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Not a good explanation of tightening the handle. There is no room to get a needle nose plier between the rivet and the coil.

Nice job! I have modified some MPC era plastic shells but I shy away from the Scouts. I did make a pre-war Lionel/Marx DD-1 with some spare parts.

Is there a way to to take the boilfront off I wanna put a 8632 boilfront on cuz I think it’ll look good or is this not possible?

Great job Warren!

I saw similar parts like those on ebay! 🧐

Nice job. What were the trucks for that were in the cigar box? Any idea? Great Video.

Very nice! That is the reason to keep all of the parts that you take off of other pieces or get at a show, around. You never know when you'll need them. I would have taken that draw-bar, where it bends up right behind the axle and just bend it back a smidge. It would make it so it wouldn't hang-up on anything and probably make it line-up with the tender slot a bit better. Either way, you did a great job getting that engine back on the tracks. An excellent video, as always.

Great job Warren! That's a pretty good-looking "Franken-engine" and I'm l'm looking forward to the next install ment. Personally I wouldn't be shy about repainting the shell once you've gotten it cleaned off. If you don't want to lose the cab number you can always mask it before painting. Thanks for posting! It's always a pleasure to watch your projects.

The reason patience is a virtue is for repair jobs like this. Popping it open and cleaning the parts is a breeze. Lining everything up and then snapping it back together will take some time. This was a very good video.

I like the red shell color. I won two 1055 with winning bid $46 plue 8 for shipping. The pair in nice condition not much run time shells are clean. Thanks for the step by step good video for servicing the 1055

Thanks for the video--your old passenger car that your helper held up is named with the New Jersey town of Clifton, where my wife works, so that was pretty good 😄

Okay Mr Bill Nye the science Guy!, you're really doing it the hard way!, you're making it 10 times harder than it has to be, use some CLR it'll clean it right up!, no Scotch pad needed no scrubbing needed Just an eyedropper, one drop on each finger, then turn the drummer on and rinse it off what's a couple drops of water, wipe it clean, and it will be clean, just like the date was made

They're a lot of fun! Looks great.

What about adding a 3 way E unit. It's relatively easy to to and it gives you a very good up grade for the 1055 😀

Have a great 4th . I hear you not so special ??

That one is really clean for sure! Nice find and for what it is looks like it runs great!

Marx guy here, if you got it cheap enough, it`s a Spicy Meat Ball.

send me a message how much you want for it

Long time no see Warren!! Very nice presentation of the Texas (not so) Special!! Keep it up!

Happy Canada Day to you and yours Warren, even if it's a bit late! Nice find on that Alco! And hey, if you want to flip it at a train show try putting it together with a short consist of some cars and a caboose you don't use that are in decent shape. I've done shows myself and let me tell you there's folks that want to get into the hobby, or just want a train for under the Christmas tree, and are a bit put off by the price of starter sets today. ( Anywhere from $350 to $450, but you know that as well as I.) Anyway, a fun and informative video! Thanks for posting!

For the whistle box, use a can of air like we use for our computers to blow out the dust in the chamber.

Those cars are always fun to see get a new lease on life, plus since someone else had already did a crappy paint job it’s not like you’re messing anything up. Burgundy will look great on those and the flat black will look pretty prototypical.

I’ve always felt the Scout motors always got a bad reputation because they’re construction. Of course they’re not great but they’re not terrible either. I’ve always felt it at least got a Lionel in a kids hands and if they wanted to upgrade later they could at least use the rolling stock (depending on the couplers of course, but one could use either the tender or a scout/Lionel conversion) when they upgraded. But then again, for what a Scout set cost one could get a nicer Marx. But at least Lionel was trying to cut costs.

I see a lotta rusted postwar locos on ebay, but they all have starting bids of over $100 n most refuse to lower the price. I did find a rusted 226e(no tender) to restore. I will try to keep it all original! 😊

Always keep the tender that came with your engine.

Time for some new videos dude. Your videos helped get my Lionel 2026 running. I check your page every morning for new vids. BTW, enjoyed your guitar and train video. What guitars do you play?

Totally agree with painting the interiors cream / off-white/ antique white. I think it would be a great compliment to burgundy, or even the green color you already painted the other 2 cars. Great job, once again!!!

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Great explanation.

Say, i noticed that the 1120 had one side broken off where you put the screw through to hold the motor in the shell ! Is that ok to put back in the shell n run? 🤔

Love this vid!! Keep at man, keep at it! Learning a lot!

Out of curiosity - you mention cleaning up rusty wheels with a Dremel tool. I'm assuming you use the rotary brass or stainless steel brush attachment? Also, does that process work on the faces of the wheels, or will that remove the paint / chemical blackening? I just scored a 665 (same as the 2065 you are working on) and it needs some clean-up help.

Great. My wife's pre-war train has the same cars. I love what you're doing with them!

Great tutorial Warren! I don't own any of those cars but if I ever DO and they need a refresh your video will come in handy as a "How to." I've always assumed "If it went together it's GOT to come apart!" but you've solved the mystery of how to take them apart well! Burgundy / maroon would look nice on those cars with the flat black roofs. For contrast you could use a light gray or a buff / tan finish on the window strips. Since you only need to please yourself you've got lots of options. Thanks for posting!

Simple green is the way to go with stripping. Your idea is sticking with the flat black primer for the roof is great.

When you say 'air gun' do you literally mean air gun as in CO2, or pump pneumatic pistol? 🤔

Yes, the burgundy(not dark) will go nicely with the black roof. The cream probably would look nice too. I know cream looks good with the blue pullmans! 😊

I love the satin green with the flat black roofs. They will go very well with cream window inserts. Great job, so far!

Great video! I think those primer colors look great together as they are. 👍

Call yourself the "Train Guy" I am Lionel and Marx "train guy". But you are the real 'Train Guy".

I'm a big fan of Simple Green as well. Try to find it in a gallon jug, much cheaper.

your videos are really good. They show me as a lay. person how to do stuff. I love my trains, Lionel and Marx. Do you have any Marx?

On a real steam locomotive the convention is that the right hand side, as seen from the cab forwards , leads by 90 degrees, so 12 o’clock left and three o’clock right, but the way you suggested works as well.

" the e unit works by some electrical magic" Not something you wanna hear a Lionel train technician say.😆🤣 I joke....

Why didn't you edit out 10 mins of dead time? A curious mind wants to know 😊

Hello, I have a question, I bought a used turbine. The guy said it was a bad worm on the end of the motor. I took the motor out n it's not the motor. The first blind driver will not turn. I'm wondering if it's OK to remove the driver(s) to see why it's not turning. All the rest turn freely. Thanks for your opinion. 😊

Metal tubular track rails are talker than fastrack. Older postwar cars tend to have larger diameter wheels. They actually ride on the inner surface of the plastic on the fastrack. Old track is better for postwar trains.

I'm wondering why you put grease on the wheel hole. I've never seen the wheels roll independently of the axles? 🤔

Hi! I watched your CZcams channel and your content is very good. I am a big fan of your.

You didn't sound the whistle!?