PreWar Tinplate Vintage Trains
Selection of Lionel Standard Gauge and O Gauge scale trains. Although the concept of model-train sets sounds modern, it actually goes back at least to 1910, when the Edmonds-Metzel Manufacturing Company produced a line of passenger-train sets known as “Chicago Cars.” During the “train wars” of the mid-1910s, when the import of German train brands such as Märklin and Bing were interrupted by World War One, U.S. manufacturers such as Ives, American Flyer, Dorfan, and Lionel all used train sets to differentiate themselves from their competitors, although sometimes this differentiation was only partial. For example, in 1925, American Flyer offered a premium line of “Wonder” train sets, whose locomotives and cars were designed to run on Lionel’s standard-gauge tracks—American Flyer simply rebranded its copy as “Wide Gauge.”
- Lionel IVES-3238 O Ives Prewar Cast Iron O Gauge 3238 Electric LocomotiveNumber IVES-3238
Manufacturer PreWar Tinplate Vintage Trains
Scale Tinplate, O$549.99 - Lionel Prewar #LIO265 O Gauge Commodore Vanderbilt 2-4-2 Locomotive & 2225W TenderNumber LIO265
Manufacturer PreWar Tinplate Vintage Trains
Scale Tinplate, O$499.99 - Lionel Lines #LIO265W 265W TenderNumber LIO265W
Manufacturer PreWar Tinplate Vintage Trains
Scale Tinplate, O$99.99 - Lionel Lines #LIO265W-1 265W Tender - Gunmetal GrayNumber LIO265W-1
Manufacturer PreWar Tinplate Vintage Trains
Scale Tinplate, O$99.99 - Lionel Lines #LIO2689W Whistle Tender 2689WNumber LIO2689W
Manufacturer PreWar Tinplate Vintage Trains
Scale Tinplate, O$99.99 - Lionel #LIO2811 Lionel Prewar O Gauge Flat Car With Wood LoadNumber LIO2811
Manufacturer PreWar Tinplate Vintage Trains
Scale Tinplate, O$349.99 - Lionel LIO2812 O Lionel Prewar Orange Gondola Car With No BarrelsNumber LIO2812
Manufacturer PreWar Tinplate Vintage Trains
Scale Tinplate, O$149.99 - Lionel LIO3459A O Lionel Prewar Green Operating Automatic Unloading Car With No CoalNumber LIO3459A
Manufacturer PreWar Tinplate Vintage Trains
Scale Tinplate, O$149.99 - Lionel LIO3811 O Lionel Prewar Lumber Flat Car With LogsNumber LIO3811
Manufacturer PreWar Tinplate Vintage Trains
Scale Tinplate, O$149.99 - Lionel LIO3814 O Lionel Prewar Operating Automatic Merchandise Box Car With Four Black CubesNumber LIO3814
Manufacturer PreWar Tinplate Vintage Trains
Scale Tinplate, O$249.99 - Lionel LIO3859 O Lionel Prewar Operating Automatic Dump Car With No CoalNumber LIO3859
Manufacturer PreWar Tinplate Vintage Trains
Scale Tinplate, O$129.99 - Lionel LIO812 O Lionel Lines Green Gondola Car #812Number LIO812
Manufacturer PreWar Tinplate Vintage Trains
Scale O$149.99 - Lionel LIO814 Lionel Lines Yellow Automobile Furniture Box Car #814Number LIO814
Manufacturer PreWar Tinplate Vintage Trains
Scale O$299.99 - Lionel LIO817A O Prewar Lionel Lines Caboose #817Number LIO817A
Manufacturer PreWar Tinplate Vintage Trains
Scale Tinplate, O$149.99