I bought 4 Lionel cars because the price was right at 15 bucks. The 6656 cattle car has a broken end, a simple fix, but looking at the plastic, it is clear with a coat of yellow paint. I never knew they were made with clear plastic. I stumbled across a note to never clean a red painted Lionel car, and the main reason I grabbed these four is that it had a red 6464 M&StL box car in the set. Three of these cars are the dirtiest I have ever seen, the 4th, the #6819 red helo car is dirty but not like the rest, and the suggestion to never clean a red painted car and just use a brush will be a totally useless endeavor. Any thoughts on cleaning the red cars...or was that bogus info?
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