r/lioneltrains

My father recently passed and was a huge model train collector. Any idea how much a collection this size is worth? Located in South Jersey.

I have been procrastinating attaching servos. Not sure why I am intimidated by it.

Like the title says. I cant decide as they're all favorites. Gonna turn the city lights on and run some trains. Ill post a few videos.

These belonged to my uncle before he passed away, and was just curious if they had any value at all, or if they were just trash.

I know this hopper car is rare , but one side of it was completely destroyed so I repaint it

This layout sort of exemplifies cramming. I had almost the identical thing as a kid in the 1960s so I thought I would recreate it in memory of my Dad, who ran it more than I did back then. :-)

K-Line O scale C&O boxcar, the guy I bought it from had a ton of K-Line stuff including a locomotive and this was what I got. This sure is pretty and detailed for a boxcar, this is probably one of my most favorite O scale boxcars now.

Hi guys, I picked this Lionel 2245 from an estate sale this weekend. I can’t tell if it is a repaint or not. I’m wondering because the shell clip rivets seem to have a bit of paint on them. But I did take a black light to the shell and see a few small areas of touch up, but not the rivets or majority of the shell itself.

I was going through some trains that I inherited from my uncle (not trying to sell just curious) and came across this NY Yankees 100th anniversary 1903-2003 boxcar in an RGS Trains Limited Edition box. The box doesn’t have any identifying information and the boxcar doesn’t either. It might not even be Lionel, but all the other trains are so figured I’d start here!

I’ve searched online, used reverse image search, tried Gemini, and nothings been very helpful so hopefully someone here can help! Thanks!

I did my best. Need to aquire some new traction wheels for her, plus she loves to jump the rails.

Some 3 rail therapy in Cleveland on this cold spring day. I just completed replacing my original K-line and Lionel buttons/switches for mini buttons and toggles
From Amazon. I 3D printed a board with labels on it for wiring them in. Def a space saver for my little layout.

Each one was 15$, ended up buying both of them for 30$.

Recently found a box filled with Lionel trains. It seems very old and I have no use for it. I was thinking of donating it to a model train museum, but I just wanna see what I have here because it might make more sense to find it a home where someone can really enjoy it or does it make more sense to donate it to a train museum where many people can enjoy my find.

I only took a picture of the main train, but inside the box is all of the tracks the controller and a bunch of Little trains that would connect to this main train. Sorry I’m not good with any train lingo so I don’t know what the proper terms are.

After going through my post war set that had been stored in my garage for almost 40 years, I decided to purchase a new locomotive; Lionel ET44C4! Then I had to purchase a new transformer… Hooking up the three separate units (pm/ph/base3) and then getting cab3 on my iPhone was easy, but in the 12 hours since doing that I’ve achieved nothing. I’ve watched a multitude of YT videos, but nothing is getting me any closer. I have the PH plugged into my PM, with the base 3 track wire hooked to the U post of the PM. A fastrack terminal section is also hooked to the PM A/U. And then I bring up the cab3 app and connect to the access point Lionel Base 3. After this nothing works. I can’t get anything to appear in the app, and it seems there is no power to the track. Any out there have any ideas on my next step? I would greatly appreciate it.