LIONEL INTERMODAL 1
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- (_ _ _ _ _ _ ) on ( _ _ ) car was a relatively new concept outside of ( _ _ _ _ ) trains when it arrived in ( _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _) in 1955. But as we know it was only the initial portent of our modern age.
- Lionel entered the field with both a (_ _ ) and an ( _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ) with the No. 460 “( _ _ _ ) - ( _ _ )Transportation Set.” Available from 1955 to 57, the ( _ _ _ _ _ _ ) controlled red ( _ _ _ _ _ _ ) could load and unload the ( _ _ _ ) trailers with metal ( _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ ) signs on their flanks from the metal ( _ _ _) equipped No. 3460 flatcar.
- A year later the No. 6430 “(_ _ _ _ _ ) - ( _ _ _ _ _ ) Van Car” became the first separate sale ( _ _ ). The new ( _ _ _ ) trailers lacked the “( _ _ _ _ _ _ )” and “( _ _ _ _ _ _)” signs, but could be used just as easily with the Nos. 460, 460P and 461 platforms.
- The No. 460P differed from the No. 460 only in that it did not come with a car. Without the original (_ _ ) with the “460P PLATFORM” ( _ _ _ ) label you cannot differentiate it from the No. 460. The No. 461, on the other hand, lacks both the small depressions for the trailer ( _ _ _ _ ) and the “Ross ( _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _)” markings from the forklift.
- Also, the 461 only came with a single trailer. But like the No. 6431 “Piggy - Back Car With Trailer (_ _ _ _ _ ) and ( _ _ _ _ _ )”, the 461 included a red die-cast tractor made by ( _ _ _ _ _ _ ). The car itself was a No. 6430 with the No. 6431 only appearing on the box ( _ _ _ _).