A Special Collector Set from 1946--the FIRST set in the 1946 catalog!
You are looking at a really special set. This is the first postwar set Lionel offered--the legendary "Electronic Set." THIS ONE is the first of the two electronic sets they made.
The caboose is the 1946 PENNSYLVANIA metal caboose, and the engine features the more scarce "smoke bulb" which has NOT been replaced with the more common and familiar pellet unit.
Lionel as ahead of its time with this one. It came with a central controller that enabled you to control things like uncoupling, unloading, and even some steam engine features WITHOUT A REMOTE CONTROL TRACK. Simply press the corresponding button on the controller, and you are making magic anywhere on the layout!
Unfortunately, it did not go well for Lionel. The 1946 asking price was just too much. It was also too different. They tried one more year. Then they moved on.
This O gauge set includes:
- 671R Steam Turbine steam engine
- 4424W Whistle tender
- 4452 Pennsylvania gondola
- 4454 Baby Ruth Box Car
- 5459 Automatic Ore Dump Car'
- 4357 Illuminated Pennsylvania tinplate Caboose
- The ECU Controller
- Original Instructions
- An extra ECU unit
- All individual boxes
NOTE: The engine can be operated either conventionally or with the ECU-1. You just unplug the tender plug and moved the plug from the locomotive into the other receptacle in the back.
SHIPPING INCLUDES INSURANCE AND may include SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION.