Überstationmeister posted:#1646 from 1961 included:
233 with 233W
6343 Barrel ramp
6162 Gondola with canisters
6476 LV hopper
6017 Caboose
1073 Transformer
147 Whistle controller
Oval of 0-27 trackSomeone probably added the 6465 Tank car and other ancillaries.
I'd forgotten to list the track. It was an oval. However I'm positive the 6465 tank car came with it, because I remember all five cutouts. Each silhouette was unique, and I was always meticulous about placing everything just right so the box would close easily.....plus my dad always kept an eye on me to make sure! The price guide I have lists that #1646 set as having a red 6476.
My dad used to buy a lot of stuff at the Spiegel store, and I think it may have been an uncatalogued set from there.
The only cars my dad bought separately were the #6434 Poultry Dispatch lighted car, the #6517 Lionel Lines bay window caboose, and the #3444 Erie cop and hobo gondola. Each one had its own box. There were no others for years, until the early 1970s when I was about 10 or 11.
As I was writing the first paragraph above about the individual cars in their unique places, I started remembering certain things. The trickiest to insert was the barrel ramp car because of the angled ramp. The tank car would not fit properly unless I spun the wheels so the couplers would be pointed in towards the middle. I wouldn't have had that memory, if the tank car had NOT been included.
