I was at the LHS today and almost bought a set of Irvington/Madison cars from modern era Lionel made in the 1990’s. The car names included Joshua Cohen, Lawerence Cohen, etc. There’s also a Sagar Palace observation car. While looking at these, another customer chimed in that the color of these cars did not match the “Tuscan” of the postwar cars. I only want these cars to add to the three PW cars I already have. He claimed that it was a more red-brown color on these modern cars that matched 1946 late pre-war cars. Has anyone ever heard this? I can’t find anything in Greenburg or Doyle books I have, or on line about 1946 PW cars being a different color than 1948-1950 cars. I have the itch that makes me want to still buy these cars, but really only if they look the same as the PW cars. Can anyone offer any info? Were there different color 1946 cars? Did modern Lionel screw up the color of these cars compared to the PW versions?
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