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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 Small Gondola Cars LIONEL TRAINS GONDOLA CAR No. 6142

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Gondola No. 6142-125
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Gondola No. 6142-175
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Lionel Trains Small Gondola CarsThe Lionel Gondola Car No. 6142 was issued from 1963 to 1966 and again in 1969. All of these gondola cars have the detailed under carriage and have a cast in brake wheel. The body mold that was used was No. 6112-86. See No. 6042 for a detailed view of this under carriage.

Lionel used a number of different shades of plastic for these cars and they assigned individual suffixes to these variations that are listed below. The lettering was in WHITE and was imprinted with a heat-stamp. Issued with both AAR and Arch-Bar trucks these cars usually have one operating disc coupler and one solid non-operating coupler. When Lionel included a load with these cars this load usually consisted of unmarked RED or WHITE canisters or ORANGE cable reels.

Gondola No. 6142-50 B Variation

There are eight variations:
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Variation A: BLACK body and listed in the Lionel Service Manual as No. 6142-25. Load consisted of two unmarked WHITE or RED canisters.
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Variation B: GREEN body with no lettering and was listed in the Lionel Service Manual as No. 6142-50. This car did not come with a load.
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Variation C: TRANSLUCENT GREEN body with no lettering.
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Variation D: BLUE body that was cataloged as No. 6142-75.
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Variation E: GREEN body that was cataloged as No. 6142-100.
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Variation F: BLUE body that was cataloged as No. 6142-125. This car came without a load.
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Variation G: BLUE body that was cataloged as No. 6142-150. Load is two ORANGE cable reels.
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Variation H: OLIVE body with no lettering. Listed in the Lionel Service Manual as No. 6142-175.


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