It's all about the Trains!

While there is a lot happening at Whistlestop as seen in recent posts, there hasn't been a lot happening as far as trains arriving for the Trainbarn.  A different 'season', I guess.  So I thought I'd take a photo of the latest Standard Gauge item to arrive- a 500 series Tank Car from the Lionel Corporation.  This was shown in the 2009 Lionel Corporation catalogue, and I wanted to buy the whole set pictured, however this is the only piece I've been able to obtain, so far.

The 500 series cars are slightly smaller than the 200 series, and in their heyday were slightly cheaper, but retain the same level of detail as the 200 series.


So, the hunt is still on for the rest of the cars in this set, and the superb 390 steam locomotive that pulls it!