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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2056 Hudson

Production: 1952

History
The 2056 steamer was classified by Lionel as a Santa Fe-style Hudson. It's a mid-size steam engine and sold as an 027 gauge item. The 2056 remains a dependable and quality locomotive and is identical to the 646 and 2046 steamer, except for the number and its lack of Magnetraction. This locomotives is actually a combination of other Lionel steamers: the boilers is from a 736 Berkshire steam engine, but is equipped with the Santa Fe Hudson 4-6-4 wheel arrangement.

The 2056 steam engine was available in boxed sets or as a separate sale item for only a single year, 1952. It is a somewhat hard engine to locate.

Features
Standard features on the 2056 include; 4-6-4 wheel arrangement with detailed driving wheel hardware, black painted die-cast boiler, three-position E-unit, headlight, smoke, wire handrails, die-cast trailing truck plus an ornamental bell and whistle.

The 2056 was always sold with the 2046W streamlined tender.

Additional Detail, Photos & Box Information
The length of the 2056 is approximately 11 1/4" long (front to back).

Three Window Cab - Shown in the photo above. - Slightly harder to locate than the four-window cab.
Four Window Cab - This is the common version.

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