Collectors that have been using old books on postwar or sometimes a fellow collector mentioned an item that they have been looking for many years and by now feel these item do not exist. COTT intends to list these items below and asking for help on information other collectors might have on them. Please contact COTT if you have information or other items to add.
Here is a list of 6464 variations that I have been trying to verify whether they really exist. Almost all of these were listed in either the 1984 Edition of Greenberg’s Guide to Lionel Trains 1945-1969 shown below as “84 Gbg”, or the 2001 Edition (“01 Gbg”).
Can you, or other 6464 collectors, help me verify if any of these exist? Thanks!
Gerry Worner
6464-150 | IIa | 5/8″ Eagle on LEFT | 84 Gbg #78 | ||||
6464-150 | IIb no XME | 1/2″ Eagle Left | 56 dr w/Gray stripe | 84 Gbg #82 | |||
6464-200 | IV | WITH “NEW 5-53 date | 84 Gbg #94 | ||||
6464-225 | IIa | Black w/SILVER roof | 84 Gbg #100 | ||||
6464-250 | III | Gray mold | instead of usual Blue | 01 Gbg #A | |||
6464-250 | IV | Gray mold | instead of usual Orange | 01 Gbg #C | |||
6464-275 | IIb | Violet blue mold | 84 Gbg #113 | ||||
6464-300 | IIa | with HEAT Stamped letters | 01 Gbg #F | ||||
6464-300 | IIa | R in 2nd panel and 56 door | 84 Gbg #127 | ||||
6464-300 | IIb | Split door | 84 Gbg #130, 131A, 131B | ||||
6464-325 | IIa (not IIb) | ||||||
6464-325 | IIb | Single Block doors | 84 Gbg #100 | ||||
6464-350 | IIb | with 56 BLACK door | 84 Gbg #140 | ||||
6464-350 | IIb | with 53 Tuscan door | 84 Gbg #140 | ||||
6464-400 | IIb | 2-56 on FRONT, 5-54 on BACK | |||||
6464-425 | IIa | marble mold, PAINTED Black | 84 Gbg #173 Budniak collection | ||||
6464-450 | IV | 56 OLIVE unpainted door | 84 Gbg #181 | ||||
6464-450 | IV | 53 black door painted ORANGE | 84 Gbg #182 | ||||
6464-500 | IIb | Yellow mold; 56 White door painted | 84 Gbg #200 | ||||
both Yellow and White | |||||||
6464-510 | IIa (not IIb) | Royal Blue mold | 84 Gbg #216C | ||||
6464-525 | IV | MAROON with 56 White door | 84 Gbg #229 | ||||
6464-525 | IIb | YELLOW letters on red mold | 84 Gbg #229(B) | ||||
6464-650 | IIb | NO BUILT DATE | 84 Gbg #234 | ||||
6464-650 | IIb | NO silver on roof; yellow mold | 84 Gbg #235, 236 | ||||
6464-650 | IV | NO silver on roof; yellow mold | 84 Gbg #238, 239 | ||||
6464-700 | IV | Silver painted 56 gray mold door | 84 Gbg #242 | ||||
6464-825 | III | Black unpainted 56 door | 84 Gbg #253 | ||||
6464-825 | IV | Black unpainted 56 door | |||||
6464-825 | IV | Yellow unpainted 56 door | 84 Gbg #256 | ||||
6464-825 | IV | White unpainted 56 door | 84 Gbg #258b | ||||
6464-900 | IV | Gray unpainted 56 door | 84 Gbg #262b |