Identifying some Lionel Items

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Need some help identifying some Lionel items. Did a search and came up with little or no info.

No. 152 gate (was made pre & post they said the silver one was post but is bare metal considered post?)

No. 153-C Auto Accessor Contactor (Post or Pre)

No. 88 Control Switch (can’t find anything on it)

UTC Universal Lockon (can’t find anything on it don’t even know if it’s O or Standard)

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1947-1949 were painted silver.

1945-1969

Prewar Rheostat.

It’s both… “Universal Track Contactor” . 1936-1946

Rob

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The 88 was a rheostat before the war and a normally-open pushbutton switch after the war.

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Cool thanks for the info guys. This No. 88 is the push button one.

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The 153C was also offered pre-war, introduced in 1940.