1479WS Four Car Steam Freight Set

History
Nicknamed the Speedy Hot-Shot Steam Freight Set by Lionel, this was a one-year-only set from 1952. Components of this set are four common freight cars.

From a historical point of view, 1952 was the year magne-traction was eliminated from all locomotives -- only to re-appear in 1953. For the 2056 locomotive, it's simply a 2046 locomotive without magne-traction. The 2056 is also the only postwar Santa-Fe style Hudson produced by Lionel without magne-traction.

Set 1479WS was one of only two sets ever offered by Lionel headed up by the 2056 steamer. The other 2056 set was a passenger car set numbered 1484W

Components:
Standard components of this set include:

• 2056 Steam locomotive
• 2046W Tender
• 6456 Lehigh Valley hopper
• 6462 New York Central gondola
• 6465 Sunoco tank car
• 6257 Lionel Lines caboose
• 1033 Transformer
• Plus: 027 track, uncoupling track, smoke pellets, billboards and instruction booklet.