Lionel Electric Trains Identification Guide Sub-Title
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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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The Lionel Chemical Tank Cars LIONEL LINES CHEMICAL TANK CAR No. 6315-60

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The Lionel Lines  Chemical Tank Car No. 6315 B Variation
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The Lionel Chemical Tank CarsThe Lionel Lines Chemical Tank Car No. 6315-60 was produced between 1963 and 1966, and this version was all ORANGE with BLACK rubber-stamped lettering with no built date. The tank is mounted on an unpainted BLACK plastic frame and the trucks are mounted on a metal supports that are held by a single screw the goes through the frame and into the tank.
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Equipped with late AAR trucks with open axels, it is usually found with two operating disc couplers, although some examples that were produced in 1963 and 1964 have one solid non-operating coupler.
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Cataloged in 1963 and 1964 erroneously under the No. 6315-60 the ORANGE picture boxes for these productions are labeled with this number.

No. 6315 Orange Picture Box End

There are two variations:
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Variation A: ORANGE painted tank. A hard to find variation.
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Variation B: Unpainted ORANGE tank. The common variation.


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