THE FOLLOWING LARGE BOXCARS WILL BE DOCUMENTED BELOW
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No. 3435 TRAVELING AQUARIUM CAR
No. 6445 FORT KNOX GOLD RESERVE CARS
No. 3854 TYPE BOXCARS w/No. 2954
No. 3530 ELECTRO MOBILE POWER CARS
SEPARATE SALE No. 3530 – 50 TRANSFORMER POLE FOR USE WITH No. 3530 CAR
No. 6530 FIREFIGHTING INSTRUCTION CARS
No. 6572 RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY REFRIGERATOR CARS
No. 6672 SANTA FE REEFER CARS
THE No. 3435 TRAVELING AQUARIUM CARS
No. 3435 TRAVELING AQUARIUM CAR 1959
CLEAR SHELL PAINTED GREEN WITH GOLD HEAT STAMPED LETTERING INCLUDING “TANK 1” AND “TANK 2” BELOW THE LARGE WINDOWS DISPLAYING FISH AND OUTLINING THE “CIRCLE L”
top view
Courtesy of “The Macnair Collection”
perforated box flap # 3435 – 34
with Inst # 3435 – 33 dated 8 – 59 printed in blue on white paper, 2 pages
No. 3435 TRAVELING AQUARIUM CAR 1959
CLEAR SHELL PAINTED GREEN WITH GOLD HEAT STAMPED LETTERING INCLUDING “TANK 1” AND “TANK 2” BELOW THE LARGE WINDOWS DISPLAYING FISH
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VIEW OF REVERSE SIDE
perforated box flap # 3435 – 34
with Inst # 3435 – 33 dated 8 – 59 printed in blue on white paper, 2 pages
No. 3435 TRAVELING AQUARIUM CAR 1959
CLEAR SHELL PAINTED GREEN WITH GOLD HEAT STAMPED LETTERING
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TOP VIEW
perforated box flap # 3435 – 34
with Inst # 3435 – 33 dated 8 – 59 printed in blue on white paper, 2 pages
No. 3435 TRAVELING AQUARIUM CAR 1959
CLEAR SHELL PAINTED GREEN WITH YELLOW RUBBER STAMPED LETTERING
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TOP VIEW
perforated box flap # 3435 – 34
with Inst # 3435 – 33 dated 8 – 59 printed in blue on white paper, 2 pages
THE No. 6445 FORT KNOX GOLD RESERVE CARS
No. 6445 FORT KNOX GOLD RESERVE 1961
CLEAR SHELL PAINTED SILVER WITH BLACK HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH COIN SLOT
the gold bars are slightly lighter in gold than the car below
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TOP VIEW
box flap # 6445 – 11
No. 6445 FORT KNOX GOLD RESERVE 1962
CLEAR SHELL PAINTED SILVER WITH BLACK HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH COIN SLOT
the gold bars are slightly darker in gold than the car above
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TOP VIEW
box flap # 6445 – 11
THE No. 3854 TYPE BOXCARS
No. 2954 NON – OPERATING BOXCAR
APPEARS LIONEL USED LEFT OVER INVENTORY OF PREWAR SIDES TO CREATE THIS BOXCAR, DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN TAMPERED WITH, SHOWN HERE BECAUSE OF SIMILARITIES WITH THE 3854 BODY
REVERSE SIDE
TOP VIEW
BOTTOM VIEW
Courtesy of ” THE LEVERICH COLLECTION ”
NEED PICTURES
No. 3854 OPERATING MERCHANDISE CAR 1946
BLACK BAKELITE SHELL PAINTED BROWN WITH BROWN PAINTED DIECAST DOORS
No. 3854 OPERATING MERCHANDISE CAR 1946 – 1947
BLACK BAKELITE SHELL PAINTED BROWN WITH BLACKENED DIECAST DOORS
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REVERSE SIDE
NEED PICTURE OF BOX
Inst # 3454 – 57 dated 5 / 46Inst # 3454 – 57 dated 5 /47
ART DECO box without TOY LOGO for 1946
ART DECO box with TOY LOGO for 1947
THE No. 3530 ELECTRO MOBILE POWER CARS
EMD DATA CARD SHOWING REAL LIFE VERSION OF THIS CAR
DESCRIPTION PERTAINING TO ALL 3530’s
Lionel made both blue and black fuel tanks, they can easily be switched
Lionel made long stripe cars first then did both long and short stripes in subsequent production runs these multiple production runs account for the different shades of blue found.
Lionel had trouble with the alignment of the doors on the switch side, on the first cars the top door guide on the switch side is plain as shown in picture # 1 below, the first revision was an inward punched dimple in the center of the door guide as shown in picture # 2 below, the final revision was a rivet in the center of the door guide as shown in picture # 3 below.
INITIAL PRODUCTION
PICTURE # 1
TOP DOOR GUIDE ON SWITCH SIDE IS PLAIN
FIRST REVISION OF DOOR GUIDE
PICTURE # 2
TOP DOOR GUIDE ON SWITCH SIDE HAS INWARD PUNCHED DIMPLE IN CENTER
FINAL REVISION OF DOOR GUIDE
PICTURE # 3
TOP DOOR GUIDE ON SWITCH SIDE HAS RIVET IN CENTER
1956 cars do not have hole in the top of the coupler head, 1957 cars have hole in the top of the coupler head.
The final assembly of cars used yellow connecting wires.
TYPICAL TOP VIEW OF ALL 3530’s
NOTE WHERE THE WIRES PLUG IN AT THE TOP RIGHT CORNER
TYPICAL SIDE VIEW OF OPEN DOORS ON THE SWITCH SIDE
REVERSE SIDE
ONLY ON THE UNDERLINED “EMD 3530″ NOTE THE ABSENCE OF A HOLE 0N THE LEFT DOOR
REVERSE SIDE
ON ALL OTHER PRODUCTION NOTE THE PRESENCE OF A HOLE 0N THE LEFT DOOR
BOX AND LINER
all 3530’s use the same box and liner late classic box flap # 3530 – 39
Inst #3530 – 45 dated 11-56 printed blue on white paper used in 1956
Inst #3530 – 45 dated 11-56 printed brown on yellow paper used in 1957
TRANSFORMER POLES
all 3530’s came with a transformer pole
black bases and blue bases were produced
the color of the base would match the color of the fuel tank on the bottom of the car
THE SEPARATE SALE No. 3530 – 50 TRANSFORMER POLE FOR USE WITH No. 3530 CAR
SEPARATE SALE No. 3530 – 50 TRANSFORMER POLE
Lionel offered a replacement transformer pole No. 3530 – 50 as separate sale
came in a late classic box flap # 3530 – 38
No. 3530 ELECTRO MOBILE POWER CAR 1956 R10
MOLDED BLUE PLASTIC WITH PAINTED WHITE STRIPE, BLUE AND WHITE HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, “EMD 3530” IS UNDERLINED, LONG STRIPE GOING THROUGH LADDER, BLUE FUEL TANK, TOP DOOR GUIDE ON SWITCH SIDE IS PLAIN
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WITH DOOR CLOSED
REVERSE SIDE
No. 3530 ELECTRO MOBILE POWER CAR 1956
MOLDED BLUE PLASTIC WITH PAINTED WHITE STRIPE, BLUE AND WHITE HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, “EMD 3530” IS NOT UNDERLINED, LONG STRIPE GOING THROUGH LADDER, BLACK FUEL TANK, TOP DOOR GUIDE ON SWITCH SIDE IS PLAIN
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WITH DOOR CLOSED
REVERSE SIDE
No. 3530 ELECTRO MOBILE POWER CAR 1956
MOLDED BLUE PLASTIC WITH PAINTED WHITE STRIPE, BLUE AND WHITE HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, “EMD 3530” IS NOT UNDERLINED, LONG STRIPE GOING THROUGH LADDER, BLACK FUEL TANK, TOP DOOR GUIDE ON SWITCH SIDE IS PLAIN
This is Lionel’s first try to keep the door with the switch aligned properly. The little plastic bump shown in the photos below which is molded into every 3530 made was not enough. This first try involved placing a rivet next to the bump but behind the door guide as shown below. This did not work so next they tried punching a dimple into the top door guide as seen in the following car, again no success so they finally used a rivet through the door guide as seen in the following photos of cars.
WITH DOOR CLOSED
REVERSE SIDE
No. 3530 ELECTRO MOBILE POWER CAR 1957
MOLDED BLUE PLASTIC WITH PAINTED WHITE STRIPE, BLUE AND WHITE HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, “EMD 3530” IS NOT UNDERLINED, LONG STRIPE GOING THROUGH LADDER, BLACK FUEL TANK, TOP DOOR GUIDE ON SWITCH SIDE HAS INWARD PUNCHED DIMPLE IN CENTER
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WITH DOOR CLOSED
REVERSE SIDE
No. 3530 ELECTRO MOBILE POWER CAR 1957
MOLDED BLUE PLASTIC WITH PAINTED WHITE STRIPE, BLUE AND WHITE HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, “EMD 3530” IS NOT UNDERLINED, SHORT STRIPE NOT GOING THROUGH LADDER, BLACK FUEL TANK, TOP DOOR GUIDE ON SWITCH SIDE HAS INWARD PUNCHED DIMPLE IN CENTER
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WITH DOOR CLOSED
REVERSE SIDE
No. 3530 ELECTRO MOBILE POWER CAR 1957
MOLDED BLUE PLASTIC WITH PAINTED WHITE STRIPE, BLUE AND WHITE HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, “EMD 3530” IS NOT UNDERLINED, SHORT STRIPE NOT GOING THROUGH LADDER, BLACK FUEL TANK, TOP DOOR GUIDE ON SWITCH SIDE HAS RIVET IN CENTER
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WITH DOOR CLOSED
REVERSE SIDE
No. 3530 ELECTRO MOBILE POWER CAR 1957
MOLDED BLUE PLASTIC WITH PAINTED WHITE STRIPE, BLUE AND WHITE HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, “EMD 3530” IS NOT UNDERLINED, LONG STRIPE GOING THROUGH LADDER, BLUE FUEL TANK, TOP DOOR GUIDE ON SWITCH SIDE HAS RIVET IN CENTER
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WITH DOOR CLOSED
REVERSE SIDE
THE No. 6530 FIREFIGHTING INSTRUCTION CARS
No. 6530 FIREFIGHTING INSTRUCTION CAR 1960
UNPAINTED RED SHELL WITH WHITE HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH DOUBLE UNPAINTED WHITE DOORS
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TOP VIEW
NEED PICTURE OF BOX
perforated box flap # 6530 – 21
THE No. 6572 RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY REFRIGERATOR CARS
No. 6572 RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY CAR 1957 – 1958
NUMEROUS COLORS OF PLASTIC SHELL PAINTED DARK GREEN WITH GOLD HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH “RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY” RED AND WHITE DECAL, WITH ALUMINUM REFRIGERATOR CONTROL PANEL WITH COVER ON ONE SIDE
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REVERSE SIDE VIEW
late classic box flap # 6572 – 10
No. 6572 RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY CAR 1958 WITH “027” PASSENGER TRUCKS
THIS CAR ONLY CAME IN CATALOGED SET No. 1600, IN THE 1958 CATALOG SET No. 1600 IS SHOWN ON THE REAR TRACK
GREEN SHELL PAINTED DARK GREEN WITH GOLD HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH “RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY” RED AND WHITE DECAL, WITH ALUMINUM REFRIGERATOR CONTROL PANEL WITH COVER ON ONE SIDE
TRAIN CAR AND PICTURES
COURTESY OF ” THE LEVERICH COLLECTION ”
TAB COUPLERS PLACED ON “027”,PASSENGER TRUCKS
No. 6572 RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY CAR 1963
SHELL PAINTED LIGHT GREEN WITH GOLD HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH “RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY” RED AND WHITE DECAL, WITH ALUMINUM REFRIGERATOR CONTROL PANEL WITH COVER ON ONE SIDE
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REVERSE SIDE VIEW
orange picture box flap # 6572 – 10
THE No. 6672 SANTA FE REEFER CARS
No. 6672 SANTA FE REFRIGERATOR CAR 1954 – 1955
UNPAINTED BROWN ONE PIECE TOP AND ENDS, UNPAINTED WHITE SIDES WITH BLUE HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH THREE LINES OF DATA AND CIRCLE “L” RIGHT OF DOORS, WITH UNPAINTED BROWN DOORS WITH WHITE HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH ALUMINUM REFRIGERATOR CONTROL PANEL WITH COVER ON ONE SIDE
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REVERSE SIDE
mid classic box flap # 6672 – 25
No. 6672 SANTA FE REFRIGERATOR CAR 1954 – 1955
UNPAINTED BROWN ONE PIECE TOP AND ENDS, UNPAINTED WHITE SIDES WITH BLUE HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH TWO LINES OF DATA AND CIRCLE “L” RIGHT OF DOORS, WITH UNPAINTED BROWN DOORS WITH WHITE HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH ALUMINUM REFRIGERATOR CONTROL PANEL WITH COVER ON ONE SIDE
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REVERSE SIDE
mid classic box flap # 6672 – 25
No. 6672 SANTA FE REFRIGERATOR CAR 1954 – 1955
UNPAINTED BROWN ONE PIECE TOP AND ENDS, UNPAINTED WHITE SIDES WITH BLACK HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH TWO LINES OF DATA AND CIRCLE “L” RIGHT OF DOORS, WITH UNPAINTED BROWN DOORS WITH WHITE HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH ALUMINUM REFRIGERATOR CONTROL PANEL WITH COVER ON ONE SIDE
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REVERSE SIDE
mid classic box flap # 6672 – 25
No. 6672 SANTA FE REFRIGERATOR CAR 1954 – 1955
UNPAINTED BROWN ONE PIECE TOP AND ENDS, UNPAINTED WHITE SIDES WITH BLACK HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH TWO LINES OF DATA AND WITHOUT CIRCLE “L” RIGHT OF DOORS, WITH UNPAINTED BROWN DOORS WITH WHITE HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH ALUMINUM REFRIGERATOR CONTROL PANEL WITH COVER ON ONE SIDE
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REVERSE SIDE
late classic box flap # 6672 – 25
Same boxcars as above shown for comparison
No. 6672 SANTA FE REFRIGERATOR CAR 1954 – 1955
UNPAINTED BROWN ONE PIECE TOP AND ENDS, UNPAINTED WHITE SIDES WITH BLUE HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH THREE LINES OF DATA AND CIRCLE “L” RIGHT OF DOORS, WITH UNPAINTED BROWN DOORS WITH WHITE HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH ALUMINUM REFRIGERATOR CONTROL PANEL WITH COVER ON ONE SIDE
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No. 6672 SANTA FE REFRIGERATOR CAR 1954 – 1955
UNPAINTED BROWN ONE PIECE TOP AND ENDS, UNPAINTED WHITE SIDES WITH BLUE HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH TWO LINES OF DATA AND CIRCLE “L” RIGHT OF DOORS, WITH UNPAINTED BROWN DOORS WITH WHITE HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH ALUMINUM REFRIGERATOR CONTROL PANEL WITH COVER ON ONE SIDE
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No. 6672 SANTA FE REFRIGERATOR CAR 1954 – 1955
UNPAINTED BROWN ONE PIECE TOP AND ENDS, UNPAINTED WHITE SIDES WITH BLACK HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH TWO LINES OF DATA AND CIRCLE “L” RIGHT OF DOORS, WITH UNPAINTED BROWN DOORS WITH WHITE HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH ALUMINUM REFRIGERATOR CONTROL PANEL WITH COVER ON ONE SIDE
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No. 6672 SANTA FE REFRIGERATOR CAR 1954 – 1955
UNPAINTED BROWN ONE PIECE TOP AND ENDS, UNPAINTED WHITE SIDES WITH BLACK HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH TWO LINES OF DATA AND WITHOUT CIRCLE “L” RIGHT OF DOORS, WITH UNPAINTED BROWN DOORS WITH WHITE HEAT STAMPED LETTERING, WITH ALUMINUM REFRIGERATOR CONTROL PANEL WITH COVER ON ONE SIDE
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