THE FOLLOWING SMALL FLAT CARS WILL BE DOCUMENTED BELOW
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No. 1877 GENERAL FLATCAR WITH SIX HORSES
No. 1887 GENERAL FLATCAR WITH SIX HORSES
No. 6401 FLAT CAR WITHOUT LOAD
No. 6402 FLATCARS WITH CABLE REELS
No. 6402 FLAT CAR WITH BOAT
No. 6404 FLATCARS WITH SINGLE AUTO
No. 6405 FLATCARS WITH PIGGY-BACK VAN
No. 6406 FLATCARS WITH SINGLE AUTOS
No. 6401-25 FLATCAR WITH JEEP AND CANNON
No. 6401-25 FLATCAR WITH TANK
No. 1877 GENERAL FLATCAR WITH SIX HORSES
brown plastic painted brown with yellow heat stamped gothic lettering
with two operating AAR trucks
with two truss rods on bottom
comes with six horses
comes with six cross fences and two long side fences molded in maroon, all are removable and very fragile
with two operating AAR trucks
with two truss rods on bottom
comes with six horses
No. 1877 GENERAL FLATCAR WITH SIX HORSES
brown plastic painted brown with yellow heat stamped gothic lettering
with two operating ARCH BAR trucks
with two truss rods on bottom
comes with six horses
comes with six cross fences and two long side fences molded in maroon, all are removable and very fragile
with two operating ARCH BAR trucks
with two truss rods on bottom
comes with six horses
No. 1887 GENERAL FLATCAR WITH SIX HORSES
brown plastic painted brown with yellow heat stamped gothic lettering
with two non operating ARCH BAR trucks
with two truss rods on bottom
comes with six horses
comes with six cross fences and two long side fences molded in yellow, all are removable and very fragile
with two non operating ARCH BAR trucks
with two truss rods on bottom
comes with six horses
No. 6401 FLAT CAR WITHOUT LOAD
SOLD BOXED IN 1965 WITHOUT LOAD
CAME WITH ONE OPERATING AND ONE DUMMY COUPLER
NEED PICTURE OF BOX
No. 6402 FLATCARS WITH CABLE REELS
colors of postwar reels from left to right
dark orange – light orange – dark gray – dark brown – red – black – green – blue – not shown above but shown below – light gray and yellow
dark orange reels
light orange reels
dark gray reels
brown reels
red reels
black reels
green reels
blue reels
light gray reels
flat cars were unpainted and came molded in dark and light gray and brown
gray reels with LIONEL in black shown for reference only, later production, no postwar reels had painted Lionel
Courtesy of “The McNair Collection”
yellow reels
Courtesy of “The Leverich Collection
No. 6402 FLAT CAR WITH BOAT
known to come in cataloged “027” set #11730 produced in 1969
No. 6404 FLATCAR WITH SINGLE AUTO
No. 6404 FLATCAR WITH SINGLE AUTO
– unpainted black plastic with white lettering
– with 2 non operating ARCH – BAR trucks
-with truss rods
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top view – note 12 open stake holes
bottom view
note
-two truss rods
– 2 non operating ARCH BAR trucks
A
load is red auto with gray bumpers, other colors also reported
No. 6405 FLATCAR WITH PIGGY-BACK VAN
No. 6405 FLATCAR WITH PIGGY-BACK VAN 1961
unpainted brown shell with yellow heat stamped lettering
with truss rods
with 2 operating early AAR trucks riveted directly to shell
load is 1 TYPE 7 yellow van
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top view
note
with 12 stake holes
bottom view
with 2 operating early AAR trucks riveted directly to shell
– with two truss rods
load is 1 TYPE 7 yellow van
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orange picture box flap # 6405 – 5
No. 6406 FLATCARS WITH SINGLE AUTOS
Unpainted, un-numbered gray or brown flatcar without wire truss rods, with 2 dummy couplers and single auto with gray bumpers
Component of Set 1123 from 1960
Courtesy of “The Leverich Collection”
No. 6401-25 FLATCAR WITH JEEP AND CANNON
Soldiers have “MPC” mark (Model Products Corporation)
Courtesy of “The Leverich Collection”
No. 6401-25 FLATCAR WITH TANK
Courtesy of “The Leverich Collection”
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