Lionel pre-2955 sunoco

SUNOCO TANK CAR - 1932-1942

One of 4 newly tooled scale cars in 1939 (the others were the scale box car, hopper and cabooose) - these cars were the first to replace tinplate cars with Lionel cars very close to exact scale models of real railroad cars. The tank car had a diecast frame with the number molded in underneath and a sheet metal single dome tank with ladder and railing. Most tanks were painted silver, but a few now very rare tanks were painted grey after Lionel could no longer get silver paint because of the shortages as World War Two approached.

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