Painted flat black 50' body, white lettering "SOUTHERN PACIFIC", "0860", and "BLT BY LIONEL" on side, separate brake wheel, sprung metal trucks, gray helicopter has single twin blade with turbo charger at each end, helicopter has yellow tail, "BLT BY LIONEL" on left side, helicopter secured with one black rubber band across the black landing gear, no platform on car. Heat-stamped "NAVY" in blue, door in black. Cataloged in 1959 separately, and in sets 5717, 5719, and 5731, incorrectly illustrated in 1959 as a tuscan car loaded with a helicopter with double turbo blades, cataloged separately also in 1960, and shown again incorrectly as a blue flat car! This example is in Like New (C8) with an original, unbroken helicopter and the original box. |