Lionel Electric Trains Identification Guide Sub-Title
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This Identification Guide for Lionel Electric Trains covers the "Post-war Era" only from 1945 until 1969.

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The 2500 Series Pullman Cars LIONEL TRAINS SILVER CLOUD PASSENGER CAR No. 2533

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Lionel Lines Silver Cloud Pullman Car No. 2533 Variation B
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No. 2533 Box End

The 2500 Series Pullman CarsThe Silver Cloud Pullman Car No. 2533 was produced from 1952 until 1960. There are left and right side people silhouette inserts on the interior of the windows. It came with Type VIII die-cast four-wheel passenger trucks equipped with magnetic couplers. This extruded aluminum pullman car has SILVER painted vestibule ends, and the variety of ways that Lionel used to attach the name plates account for most of the variations, of which there are six:
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Variation A: Ribbed channeled car with the name plates attached by hex head screws.
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Variation B: Ribbed channeled car with the name plates attached by small SILVER rivets.
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Variation C: Ribbed channeled car with the name plates attached by large SILVER rivets.
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Variation D: Ribbed channeled car with the name plates attached by large BLACK rivets.
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Variation E: Ribbed channeled car with the name plates glued to the sides.
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Variation F: Flat channeled car with the name plates glued to the sides.
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This car is the rarest of the ribbed channeled cars and it was designed to work on the larger radius of O Gauge track only.


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