Lionel Electric Trains Identification Guide Sub-Title
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This Identification Guide for Lionel Electric Trains covers the "Post-war Era" only from 1945 until 1969.

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Lionel Trains Locomotive No. 1001 LIONEL TRAINS LOCOMOTIVE No. 1001

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Lionel Trains Locomotive No. 1001 with 1001T Tender Variation B
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No. 1001 Middle Classic Box End
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Lionel Trains Locomotive No. 1001The Lionel Columbia Type 2-4-2-Locomotive No. 1001 was the first locomotive that Lionel produced that has a plastic body. Available in 1948, this Scout engine was unpainted, with a WHITE heat-stamped cab number, plastic motor that had tubular brass center rail pick-up rollers, and a two-position directional control whose aluminum control lever is adjustable at the top of the boiler. The drive wheels were Baldwin disks, and this locomotive is lighted, but there is no headlight lens. It came with a No. 1001T Scout sheet-metal tender.
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There are two variations:

No. 1001T Middle Classic Box End

Variation A: Has a SILVER rubber-stamped cab number. This variation is hard to find and is believed to be the first production of this locomotive.
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Variation B: Has a WHITE heat-stamped cab number.
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There is also a rare variation that has a cast metal boiler that was numbered in error "1001" but used the casting of the No. 1101.
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This locomotive was designed to work on O27 Gauge track and it will also run on O Gauge track.


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