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Lionel 2x55 tank car questions.

This is a question for the postwar car experts.  I'm writing a description oif cars in the Lionel 1945-1949 catalogs for a seminar that Steve McCabe and I will be leading at the TCA convention.  My basic sources are Doyle (2006) and Greenberg (1991).  I could use some input on a couple of discrepancies

Greenberg says that in 1947 the gray 2855 could be distinguished from the 2555 only by the number stamped on the fream.  Both authors state that the 2855 had corner steps.  The corner steops are shown in the catalog illustration but not in the photo of a 2855 in either book.  

Can anyone help to clarify the situation.  Is there evidence that cars were actually produced with the corner steps ?  Were there any other physical differences amont the 2755, 2555 and 2855 ?

Malcolm Laughlin

 

 

 

 

 

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