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Did Lionel Ever Include Plastic Telephone Poles in Sets from the 1960s (PW) Era?

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Did Lionel Ever Include Plastic Telephone Poles in Sets from the 1960s (PW) Era?
Posted by pgtr on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 8:23 PM

...up thru '69? I think Marx may have done this but I don't recall Lionel doing this offhand in the PW.

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Posted by 3railguy on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:18 AM
The only postwar Lionel telephone poles I'm aware of is the 150 telegraph pole set from 1947 to 1950 which resembles telehone poles. They clipped to the track. I don't recall seeing them listed with any sets. Telephone poles were so easy to make, I doubt people were interested in plastic store boughts.
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Posted by chuck on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 1:41 PM
I have to check one of my old catalogs.  There may have been a telephone pole set inlcuded with one of the Wild West sets that used a "General" style loco?
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Posted by chuck on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 7:44 PM
There were plastic telephone poles as accessories as part of the 984 Railrad set and the 985 Freight Area set.  These do not appear to have been bundled with classic Lionel catalog sets.  They may have been included with specialty sets offered by Sears or Macy's?
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