"Who made me ?" - Standard / Wide-Gauge 90* X-over

I'm almost certain the crossover is Lionel pre-1927.  

From the 1925 Catalog:

Of an interesting note, the $1.50 in 1925 is (according to the online calculator) is ~$22 today...

Thank you very much !

I wonder why Lionel did not mark it ?

Fran McM.

 They were probably too embarrassed .  An examination of almost any other crossing by other manufacturers during the same time period indicates this crossing was the absolute bottom of the barrel with respect to quality. 

Robert S. Butler posted:

 They were probably too embarrassed .  An examination of almost any other crossing by other manufacturers during the same time period indicates this crossing was the absolute bottom of the barrel with respect to quality. 

I would say early / "primitive"   ... given the skeletal appearance and low catalog number ?   The same lot included first-generation manual switches, and some VERY early (?) terminal-track (individual fahnstock clips clamped to the center and outer rail).

Probably by 1925 (catalog above), this was the entry-level X-over ?

Lionel 20 Crossing . See photo.

Tim Ring posted:

Lionel 20 Crossing . See photo.

Wow - box too ! 

Looks the central base was bright shiny tin;  were the ties also bright shiny tin ?

Thanks ! 

Fran McM