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Prewar Lionel Boxcars

PapertrainedPapertrainedOGR Forum Member

Hi Everyone,

I started collecting prewar model trains about two years ago.  Because of this I have no real background to draw upon when questions come up so typically will turn to books or forums to get answers.

One area that I require some clarification on is the 1940-1941 Lionel boxcars and reefers.

One book that I have, the first book that I bought actually was titled "The Standard Catalog of Lionel Trains" by David Doyle

In this book he refers to an 814 Boxcar in orange with a brown roof and rubber-stamping (I know that in this era may have been heat-stamping) but did this car ever exist?  I know it was available as a 2814.  The second question is regarding the 2814R refrigerator car which he states was produced in white with brown roof and nickel plates.  It did exist as an 814.

Again I would like to know if this car ever existed?

 

Thanks to anyone that can shed some light on this.

 

David

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Timothy SpragueTimothy SpragueOGR Forum Member

There's lots of folks over in the tinplate section that have vast knowledge in this area. I'm a prewar collector myself, and I do know that in the years leading up to the war Lionel was trying a lot of different things regarding lettering and numbering, often there will be multiple methods within the same production year. So there are a lot of super rare examples there.

 

Tim

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