Lionel 101 - Seeking to Identify Caboose for 1960s Lionel Set

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I have a starter Lionel train set that I got as a kid in the mid- to late-1960s.

It came with the following:

  • 2-4-2 steam engine #1061
  • Sloped tender, marked “Lionel Lines”
  • Brown flat car, unmarked
  • Blue gondola, unmarked, with red canisters and orange spools
  • A caboose
  • Transformer
  • Oval of track

I managed to hang onto the most of the train and the transformer, but the caboose has disappeared.

My recollection of the caboose is that it was Crayola red with a rear cupola, though maybe center. I believe it was marked “Lionel Lines.”

I found cabooses on eBay that seem to mach my memory.

Was there a standard caboose used with starter Lionel sets during this time?

Thanks in advance!

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Probably a 6167.

3

Thanks. I was also looking at a 6017, which has “Lionel Lines” markings on it. Could that have come with that set, or is it of a different vintage?

4

The 6017 was too “deluxe” for that set.

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It might be the 11710 “O27 Steam Freight Set” from 1969, comprising 1061, 1061T or 1062T, 6402, 6142, and 6059.

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Thanks! Do you know if there is an online resource for Lionel, similar to HO Seeker, that has scans of catalogs and images of sets?

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-O-Scale-Lionel-Plain-Red-Caboose-Car/391220969185?hash=item5b16963ee1:g:jcwAAOSwPcVVtBX3

you are looking for the red unmarked caboose