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This Identification Guide for Lionel Electric Trains covers the "Post-war Era" only from 1945 until 1969.
LIONEL TRAINS CROSSING GATE No. 252
The Crossing Gate No. 252 would lower the gate and the two RED lights on the top would light up as a train passed by. This was activated from the weight of a train going over a No. 145C Contact that was placed beneath the track. This gate was available from 1950 until 1962, and the only variation (B) has a CREAM colored arm (possibly caused by impurities in the plastic) instead of the WHITE version (Variation A).