IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND NEWER.
UNOPENED, STILL SEALED
BE THE VERY FIRST TO OPEN THIS ITEM!
Our own stock photo is included so you can see what is in the box!
Here is a Lionel Century Club Pennsylvania Railroad tender. Released in 1999, it was intended to go with the 6-18057 671 steam turbine released in 1997 (as pictured in its brochure). The Century Club release of the 671 6-8-6 S-2 steam engine came with the more common standard looking squarish tender.
THIS LISTING is for the other PENNSYLVANIA tender offered wth the streamlined look, just like in the old days. What a great add-on to already tough to find pieces.
FEATURES:
- New Die-cast Body
- Six-wheel Die-cast Trucks
- Directional Lighting
- Full RailSounds including CrewTalk and TowerCom
- Metal Grab Rails and Ladder
- Electrocoupler
- Flexible Tether
- Length 9"
- Scale Die-cast Water Scoop on the tender undercarriage
- Goes with 6-18057 as an alternate streamlined verison tender
- Made in the USA
- Length 9"
- Minimum Radius: O-31
Lionel produced Century Club items in limited quantities and only sold them to Lionel Century Club Members who had to pay a membership fee in advance to be eligible to purchase Century Club items.
CONDITION: C-10 brand new in the original box and shipper.
The last picture of the tender is one of our own stock photos so you can see what the item is.
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SHIPPING INCLUDES INSURANCE AND SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION
History of the Turbine
Lionel first introduced the 671 in 1946 when the actual steam engine was still in service pulling the Broadway Limited. The real S-2 turbine was built by Baldwin in 1944 and weighed in at 501 tons. The engine was nicknamed "Big Swoosh". The turbine was made for high speed efficiency, and so it did not perform as well at lower speeds. Because of this, diesels soon passed this engine by, and in 1949, it was scrapped.