NO RETURNS PLEASE.

You are buying two (2) LIONEL 2343 Santa Fe shells restored by me.

Cab 1:  Restored silver paint. The red paint is original.  

The yellow and black stripe was redone, except on the roof.  

The Santa Fe nose herald & the GM heralds are original. 

The nose grab rails, screen vents, horns, number boards, headlight  lens and windshield are ALL ORIGINAL. 

The side ladders & porthole windows are reproduction. 

The “Santa Fe” & the “Built by Lionel” are ORIGINAL heat stamping, which I redid all the black inside the heat stamping letterings.

 

CAB 2:  I redid The red & silver paint. The yellow & black stripes are original.  The Santa Fe nose herald, the GM heralds, the nose grab rails, screened vents, horns, number boards, headlight lens and windshield are ALL ORIGINAL.  

The side ladders, porthole windows are reproduction.

The “Santa Fe” & the “Built by Lionel” are ORIGINAL heat stamping, which I redid all the black inside the heat stamping letterings.

PLEASE KNOW WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. THESE ARE 50 YEAR OLD CABS & YOU WILL SEE SOME SCRATCHES AND SLIGHT DENTS UNDER THE PAINT WORK. 

 

I have been buying on eBay for over 30yrs with a 5-star rating. I painted the pre-production models (Jimbos Custom Painting) for the MTH catalogs and was part of the team that built the M.T.H. showroom layout.  I currently custom paint for Ready-To-Roll Trains located in Miami FL.  I am now starting to sell on eBay and I'm a member of the TCA #82-18764 and NMRA 1706470033/12.