Product Title: Lionel 6464-425 Postwar New Haven Boxcar O SCALE
Manufacturer: Lionel
Scale: O
Condition: Item Condition: C-7, Box Condition P-5
TCA Condition/Grading Standards: C-7: Excellent—All Original: minute scratches and paint nicks; no rust and no missing parts; no distortion of component parts.
TCA Box Grading Standards: P-5: Good: Items show substantial wear. Moderate abrasions, creases and/or folds; moderate tears and losses. Moderate color changes, staples may be rusty or replaced. May have been repaired with archival tissue and adhesive.
Listing Notes: Car has some scratches etc signs of use. Box is in ok shape but missing the end flaps. As is
Photos: Stock photo included for reference.
Manufacturer Information:
New Haven Box Car No. 6464-425 was available from 1956 until 1958. This box car was cataloged in 1969, but was actually produced under the number 6464-725 Variation F and was packaged in Hagerstown boxes.
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The 1956-58 productions were manufactured on painted or unpainted Type IIA and Type III bodies with WHITE heat-stamped lettering and an ORANGE plastic Multi-block doors. During 1956 and early 1957 this car came with bar-end trucks with magnetic couplers. Throughout the remainder of production early AAR trucks with disc couplers were used.
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Two different heat-stamps were used for the lettering which accounts for half of the variations. On one of these stamps half of top part of the serif crossing the "N" in "N/H" is missing. This is illustrated below.
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New Haven No. 6464-425 Variation D New Haven No. 6464-425 Variation A
There are six variations:
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Variation A: Used a Type IIA BLACK body with half-serif on "N".
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Variation B: Identical to Variation A except with a full-serif on "N".
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Variation C: Used a Type IIA BLACK painted body with a half-serif on "N".
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Variation D: Identical to Variation C except with a full-serif on "N".
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Variation E: Used a Type IIA GLOSSY BLACK painted body with a half-serif on "N".
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Variation F: Used a Type III BLACK painted body with a full-serif on "N".