LIONEL '03 C&O Diesel Freight Train Set #31707

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***** Starting Price reduced 50% to "get the bidding started"!!! ***** LIONEL '03 C&O Diesel Freight Train Set #31707 MINT/SEALED C-10 Starting Price = $295 / Buy it Now Price = $695 (FYI- "Buy it Now" Price is no longer available after the first Auction Price is posted, so if you know you want this item, please enter the "Buy it Now" ASAP!!!) *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Throughout its history the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad had been known for conquering tough Appalachian grades and for tackling heavy freight consists from around the country. C&O freight trains moved merchandise from the northern Great Lakes to the southern tidewater seaports. In 1949, the C&O began its switch from steam to diesel power. During the early 1950s the railroad purchased its first GP-9 from General Motors’ ElectroMotive Division. The locomotive proved so successful that the C&O had ordered a total of 363 units by 1957. The Chesapeake & Ohio Freight Train Set celebrates the power of both the C&O and one of the toughest locomotives of the early diesel era. Heading this new freight train set is a dual-motored Lionel GP-9 diesel locomotive featuring a realistic operating read more