A 226E is a Lionel pre war steam locomotive, with a 2-6-4-wheel arrangement. They were made from 1938 to 1941. The 226E came with a 12- wheel 2226W whistle tender. The tender was lettered Lionel Line first in silver ( years 1938 and 1939 ) after that the lettering was white.



The 226E was the leader of the O scale line and came in sets with 2800 series freight cars and the semi-scale freight cars.



This was a die cast locomotive and tender of the highest quality. It was offered only in black (other die cast locomotives of the same time era also came in gray) The 226E is one of only two Lionel pre war locomotives ( the other is the 260 ) to have the red firebox light under the boiler to simulate the glowing coal in the firebox, its six drive wheels had Baldwin disc wheels with a chrome rim around them. The pre war locomotives did not have smoke units these started in 1946, and no magne-traction (1950)