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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 Operating Log Unloading Car No. 3451LIONEL TRAINS OPERATING LOG UNLOADING CAR No. 3461

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Operating Log Unloading Car No. 3461 Variation B
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Operating Log Unloading Car No. 3461 Variation C
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No. 3461X Box End
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Lionel Trains Operating Log Unloading Car No. 3451The Operating Log Unloading Car No. 3461 would unload logs into the line side bin with the use of a No. 6019 or UCS track section.

Produced from 1949 until 1955, this car replaced the No. 3451. While the construction is basically the same as its predicessor, with a die-cast frame, this version has magnetic instead of coil couplers. All of these cars came with a No. 160 Unloading Bin and five logs. There are three variations:
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Variation A: Has rubber-stamped sans-serif lettering. Most likely production began before the heat stamp was available. Came with staple-end trucks and five unstained wood logs. Produced early in 1949, this is a rare variation.

No. 160 Log Unloading Bin

Variation B: Has heat-stamped sans-serif lettering. Came with both staple-end or bar-end trucks, and five unstained wood logs. This variation was produced from 1949 until 1953 and is the most common.
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Variation C: Has heat-stamped sans-serif lettering on a GREEN painted car. Produced in 1954-55, this car was the first have the five stained logs that became the standard load for all flat cars that came with logs. Has bar-end trucks with magnetic couplers and came in a box numbered 3461-25. This number does not appear on the car or in the catalogs and is only shown on the box end.

End View of No. 3461 No. 3461 Separately Sold Box End

On all of these variations those cars that came in a train set have the number 3461X on a smaller box that did not include the No. 160 Unloading Bin that was packaged separately within the set.

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No. 3461 Top View of Variation B
No. 3461-25 Box End Variation C
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Variation C Middle Classic Set Box End
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