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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1611 Alaska Diesel Freight Set

History
Lionel created set 1611 in 1959 to commemorate the most recent state addition to the United States of America: Alaska. The outfit contains several colorful, popular and hard-to-find items as well as being one of the few sets having a matching roadname on both the locomotive and caboose.

Components:
Standard components of this set include:

614 Alaska NW-2 Diesel Switcher with yellow brake strutter on top of the cab
6162-60 Alaska gondola with three red canisters
6465 Black Lionel Lines tank car
6825 Flatcar with bridge
6027 Alaska Caboose
1016 35 Watt transformer
Plus: 027 gauge track, 1008 cameral uncoupling track, lubricant, billboards and instruction booklets.

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