Lionel 1945 set. 463w

[Snip]

Thanks for the responses to my question!

[snoopys model trains]

thanks.   just orderd back issue

[Flintlock76]

KeithB

They had double doors so that Automobiles could be pushed in.  They also usually had a rack system so that two autos could be stored on each end of the boxcar, one over another.

 

In one of the old post-war railroad promotional films, I think  it's the Southern Pacific's "This Is My Railroad" (Don't hold me to that!) you can see one of those automobile boxcars being unloaded.  Terminal crewmen are unloading one of those auto cars by pushing the automobile out of it.

Considering it's one of those BIG post-war cars you can bet they had their work cut out for them!

[KeithB]

They had double doors so that Automobiles could be pushed in.  They also usually had a rack system so that two autos could be stored on each end of the boxcar, one over another.

[smokey1]

Interesting info, as I have this set. I didn't know thou, that it was the only set produced in 1945. Good info. 

[Flintlock76]

lionelsoni

An automobile car is a boxcar with double doors.

 

Beat me to it!  At the time the question was asked I was watching "Property Brothers."

That's OK, Bob, you da man!

[Roger Carp]

Hi everyone,

We published an article on Lionel for 1945 and the 463W outfit in the January 2015 issue, starting on page 40.

Happy holidays,

Roger Carp

Senior editor

[lionelsoni]

An automobile car is a boxcar with double doors.

[Shock Control]

No caboose.

This must be why they eventually eliminated cabeese in the real world, so that real trains would be more like Lionel trains. 

[Snip]

Flintlock,

Do you know why the box car is called an automobile car?

(I don't know, that's why I'm asking!)

[Flintlock76]

aboard!

I don't know about all CTT issues, there's been a LOT of them, but does this help a bit?

http://postwarlionel.com/complete-sets/463w-1945-four-car-freight-set/

This goes into a lot more detail:

http://www.dakotapaul.com/items/showitem.asp?iid=4729

From what I've read in other sources, the 463w was kind of a rush job for Lionel, an attempt to get something  out in time for the 1945 Christmas season. 

[snoopys model trains]

does anybody know what ctt issues have information about the lionel 1945 set