Hi. I have had a lionel 224E prewar engine in gunmetal for a while but never was able to find a matching gunmetal lionel 2224W tender. Apparently, it is very rare. However, I recently came across a post that stated that there were a lot of variations made in the year leading up to WWII where lionel mixed and matched a bunch of different pieces. One article suggested that lionel 224's were paired with 2666 tenders. I found a gunmetal grey 2666T tender, but I have not been able to find any documentation to suggest whether there ever was a gunmetal version of that car or if what I found is just a respray over a black tender. Any help on this would be appreciated.
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