Lionel pre-313g

313 GREY BASCULE BRIDGE (1942 ONLY - EXTREMELY RARE)

 

When you raise this highly impressive bridge with the push of a button, all traffic on the rails automatically stops until the boat has passed underneath! We suspect there has been more than one instance of a train running at excessive speed and plunging into the river! The bridge was introduced in 1940 with silver paint on the bridge superstructure. The bridge tenders house was painted pale yelllow with a red roof and orange window frames
  • A very few were built in 1942 with a grey painted superstructure as wartime shortages elimated silver paint, making this version sufficently rare it has not even been mentioned in the Doyle Pre-War reference book and was recently added to another. The base of the lifting span is green painted bakelite, whereas the fixed base is green-painted diecast metal. It was supplied with a black steel allignment frame to maintain track and bridge alignment - nothing was screwed down
  • The tension of the counterbalancing spring can cause the base to warp over time and relief of the tension has been recommended prior to storing the bidge for an extended period of time.

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