SUNDAY PUZZLE FUN 4-12-20 POSTWAR LIONEL OPERATING CARS

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POSTWAR LIONEL OPERATING CARS
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  1. No layout featuring postwar Lionel would seem complete without a No. 3462P (_ _ _ ) car platform. To many it’s best if it is the rare ( _ _ _ _ ) and ( _ _ _ ) version which accompanied the No. 3672 ( _ _ ) ( _ _ _ _ _ _ ) Co. version of 1959-60 with seven metal ( _ _ ) rubber-stamped “( _ _ _ _)”.
  2. The No. 6473 (_ _ _ _ ) Transport car featured ( _ _ _ _ _ ) equines that relied on the ( _ _ _ _ _) of the train for their movements.
  3. The No. 3370 (_ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ ) “( _ _ _ _ )” car on the other hand, used a ( _ ) on one ( _ _ ) to cause the desperado and ( _ _ _ _ _ _) figures to poke through the roof.
  4. Visually fascinating, the No. 3435 Traveling (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ ) used a strip of ( _ _ ) and ( _ _ _) “glass” to provide the illusion.
  5. Lionel’s version of a “(_ _ _ _ _ _ ) group” included the Nos. 3428 U.S. ( _ _ ), 3474 W.P. with a yellow ( _ _ _ _ _ ), 3494-1 N.Y.C. ( _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ) and 3494-150 Missouri Pacific ( _ _ _ _) operating boxcars.
  6. (_ _ _ ) cars have been popular since the No. 16 of 1906. Postwar examples include the Nos. 3456 ( _ _ _ _ _ ) & Western, 3359 ( _ _ _ _ _ ), 3459 ( _ _ _ ) side dumper and 3559 ( _ _ _) car, a prewar carryover.
  7. Based on a No. 6462, the No. 3444 (_ _ _ ) “Cop and ( _ _ )” car was one of ( _ ) operating gondolas of the period. The other was the No. 3562 ( _ _ _ _ ) car which had ( _ _ _ _ _) variations between it’s four suffixes.
  8. A fair fe
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Here are the answers:

  1. No layout featuring postwar Lionel would seem complete without a No. 3462P (M I L K) car platform. To many it’s best if it is the rare (YELLOW) and (BROWN) version which accompanied the No. 3672 (CORN) (PRODUCTS) Co. version of 1959-60 with seven metal (CANS) rubber-stamped “(BOSCO)”.
  2. The No. 6473 (HORSE) Transport car featured (BOBBING) equines that relied on the (MOTION) of the train for their movements.
  3. The No. 3370 (WELLS-FARGO) “(OUTLAW)” car on the other hand, used a (CAM) on one (AXLE) to cause the desperado and (SHERIFF) figures to poke through the roof.
  4. Visually fascinating, the No. 3435 Traveling (AQUARIUM) used a strip of (FILM) and (WAVY) “glass” to provide the illusion.
  5. Lionel’s version of a “(BLUEMAN) group” included the Nos. 3428 U.S. (MAIL), 3474 W.P. with a yellow (FEATHER), 3494-1 N.Y.C. (PACEMAKER) and 3494-150 Missouri Pacific (EAGLE) operating boxcars.
  6. (DUMP) cars have been popular since the No. 16 of 1906. Postwar examples include the Nos. 3456 (NORFOLK) & Western, 3359 (TWINBIN), 3459 (DIVCO) side dumper and 3559 (COAL) car, a prewar carryover.
  7. Based on a No. 6462, the No. 3444 (ERIE) “Cop and (HOBO)” car was one of (TWO) operating gondolas of the period. The other was the No. 3562 (BARREL) car which had (ELEVEN) variations between it’s four suffixes.
  8. A fair few operating cars were mechanisms mounted on (FLATS). There were the Nos. 3309 (TURBO) Missile, 3409 (HELICOPTER), 6650 (MISSILE) launcher and 6651 U.S.M.C. (CANNON) firing cars for youngsters with ambitions to join the armed forces.
  9. For the “space-cadets”, (SATELLITES) could be put into “or