{"product_id":"lionel-postwar-3530-operating-mobile-generator-car-o-scale-like-new","title":"Lionel Postwar 3530 Operating Mobile Generator Car O Scale Like New","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProduct Title: \u003c\/b\u003eLionel Postwar 3530 Operating Mobile Generator Car O Scale\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eManufacturer: \u003c\/b\u003eLionel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScale: \u003c\/b\u003eO\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font - weight: 400;\"\u003e Item Condition: C-8, Box Condition P-8\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOperational Status: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font - weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTCA Condition\/Grading Standards: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font - weight: 400;\"\u003eC-8: Like New—Complete All Original: no rust, no missing parts; may show effects of being on display and\/or age; may have been run.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTCA Box Grading Standards: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font - weight: 400;\"\u003eP-8: Like New: Complete and all original. Evidence of light use and aging, additional notations since leaving publisher or manufacturer. Contents of box may be missing. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eListing Notes: car is in excellent shape. It has the original pole and light. It has the instructions. Box is in excellent shape. There is no second box (the pieces fit in the box with the car) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhotos: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font - weight: 400;\"\u003eSee photos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eManufacturer Information:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Operating Mobile Generator Car No. 3530 was introduced in 1956 and was a new design by Lionel. It would be produced for another two years. Produced on a BLUE body with a WHITE painted stripe and heat-stamped lettering.\u003cbr\u003espacer\u003cbr\u003eThis generator car came with a telephone pole No. 3530-50 and a floodlight No. 3530-12. The floodlight would light up with the opening of one of the doors on the car. These were available for separate sale and included both the telephone pole with either a BLUE or BLACK transformer base and the magnetic base searchlight. A YELLOW transfomer base has been found as part of an F-3 Rio Grande Set No. 2291W that was released in 1956.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo. 3530 Late Classic Box End\u003cbr\u003espacer\u003cbr\u003ePower was connected to the light by two leads from the telephone pole. These attached to the roof of the car and the other end of these leads attached to the floodlight.\u003cbr\u003espacer\u003cbr\u003eThe floodlight had a magnet in the base allowing it to adhere to any metal surface. Below we’ve shown the illustration of the two page operating instructions. This operating car has bar-end trucks with tabbed couplers. There are four variations:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ehttps:\/\/www.tandem-associates.com\/lionel\/lionel_trains_3530_operating_car.htm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lionel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48099606397169,"sku":"3530","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0331\/2330\/3564\/files\/8dfbd39f98c7116a96244abffb476375.jpg?v=1777333722","url":"https:\/\/bradystrains.com\/products\/lionel-postwar-3530-operating-mobile-generator-car-o-scale-like-new","provider":"Brady's Train Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}