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 Posted - April 17 2015 : 8:09:20 PM
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Can anyone shed some light on Lionel's HO Canadian Confederation train set? When was it made and was this set actually made by Lionel or another company? Is it rare? Any idea of what a decent in the box set is worth?
Thanks
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Posted - April 17 2015 : 8:14:02 PM
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Well for this expat, I'd say this is pretty darn amazing
and in great shape. The Confederation was about 1867,
n'est pas, so does this set date from 1967? Box looks
nice. I'd jump all over this if it ever came my way.
One of the more interesting sets I've seen in a while.
Please post in SOTW, very nice.
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Posted - April 17 2015 : 8:19:06 PM
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Looks like a 1970's set to me, although I could be wrong.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - April 17 2015 : 9:42:46 PM
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Seller wants $300. I'd really like to know if this set is rare enough to justify the price.
Problem is I'd be SO tempted to run it!
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Posted - April 17 2015 : 9:44:58 PM
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Forgot to mention the photo above is not the actual set that I'm looking at. The original box is missing. The trains are however each in their own individual boxes. I'm sure this hurts value as well.
Edited by - IslandTrains on April 17 2015 9:47:27 PM
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Posted - April 17 2015 : 9:57:26 PM
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http://www.hoseeker.net/lionelhoinformation/lionelholcan1970infopage02.jpg
Not found in catalogs before or after.
T-10067 is set number.
Same page has Ontario Northland, CP, and CN sets.
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Edited by - ScaleCraft on April 17 2015 10:01:13 PM
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Posted - April 17 2015 : 9:59:56 PM
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LOL! I was just about to post that link. 1970. I thought it would have been newer.
Edited by - IslandTrains on April 17 2015 10:00:35 PM
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Posted - April 17 2015 : 10:03:39 PM
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Personal opinion? If you actually run trains, and don't store them hoping in 50 years someone will give you big retirement bucks, pass. Three hundred clams US is a lot for plastic. Now, if it was 300 Canadian, that's a different story....
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Posted - April 17 2015 : 10:04:56 PM
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| It's 300 Canadian which is about $245 USD
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Posted - April 17 2015 : 10:06:53 PM
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| I wonder if these sets were made in Canada? I notice on HO Seeker they mention the bottom of the locomotives say "Molded in Canada"
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Posted - April 17 2015 : 10:14:55 PM
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Back then they were making stuff wherever they could get the best "deal"...later Mexico (for a while, anyway). I do not think it is reasonable to think the molds were anywhere else, sent to Canada, changed to reflect that, run the set, then ship them back and re-modify them.
I have a box full of Lionel FA's, have to dig it out and see what they say on them.
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Posted - April 17 2015 : 10:20:01 PM
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Actually, the molded (moulded?) in Canada might be wrong:
http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?3,2104969
Looks like it all came from Kader, parent company of Botchman.
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Posted - April 17 2015 : 10:52:18 PM
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| Lionel did not make HO trains in 1970. The catalog with the Confederation Set is from 1975-1976 era. The FA diesel was made in Hong Kong. The 50' box cars were made in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The Hong Kong cars have separate roofwalks. The Taiwan box cars have cast on roofwalks. The caboose has Bachmann cast into the frame.
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Posted - April 17 2015 : 11:01:35 PM
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| In light of that, even 245 Canadian is about...oh....240 too much.
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Posted - April 18 2015 : 08:21:22 AM
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| Agreed. Thanks guys.
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Posted - April 18 2015 : 12:24:52 PM
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quote:Agreed. Thanks guys.
Originally posted by IslandTrains - April 18 2015 : 08:21:22 AM
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The real question would be what is it worth to you?
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - April 18 2015 : 6:50:41 PM
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| I'd comfortably pay $100 for it.
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Posted - April 18 2015 : 8:30:42 PM
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neat
I'd like the ON Express or at least the loco
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