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No. (6560) LIONEL LINES CRANE (NO NUMBER)
No. 6560 LIONEL LINES CRANE CARS
No. 6560 LIONEL LINES CRANE CARS (EARLY MPC)
No. 6560-25 LIONEL LINES CRANE CAR
THE No. (6560) LIONEL LINES CRANES (NO NUMBER)
No. (6560) LIONEL LINES CRANE (NO NUMBER)

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Die cast frame
Cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
Bar end trucks
Magnetic couplers
Flat red painted cab
Black, 1-piece boom
No Number on car
“LIONEL LINES” on cab and base
3 dashes (-) in data line under “LIONEL”
Open spokes on crank wheels
Hook aligned straight to pulley



Black screw mounted trucks

No. (6560) LIONEL LINES CRANE (NO NUMBER)

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Die cast frame
Cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
Bar end trucks
Magnetic couplers
Glossy bright red/red-orange unpainted cab
Black, 1-piece boom
No Number on car
“LIONEL LINES” on cab only
Without lettering on base
Open spokes on crank wheels
Hook aligned straight to pulley



Black screw mounted frame

THE No. 6560 LIONEL LINES CRANES
No. 6560 LIONEL LINES CRANE

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Plastic frame
Cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
Bar end trucks
Magnetic couplers
Red unpainted cab
Black, 1-piece boom
No. 6560 on car
“LIONEL LINES” on cab & base
3 dashes (-) in data line under “LIONEL”
Closed spokes on crank wheels
Hook aligned straight to pulley



Clip mounted trucks

No. 6560 LIONEL LINES CRANE

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Plastic frame
Cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
Bar end trucks
Magnetic couplers
Medium red unpainted cab
Black, 1-piece boom
No. 6560 on car
“LIONEL LINES” on cab & base
3 dashes (-) in data line under “LIONEL”
Closed spokes on crank wheels
Hook aligned 90 degrees to pulley



Clip mounted trucks

No. 6560 LIONEL LINES CRANE

No stack
Plastic frame
Cab mounted with screws – likely a “put together”
Bar end trucks
Magnetic couplers
Black painted cab on black shell
Black, 1-piece boom
No. 6560 on car
“LIONEL LINES” on cab & base
3 dashes (-) in data line under “LIONEL”
Closed spokes on crank wheels
Hook aligned straight to pulley



Clip mounted trucks

Incorrect swivel clip
No. 6560 LIONEL LINES CRANE

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Plastic frame
Cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
Bar end trucks
Magnetic couplers
Gray unpainted cab
Black, 1-piece boom
No. 6560 on car
“LIONEL LINES” on cab & base
3 dashes (-) in data line under “LIONEL”
Open spokes on crank wheels
Hook aligned straight to pulley



Clip mounted trucks

No. 6560 LIONEL LINES CRANE CAR

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Plastic frame
Cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
AAR trucks
Magnetic couplers
Red painted cab
Black, 1-piece boom
No. 6560 on car
“LIONEL LINES” on cab & base
3 dashes (-) in data line under “LIONEL”
Open closed spokes on crank wheels
Hook aligned straight to pulley



Trucks riveted to frame

No. 6560 LIONEL LINES CRANE CAR (EARLY MPC)

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Plastic Frame
Cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
MPC trucks, fast angle wheels
Thumb-tack couplers
Medium red unpainted cab
Black, 1-piece boom
No. 6560 on car
“LIONEL LINES” on cab & base
3 dashes (-) in data line under “LIONEL”
Hook aligned straight to pulley



Rivet mounted trucks

No. 6560-25 LIONEL LINES CRANE CAR

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Plastic frame
Cab mounted with 3 slots & tabs
Bar end trucks
Magnetic couplers
Red unpainted cab
Black, 1-piece boom
No. 656025 on car
“LIONEL LINES” on cab & base
3 dashes (-) in data line under “LIONEL”
Open spokes on crank wheels
Hook aligned straight to pulley



Clip mounted trucks

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”
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