@Nick DiSandro posted:I have quite a few prewar Lionel cars and engines. I know that there is a time period when they were produced like 1931-37. Is there a way to find out when each car or engine was manufactured by Lionel? Are there numbers or markings inside the cars to give that information?
How about posting a list of what you have that brings up this question. Among the Greenburg O and Standard gauge books that I have, I can probably help with many of them. I also have most catalogs from 1923 to 1941. shouldn't be difficult to identify most within a range of 2-3 years. I've done a lot of that kind of research on items that I've acquired that were made between 1915 and 1941.
But how many items do you have ? If this is a serious project, you might want to buy some of the Greenberg books.