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Reply to "The Different Types of Coupler Heights"

Sorry to argue Dave, but no Lionel sets came with a 655 (2655?) transition cars...or any other types of cars with mixed trucks.  Lionel stamped adapters to couple latch/box couplers to knuckle couplers.... they NEVER mixed the pre-war with the postwar in the way you describe....

... your description of the 249E is a little incomplete.  Lionel had many price points for their train lines. You are spot on here.  From the 700E Hudson with scale cars, down to the 259E with 1600 series cars,  there are at least 5 "levels" in the late 1930's. But collectors have long described things by coupler height and car number related to size....not the price point. And they sold OODLES of 249/261/262 "mid"sized sets....most are not even scarce.... though as always there are exceptions...  As the trains were going toward the die cast 224/225/226/700 locos the 249/261/262 showed up in department store sets ...some of which were scarce or even rare.

To be precise, the 3651 showed up in 1939-1942 sets pulled by:

224

225

265

1663

1666

 

You are correct in the statement that there is a learning curve.  As you can see  the 3651 was never with 249E or 259E.

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