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This is a cool Lionel box car

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This is a cool Lionel box car
Posted by philo426 on Tuesday, August 8, 2023 8:32 AM

Very durable paint! 

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Posted by ADCX Rob on Tuesday, August 8, 2023 9:22 AM

"Frankencar" 1940's box car with a 1960's AAR truck and a 1970's Symington-Wayne High Speed truck.

Rob

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Posted by philo426 on Tuesday, August 8, 2023 9:48 AM

Yes I had to add trucks because they were missing when I bought the car for 5 bucks! Operates just fine!

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Posted by mersenne6 on Tuesday, August 8, 2023 8:21 PM

Ok, one down and two to go - 4454

 

and 6454

 

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Posted by philo426 on Tuesday, August 8, 2023 9:33 PM

Very cool!

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Wednesday, August 9, 2023 12:41 PM

Baby Ruth cars?  I found me one of these at the York show in April.

https://picclick.com/Lionel-RR-Lines-Baby-Ruth-Box-Car-Train-275928471802.html#&gid=1&pid=2

Can you imagine a Baby Ruth bar so big you could slice it?  I can't!

Then again there's a scene in that 1927 movie "Wings" where a young Gary Cooper's eating a Hershey bar the size of a brick!  

They say the "good old days" weren't always good but wow, they sure weren't all bad!  

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Posted by philo426 on Wednesday, August 9, 2023 1:26 PM

So true!

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Posted by pennytrains on Wednesday, August 9, 2023 6:04 PM

I have the X2454 with coil couplers and brown doors.

Big Smile  Same me, different spelling!  Big Smile

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