No. 2624 MANHATTAN PULLMAN AND BOX
No. 2624 MANHATTAN PULLMAN AND BOX
CORRUGATED CARDBOARD BOX No. 753 – 1, MADE BY BOGOTA PAPER & BOARD CORP.
Lionel introduced its new “Scale Proportioned” passenger cars in 1941. In 1941, these cars were included in two sets – Set No. 890W which included three of the new passenger cars and Set No. 748W which included four of these cars. The two sets were cataloged with two or three Pullman cars, respectively, and an observation car. The Pullman cars were always numbered No. 2623 and were named either “Irvington” or Manhattan”. The observation car was depicted in the catalog as No. 2624 “Manhattan”. However, Lionel never manufactured the observation car. Therefore, these sets were either issued with three or four Pullman cars as either “Irvington” or “Manhattan”. Apparently, in anticipation of the observation car, Lionel produced a number of bodies decorated for No. 2624 “Manhattan”. Following the decision not to produce the observation car, these bodies were assembled as Pullman cars and included in a very limited number of the No. 890W and 748W sets. Since there were so few No. 2624 cars produced, Lionel never printed standard orange and blue component boxes for these cars. Instead, they over stamped left over boxes for the No. 753 streamlined coach with “2624M”.
note the black rubber stamped “2624M”
note the black rubber stamped “2624M”
note the black rubber stamped “2624M”
Courtesy of “The MacNair Collection”
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