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6468 Baltimore & Ohio Boxcar (1953 - 1955)

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About This Freight Car

The 6468 Baltimore & Ohio Double-door Automobile Boxcar was initially introduced by Lionel in 1953 and was sold for three years (through 1955). The "standard issue" 6468 came with a blue-painted body (either flat blue or glossy blue) with white heat-stamped lettering. The white heat-stamped B & O logo served to further dress this car.

In 1955 Lionel advertised its Set #1535W as having a brown 6464-50 Minneapolis & St. Louis Boxcar. They apparently ran out of the 6464-50 boxcar and decided to paint 6468 shells in brown and use them as a substitute to be faithful to their advertising -- at least color-wise. The result was the creation of a scarce variation -- the Tuscan 6468.

Photos of 6468 B & O Automobile Boxcars
Photo of a blue 6468 B & O Automobile Boxcar
ABOVE: Glossy blue version. BELOW: Somewhat rare Tuscan version.
Photo of a Tuscan 6468 B & O Automobile Boxcar

Additional Details

The Tuscan version came in a very hard-to-find "classic-style" original box that had an "X" rubber-stamped on the end flaps to avoid confusion with the regular blue cars. The B & O Double-door Boxcar always came with bar-end trucks.

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