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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 Locomotive No. 247 LIONEL TRAINS LOCOMOTIVE No. 247

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Lionel Trains Locomotive No. 247 with 247T Tender Variation A
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Lionel Trains Locomotive No. 247The Lionel Columbia Type 2-4-2 Locomotive No. 247 was shown in the consumer catalog in 1959 and the advanced catalogs of 1960 and 1961. Produced on a painted BLACK Type IV or Type V body with a BLUE running board stripe and WHITE heat-stamped number on the cab. This locomotive did not have Magnetraction, and instead had weights mounted on the front and the rear of the locomotive.

This locomotive came equipped with a two position directional unit that controls a metal motor. There is a headlight lens in the front and it is lighted. There is also a liquid smoke unit that uses No. 909 smoke fluid.

The small streamlined tender No. 247T was heat-stamped on a BLUE painted bar that spanned the lenght of the tender for the "BALTIMORE AND OHIO" railroad. Came equipped with AAR trucks with one disc coupler on the rear.
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There are two variations:
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Variation A: Type IV body.
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Variation B: Type V body.
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This locomotive was designed to work on O27 Gauge track. It will also run on the larger radius of O Gauge track.

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No. 247T Orange Picture Box End
No. 247 Box End
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