Lionel pre-400w
GUNMETAL 400W TENDER WITH WHISTLE
1936-39 Gray whistle with nickel trim and plate with red paintThis was Lionel's largest and best Standard Gauge LocoMost frames and wheels on Standard Gauge locos have deteriorated and have been replaced. Lionel invented Die Casting, but did not initially know to keep impurities out of the casting potsThe impurities caused the metal to expand, creating tremendous stress, then crumble and break apart A metallurgist who studied the deterioration and the scientific factors involved once advised us that the prewar Lionel metal parts Surviving after 40 years would remain intact. |
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