INCLUDED:  Three (3) POOR+ condition LIONEL POSTWAR model railroad cars. These have been stored for many decades.  All display AOK and are 100% original.

#3562-25  Operating Barrel Car

Barrels are unloaded into a line side Bakelite or plastic bin remotely through the use of a UCTS or #6019 Uncoupling Control Track Section. This car was first produced in 1954.  I believe that in 1955 a tab was added so that the barrels would not unload while the car was moving.

Features & Markings:

• 356225
• A.T. & S.F.
• GREY
• NEW 5-54

#6362  Rail Truck Car

Load is supposed to be three (3) bar end trucks ithout couplers. This car was first produced in 1955. There are several variations of this car.

Features & Markings:

• 636255
• LIONEL LINES
• ORANGE

#3356  Operating Horse Car

Horses unload into a corral and a vibrator located in the corral loads them back again into the car.  The car was first produced in 1956. This car was manufactured with either AAR trucks with disc couplers or bar end trucks with tabbed couplers.

Features & Markings:

• 3356
• RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY INC
• HORSE EXPRESS
• SANTA FE
• GREEN
• BLT 5-56

Lionel introduced the Staple-End truck immediately after WWII. Viewing from the side reveals, what appears to be a staple holding each side of the truck to the frame. The staple-end truck was primarily used from 1945 to 1951 during what is now termed the Post War Era (PWE) and was designed with either magnetic couplers or coil couplers with flying shoe or plate versions.

The sliding shoe is a small rectangular piece of rectangular and beveled Bakelite, or plastic which is held in place by a rivet on the underside of certain trucks. The slide shoe is used to activate an operating freight car or open a coil coupler.

The magnetic coupler replaced coil coupler which had the copper coil wrapped around the coupler arm. The magnetic coupler was produced from 1949 to 1955. In 1956 the metal plates, which are attached to the two truck axles, were slightly modified to allow for the tab coupler.

I am not a LIONEL expert so I will defer to those who are. I will let the over sized images do the talking. OVERALL CONDITION IS BETTER THAN POOR

NOTE:   ©  1950s   The Lionel Corporation   New York  NY   Made In USA

Lionel O27 Gauge Postwar #3562 Barrel Car #6362 Rail Truck Flatcar #3356 Horse Express

Lionel O27 Gauge Postwar #3562 Barrel Car #6362 Rail Truck Flatcar #3356 Horse Express Trucks Couplers