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This Identification Guide for Lionel Electric Trains covers the "Post-war Era" only from 1945 until 1969. |
LIONEL TRAINS GONDOLA CAR No. 6142 |
The 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. |
There are eight variations: |
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