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6257 caboose with 2 couplers
Posted by wm #734 on Saturday, September 18, 2010 8:08 PM

Does anybody know if the 6257 caboose ever came with 2 operating couplers? Just today I bought a 6257 caboose that has 2 bar-end operating trucks. According to a few websites, that caboose only ever had one coupler. Could it be real, or is it a homemade job?

       

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Posted by sir james I on Saturday, September 18, 2010 8:38 PM

There was at least 1 made with 2 couplers, however anyone could have added it, it is very easy to do.

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Posted by ADCX Rob on Saturday, September 18, 2010 9:53 PM

A 6257 with two couplers is easy to fake.  But it would have to be staple end trucks, and come with a 6257 box to be legit.

Yours could be home brew, or a late 6457 frame.

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Posted by alank on Sunday, September 19, 2010 6:41 AM

All my 6257 cabooses have 2 couplers...I add them.   Also windows and ladders if I have them around.

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Posted by 8ntruck on Sunday, September 19, 2010 1:21 PM

I have a 6017 with two couplers.  I know my dad added the rear coupler in the early 60's.  I think he used Scout conversion kit.

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Posted by DMUinCT on Monday, September 20, 2010 7:44 AM

The # 6257 was the supplied Caboose in the 1948 O-27 Sets.     Except --

Sets with Steam Switcher Locomotives had the # 6257X.   As was the Lionel policy in pre-war sets, a Switcher Set Caboose was provided with front and rear coulpers. 

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Posted by wm #734 on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 11:00 AM

Mine is the dark red version with "LIONEL LINES", "6257", and the Lionel L logo. The trucks look like a factory job, as they are both the same trucks, and the rivets do not look like they've been removed. 

       

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Posted by teledoc on Friday, October 1, 2010 1:51 PM

    The 6257 with two couplers was listed as 6257x and part of set # 1425b (Type I) as part of the 1948 switcher set.  The set included 1656 Switcher, 6403b tender, black 6456 hopper, 6465 tank car, & 6257X caboose.  Being 1948 set, the trucks would be staple end, bar-end started in 1951.  The set rated as rarity 6, value $850 excellent, $1400 like new according to Doyle's Catalog of Lionel Trains.

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