LIONEL 1688-E 2-4-2 LOCOMOTIVE (O27), 36-46

LIONEL 1688-E 2-4-2 LOCOMOTIVE (O27), 36-46In the spring of 1936, industrial design guru Raymond Loewy came up with a streamlined winner for the Pennsylvania Railroads glamorous Broadway Limited passenger train. Sleek, bullet nosed, and skirted, Loewys upgrading of conventional K4 Pacific 4 6 2 No. 3768 captured the publics imagination. People lined up to see the locomotive, which was dubbed the Torpedo. Learn more about the Pennsylvania Railroads passenger trains. Lionel rushed to develop a

This is a Lionel 6-12843 O Die-Cast Sprung Trucks (Pack of 2)

Variation A: Has a DARK GRAY painted cab with BLACK heat-stamped lettering

Autorack load in interior

There is some confusion with the catalog listings as the catalog pictures show the 302AC in 1951 and 1952 while the descriptions state 302

The latter versions with AAR trucks are collectable

LIGHT GRAY painted RED or BLACK plastic SP Type with RED or MAROON heat-stamped lettering

During the last years of the post-war era Lionel would make this bumper out of BLACK plastic and would sell them in a Hagerstown ORANGE and WHITE box

Variation C: with ORANGE RED Die 1 body and staple-end trucks

interior illumination

Metal base

Came in a Hillside checkerboard box

4 wheel booster trucks