Lionel pw-2270w

JERSEY CENTRAL FM PASSENGER SET (1956)
  • LOCO DOES NOT HAVE SCREWHOLE CRACK - WE'VE NEVER, EVER SEEN ONE BEFORE

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  • The Jersey Central FairbanKs Morse Loco in this set is considered the rarest of all Lionel Locos, and we consider this set to be the rarest cataloged Lionel Set ever produced
  • It originally sold very poorly, even in the New York metro area, home of the Jersey Central
  • Set included
  • 2341 Jersey Central FM
  • 2531 Silver Dawn Flat Channel Observation
  • 2532 Silver Range Flat Channel Vista Dome
  • 2533 Silver Cloud Flat Channel Pullman
  • Loco has horn instructions on a sticker on battery plate or engraved into battery plate, has 2 piece coupler armatures, and has copper color motor armature field and E-unit windings with either vertical or L type light brackets
  • Locomotive box is standard carton with liner
  • Aluminum passenger cars are flat channel type (the ribs in the area immediately above the windows were eliminated to accomodate the stripes on the Pennsylvania 2540 series aluminum cars) with name plates glued on and name plate rivets either simulated (with ink dots) or eliminated
  • The 2270W basket weave set box is simply one of the rarest set boxes. Valued at $ 1,000 in 1990, what is the projected price for the box only today? (Reference, contents, picture and caption published on page 83 of the 1990 book 'Greenberg's Guide to Lionel Trains, 1945-1969' by Paul V Amborose).
  • Passenger car boxes came without liners and are either middle classic with stock numbers printed on all four sides or late classic with stock numbers eliminated, sets can have combinations of name plate types and boxes
  • ADDITIONAL CONTENTS:
  • 8 curved, seven straight O Gauge Track, UCS uncoupling track, and lock on
  • 1955-56 'How to Operate Lionel Trains Manual" (Form 926-55)
  • 1956 Service Station manual (Form 927 Revised-7-30-56-TT)
  • FM instruction manual (Form 2321-85 6-55)
  • How to operate Lionel Remote Control Track Sets (Form No. 6019-16-4-56-TT or 6010-16-4-56-TT)
  • Tan basket weave conventional set box overprinted with off-white tone that gives the appearance of a loosely woven basket, medium blue logo and lettering
  • Please see our video 'Lionel Classic Locomotive Series, Vol 1, Fairbanks Morse FM' (produced by Don Shaw and The Train Station). This contains detailed information on the Jersey Central, and how to discern fakes from originals. Both 2341 Cabs and the set box have been fraudulently reproduced years ago, and it is estimated that the number of forgeries exceeds the number of legitimate pieces
  • Also, please note that practically every aluminum passenger car made by the original Lionel Corporation will have scratchs or marks. These were scratched in the factory when the raw extusions were tranported in peach baskets without

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