Lionel Early Passenger Cars
All information and trains supplied by Russ MacNair unless otherwise noted
Lionel No. 600 Passenger Cars
Lionel No. 601, 602 Passenger Cars
Lionel No. 603, 604 Passenger Cars
Lionel No. 610, 612 Passenger Cars
Lionel No. 702 “Supply” Passenger Car
Lionel No. 603, 604 Passenger Cars
General Information
The Lionel No. 603 Pullman and No. 604 Observation Passenger Cars were introduced in 1920 and were issued through 1925. The Nos. 603 and 604 were mid-sized passenger cars. These passenger cars were included as components of many early mid-level passenger sets. The sets typically included two No. 603 Pullman cars and a No. 604 observation, but a few smaller sets only included one of each of the cars.
The Nos. 603 and 604 Passenger Cars measure 7-inches in length. All of the cars have celluloid window inserts with white shades in the upper portion of the windows. The cars do not have journals. The observation platform of the No. 604 Observation was painted gold.
Variations of the Nos. 603, 604 Passenger Cars include differences in the color of the body, the color of the window frames and doors, and rubber-stamped data on the underside of the cars. Early versions of the cars had hook and slot couplers and later versions had combination latch or latch couplers. Early versions of the cars were not illuminated.
Lionel No. 603, 604 Passenger Cars
1. No. 603, 604 Passenger Cars in dark green (1920). The cars have the number rubber stamped in gold on one end of the car. The cars have wood-grained window frames and doors. The cars are not illuminated and have hook and slot couplers.
PHOTOS NEEDED
2. No. 603, 604 Passenger Cars in orange (1920-1921). The cars have the number rubber stamped in gold on one end of the car. The cars have wood-grained window frames and doors. The cars are not illuminated and have hook and slot couplers.
PHOTOS NEEDED
3. No. 603, 604 Passenger Cars in orange (1922). The cars have the number rubber stamped on one end of the car. The cars have wood-grained window frames and doors. The cars are not illuminated and have hook and slot couplers. These cars used the bodies of the 601 and 602 early passenger cars and had single pane windows instead of the three pane windows normally associated with the early 603 and 604 passenger cars.
PHOTOS NEEDED – No. 604 Observation Car
4. No. 603, 604 Passenger Cars in orange (1923-1925). The cars have the number rubber stamped on one end of the car. The cars have wood-grained window frames and doors. The cars are illuminated and have combination latch or latch couplers.
5. No. 603, 604 Passenger Cars in orange (1923-1925). The cars typically have the number rubber stamped on one end of the car, but some cars have the number rubber stamped on the underside of the car instead of the end. The cars have maroon painted window frames and doors. The cars are illuminated and have combination latch or latch couplers.
No. 603 & No. 604 PASSENGER CARS
1. No. 603, 604 Passenger Cars in dark green (1920). The cars have the number rubber stamped in gold on one end of the car. The cars have wood-grained window frames and doors. The cars are not illuminated and have hook and slot couplers.
PHOTOS NEEDED
2. No. 603, 604 Passenger Cars in orange (1920-1921). The cars have the number rubber stamped in gold on one end of the car. The cars have wood-grained window frames and doors. The cars are not illuminated and have hook and slot couplers.
PHOTOS NEEDED
3. No. 603, 604 Passenger Cars in orange (1922). The cars have the number rubber stamped on one end of the car. The cars have wood-grained window frames and doors. The cars are not illuminated and have hook and slot couplers. These cars used the bodies of the 601 and 602 early passenger cars and had single pane windows instead of the three pane windows normally associated with the early 603 and 604 passenger cars.
PHOTOS NEEDED – No. 604 Observation Car
Trains Courtesy of “The Visnick Collection”
4. No. 603, 604 Passenger Cars in orange (1923-1925). The cars have the number rubber stamped on one end of the car. The cars have wood-grained window frames and doors. The cars are illuminated and have combination latch or latch couplers.
No. 603 Pullman
No. 604 Observation
5. No. 603, 604 Passenger Cars in orange (1923-1925). The cars typically have the number rubber stamped on one end of the car, but some cars have the number rubber stamped on the underside of the car instead of the end. The cars have maroon painted window frames and doors. The cars are illuminated and have combination latch or latch couplers.
No. 603 Pullman
No. 604 Observation
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