basic but beautiful! my childhood memories of dad's 224 passenger set, with green and cream metal passenger cars that came out every Christmas led to a lifelong love for Lionel trains!
Another beautiful postwar set Al. I’m a big fan of Postwar Lionel Trains, and I just love seeing what you bring to the table with your videos. Keep up the great videos.
First, want to complement on your videos and how they are very informative,great job.Acquired an 1666 and metal whistle tender at a train show. Decided to build up an all metal train set that would have been sold in 1946. Have it together and it looks great running behind the 1666. The 1666 is a really good running engine. Have the sliding shoe on all the cars. God’s blessing on you and your family.
The 1666 design originated in the late 30’s and continued into post war Lionel offerings. A real well made and conceived engine for the time and still well represented and enjoyed by owners of it today. I have two and didn’t pay much for them. The 1666, a non premium 027 toy engine, that recently seems to be gaining respect. And luckily it has remained affordable.
I agree with you on the 1666. It definitely is well made and has nice details and features for the price point. I'm sure Lionel sold many of these because of the value.
Nice video, I'm from the Netherlands and these type's like Lionel and Marx trains are not a common train toy here in Europe, I purchased a week earlier 2 of 1666 trains with tracks and wagons, I have 5 Lionel locomotive's and 2 Marx and the quality of the trainset from the past, it ain't china quality, only thing is that for parts I only can buy them in the US, but for the hobby it's no problem for me Greetings from the Netherlands.
I have this same locomotive, with the number boards, and several of those cabooses. I have put together my own little freight set for it where all of the cars are metal. A few years ago I just started finding the metal cars with post war trucks and realized how unusual that was. Around the same time I got the locomotive as part of a larger deal and realized what year it was. It just made sense, in my head anyway. Here is a video about it czcams.com/video/MXjooqLfq_o/video.html I would appreciate it if you had time to take a look and let me know what you think.
It is a very nice made up set. The 1666 is a 1946 version with number plate. They did make a 1666 in 1947, but the number is rubber stamped and no plate. The metal tender was not offered with a 1666 in the postwar period. It should be a plastic 2466W or 2466T. Your metal tender looks to be a 1654W or 1654T. The tin gondola was prewar only, so someone added postwar trucks to that one. The premium metal caboose appears to be a 1945 version as I know they came with couplers on both ends. Most only had the one coupler. The only advice I have is to buy whatever makes you happy or brings joy. I like to buy original complete sets, but I also enjoy making up sets. Enjoy the hobby! Just note it can get very addicting. You can probably see from all my videos just how addicting it can be.
I understand. I’ve always just bought what I like or could afford. I’ve never sold anything, just collected. If you look through my videos you might notice that I have a serious old toy problem. I actually hadn’t bought any Lionel for quite a few years until recently. It’s really just whatever finds me first and for several years it was trucks and construction toys. Thanks for getting back to me. I enjoy trying to display things somewhat accurately if possible so I’ll definitely take another look at that tender. I really need to find that book. @@alsvintagetoytrains7042
Sweetie-pie of a set! Very nice! I have the same engine and tender and I've always loved the details of both.
basic but beautiful! my childhood memories of dad's 224 passenger set, with green and cream metal passenger cars that came out every Christmas led to a lifelong love for Lionel trains!
The nostalgia and memories can be great!
Another beautiful postwar set Al. I’m a big fan of Postwar Lionel Trains, and I just love seeing what you bring to the table with your videos. Keep up the great videos.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video. I will be sure to keep posting.
First, want to complement on your videos and how they are very informative,great job.Acquired an 1666 and metal whistle tender at a train show. Decided to build up an all metal train set that would have been sold in 1946. Have it together and it looks great running behind the 1666. The 1666 is a really good running engine. Have the sliding shoe on all the cars. God’s blessing on you and your family.
Thanks! Glad you enjoy the videos and find them informative.
Awesome set and looks in awesome condition.. lotta knowledge on these old sets Al.. 😊
Glad you enjoyed the video!
The 1666 design originated in the late 30’s and continued into post war Lionel offerings. A real well made and conceived engine for the time and still well represented and enjoyed by owners of it today. I have two and didn’t pay much for them. The 1666, a non premium 027 toy engine, that recently seems to be gaining respect. And luckily it has remained affordable.
I agree with you on the 1666. It definitely is well made and has nice details and features for the price point. I'm sure Lionel sold many of these because of the value.
Nice set Al. I have a 224 1946 set almost the same as your 1666. Santa brought it to me in 1946.
Santa was very nice to you in 1946! Glad you enjoyed the video.
The best!
Very zippy! lol.. a fine set. Its great to have catalogs to look back and see what you have. Wonderful stuff.
It is a zippy little engine. I have all the postwar catalogs and like to use them as a reference.
Nice set
Nice video, I'm from the Netherlands and these type's like Lionel and Marx trains are not a common train toy here in Europe, I purchased a week earlier 2 of 1666 trains with tracks and wagons, I have 5 Lionel locomotive's and 2 Marx and the quality of the trainset from the past, it ain't china quality, only thing is that for parts I only can buy them in the US, but for the hobby it's no problem for me
Greetings from the Netherlands.
Greetings! Glad you enjoyed the video. Parts are readily available, but mostly from the US like you mentioned. Enjoy your trains!
Very nice
Al, would you consider doing an episode dedicated to the various type of tubular track turnouts? Pre, post, radius, etc?
I really do not have much for prewar switches, but I will put more thought into this topic and try to do something for you.
I have a Marx oo gauge train set
I have this same locomotive, with the number boards, and several of those cabooses. I have put together my own little freight set for it where all of the cars are metal. A few years ago I just started finding the metal cars with post war trucks and realized how unusual that was. Around the same time I got the locomotive as part of a larger deal and realized what year it was. It just made sense, in my head anyway. Here is a video about it
czcams.com/video/MXjooqLfq_o/video.html
I would appreciate it if you had time to take a look and let me know what you think.
It is a very nice made up set. The 1666 is a 1946 version with number plate. They did make a 1666 in 1947, but the number is rubber stamped and no plate. The metal tender was not offered with a 1666 in the postwar period. It should be a plastic 2466W or 2466T. Your metal tender looks to be a 1654W or 1654T. The tin gondola was prewar only, so someone added postwar trucks to that one. The premium metal caboose appears to be a 1945 version as I know they came with couplers on both ends. Most only had the one coupler.
The only advice I have is to buy whatever makes you happy or brings joy. I like to buy original complete sets, but I also enjoy making up sets.
Enjoy the hobby! Just note it can get very addicting. You can probably see from all my videos just how addicting it can be.
I understand. I’ve always just bought what I like or could afford. I’ve never sold anything, just collected. If you look through my videos you might notice that I have a serious old toy problem. I actually hadn’t bought any Lionel for quite a few years until recently. It’s really just whatever finds me first and for several years it was trucks and construction toys.
Thanks for getting back to me. I enjoy trying to display things somewhat accurately if possible so I’ll definitely take another look at that tender. I really need to find that book. @@alsvintagetoytrains7042