Budget Railroading! My Cheapest Engine - Is a $40 Lionel Steam Engine too cheap?
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- Budget Railroading!
My Cheapest (Decent) Engine
Is a $40 engine worth it?
(The engine was $21, the remaining amount was tax and shipping)
So I guess, is a $21 engine worth it?
Let’s find out!
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Hi Dave! Great video! Keep up the good work 👍
Thank you!
I impulsively bought one of these a few months back for 70 with the original box. It's a nice compromise between its prewar and postwar counterparts.
Nice. It’s a quality piece, just last night I was running it and it was pulling 19 cars. Not too shabby!
I like switchers. I have 2 MPC switchers with the “Mechanical” sound of steam. Interesting concept.
Very nice 👍
Great score Dave! I’m very glad you got this because I’m really getting into MPC era Lionel engines and rolling stock the past few years. The best part is, is that they are standing the test of time like the Post War trains because they too were made in the U.S.A.
Thanks. I’ve really been into the MPC too, lots of quality pieces. My video today is all MPC era steamers. Had a lot of fun running them.
Always enjoy your videos!
Thank you very much!
Hay Dave, enjoyed the video. I've had good results using two wide flat bladed screw drivers as wheel pullers. Just align them across from each other and twist your wrist in opposite directions. Using two screw drivers applies eaqual pressure to keep the wheel from binding on the axel. Works best on axels that have been oiled. They usually pop right off. I use a small set of c clamp type vice grip pliers to press them back on.
Thanks. I personally haven’t had good luck with that method but maybe the pieces were too stuck. I like the idea of the c clamp vice grip. I might try that. I do have some engines that need repair, so maybe before I buy pullers and a press, I’ll try this out. Thanks!
Many years ago my father described standing on a bridge over the NYNH&H Shore Line and watching the locomotive WOBBLE along underneath. The previous owner of your 1656 probably worked hard to duplicate that effect. The short wheelbase may have something to do with it: my 6-18610 0-4-0 wore out a side rode (replacement parts were available). That Rock Island version was my first loco after getting into O gauge--the cheapest steam loco I could find on the bidding site at the time.
I never thought of that! Maybe someone made it run like that. That’s a good point. The real world is imperfect.
I’m still loving this engine, pulls and runs fantastic.
Great catch with this one Dave!
Thank you!
Awesome find Dave. You’re good at finding deals.
Thanks. Finding deals is part of the fun!
Always amazed at how much those little switchers can pull, love mine. Nice video as usual BTW :)
I’ve used it a few times when a bigger engine couldn’t get the job done.
Good deal, the engine sound reminds me of a Gandy Dancer engine.
It’s got a good sound to it
Good fun nice to add to the collection.
Thanks!
Great purchase for the right price, Dave. A great performing little engine. Maybe it'll need some extra work, but it runs really well, so that's a plus in your favour. A great satisfying buy!
It really hasn’t needed anything different than more expensive engines, and I have to say it’s still doing great!
BEAUTY! Looks awesome pulling those passenger cars.
Thanks- it really does
Dave....you come upon the coolest trains. The simpler the better. It's a neat engine....including white walls. 👍
I spend too much time on eBay!
The 1656 looks to have the same or similar motor assembly as others like the 1655 engine. But I noticed the most unique thing with that motor is it has the direct double reduction deal. Motor to 2 larger gears, then smaller center gear on those to each wheel. This is similar to the MarX double reduction gear design mostly used on their 1666, but in no way interchangeable... If you have the patience, you can have some kind of brace on the motor frame and carefully use a squeeze tool yo can move those bent axles back by evening up those wheels wobble. Squeezing in the wobble that is moving out to move it in, frame to wheel edge. DO NOT press on the wheel flange, just little on the wheel edge to balance it out.
Interesting! I think I tried to carefully bend the wheels back in and just ended up making it worse. One of these days I’ll get the proper tools.
I like your new mountain top!!!
Looking good, isn’t it!? 😆
You can see how underside of Passenger cars are relatively scale sized 0-4-0 Switcher. I'd rather have a small locomotive full-size than a squished condensed version of a big engine. The steam turbine was a humongous locomotive and they having the same size as a Hudson
Agree!
Not a bad deal. It looks great and it can pull.
Thanks!
That's quite the bargain -- looks great (I quibble with the whitewall tires because I've never seen a switcher that had them but that's a minor point) but otherwise an amazing performer given that you didn't even have to open it up for a complete servicing.
Yeah the whitewalls are a bit much. When I eventually take it apart, maybe I’ll do something about them. It’s really performing very well.
Wow a switcher at that price and pulls and runs! Good for you
I’m happy!
My cheapest O gauge loco is a prewar 1684 2-4-2 that I picked up with tender and 2 cars for $40. It needed a full service, but it works very well now.
That’s a fantastic deal!
Cheap is the way to go! My cheapest individual was a $30 set of K-line WP Budd RDCs. It needed a little help, but like you, at that price I have room to invest in replacement parts.
Definitely! Nice pickup for $30
I think you did well Dave. It’s quite the puller. Question, did that tender come with that particular engine originally? I’m thinking no but who knows. Have a good weekend and hope alls getting better with the Covid.
Tim
Thanks. As far as I know it’s the proper tender. There was a PRR version and a ATSF version.
Wish I was getting better faster. Hopefully soon.
Not a bad engine. I had one decades ago. You did well for your $40.
Thanks. Now I want a second one!
Is $40 too cheap? Not if it works it ain't! 😃
Nice aquisition Dave! 0-4-0 switchers didn't get to romp on the main lines all that often, but it DID happen from time to time and it looks good on your main line! I'd ballast the tender a bit to steady it down but otherwise it looks like you've got a good piece of gear for the money.
I agree! $5 isn’t too cheap either if it functions the way it’s supposed to.
I added weight to the tender, but I think a bit too much. I’ll take a little out next time I work on it.
For $40 you just hit a home run! Cool little engine.
I like it!
Glad you got a decent model, much better than an indecent one….. pulls well to
Haha, yeah this is a family friendly hobby!
To my surprise the 40 buck runners I have gotten have been good runners . A couple had decent sound systems.
Always a nice surprise to get something quality for just a few bucks
It looks to me at least on the screen I’m viewing, someone painted on the white walls. Looks neat but, maybe not factory. Great engine, great bargain price Dave!
Yup a custom job, doesn’t look too bad
Hey Davie nice engine it run good I thought the tender should be diecast metal
The prewar and postwar versions had die cast tenders. This one is plastic and as far as I know, the proper one for the engine.
@@dagryffynhobby do you like diecast better for pulling more better
@@PedrotheOscalecollector it my experience, the diecast tender is more important if you are running the engine backwards, the plastic ones derail easy.
Good deal
I’m happy with it!
Only you could come up with that!!!! :):):)
I’m special
The only thing I don’t really like about this MPC engine over the postwar one is the plastic valve gear as opposed to the metal valve gear. I suppose that replacing those shouldn’t be terribly hard.
I could be wrong, but I believe the valve gear is metal on this one. I’ll have to check.
Is the icon for your channel based on the old Public Service logo? Looks like it.
Yes it is. My grandfather drove busses for public service.
@@dagryffynhobby My grandfather did too, and my dad worked in the electric utility division.
What are you using for roadbed under your track ?
I use Woodland Scenics TrackBed. It’s foam, easy to work with, and does a good job quieting things down
The shell is like the postwar 1615.
Exactly? I no longer have a 1615 so I can’t really compare
$40 well spent! Cant even fill half your tank for that much these days.
Sure can’t! My mustang cost me over $70 last time I filled it