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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 Rock Island Box Car No. 6464-75 LIONEL TRAINS ROCK ISLAND BOX CAR No. 6464-75

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Rock Island No. 6464-75 Variation C
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No. 6464-75 C Variation Hillside Box End
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Lionel Trains Rock Island Box Car No. 6464-75The Rock Island Box Car No. 6464-75 was initially produced on a Type I body and was available in 1953 and 1954. In 1954 Lionel would issue this car in a different color scheme under the No. 6464-175.
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The car is painted GREEN and has GREEN painted Single-block doors with GOLD heat-stamped lettering. Only the number "6464" is printed on the sides. Equipped with bar-end trucks that have magnetic couplers.
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This car was reissued in the last year of the post war period: 1969. Produced on a Type IV body, it came in a Haggerstown box, has Multi-block doors, and bar-end trucks that have magnetic couplers with tabs.

No. 6464-75 Middle Classic Box End

There are three variations:
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Variation A: Has a HI-GLOSS GREEN Type I body and Single-block doors.
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Variation B: Has a FLAT GREEN Type I body and Single-block doors.
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Variation C: Has a GREEN Type IV body, Multi-block doors, no "NEW 5-53" date, and bar-end trucks with tabbed couplers.
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The Rock Island No. 6464-75
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