Painted Streamliner Sets

Click on any picture to see larger pictures of the individual engines and cars in that set.

North Coast Limited set made in 1956-1957 (Picture courtesy of an anonymous donor.)

North Coast Limited set made in 1958 (Picture courtesy of an anonymous donor.)

Missouri Pacific Eagle set made in 1958 (Picture courtesy of an anonymous donor.)

Union Pacific Pony Express set made in 1959-1960 (Picture courtesy of an anonymous donor.)

#20767 Missouri Pacific Eagle set made in 1963-1964 (Photo courtesy of the MW Collection.)

The Southern Pacific Daylight Passenger set made by Lionel in 1981. Lionel sold the cars individually, never as a set.

Similarly, the Erie Passenger cars made by Lionel in 1982 were sold individually, never as a set.

HAR #7 Chesapeake and Ohio Passenger Train made by Lionel in 1989.

Dome car from the #49600 Union Pacific Pony Express Passenger Train made by Lionel in 1990. (Photo from an ebay auction by Marty's Trains.)

#49601 Missouri Pacific Passenger Train made by Lionel in 1991, lacking the 48913 Observation Car.

#49602 Northern Pacific Passenger Train made by Lionel in 1992, thought by many to be American Flyer's best looking train.

#49611 New York Central Passenger Train made in 2002. (Picture courtesy of Ronald W. Durst)

#48958 coach car 3550 from the #49612 B&O Passenger Train made in 2003. (Picture courtesy of Jim K.)

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