1950 Lionel Set Question

I'll ask again, does anyone have any information?

Thanks!

John.....sometimes retailers would switch out car for customers......other than that, I'm not sure.

Peter

Looked through the Standard Catalog of Train sets, and the only one that comes close is 2167WS, as you stated.  Apparently the 6462 Gondola got swapped out, with a 6472 replacement, but everything else is correct for that set.  Dealers would often replace items, to make a set more sellable.  A classic case is the 6262 red frame with a black frame version.  Sets with the red 6262 were often replaced with the black, and now the red frame is highly collectible and demands higher prices.

Thanks guys!

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A classic case is the 6262 red frame with a black frame version.  Sets with the red 6262 were often replaced with the black, and now the red frame is highly collectible and demands higher prices.

Never heard that. Where did the red frame ones go? If they were swapped out of sets, they would have been sold separately, and still turn up.

I don't know about swapping red 6262s for black in sets affecting the premium price that the red version has, but if I recall correctly the red version had a very small production run in 1956 only anyway, so that in itself would make it harder to find.

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I don't know about swapping red 6262s for black in sets affecting the premium price that the red version has, but if I recall correctly the red version had a very small production run in 1956 only anyway, so that in itself would make it harder to find

Thanks John, I am aware of the scarcity of the red 6262 flatcars, I was referring to their desirability being caused by dealers swapping them out of sets.

I do not believe that was the issue at all. They were just made in small numbers, whether they were associated with a specific set(I believe they were) or not.