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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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Lionel Trains Microwave Relay Tower No. 199 LIONEL TRAINS MICROWAVE RELAY TOWER No. 199

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Lionel Trains Microwave Relay Tower No. 199 C Variation

Lionel Trains Microwave Relay Tower No. 199The Microwave Relay Tower No. 199 was available only two years: 1958 and 1959. It mounted two WHITE parabolic antenna, the tips of which would blink RED along with the tip of the tower from a No. 402-300 blinking bulb. This bulb has wire leads and is difficult to mount on the top.
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It has a DARK GRAY plastic base and a usually TAN top piece with a GRAY colored plastic tower that was inscribed "LIONEL" in RED letters on two sides.
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The tower has two wire clips on the bottom as is illustrated to the right and was inscribed, "MADE IN U.S. OF AMERICA / 199 MICROWAVE TOWER / THE LIONEL CORPORATION / NEW YORK, N.Y."
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The B Variation has TAN plastic base, See No. 195.
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The C Variation is the same as A but has a BLACK plastic cap on the top of the tower.
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Dimensions: 13-1/2 inches high, Base: 3-1/2 inches square.

No. 199 Microwave Relay Tower Bottow View
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No. 199 Late Classic Box End
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