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 No. 69 Maintenance CarLIONEL MOTORIZED MAINTENANCE UNIT No. 69

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The Lionel No. 69 Maintenance Unit
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No. 69 Box End

The Lionel No. 69 Maintenance CarThe Motorized Maintenance Unit No. 69 would first appear in the Lionel catalogs in 1960, and would be produced for this, and the following two years. It was based on a vehicle used by the prototype railroads for maintaining their overhead signals.
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The sign Moves when this unit changes directionDARK GRAY and BLACK body, with LIGHT GRAY platform, the number "69" only appears on one side of the unit, and the sign changes when the car reverses direction, one side reads "DANGER," and the other says "SAFETY FIRST."
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Lionel produced an instruction sheet that goes with this unit numbered 69-14 dated 8-60. We’ve shown three pages of this sheet below: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3.
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Note that this unit also has only one center rail electrical pick-up, which could cause it to loose electrical contact when moving over switches and crossings at slow speed.
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No. 69-14 Instructions Page 1
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No. 69-14 Instructions Page 2
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No. 69-14 Instructions Page 3
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