THE FOLLOWING No. 6560 CRANES WILL BE DOCUMENTED BELOW IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
No. 6560 – 25 LIONEL LINES CRANES blank frame, red orange unpainted cab early 1955
No. 6560 – 25 BLACK DEALER REPLACEMENT SHELL
No. 6560 – 25 LIONEL LINES CRANES blank frame, red painted cab early 1955
No. 6560 – 25 LIONEL LINES CRANES without number on frame, red painted cab early 1955
COMPARISON OF RED CABS ON No. 6560 CRANES
No. 6560 -25 LIONEL LINES CRANES blank frame, red unpainted cab late 1955
No. 6560 – 25 LIONEL LINES CRANES without number on frame, red unpainted cab 1955
No. 6560 LIONEL LINES CRANE with all lettering on frame, gray unpainted cab 1955
No. 6560-25 LIONEL LINES CRANE CAR numbered “656025” on frame, red unpainted cab 1955
No. 6560 – 25 LIONEL LINES CRANE all lettering on frame, red unpainted cab 1955
No. 6560 – 50 LIONEL LINES CRANE all lettering on frame, red unpainted cab 1963
No. 6560 – 25 LIONEL LINES CRANE all lettering on frame, red unpainted cab 1958 – 1963
No. 6560 – 25 LIONEL LINES CRANE all lettering on dark blue frame, red unpainted cab 1969
No. 6560 – 25 LIONEL LINES CRANE all lettering on dark blue frame, red unpainted cab 1969
No. 6560 CRANE lettered only “6560” 1969
No. 6560 LIONEL LINES CRANE CAR (EARLY MPC) 1970
No. 6560 – 25 LIONEL LINES CRANES
blank frame, red orange unpainted cab
early 1955
unpainted red orange plastic cab shell with white heat stamped lettering
cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
with molded in stack
unpainted black plastic frame without white heat stamped lettering
with two operating two axle four wheel bar end trucks attached to frame with a machine screw
crank wheels with open spokes with short handles
one piece unpainted black plastic boom
hook aligned with pulley
with blackened shive block screwed to boom with the bottom of rivets showing in the center of the shives
K0008
mid classic box flap # 6560 – 26 with two piece liner
note the rubber stamped “X” the reason is unsure
No. 6560 – 25 BLACK DEALER REPLACEMENT SHELL
DEALER REPLACEMENT SHELL
unpainted black plastic cab shell with white heat stamped lettering
can be found on any frame
Courtesy of “The MacNair Collection”
No. 6560 – 25 LIONEL LINES CRANES
blank frame, red painted cab
early 1955
painted red plastic cab shell with white heat stamped lettering
cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
with molded in stack
unpainted black plastic frame without white heat stamped lettering
with two operating two axle four wheel bar end trucks attached to frame with a machine screw
crank wheels with open spokes with short handles
one piece unpainted black plastic boom
hook aligned with pulley
with blackened shive block screwed to boom with the bottom of rivets showing in the center of the shives
K0010
No. 6560 – 25 LIONEL LINES CRANES
without number on frame, red painted cab
early 1955
painted red plastic cab shell with white heat stamped lettering
cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
with molded in stack
unpainted black plastic frame with white heat stamped lettering without number
with two operating two axle four wheel bar end trucks attached to frame with a machine screw
crank wheels with open spokes with short handles
one piece unpainted black plastic boom
hook aligned with pulley
with blackened shive block screwed to boom with the bottom of rivets showing in the center of the shives
Black screw mounted trucks
COMPARISON OF RED CABS ON No. 6560 CRANES
LEFT – unpainted red cab
CENTER – red painted cab
RIGHT – red orange unpainted cab
No. 6560 -25 LIONEL LINES CRANES
blank frame, red unpainted cab
late 1955
unpainted red plastic cab shell with white heat stamped lettering
cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
with molded in stack
unpainted black plastic frame without white heat stamped lettering
with two operating two axle four wheel bar end trucks attached to frame with a push pin
crank wheels with open spokes with short handles
one piece unpainted black plastic boom
hook aligned with pulley
with blackened shive block screwed to boom with the bottom of rivets showing in the center of the shives
K0014
No. 6560 – 25 LIONEL LINES CRANES
without number on frame, red unpainted cab
1955
unpainted red plastic cab shell with white heat stamped lettering
cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
with molded in stack
unpainted black plastic frame with white heat stamped lettering without number
with two operating two axle four wheel bar end trucks attached to frame with a push pin
crank wheels with open spokes with short handles
one piece unpainted black plastic boom
hook aligned with pulley
with blackened shive block screwed to boom with the bottom of rivets showing in the center of the shives
K0011
x
No. 6560 LIONEL LINES CRANE
with all lettering on frame, gray unpainted cab
1955
unpainted gray plastic cab shell with black heat stamped lettering
cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
with molded in stack
unpainted black plastic frame with white heat stamped lettering with complete lettering
with two operating two axle four wheel bar end trucks attached to frame with a push pin
crank wheels with open spokes with short handles
one piece unpainted black plastic boom
hook aligned with pulley
with blackened shive block screwed to boom with the bottom of rivets showing in the center of the shives
Clip mounted trucks
No. 6560-25 LIONEL LINES CRANE CAR
numbered “656025” on frame, red unpainted cab
1955
unpainted red plastic cab shell with white heat stamped lettering
cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
with molded in stack
unpainted black plastic frame with white heat stamped lettering with complete lettering
number stamped is 656025
with two operating two axle four wheel bar end trucks attached to frame with a push pin
crank wheels with open spokes with short handles
one piece unpainted black plastic boom
hook aligned with pulley
with blackened shive block screwed to boom with the bottom of rivets showing in the center of the shives
No. 6560 – 25 LIONEL LINES CRANE
all lettering on frame, red unpainted cab
1955
unpainted red plastic cab shell with white heat stamped lettering
cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
with molded in stack
unpainted black plastic frame with white heat stamped lettering with complete lettering
with two operating two axle four wheel bar end trucks attached to frame with a push pin
crank wheels with closed spokes with short handles
one piece unpainted black plastic boom
hook aligned with pulley
with blackened shive block screwed to boom with the bottom of rivets showing in the center of the shives
Clip mounted trucks
No. 6560 – 25 LIONEL LINES CRANE
all lettering on frame, red unpainted cab
1958 – 1963
unpainted red plastic cab shell with white heat stamped lettering
cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
with molded in stack
unpainted black plastic frame with white heat stamped lettering with complete lettering
with two operating early AAR trucks riveted directly to frame
crank wheels with closed spokes with short handles
one piece unpainted black plastic boom
hook aligned with pulley
with blackened shive block riveted to boom with the bottom of rivets showing in the center of the shives
K0019
No. 6560 – 50 LIONEL LINES CRANE
all lettering on frame, red unpainted cab
1963
unpainted red plastic cab shell with white heat stamped lettering
cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
with molded in stack
unpainted black plastic frame with white heat stamped lettering with complete lettering
with one operating and one non operating early AAR trucks riveted directly to frame
crank wheels with closed spokes with short handles
one piece unpainted black plastic boom
hook aligned with pulley
with blackened shive block riveted to boom with the bottom of rivets showing in the center of the shives K0023
No. 6560 – 25 LIONEL LINES CRANE
all lettering on frame, red unpainted cab
1963 – 1968
unpainted red plastic cab shell with white heat stamped lettering
cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
with molded in stack
unpainted black plastic frame with white heat stamped lettering with complete lettering
with two operating late AAR trucks riveted directly to frame
crank wheels with closed spokes with short handles
one piece unpainted black plastic boom
hook aligned with pulley
with blackened shive block riveted to boom with the bottom of rivets showing in the center of the shives
K0021
No. 6560 – 25 LIONEL LINES CRANE
all lettering on dark blue frame, red unpainted cab
1969
unpainted red plastic cab shell with white heat stamped lettering
cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
with molded in stack
unpainted dark blue plastic frame with white heat stamped lettering with complete lettering
with two operating late AAR trucks riveted directly to frame
crank wheels with closed spokes with short handles
one piece unpainted black plastic boom
hook aligned with pulley
with blackened shive block riveted to boom with the bottom of rivets showing in the center of the shives
K0022
No. 6560 – 25 LIONEL LINES CRANE
all lettering on dark blue frame, red unpainted cab
1969
unpainted red plastic cab shell with white heat stamped lettering
cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
with molded in stack
unpainted dark blue plastic frame with white heat stamped lettering with complete lettering
with two operating late AAR trucks riveted directly to frame with rivets facing up
goldish color crank wheels with closed spokes with short handles
one piece unpainted black plastic boom
hook aligned with pulley
with blackened shive block screwed to boom with the bottom of rivets showing in the center of the shives
K0024
No. 6560 CRANE (R8)
1969
red unpainted cab with white heat stamped lettering with stack
black unpainted plastic frame with only white rubber stamped “6560” on both sides
cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
two operating late AAR trucks riveted directly to the frame
unpainted black plastic 1-piece boom
closed spokes on both crank wheels with short handles and gold tint
hook aligned straight to pulley
the shive block is goldish in color and the bottom of the rivets show in the center of both shives
Courtesy of “The Schinner Collection”
No. 6560 LIONEL LINES CRANE CAR (EARLY MPC)
1970
unpainted red plastic cab shell with white heat stamped lettering
cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
with molded in stack
unpainted black plastic frame with white heat stamped lettering with complete lettering
with two MPC trucks, fast angle wheels
Thumb-tack couplers
crank wheels with closed spokes with short handles
one piece unpainted black plastic boom
hook aligned with pulley
with goldish color shive block riveted to boom with the bottom of rivets showing in the center of the shives
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