Bidspirit auction | A Collection of O Gauge
A Collection of O Gauge Model Train Rolling Stock and Cabooses Including Lionel and Atlas O - A collection of O-gauge model train cars featuring a variety of freight and service rolling stock. The group includes a plastic New Hope & Ivyland RR boxcar with sliding doors, bearing the printed text NHIR 9454, BLT 1-82 LIONEL on the side and LIONEL embossed on the underside. A die-cast metal Lionel Lines flatcar, number 3461, is present with integrated stakes and an underside solenoid mechanism. Also included is a plastic Lionel Lines depressed center flatcar, number 336155, featuring an underside solenoid and wiring. A plastic two-dome tank car with a metal chassis bears the number 6465 embossed on the underside. A Central of Georgia boxcar, number 64643, is constructed with a plastic body on a metal chassis and is printed with BLT 3-56 BY LIONEL. The collection includes several cabooses: a red New Haven caboose printed with 9272 and BLT 1-78 LIONEL; a brown Lionel caboose, number 6457, with a plastic body on a metal chassis printed with BUILT 9-47; and a highly detailed red Norfolk Southern extended vision caboose marked NS 555682 and C-31, with the underside embossed ATLAS OLLC and MADE IN CHINA. An operating die-cast metal dump car is included, printed with LIONEL 3469 LINES and embossed NO. 3459 LIONEL CORPORATION NEW YORK N.Y. MADE IN U.S. OF AMERICA on the underside. A red Lionel work caboose with a tool bin completes the group. , The items show varying degrees of wear and age. The New Hope & Ivyland boxcar is intact but shows heavy dust (photo 2). The 3461 flatcar exhibits significant surface rust and oxidation across the top surface, stakes, and trucks (photo 5). The 336155 flatcar has a loose, severed wire on the underside (photo 8). The tank car is missing one complete wheel truck assembly (photo 11) and shows rust on the metal chassis (photo 12). The Central of Georgia boxcar is missing one sliding door (photo 13). The brown 6457 caboose has a broken and missing section of the roof overhang at one end (photo 25), is missing a ladder (photo 22), and shows surface rust on the underside trucks and chassis (photo 23). The 3469 dump car shows paint chipping along the upper edges of the bin (photo 19). All items in the collection have heavy dust accumulation.