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1970 satellite car
Posted by thesiding on Friday, March 20, 2015 8:33 PM

While going through some paper related Lionel products at home  found the 1970

catalog and saw one of the sets had a satellite launching car

 

Does anyone remmber this?

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Posted by rtraincollector on Friday, March 20, 2015 9:04 PM

in the catalog it should give a stock number most likely starts with 6- and then 4 or 5 numbers after that. that will help so we can give you more info. 

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Posted by ADCX Rob on Friday, March 20, 2015 9:44 PM

I remember it well.

As with many of the items depicted in this catalog, it was never made.

Rob

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Posted by TrainLarry on Friday, March 20, 2015 10:01 PM

1970 set #1087 "Midnight Express" with the Penn Central satellite car is explained here.

How about that ZW at the top of the page? Click the picture for an enlarged view.

Larry

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Posted by thesiding on Friday, March 20, 2015 10:37 PM

Thanks for the info    The Loco might have been some leftover 665's possibly not enough leftover or enough orders. I found before today a seperate sale sheet from sixties indicating the 665 wa available for seperate sale it was dated 1967

At any rate this proves something I saw in the catalogs  "All product designs in this catalog are subject to change without notice' or something to that effect.

Also was that the ZW of 1991?

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