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Lionel O27 Box Car

Famous Name Box Cars
Baltimore & Ohio
No. 6-9701 -1972 Release
 
Differing from the normal design, the B&O box car features two sliding doors.  This car's decoration is a variation of the in the Baltimore & Ohio Automobile box car scheme found first on the 9210 examples.

Lionel O27 Box Car

Famous Name Box Cars
Baltimore & Ohio
No. 6-9712 -1973 Release

Lionel O27 Box Car

Famous Name Box Cars
Burlington Northern 
No. 6-9209 -1972 Release

Lionel O27 Box Car

Famous Name Box Cars
Canadian National
No. 6-9718 -1973 Release

Famous Name Box Cars
Chesapeake & Ohio
No. 6-9715 -1973 Release

Lionel O27 Box Car

Famous Name Box Cars
Chicago & Northwestern
No. 6-9786 -1979 Release

Famous Name Box Cars
CP Rail
No. 6-9703 -1972 Release

Lionel O27 Box Car

Famous Name Box Cars
CP Rail
No. 6-9713 -1973 Release

Lionel Famous Name Box Cars

Famous Name Box Cars
Conrail
No. 6-9785 -1979 Release

Famous Name Box Cars
Cotton Belt
No. 6-9414 -1979 Release

Lionel O27 Box Car

Famous Name Box Cars
Denver & Rio Grande
No. 6-9705 -1972 Release

Lionel Famous Name Box Cars

Famous Name Box Cars
Denver & Rio Grande
No. 6-9714 -1973 Release

Famous Name Box Cars
Denver & Rio Grande -Cookie Box
No. 6-9406 -1979 Release

Famous Name Box Cars
Jersey Central
No. 6-9787 -1979 Release

Famous Name Box Cars
Lehigh Valley
No. 6-9788 -1979 Release

Lionel Famous Name Series

Famous Name Box Cars
MKT
No. 6-9707 -1972 Release
 
Found among sliding door box cars, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Famous Name Collector Series offering was a Cattle Car.  This is the first livestock carrier to be included in this group.

Famous Name Box Cars
Minnesota, Dakota & Western
No. 6-9416 -1979 Release

Famous Name Box Cars
Napierville Junction
No. 6-9413 -1979 Release

Lionel Famous Name Box Cars

Famous Name Box Cars
Norfolk & Western
No. 6-9704 -1972 Release

Lionel Famous Name Box Cars

Famous Name Box Cars
Penn Central
No. 6-9716 -1973 Release

Famous Name Box Cars
Post Office Car
No. 6-9708 -1972 Release

Famous Name Box Cars
Providence &  Worcester
No. 6-9415 -1979 Release

Famous Name Box Cars
Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac
No. 6-9412 -1979 Release

Famous Name Box Cars
Rutland
No. 6-9710 -1973 Release

Famous Name Box Cars
Soo Line
No. 6-9702 -1972 Release

Famous Name Box Cars
Southern
No. 6-9700 -1972 Release

Lionel Famous Name Box Cars

Famous Name Box Cars
State of Maine -Bangor and Aroostock
No. 6-9709 -1973 Release

Lionel Famous Name Box Cars

Famous Name Box Cars
Union Pacific
No. 6-9717 -1973 Release

Lionel 1972 catalog

Our survey of Lionel's Famous Name Collector Series begins with the 1972 group. The Famous Name cars have their roots in the company's 9200-Series Box Cars found first in 1970. This page includes offerings first shown in the 1972 Lionel O/O27 annual catalog with a 9700 stock numbering. The majority of the set is the tooling that began life in 1953 as Lionel's 6464 numbered cars and is a single sliding door box car. Mixed into the Famous Names Collector Series, you'll see a sliding double door box car and cattle car.