I have just purchased a Lionel Lines DL&W 2419 work caboose. I did some research on it and learned that it is a rather rare item, but I want to get an exact idea of the rarity so I know just how it compares to the other items in my collection.
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-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
This may help.
http://www.postwarlionel.com/cgi-bin/postwar?ITEM=2419
http://www.tandem-associates.com/lionel/lionel_trains_2419_caboose.htm
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Thank you, but this just raised more questions than it did answers. Why does the tandem-associates site say the car came with a search light, while the postwarlionel site says nothing about it?
Good question. I also looked it up in the greenburg repair manual 1945-1969 and there in nothing about a light on it. See page 310 & 311
I have contected tandem in the past and they always answer my questions. So give them a try.
The 2419 is NOT rare at all, and does not have a search light. The 2420 is the rare one, and DOES have the light. The tandem assoc site is wrong and likely shows a cab that has been sustituted for 2419. Even the 6419 which later replaced it does not have a light.
Roger
The 2420 has the searchlight; the 2419 does not. David Doyle (Standard Catalog) gives it a rarity of 3 on a 1-8 scale, meaning they're pretty common. Just BTW, the 6419 and 6420 are the same cars with the magnetic couplers.
That Tandem site is useful, but it has a significant number of errors. Greenberg's big books (not the little price guides) and Doyle are better for accuracy and enumerating variations, though even they show discrepancies and a few outright errors.
Edit: Ooops, Roger beat me to it while I was composing.
trainrat The 2019 is NOT rare at all, and does not have a search lite. .
The 2019 is NOT rare at all, and does not have a search lite. .
2019? Where did you get that from? Unless you are talking about the 2419.
typo, sorry-
martinden The 2420 has the searchlight; the 2419 does not. David Doyle (Standard Catalog) gives it a rarity of 3 on a 1-8 scale, meaning they're pretty common. Just BTW, the 6419 and 6420 are the same cars with the magnetic couplers. That Tandem site is useful, but it has a significant number of errors. Greenberg's big books (not the little price guides) and Doyle are better for accuracy and enumerating variations, though even they show discrepancies and a few outright errors.
Thank you for clearing this up. I know that the items I have aren't very rare, but I am still happy with my little collection, which is all that really matters.
That is the bottom line as long as your happy thats what counts
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