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The Texas Special #2245 O-Gauge AB Unit - Williams By Bachmann w/ Horn and Bell
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The Texas Special #2245 O-Gauge AB Unit - Williams By Bachmann w/ Horn and Bell

$299.99
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This is a pre-owned O gauge locomotive that was purchased in a collection. Locomotive and supporting pieces are sold as is but have been tested and run smoothly. Please view photos for more detail and call if you have any questions.

Note: All used items are non-returnable, so please ask any question prior to purchase, but we will test all purchases prior to in-store pick-up or before shipping.

Standard features of the powered A unit include: red and white painted areas over a gray shell, single motor, Magnetraction, functional horn, three-position E-unit, operating front coupler with a non-operating rear coupler, illuminated headlight and number boards, plus dual ornamental horns, metal steps on the trucks, rear metal ladder steps mounted on the frame and an MKT and Frisco decal on each side below the cab windows.

The 2245 Texas Special F3 AB unit of the mid 1950s is another set of quality F3 diesels produced by Lionel. This unit is notable in that it was the first Lionel F3 A unit to be produced with a single motor. Lionel catalogued the Texas Special F3 as an 027 gauge item and headed up two sets in 1954 and one in 1955.

The 2245 was always sold as an AB combination. Even with a single motor and Magnetraction, it is a powerful locomotive. The 2245 is unusual in that it was produced for only two years but there are three distinct variations over the two year production cycle.

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