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Lionel O27 Hi-Cube Box Car

Hi-Cube Box Car
Burlington Northern
No. 6-9608 -1977 Release

Lionel O27 Hi-Cube Box Car

Hi-Cube Box Car
Burlington Northern
No. 6-9628 -1982 Release

Lionel O27 Hi-Cube Box Car

Hi-Cube Box Car
Chessie
No. 6-9600 -1976 Release

Lionel O27 Hi-Cube Box Car

Hi-Cube Box Car
Chessie
No. 6-9629 -1983 Release

Lionel O27 Hi-Cube Box Car

Hi-Cube Box Car
Frisco
No. 6-9610 -1977 Release

Lionel O27 Hi-Cube Box Car

Hi-Cube Box Car
Illinois Central Gulf
No. 6-9601 -1976 Release

Lionel O27 Hi-Cube Box Car

Hi-Cube Box Car
New Haven
No. 6-9605 -1976 Release

Lionel O27 Hi-Cube Box Car

Hi-Cube Box Car
Norfolk and Western
No. 6-9604 -1976 Release

Lionel O27 Hi-Cube Box Car

Hi-Cube Box Car
Penn Central
No. 6-9603 -1976 Release

Lionel O27 Hi-Cube Box Car

Hi-Cube Box Car
Santa Fe
No. 6-9602 -1976 Release

Lionel O27 Hi-Cube Box Car

Hi-Cube Box Car
Santa Fe
No. 6-9626 -1982 Release

Lionel O27 Hi-Cube Box Car

Hi-Cube Box Car
Southern Pacific
No. 6-9607 -1977 Release

Lionel O27 Hi-Cube Box Car

Hi-Cube Box Car
Union Pacific
No. 6-9606 -1977 Release

Lionel O27 Hi-Cube Box Car

Hi-Cube Box Car
Union Pacific
No. 6-9627 -1982 Release

Lionel O27 Hi-Cube
                           Box Car

Lionel 1976 catalog

Lionel's 1976 catalog includes six Hi-Cube Box Car offerings. This is the first occasion for the Hi-Cube to be found in the annual Lionel O/O27 catalog. The originial collection included: Chessie, Illinois Central Gulf, Santa Fe, New Haven, N&W and Penn Central. The 1976 catalog shows a picture of an Iliinois Central Gulf lettered Hi-Cube, while the catalog references the model as Illinois Central.
The Hi-Cube is found again in the 1977 Lionel O/O27 catalog with new roadnames present. The Rocky Mountain Special (No. 6-1765) train set includes a Frisco Hi-Cube. Individual Hi-Cube offerings for '77 included: Union Pacific, Southern Pacific and Burlington Northern added to the original six from 1976 listed again for 1977.
For 1978, Lionel puts the Hi-Cube to service as the car used in the Walt Disney Mickey Mouse Express collection. Nine new Hi-Cubes are listed with the Mickey Mouse Express. Individual railroad roadname Hi-Cubes are absent in 1978. Hi-Cubes remained sidelined and are not found in Lionel's annual product catalogs after the Disney group of 1978 until the 1982 catalog. For '82, Lionel includes a trio of Hi-Cubes: BN, Santa Fe and Union Pacific. All three roadnames had previously appeared, but these '80s examples differ by number and in some instances lettering and paint.