do it yourself, they should have the tools to help you procede.

Pictures, we'd love to see pictures

09-25-2005, 03:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
bobby Super Moderator Location: 18,000+ posts on TFP #1,2,3,4 and 5,but I'm not counting!	REPAIRING OLD LIONEL TRAINS Any one into trains...got my old set out of parents attic and am starting to rejuvinate it...1948 Lionel #224 engine and lots of stuff...hope to have it running under the Xmas tree this year for the grand-baby!!... xoxoxoo __________________ "Life goes on,within you,and...with out you !" xoxoxoo

09-25-2005, 07:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	Before you do anything, you might want to take your stuff to a collector or a good hobby shop that deals in Lionel. The old stuff can be worth some serious money, but a botched repair or restoration can ruin the value. I wish I had had this advice 25 years ago before I "fixed" my old California Zephyr dome coach with some silver paint. But if you don't care, you can do it yourself if you are somewhat handy. If it still runs, it probably just needs a good cleaning. Myself, I would take it into a train shop. __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate!

09-26-2005, 06:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
bobby Super Moderator Location: 18,000+ posts on TFP #1,2,3,4 and 5,but I'm not counting!	so little trust.........this engine is worth about 400-500$$$ as is......also got a Burro crain and lots of track,switches and cars...........xoxoxoo __________________ "Life goes on,within you,and...with out you !" xoxoxoo

09-26-2005, 06:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	/me salivates... I love old trains... my dad's old set from when he was a youngin... (probably late 30's early 40s) is over at their place... and it still runs... every christmas i get to put together the tracks and get it up and running around my mother's christmas village... When i was younger, I had a table in the basement that the multiple train sets and electric car sets ran on - I had a complete city highway system set up... and the collissions were so much fun... cars could fly pretty far when hit by a moving train... (I soooo wanted to be gomez adams) have fun with your trains, Lebell's right, i'd take them to a collector and find out what you need to do to have them restrored properly... If you want to do it yourself, they should have the tools to help you procede. Pictures, we'd love to see pictures __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.