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.

Please note that the items described in the underlying pages are not available for sale. Please go to both of the websites shown below to view what is currently for sale by the authors . We also encourage you to e-mail us with feedback as to how close we are achieving our goal.

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2528WS W & ARR Steam Passenger & Freight Set

History
1959 marked the 100-year anniversary of the Golden Spike for America. In response to that event, Lionel created a new series of trains; Civil-War era steamers, passenger cars and freight cars. Set 2528WS was Lionel's premium General steam locomotive set from 1959 and was catalogued for three years: 1959 - 1961.

Components:
Standard components of this set include:

1872 General steam locomotive
1872T Non-whistling tender
1875W Whistling passenger car
1876 Passenger car
1877 Flatcar with horses
Plus: Super-O track, billboards and instruction booklet.

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