Found 2 different Lionel items with the same stock number

Very interesting.

Seems as if the Conrail is second fiddle with the "dup", presumably for duplicate.

And its not alone:

Not to bad for as large as the database is.  OTOH, it typically is impossible to enter a duplicate number in most inventory systems.

The worst part is that the bar code is the same as well.  This would have to play havoc with a retailer's point-of-sale and inventory control systems big time.  Granted small shops may not have sophisticated systems, but the bigger ones probably do.

Mike

Another pair of dupes!

The Southern Pacific is the unnamed “Quad Hopper”

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Another pair of dupes!

Maybe... but needs more investigation & inspection.

I too am suspicious of the last duplicate. Seems to me that the SP Quad (6-15067) was in the wrong box.

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Another pair of dupes!

The Southern Pacific is the unnamed “Quad Hopper”

I don't think so.  Take a good look at the last 3 digits.  Its 748 and 478.

Duplication is a tradition going back to prewar.  Just a few examples:

152 locomotive, 152 crossing gate.

154 locomotive, 154 highway signal

156 locomotive, 156 station platform

Yup - I didn’t really check, cause they both came up when I searched for 6-26748.