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1957 Lionel 2373 Canadian Pacific F3 AA set
« on: November 14, 2020, 10:48:09 PM »
I bought these today. They are neat.

These were cataloged in 1957 only. The Canadian Pacific F3s come in the brown and gray scheme shown here usually being brown paint on gray molds, but some rare versions have both the gray and brown are painted on orange molds.

 


The decals on the nose are almost always damaged. They are applied over the voids for steps and door details and just don't survive being touched. The decals below are a little better than usual.

 


Also, many of these locos are found with the nose cracked at the light. This happens because the worker who put the lens in pushed it in to hard, and after years of stress, it cracks.

The Canadian Pacific 2373 was sold only in an AA unit like the  one shown here.

 


These are later units so they have the portholes filled in and the louvered roof vents along with armature type couplers.

 


The powered unit has two motors and a horn.  The dummy unit has only a light.

 


This is a very powerful loco. It was sold in sets with 3 aluminum vista domes and an observation. Two passenger cars were available separately to make a five car set.

Here's a video of the loco pulling the cars from the Santa Fe set.  The horn works well.


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Re: 1957 Lionel 2373 Canadian Pacific F3 AA set
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2020, 02:54:52 PM »
Online, eBay, or private owner?

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Re: 1957 Lionel 2373 Canadian Pacific F3 AA set
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2020, 03:31:29 PM »
Train meet yesterday from a local club. People donate trains to the local clubs and the meets give the clubs space to sell them. The clubs price the trains to sell.  I also bought 4 Lionel 156 sheds for the layout. At $10 each it's easier than fixing the broken ones I have.

Everybody is happy except maybe the second person in line.

The show was an outdoor swap meet by the local TCA Div.  They sold almost 40 spaces, then had cancellations and no shows due to the flu uptick. Maybe 20-25 sellers. Less than 100 additional people showed up.

Sales were off, but it was fun to get out and do a show.

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Re: 1957 Lionel 2373 Canadian Pacific F3 AA set
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2020, 10:45:09 AM »
Nice! No shows at all of any kind around here.