08-26-2011, 08:30 AM
It's been many a moon since I last posted. As a matter o' fact, I had to create a new user account since it appears my old one has gone missing. 
I am in need of some assistance. I have two old diecast engines that are in serious need of restoration/ repair. I need to find someone who can do the work and get an idea of what it will cost. I recently tried to restore an old engine myself and destroyed it. I won't attempt it again.
One is my old Marx 666. The smoker leaks something fierce and the eingine itself is barely running.
The other is an old Lionel 8142. It is missing the front and rear trucks and full of animal hair. I'm scared to even try running this one for fear it might catch fire or something. (My dad picked this one up at an auction somewhere and gave it to me.) Oh, and from the pics I have found of them online, it used to have an attached coal car with the whistle inside. That is gone as well. (And if it will run without it, I don't particularly care to preplace it.)
If need be, I can post pics of both later. I was just mainly hoping someone could point me in the right direction of a good repair spacialist.
I am in need of some assistance. I have two old diecast engines that are in serious need of restoration/ repair. I need to find someone who can do the work and get an idea of what it will cost. I recently tried to restore an old engine myself and destroyed it. I won't attempt it again.
One is my old Marx 666. The smoker leaks something fierce and the eingine itself is barely running.
The other is an old Lionel 8142. It is missing the front and rear trucks and full of animal hair. I'm scared to even try running this one for fear it might catch fire or something. (My dad picked this one up at an auction somewhere and gave it to me.) Oh, and from the pics I have found of them online, it used to have an attached coal car with the whistle inside. That is gone as well. (And if it will run without it, I don't particularly care to preplace it.)
If need be, I can post pics of both later. I was just mainly hoping someone could point me in the right direction of a good repair spacialist.
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Baby likes to rock it like a boogie-woogie choo-choo train!