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No. 2625 IRVINGTON PASSENGER CARS
No. 2625 MADISON PASSENGER CARS
No. 2625 MANHATTAN PASSENGER CARS
No. 2627 MADISON PASSENGER CARS
No. 2628 MANHATTAN PASSENGER CARS
A NOTE ON HOW LIONEL ASSEMBLED MADISON CAR SETS
IN 1946 SETS THERE WERE THREE IRVINGTON CARS ALL NUMBERED 2625
1N 1947 SETS THERE WAS AN IRVINGTON, MADISON AND MANHATTAN CAR ALL NUMBERED 2625
IN 1948 THRU 1950 THERE WAS AN IRVINGTON CAR NUMBERED 2625, A MADISON CAR NUMBERED 2627 AND A IRVINGTON CAR NUMBERED 2628
THE No. 2625 IRVINGTON PASSENGER CARS
No. 2625 IRVINGTON PASSENGER CARS
1946 – 1948
Bakelite body painted Tuscan with white heat stamped lettering
note the first ‘L’ in LIONEL is above and between the fourth and fifth window counting from the left
with window inserts without silhouettes
door at each corner that open and close
lighted
untaped coil couplers
P0105
reverse side
top view
two three axle six wheel trucks with roller pickups
note how the wires go through the frame in the center of the silver small metal plates
untaped coil couplers
No. 2625 IRVINGTON PASSENGER CARS
1949
Bakelite body painted Tuscan with white heat stamped lettering
note the first ‘L’ in LIONEL is above and between the fourth and fifth window counting from the left
with window inserts without silhouettes
door at each corner that open and close
lighted
taped coil couplers
P0122
reverse side
top view
two three axle six wheel trucks with roller pickups
note how the wires go through the frame right behind the trucks
taped coil couplers
mid classic box with liner
No. 2625 IRVINGTON PASSENGER CARS
1950
Bakelite body painted Tuscan with white heat stamped lettering
note the first ‘L’ in LIONEL is above the edge of the fifth window counting from the left
with window inserts with silhouettes
door at each corner that open and close
lighted
taped coil couplers
P0108
reverse side
top view
two three axle six wheel trucks with roller pickups
note how the wires go through the frame right behind the trucks
taped coil couplers
No. 2625 IRVINGTON PASSENGER CARS
Madison Hardware Madison Cars Re-lettered “PENNSYLVANIA”
Bakelite body painted Tuscan with yellow decaled lettering
with window inserts with silhouettes
door at each corner that open and close
lighted
coil couplers
reverse side
THE No. 2625 MADISON PASSENGER CARS
No. 2625 MADISON PASSENGER CARS
1947
Bakelite body painted Tuscan with white heat stamped lettering
note the first ‘L’ in LIONEL is above and between the fourth and fifth window counting from the left
with window inserts without silhouettes
door at each corner that open and close
lighted
untaped coil couplers
reverse side
top view
two three axle six wheel trucks with roller pickups
note how the wires go through the frame in the center of the silver small metal plates
untaped coil couplers
Courtesy of “The MacNair Collection”
THE No. 2625 MANHATTAN PASSENGER CARS
No. 2625 MANHATTAN PASSENGER CARS
1947
Bakelite body painted Tuscan with white heat stamped lettering
note the first ‘L’ in LIONEL is above and between the fourth and fifth window counting from the left
with window inserts without silhouettes
door at each corner that open and close
lighted
untaped coil couplers
reverse side
top view
two three axle six wheel trucks with roller pickups
note how the wires go through the frame in the center of the silver small metal plates
untaped coil couplers
Courtesy of “The MacNair Collection”
THE No. 2627 MADISON PASSENGER CARS
No. 2627 MADISON PASSENGER CARS
1948
Bakelite body painted Tuscan with white heat stamped lettering
note the first ‘L’ in LIONEL is above and between the fourth and fifth window counting from the left
with window inserts without silhouettes
door at each corner that open and close
lighted
untaped coil couplers
P0106
reverse side
top view
two three axle six wheel trucks with roller pickups
note how the wires go through the frame in the center of the silver small metal plates
untaped coil couplers
No. 2627 MADISON PASSENGER CARS
1949
Bakelite body painted Tuscan with white heat stamped lettering
note the first ‘L’ in LIONEL is above and between the fourth and fifth window counting from the left
with window inserts without silhouettes
door at each corner that open and close
lighted
taped coil couplers
P0111
reverse side
top view
two three axle six wheel trucks with roller pickups
note how the wires go through the frame right behind the trucks
taped coil couplers
mid classic box with liner
No. 2627 MADISON PASSENGER CARS
1950
Bakelite body painted Tuscan with white heat stamped lettering
note the first ‘L’ in LIONEL is above the edge of the fifth window counting from the left
with window inserts with silhouettes
door at each corner that open and close
lighted
taped coil couplers
P0109
reverse side
top view
two three axle six wheel trucks with roller pickups
note how the wires go through the frame right behind the trucks
taped coil couplers
No. 2627 MADISON PASSENGER CARS
Madison Hardware Madison Cars Re-lettered “PENNSYLVANIA”
Bakelite body painted Tuscan with yellow decaled lettering
with window inserts with silhouettes
door at each corner that open and close
lighted
coil couplers
reverse side
THE No. 2628 MANHATTAN PASSENGER CARS
No. 2628 MANHATTAN PASSENGER CARS
1948
Bakelite body painted Tuscan with white heat stamped lettering
note the first ‘L’ in LIONEL is above and between the fourth and fifth window counting from the left
with window inserts without silhouettes
door at each corner that open and close
lighted
taped coil couplers
P0107
reverse side
top view
two three axle six wheel trucks with roller pickups
note how the wires go through the frame in the center of the silver small metal plates
taped coil couplers
No. 2628 MANHATTAN PASSENGER CARS
1949
Bakelite body painted Tuscan with white heat stamped lettering
note the first ‘L’ in LIONEL is above and between the fourth and fifth window counting from the left
with window inserts without silhouettes
door at each corner that open and close
lighted
taped coil couplers
P0123
reverse side
top view
two three axle six wheel trucks with roller pickups
note how the wires go through the frame in the center of the silver small metal plates
taped coil couplers
early classic box with liner
No. 2628 MANHATTAN PASSENGER CARS
1950
Bakelite body painted Tuscan with white heat stamped lettering
note the first ‘L’ in LIONEL is above the edge of the fifth window counting from the left
with window inserts with silhouettes
door at each corner that open and close
lighted
taped coil couplers
P0110
reverse side
top view
two three axle six wheel trucks with roller pickups
note how the wires go through the frame right behind the trucks
taped coil couplers
No. 2628 MANHATTAN PASSENGER CARS
Madison Hardware Madison Cars Re-lettered “PENNSYLVANIA”
Bakelite body painted Tuscan with yellow decaled lettering
with window inserts with silhouettes
door at each corner that open and close
lighted
coil couplers
reverse side
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