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This Identification Guide for Lionel Electric Trains covers the "Post-war Era" only from 1945 until 1969.

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Lionel Trains Locomotive No. 244 LIONEL TRAINS LOCOMOTIVE No. 244

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Lionel Trains Locomotive No. 244 Variation B
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Lionel Trains Locomotive No. 244The Lionel Columbia Type 2-4-2-Locomotive No. 244 was available in 1960 and 1961. Produced on a BLACK Type VI plastic body with a WHITE heat-stamped number on the cab, it has a metal sided motor and has added weights in the front and the rear of the locomotive to aid in its tractive effort. It is controlled by a two position directional unit. This locomotive was lighted and has a headlight lens and a liquid smoke unit equipped with bellows.
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This engine is the same as the No. 243 except that this locomotive did not come with a whistle tender. There are two variations:
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Variation A: With a No. 244T slope back tender equipped with AAR trucks and a disc coupler.
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Variation B: With a No. 1130T streamlined tender equipped with AAR trucks and a disc coupler.
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This locomotive was designed to work on O27 Gauge track and it will also run on O Gauge track.

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