Pretty cool, I don't know if the milkman was all that successful in throwing out the cans. Got a chuckle out of that in remembering some of my old layout visits.

Beautfully done making that turbine come to life again and the layout is a gem right out off the fifties. I was there. I followed your instruction on tune up of the turbine in the sept. issue and it was right on. These are the kind of articles.that keep the hobbys blood flowing. Good work Terry.

That was a great article. Leaving the chip in the paint by the cab road number gives the engine character. If it were my engine and I'd done all of the touch-up work I'd have tackled touching up by the number as I'm pretty good with that (I used to custom paint Lionel trains years ago). In any event, the engine looks great and a fine job was done on her.
As for the manly art of toy train maintenance....I get no greater satisfaction than maintaining my fleet. It's relaxing and rewarding. To quote a line from an old commercial, "Made for a man, buy I like it too."
-Janis

I found that the 6200'S are probably the easiest premium locos to work on. I've taken apart mostly every postwar steamer that Lionel made. The real bonus here is that you don't have to fuss with the complex side rods. You picked a great starting point. It was the first engine I serviced, and of course, it was the first engine I introduced my son to the manly art of Toy Train maintenance.

The turbine certainly is a good runner. I'm a Pennsy fan and I sure appreciate
how Lionel captured one of PRR's attempts to continue to keep steam operating over the "Standard Railroad of the World". Alas, EMD quickly won the battle and the S-2 was, in real life, only a tiny footnote in the history of the Pennsy. But along the Lionel Lines rail empire, the turbine was a big success.