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1984 Famous American Railroad - Pennsylvania
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1985 Illinois Central City of New Orleans
1985 Burlington Northern Limited
1986 Jersey Central Commemorative

Collector Series Burlington Northern Limited
Burlington Northern SD-40 Diesel
No. 6-8585 -Powered -1985 Release

Lionel Burlington Northern
                           Limited

Lionel Burlington Northern Limited

Collector Series Burlington Northern Limited
Burlington Northern Standard O Box Car
No. 6-6234 -1985 Release
No. 6-6235 -1985 Release
No. 6-6236 -1985 Release
No. 6-6237 -1985 Release
No. 6-6238 -1985 Release

Collector Series Burlington Northern Limited
Burlington Northern Illuminated Extended Vision Caboose
No. 6-6913 -1985 Release

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Intriguing for at least a couple reasons, Lionel's 1985 Collector Series Burlington Northern Limited included an SD-40 diesel, five box cars and an extended vision caboose. Of interest and note is the inclusion of the Standard O tooling for the BN box cars and Lionel's unit train consist of the same green car with five different roadnumbers. Lionel tended to exist in its own universe and such concepts as a set of cars from the same road with different roadnumbers seems to me to be getting dangerously close to world of serious rivet counting model railroading from the toy train land that Lionel usually called home. The set was sold as separate release or a buyer could purchase the Burlington Northern Limited (No. 6-1552) as a set.