Lionel pw-x672

UNCATALOGED VERY RARE 249 STEAM SET WITH 6804,6806 AND 6808 FLATCARS CARRYING 2 EACH USMC VEHICLES

 

  • SPECIAL NOTE 1: This set is considered a rarity 5 on a scale of 1 to 5. Not only is it uncataloged, it has 3 very rare flatcars with a rarity rating of 4 out of 5!
  • The 3 red flatcars in this set each carry 2 loads (U.S. Marine Corps Vehicles). All 3 have a rarity rating of 4 (on a scale of 1 to 5) and are are extremely valuable if they have original vehicles manfactured by Pyro Plastics
  • The vehicular loads are why the flatcars are so valuable; original vehicles are usually either missing or replaced by reproductions
  • The real original loads (vehicles) have the Pyro Plastics symbol molded into the plastic somewhere on the underside
  • This symbol is a triangle inside of a circle
  • Between the circle and triangle the words Made in USA appear
  • Inside the triangle, "PYRO" is written in decreasing size from the P to the O
  • The original loads are difficult to find completely intact. Many fake (reproduction) loads exist, but do not have the Pyro logo molded into the underside of the grey vehicles
  • Black plastic brackets secure the loads to the body of the flatcar
  • Built 1958-59 each flatcar has an nnpainted red plastic body with heat stamped LIONEL lettering and car number on both sides, metal brake wheel. AAR trucks with two operating couplers. Many of the flatcars will have factory glue marks where they mounted the black axle retainer thru the stake holes in the flatcar.
  • Contents: 249 red-striped steam loco with 250T Pennsy red-striped non-whistle tender
  • 6017 SP type non-lighted caboose
  • a 6804 flatcar with a 2 barrel antiaircraft gun truck and a sound truck
  • a 6806 flatcar with mobile radar and medical trucks
  • 6808 flatcar with tank and a searchlight truck. The tank, which has two guns on top and a rotating turret, is held down by a band, not the black bracket.
  • Set also included 8 curved and 2 straight 0- 27 track, 1035 60 watt transformer and 1008 Camtrol (mechanical uncoupling mechanism, packed in a standard O-27 basket weave set box
  • Loco was packed in a corrugated carton #249-15 with tucked in flaps, tender was packed in a late classic box, and flatcars in bold classic boxes
  • As far as is known, original paperwork included form 249-8 dated 1-58 (instructions for 249 loco), form 1569-13 dated 3-58, Set operating instructions; and form 1806. 'Important notice' explaining subsitution and use of 1035 60 watt

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