Hi pd,
Thanks for the info. and your paitience.
What was produced first the silver,(aluminum), tower or the gray tower?
A gray tower has just been listed on E-Bay and I definitely can see the difference in the color of the gray tower and the silver one.
This history is truly amazing.
Thanks Again,
John
Originally Posted by pd:
For the eighteen months or so before Lionel changed over to war production and stopped manufacturing trains, most of the silver-painted equipment and accessories started being painted a gloss gray...supposedly the silver paint had a high aluminum content, which quickly went onto the strategic materials list and was prohibited from use. So the last production 2654, 654, 804, 93, etc. all started being painted a gloss gray, rather than metallic silver.