paulp575 posted:Just received mine today. Interesting to note that both cars have separate Lionel catalog numbers as follows:
.............Another interesting note: If you search the Lionel (or any other place on the web), only the 2-pack shows up. Apparently Lionel is not going to break up the set - although I did find a couple web sites that had pictures of each boxcar separate from the set. The accompanying product info was for the 2-pack.
What you describe is more common than not on items packaged as sets over the years. Passenger car sets, multi engine A-B-A sets, etc mostly have followed this pattern.
As you mention, it almost never relates to Lionel listing the item as separate on their site (or catalogs) or selling the items separately.
-Dave
