LGB STAINZ - The Train Sets, year 1985

Another golden year for LGB and the Stainz train sets would see 6 new versions of train sets added to their line:

LGB 20150

LGB 20150 - Courtesy  of Only Trains

The 150 Years German Railway(s) Anniversary was a special edition that came in a "limited" volume of 12,000. The loco was a Stainz 2020 in red with a black chassis, two passenger cars in red, highly decorated and resembling a Christmas theme while featuring the City of Nuremberg coat of arms. It didn't take long until this set, though not offered in any main catalog, made its way into the USA. It survived and one set  just sold in mid August for US$ 160.00.

LGB 20528

This set was made for The Schweiger Toy company, the biggest toy dealer in Nuremberg and still existing today but with a rather small inventory/offer regarding LGB stock. Back in 1985 they were one of the big players in the LGB game and got their own "150 years German Railway Anniversary" train set in a yellow version. There were two set versions, one with a completely black steam chest, the LGB 20528-1

LGB 20528-1 - Courtesy of worthpoint.com

This black version came in an edition of 60 (!!) only.

And the LGB 20528-2 with a golden steam chest - see set in the middle, below:

LGB 20528-2 - Courtesy of worthpoint.com

This set had an edition for Schweiger of 1,000 and was sold by Schweiger Toys exclusively.

LGB 20531

This was a train set with an LGB 2010 and 2 container cars. The containers were originally white/grey and were custom-labeled for 16 different companies. The editions ran anywhere between 25 and 100 sets per 'special-edition' company. There were the companies that ordered their special LGB 20531 edition:

Abele. Breuninger, Daufth, Hinsche, Eberhardt, Kurtz, Panne, Reimann, Schinacher, Schnabel, Schumann, Schueler, Sindel, Thommes, Zinthaefner. Below are some examples we found:

LGB 20531 Breuninger - Cortesy of Worthpoint

LGB 20531 ? - Courtesy of liveauctioneers.com

LGB 20531 Kurtz - Courtsey of grootspoor.com

LGB 20531 in blue for Schumann Co, advertising a soft drink - Courtesy of lgb-much.de
The cars in the upper section do not belong to the LGB 20531 set

The LGB numbers LGB 20531Y and LGB 20531-Z refer to some of those clients' train sets.

LGB 20532

Another client based set was the LGB 20532 made for the Bundesgartenschau Berlin, (Quote:)"which is a biennial federal horticulture show in Germany. It also covers topics like landscaping. Taking place in different cities, the location changes in a two-year cycle." (Quote end. By Wikipedia)

This set is often misnamed as the orient Express set which it is NOT.

LGB 20532 incomplete, Courtesy of reynaulds.com

This set was not cataloged and came in an edition of 1,000.

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