Lionel - My Longest Train Record With 42 Cars

[bradstrains]

What wheel arrangement does this engine have?

[m7hacke]

@bradstrains It is 2-6-2.

[bradstrains]

Does it have magne traction and a pullmor motor? (Open frame motor)

[m7hacke]

@bradstrains Neither.  It is a pre-war 1938 engine.

[bradstrains]

@m7hacke oh. Then what type of motor does it have? and if it doesn't have magne traction or traction tires how can it start this much train?

[m7hacke]

@bradstrains I have no idea what type of motor it has. The engine was built like a tank and weighs about as much as one too. That's how it has so much traction and torque. They just don't build them like they used too.

[bradstrains]

@m7hacke well that would be true until about 5 years ago when they started to build trains right again. There is this lionel es44 die-cast metal diesel that weighs in at about 14lbs. And now every companys high end stuff has 100 % metal steam engines and 100% metal diesel undersides. But those are high end products that cost to much I assume that engine came in a set.

[crime860]

the longest is 154 carts that just is a pees of poop

[m7hacke]

@crime860 My longest now is actually 60 cars. This video is an old one.

[grizzleybearz282004]

very nice engine 225e thats prewar right! so what did you put a postwar cupler on the end of the first box car?

[m7hacke]

@grizzleybearz282004 Yes, that is pre-war. My dad put the post-war coupler on the pre-war box car before I was born. He did it so we could pull post-war cars with the pre-war engine.  One of the best engines I've ever had. Still works great.

[grizzleybearz282004]

@m7hacke thay were well made back them keep them clean & lubed there run forever

[pjwithbread8]

could you imagine stopping at an intersection for this?

[SouthernRR4501]

Thats awesome!! Is that a 225E steamer pulling the train?

[m7hacke]

@SouthernRR4501 Yes it is. It was my dad's.

[SouthernRR4501]

@m7hacke I'm extremely surprised that little steamer could pull 40 cars!!!

[m7hacke]

@SouthernRR4501 That engine always had a lot of power and torque. It's a very heavy engine so the wheels would almost never slip.

[racerboy23432]

its not the longest anymore i saw a western mayland challenger with 52

[train2589]

Love your videos. How big is the track.

[m7hacke]

@train2589 Thank you. I have no idea how big it is. My layouts are only temporary. I set them up for a few months during the Winter. Every year the layout is different. I build whatever I feel like building and change it as often as I feel.

[Electrains]

@train2589 O-27 guage

[bobtamjames]

OMG!!!