Greenberg's Repair and Operating Manual for Lionel Trains, 1945-1969

Gerat information and diagrams.

Good general repair book

Excellent resource for all things Lionel in the post-war era. I can't imagine needing any other book here. As another person said, sometimes it's a little small with text, perhaps these were on larger sheets originally, but still good to reference and I can properly see the text and images.

It's been said before, it'll be said again: if you want to work on postwar Lionel electric trains, this is an essential resource to have. While unfortunately it doesn't contain everything Lionel produced between 1945 and 1969, almost everything is in the book. Every steam, diesel, and electric locomotive has some sort of reference to look to in this book, and most if not every single operating car (and some non-operating cars). These reprinted service documents are exceedingly helpful for two reasons (among many): For one, over time, Lionel took notice of recurring issues with certain products, and notes are made of some of these common faults, and the recommended solutions. While the vast network of Lionel Corporation's service stations are a thing of the past, the instructions provided to them are invaluable and very handy to be made aware of. The other extremely useful aspect of this book, is that the old repair documents show part numbers for all the exploded diagrams. This makes it exceedingly easy to locate replacement parts, as while the original company is gone, replacement/reproduction parts suppliers still use the old product numbers in most cases. Instead of stumbling around for the right search term, you can know exactly what it is you need, and find it online quickly. I personally felt that the physical quality of the book isn't perfect- the coating on the cover of my copy started peeling a bit not more than a week after I bought it. But the paper is bright and the printing is clear. A choice I'm not a huge fan of, is that rather than making some corrections to errors in the book, there is a section devoted to pointing out the errors, rather than fixing them. So sometimes you may unknowingly run into some incorrect information unless you double check the "corrections" section. A little annoying, but it doesn't ruin the book's usefulness. I will warn that among the items it does not give you a parts list or detailed service documents for, is the 3530 Generator Car set, No. 65 handcar, and anything HO. In the case of the former two, I do not know if these items ever had service documents. In the case of the latter, service documents DID exist but seem to have not been reprinted. Parts are largely un-reproduced, so the collector of Lionel HO manufactured by Lionel Corp between 1959 and 1966 is rather on their own. All in all, I do recommend buying yourself a copy despite the shortcomings it has here and there. On the whole it will serve you very well, and you'll be glad to have it.

Dear Sirs Excuse me, but I do not speak or write English well. When I bought from Amazon the Lionel repair manual I wanted to get a guide to help me make services for my Lionel's customers and for my own Lionel. I'm working by mysef reparing different modell trains from USA, Europe and Asia in all gauges available in the world's market. This manual is simple to undestand and give me solutions from electric Lionel circuits and parts in each model. Sincerely Mike Veraldi (from Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Beautiful, beautiful volume! Hubby’s birthday is coming up and this will take him back to the Postwar years when he had a model train that was near-and-dear to him. Great illustrations and tons of important information about all the Lionel trains manufactured during that era. Seller sent in mint condition as well.

I recently purchased this book and highly recommend it to anyone interested in collecting Post War Lionel. It has already saved me at least ten times what I paid for it in repair costs. I am thirty-five years old and have never owned a "new" train. I operate all of my father and uncle's old Lionel trains. Most of the accessories I own are Post War era and were purchased at train shows or as used items at local train stores. The older stuff just seems to have more character. That being said, they do not always operate as effectively as possible. Since I bought this book I have repaired a 342 culvert loader, two semaphores, a 140 banjo signal, a 252 crossing gate, and a 221 steam engine. I am by no means a train repair specialist, but this book made doing repairs much easier. The book provides exploded views of almost everything Lionel built from 1945-1969. It also provides parts numbers (as well as original prices for those parts), and explanations for how each item works as well as trouble shooting tips for most items. Although the print is small it is still clearly readable for me. This book has been a great resource and has allowed me to buy items in fair or poor condition (at a fraction of the cost of something new) and refurbish it to something that looks good and works very well.

If you are a Lionel collector this book is a must. It has breakdown of part numbers and exploded views of almost every engine or operating car or building even transformers. It is a book you will reference every time you work or preform maintenance on you Lionel post war products.

Muy ilustrativo

I have a very old 1950s train set. This book is well written with pictures and part numbers. Good detail on repairing, maintaining Lionel trains.

I needed a book to revive a 1955 O-27 set that had a lot of butchered parts. This book was the definitive answer. Switches that didn't work turned out to be wired incorrectly. Wiring schematics in the book brought them back to life. This book has more than paid for itself 5 times over in both cost and frustration savings. Don't buy this book to build a railroad and scenery set. Get it because you want everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) to work the way it was meant to run. Part numbers, schematics and diagrams fill this book. Buy this book and be prepared to fix anything Lionel from 1945 to 1969.

The book has a comprehensive overview of the entire gambit of post-war Lionel products that helps you repair and understand how Lionel stuff was made. Very handy!

same as other editions.