Welcome to The Lionel trains Library – a website created to assist you in understanding differences in variations of engines, rolling stock, cabooses, passenger cars, and accessories sold by Lionel in the postwar era (1945-1969). Our objective is to construct a website that is robust, easy to use and informative as you learn about the products made by one of the most famous toy companies in the world during a glorious but challenging era.

We invite you to stroll down memory lane as you are rewarded with thousands of photos of the wonderful trains and accessories that you may have had as a kid – or wished you could have had when growing up.

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1105: Texas Special Diesel Freight Set

History
In order to meet the demands of the entry level toy train market in 1959, Lionel produced set 1105. This Texas Special set was lead by the bare-bones 1055 Texas Special Alco A diesel, which included an illuminated headlight as its only feature. Additionally, all of the rolling stock had non-functional couplers.

This set was only catalogued in the 1959 Advanced Consumer catalogue. These Advanced Consumer catalogue set have become popular to collectors as few were generally produced and are now somewhat hard to locate.

Components:
Standard components of this set include:

1055 Texas Special Alco A diesel
6042 or 6112 Lionel gondola
6045 Lionel Lines tank car
6044 Airex box car
6047 Lionel Lines caboose
1026 25 Watt transformer
Plus: 027 gauge track, billboards and instruction sheet.

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