Anybody know what this box held? I think it originally held train or switches or ? when I purchased same.
It's about 6 1/4 X 11 1/2 X 12 1/4 with little lion logo and "An Investment in Happiness" and large
"Lionel Trains" on flaps. I can't find it on the internet.
Thanks, Wally
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Could it be the box for the freight set detailed in the link below? 
I believe the "X" means an outfit and the 675 could mean part of a series of Sears sets:
602 - 602 Seaboard switcher, possibly Sears
610 - 610 diesel Sears 49NU9601
627 - 627 diesel Sears 49N9668
628 - 628 diesel Sears 79N09602
637 - 2-6-4 loco Sears 79N09642
681 - 681 Loco Sears 79N09673T
See Greenberg's Guide to Lionel Trains, Volume II, 1988, pages 20 and 21.
I would guess 675 is part of the Sears series.
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If your box is of a basket weave design, the X600 series would take you to 1958 and probably a general retailer outfit. From your dimensions, a single tier box which would have contained a starter outfit, probably unboxed using cardboard dividers to separate the contents. The X600 numbering system was repeated in 1961 with a different box design. Good hunting for its exact contents.
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