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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 PENNSYLVANIA GONDOLA CAR No. 2452

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Lionel Trains Gondola No. 2452 Variation J
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Lionel Trains Small Gondola CarsThe Pennsylvania Gondola Car No. 2452 was available from 1945 until 1947. Produced on a BLACK body with WHITE heat-stamped lettering, this car, unlike the No. 2452X, did have brake wheels. The body is held to a metal undercarriage that has steps at the four corners by four fillister head screws. This gondola car came equipped with staple-end trucks with electronic coil couplers, and the earliest versions came with unboxed two piece No. 0209 barrels. These early variations have the number "2452" stamped on the bottom of the metal undercarriage. There are 10 variations that used two different body molds:

Type 1a Body:
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Variation A: Type 1a Trucks with whirly wheels. The number "2452" is stamped on the frame with no the rectangular center hole. Small "G27." 1945 Production.
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Variation B: Is the same as Variation A except with irregular rough edges around the center rectangular hole and extra holes. 1945 Production.

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Variation C: Is the same as Variation A with no irregular rough edges around the center hole and no extra holes. 1945 Production.
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Variation D: Is the same as Variation C except equipped with Type 1b Trucks. 1945 Production.
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Variation E: Is the same as Variation D except "2452" is underlined. 1945 Production.
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Variation F: Is the same as Variation E with no number on the frame and uses Type 1c Trucks. 1946 Production.
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Variation G: Is the same as Variation F but uses Type 2 Trucks. 1946 Production.
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Variation H: Is the same as Variation F but uses Type 3a Trucks. 1946 Production.
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Type 1b Body:
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Variation I: Type 3b Trucks with small "G27" and no number on the frame. 1947 Production.
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Variation J: Same as Variation I but with large "G27." 1947 Production.
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