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LCCA Announces a Pair of Doodlebugs

The LCCA brings the excitement and adventure of the doodlebug back with the introduction of doodlebugs herald for the Alsaka Railroad and in continuing livery for the LCCA of the Texas Special.

For experienced railroad buffs, there is no need to define a doodlebug as a self-contained rail passenger car with its own engine. It is a railroad’s equivalent to a street trolley, a single self-powered unit carrying passengers and freight. These strange creatures of the rails played an important role in transportation history, keeping rail passenger service alive to underserved communities for years.

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New SP Black Widow Set

The LCCA is proud to introduce its next Lionel Train Set offering. Our last train set was a freight set (the Texas Special) was introduced in 2013 and was a quickly sold out. Additional cars were added to this set for a few years.

This new set is an SP Black Widow FT Diesel with three passenger cars all painted in the Black Widow livery paint scheme. The Black Widow design has been celebrated as one of the best yet it lasted only for a few years, It did require 4 individual paint colors (black, orange, red and silver) and required considerable masking to get right consuming lots of time and money.

This set is full of great Lionel features like LionChief, Bluetooth, Railsound, Lionel Voice Control and more. It will be produced in a single run, not to be reproduced. The SKU 2401200 has been assigned and the set will be offered exclusively through the LCCA. (lionelcollectors.org).

Black Widow can be ordered in LCCA Store

LCCA Introduces Lionel Visionline GG1

LCCA Announces a New Lionel Visionline Offering for 2024 - a GG1. This is a true to scale model of one of Lionel's icon locomotives of the postwar period. Desired at the time for its stature and pulling power, the GG1 is updated to true scale, and includes the latest Visionline features offered by Lionel.

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2024 Convention Car - UP Boat Load

Description

This Lionel produced car, a boat carrier, comes with 4 multicolored boats and is another in the LCCA Union Pacific series. This yellow and red car has silver sprung trucks, has the UP full herald and proudly carries the American Flag.

This car is based on the postwar Lionel 6416 boat carrier offered between 1961 and 1963. The boats on the 6416 came in white hulls and blue tops and red hulls with white tops. The boats for this car will come in a Lionel clamshell so you will have the opportunity to load the car yourself.

The car is limited to one per member. The Lionel number for this car is 2401230. The separate 4 pack of boats has the Lionel number 2230120. Shipping is $16.

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Texas Pete - Feel the Heat!

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To help commemorate our Concord, NC Convention, the LCCA asked Lionel to produce a “Texas Pete Fleet of Heat” including a tank car and a MUSA boxcar. Texas Pete is based out of Winston-Salem, NC. This MUSA boxcar is painted in Texas Pete livery to match the tank car. This was productid in limited numbers and will surely sell out quickly, so order soon!

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Krispy Kream Car for 2024

Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Krispy Kreme is one of the most beloved and well-known sweet treat brands in the world! Its iconic Original Glazed® doughnut is universally recognized for its hot-off-the-line, melt-in-your-mouth experience. Like those doughnuts, the Lionel MUSA boxcar is universally recognized for its quality as well. In honor of our 2023 Convention held in North Carolina, the LCCA put these two things together.

This boxcar has all the features you expect from Lionel and the LCCA. This car is limited to one car per member. Quantities are very limited and will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Texas Pete - Fleet of Heat!

Description

To help commemorate our Concord, NC Convention, the LCCA asked Lionel to produce a “Texas Pete Fleet of Heat” including a tank car and a MUSA boxcar. Texas Pete is based out of Winston-Salem, NC. This MUSA boxcar is painted in Texas Pete livery to match the tank car. This was producted in limited numbers and will surely sell out quickly, so order soon!

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Origins of the LCCA - 1995 interview with Jim Gates - 5

Jun 6, 2024, 23:12

Title : Origins of the LCCA - 1995 interview with Jim Gates - 5

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Back in August, 1995 The Lion Roars published the first of six subsequent articles about the history of the LCCA. These six articles celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the LCCA. This, the first of that series is an in depth interview with the club founder Jim Gates (Charter Member #1) done by Dennis DeVito (HM #6758). Sit back and re-live those earlier days from the eyes of Jim Gates.

The original article is available here in PDF form by clicking the links below. LOG IN TO MEMBER'S ONLY SECTION TO VIEW

- August 1995 - page 18 - Click Here

- August 1995 - page 19 - Click Here

- August 1995 - page 22 - Click Here

- August 1995 - Page 23 - Click Here

Thank You Jim for your insights, motivation, perseverance, and leadership even from the club's earliest days. The Seeds you planted grew into "The Best Toy Train Club on the Planet!"

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LCCA Announces a Pair of Doodlebugs

New SP Black Widow Set

LCCA Introduces Lionel Visionline GG1

2024 Convention Car - UP Boat Load

Texas Pete - Feel the Heat!

Krispy Kream Car for 2024

Texas Pete - Fleet of Heat!

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