I learnt from the owner of Electric Train Outlet in St. Louis, MO that scale sized Lionel freight cars, released or rereleased in the last few years, individually packed, have the item number beginning with 6-17### or 6-27###. This may also apply to 2-car or 3-car sets, but not always.
I am into 2-rail trains & I buy scale-sized Lionel freight cars to convert to 2-rail. I am not familiar with their item numbering scheme for locomotives or for passenger cars. I usually learn more about the prototype cars that I am interested in & this helps guide my determination of scale-sized equipment.
These are just my opinion,
Thanks,
Naveen Rajan
Originally Posted by Bossman284:
Is there a way to determine the Standard O Line from the Traditional Line...I do not recall the boxing being clearly labeled. I was in a LHS while on vacation and there were a lot of Lionel items but was having some difficulty in determining what was scale and what was not