This page contains our current inventory of catalogued (and uncatalogued) postwar Lionel passenger car sets, freight car sets and work train sets. Both boxed and un-boxed sets are included here.

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Outfit Number 2276W -- a Catalogued 3-piece Rail Diesel Passenger Car Set from 1957:
The kind of quality normally found only in dreams: this postwar prize is headed up by the highly-desirable motorized Budd mail-baggage Rail Diesel Car and has a consist of two hard-to-find Budd passenger cars. All three pieces are painted in silver and decorated with dark blue lettering and numbering. Additional features include ornamental horns, silhouetted window strips, operating couplers and three interior lamp fixtures which provide nice even illumination in each unit. Each car in this very prototypical-looking train measures 16 inches long (coupler to coupler). If you like high-quality and extremely RARE outfits, study this superb set:
Cat #	Item	Grade	Photo	Price	Description
404	============== Baltimore & Ohio RDC Budd Powered Mail-Baggage Car ==============	====== E++ Test run OB ======	Yes	| | \ /	A gorgeous motorized Rail Diesel Car (RDC-4) -- the Railway Post Office Budd car. Photo of the other side. Has Magnetraction and an operating horn. A close-up of one side showing the clean silver & crisp lettering. A few fingerprints from handling and that's about it for flaws -- it is very, very clean with bright silver and nice crisp lettering! An "aerial" view. Photo of the box. Grade 9+ original box (just a few minor tears from when it was originally opened). Another view of the box. Has the original Lionel wrapping paper that was provided by the company to help protect the piece. Close-up of the manufacturer's data & date. The St. Joe Paper Co. corrugated box is dated 1957 ("7"). Photo of the original wrapping paper and another view of the box. Has the insert and this box is gorgeous -- clean, complete, square, rather brick-like and there is no un-original tape anywhere! It has to be one of the nicest 404 boxes on the planet! Photo of the elaborate box insert. The 404 Mail-baggage Car is much harder to find than the 400 RDC Passenger Car.
2559	============== Baltimore & Ohio Budd "Dummy" Passenger Car (1 of 2) ==============	====== E+++ Test run OB ======	Yes	| | \ /	A very, very sharp RDC-9 Budd Commuter non-powered passenger unit that looks like it was hardly used! Photo of the other side. Very, very clean with minimal flaws! A close-up of one side showing the clean silver & crisp lettering. Has nice bright silver and crisp lettering! An "aerial" view. Photo of the box. Grade 9+ original box (tears; some minor dirt). This box is solid -- square, complete, rather brick-like and there is no tape anywhere! Another view of the box. Has the original Lionel wrapping paper that was provided by the company to help protect the piece. Photo of the original wrapping paper and another view of the box. Spectacular car in a spectacular box!
2559	============== Baltimore & Ohio Budd "Dummy" Passenger Car (2 of 2) ==============	====== E++ Test run OB ======	Yes	| | \ /	A very sharp RDC-9 Budd Commuter non-powered passenger unit that looks like it was hardly used! Photo of the other side. One light scratch on the roof and that's about it for flaws -- it is very, very clean overall! A close-up of one side showing the clean silver & crisp lettering. Has nice bright silver and crisp lettering! An "aerial" view. Photo of the box. Grade 8 original box (punctures; minor tears; minor creases; some minor dirt). This box is solid -- square, complete, rather brick-like and there is no tape anywhere! Another view of the box. Has the original Lionel wrapping paper that was provided by the company to help protect the piece. Photo of the original wrapping paper and another view of the box. Spectacular car in a spectacular box!
"O" Gauge	Track	E++	Yes	| | \ /	Has ALL 16 pieces of the original "O" gauge track: 8 curves, 7 straights and 1 "UCS" Remote Control straight section (with controller and component box) -- enough to form a circle or a rectangle. The track is very, very clean and the curves still have the original wire bands which holds the bundle together!
1957	Papers	Grade 8+	Yes	| | \ /	The set comes with these original documents: the original instruction manual and the original instruction sheet for the engine (#404-8, dated 5/57). Note that the set manual is copyrighted 1956 as this is a mid-1957 set and it includes the 1956 - 1957 list of "approved Lionel Service Stations." Photo of the billboards. Has the original set of five #310 billboards which Lionel included in all 1957 sets. The billboards are clean but are separating from the edge. Photo of the front cover of the 1957 Consumer Catalog. The set includes the 1957 Consumer Catalog which shows six locomotives on the cover. Photo of the back cover of the 1957 Consumer Catalog. Excerpt of Lionel's description of this set: "A baggage-and-mail combination followed by the Baltimore and Ohio passenger cars. Cars carry exciting colors and markings of the B & O and real Budd company insignia. Interior illumination shows passengers looking out of the windows." Click here to see Set #2276W as it appears on page 19 in the 1957 Consumer Catalog. Page 18 of the catalogue introduces the new "O" gauge sets and the new 404 Budd Car. Close-up of Lionel's introduction of the 404 as it appears on page 18 in the catalog. This catalogue is one of the nicest 1957 consumer catalogues we have ever seen! It is close to like new!
2276W	Set Box	Grade 8	Yes	| | \ /	An Express Container Corp. (basket-weave), corrugated box with blue printing. Has the Lion logo on the two long sides and on the top. Photo of the numbered end of the box. The set box has a few tears, creases, stains plus a small amount of writing and a few pieces of un-original tape; in addition, one top flap is separating in one corner. Another view of the box. Overall, the box is solid: fairly clean, complete, square -- and strong! It is one of the nicest set boxes we have had! Photo of the bottom of the box. The box is dated July, 1957 ("7-57"). Close-up of the manufacturer's data & date. A very, very hard box to find in any condition.
===>	===>	===>	Set Photo	$5,850	Price for the RDC Passenger Car Set described above
The 404 and 2559 cars were only available for two years (1957 & 1958) and they are rather uncommon today. However, the COMPLETE SET is a very, very unusual, one-year-only outfit that few collectors will ever have a chance to own. I doubt that we will ever have another one like it!

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