well i when with the #736 plus its got magnatraction when the 726 dose not and the price i paid there was no way i could turn it down ready!!! i paid $225.00 shiped for the whole set its a postwar lionel set #2265ws from 1956 came with #736 a 2046w a #3424 a #6467 a #6430 a #3620 & a #6517 i only had to change the boiler front on the engine the door wouldnt close the clip was gone & pop in a chorme whistle on top get a light scoket & bulb for the caboose and then service everything not bad!!!!
I bought a 46 model smoke bulb 726 Berk not too long ago. I would love to restore it but it would be a job, but it would be worth it in the end.
SouthernRR4501 1 month ago
well i when with the #736 plus its got magnatraction when the 726 dose not and the price i paid there was no way i could turn it down ready!!! i paid $225.00 shiped for the whole set its a postwar lionel set #2265ws from 1956 came with #736 a 2046w a #3424 a #6467 a #6430 a #3620 & a #6517 i only had to change the boiler front on the engine the door wouldnt close the clip was gone & pop in a chorme whistle on top get a light scoket & bulb for the caboose and then service everything not bad!!!!
grizzleybearz282004 10 months ago
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grizzleybearz282004 11 months ago
Pulling around 19 cars, I have never tried that. The magna traction would help some as the earlier 726 did not have it.
dv713 1 year ago
My 726 has that same growl I was told that I might need the armeture rewound.
SouthernRR4501 2 years ago
My 726 runs great now it needed more oil and plus I have a KW transformer now. Sorry for that comment.
SouthernRR4501 2 years ago
LOVED IT!!
ILIKEMODELTRAINS 3 years ago