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 The SHELL tank cars LIONEL

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   1)-  Period before the war:

           -    Standard Scale (2 7/8 inch) - Bogies

                1939 :
                Reference 215 type IX: tank and chassis plate - oval nameplates
aluminum - nickel grease boxes.
                Reference 515 type X: tank and chassis plate – rectangular nameplates
aluminum - nickel grease boxes.

               Scale "O" (1 ¼ inch)


     
1939 :

              Color of the tank : orange

                         1)- 2 axles wheel
                              Reference 804 type X: metal - Brass dome,  plates and boxes – decal "SHELL"

                        2)- Bogies (truck) :
                              2815 type II differs from its 815 per automatic couplers - nickel plates and boxes

                              Reference 654 type III: metal - nickel plates and boxes
                              Reference 815 type VII: metal - nickel plates and boxes
                              Reference 1680 type VI: sheet - fully lithographed - boxes nickel
                              Reference 1680X type II sheet series of boxes to create complete off-
catalog, with different axles,
                                   without grease traps reported.
                              Reference 2654 type III: 654 ex but hitches with electromagnet, nickel plates and boxes.
                                                2654 type IV: black boxes
                             Reference 2680 type III differs from 1680 by its automatic coupling - this car is fully lithographed
                                    black boxes
                            
Référence 2815 type II : differs from 815 by its automatic coupling - nickel plates and boxes.

            1940
            A) -
color of the tank : orange

                    1)- 2 axles wheel

                         804 type XI: The plates are replaced by  decals,  black boxes

                    2)- Bogies (truck) :
                      654 type IV: The boxes turn black, the plates are replaced with decals.
                      2654 type V: the plates are replaced by decals
                      2680 type III : equipped with electromagnetic coupling.

                      2815 type III : the plates are replaced by decals,  boxes become black.

                                                                                                                                                        
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         B) - color of the tank : black (Bogies)
                     
Reference 715 type I : SEPX 8124 - Tanker highly detailed metal die-cast chassis tinplate
                                       715K type I: idem but in kit.


               1941

               color of the tank : Orange (bogies)
                               815 type IX: The plates are replaced by the decals - boxes become black
                               1680 type VII: the boxes become black

               1942

                color of tank: black
(bogies)
                               Reference 2955 type I: SEPX8124 - same as 715 but with automatic couplers electromagnetics

 


            Scale "00":

                 From 1939 to 1942 these tank wagons were made in metal cast. Restricted to the war effort (L81 Act) the use of
                 this substance was banned in the
U.S. for making toys in 1941.

             Version 3 rails (wheels not insulated):
                           Reference 0015 type II - SEPX 8126 -  with compressed air tank under the chassis
                           Reference 0025 type - SEPX 8126 - Same but without compressed air tank under the chassis

            Version 2 rails (insulated wheels):
                           Reference 0045 type I - SEPX 8126 - ditto 0015
                                                                                                                                                             
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   2)- Periode after the war (1945 to today) :


           "O" production :

                
1945/1946: Reference 2955 - SEPX 8124 - Reissue of the pre-war 2955 but with molded metal bogies.
                                                                Die cast metal

                
1972: Reference 6-9151 - SCCX 9151 - 1 dome
(yellow tank ends)

                
1973/1974: Reference 6-9152 - SCCX 9152 - 1 dome
(black tank ends)

                1982/1982 : Reference 6-6107 - Hopper 4 bay SCPX 6107

                
1983: reference 6-6310 - SOCX 6310 - 2 domes - yellow

                
1991: Reference 6-51300 - Reissue of the model 2955 SPEX 8124 with painted lettering. Die cast metal

                
2001: Reference 6-19627 - SCCX 1227 - 1 dome - Chrome - catalog Classis Trains vol 1)
                                           
6-17155 - 3 Bay Hopper - SCPX 3527 (Classic Trains Series)

                
2016: 6-83242 without number, white, 1 dome -
(Ready to run series)
                          6-83242 without number, white, 3 domes - (Ready to run series)
                         
6-82858 - SEPX 82858 - yellow ends black - type "unibody". (Lionel Signature series)
                          6-83249 - Box car with Shell Motor Spirit advertising (Lionel ready*to*tun cayalog)
                          

                
2017: 6-84806 - SCCX 662 - Black
                          6-81018 - Flat car with 4 drums Shell (Catalog Ready to Run)                                      
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"S gauge" production :

                
2016: 6-47959 - without number, white, 1 dome (American Flyer Catalog)


             MTH production Lionel (Tineplate Lionel Corporation) from 2009 to 2019 color of tank: black
             Wagons offered in "Lionel Lines" version:


                    2010:   TLC 2654 series 800 - Orange - gauge
0 - MTH reference: 11-70038
                    2012:   TLC 2654 - Light gray -
gauge 0 - MTH reference : 11-70052
                                TLC 2654 - Black -
gauge 0 - MTH reference: 11-70053
                    2013:   N° 215 - Orange - Standard
gauge - MTH reference: 11-30156
                    2015:   SCCX 157 -
gauge 0 - Lionel 2815 black bogies - MTH reference: 11-70144
                                SCCX 157 -
gauge 0 - Lionel 2815 bogies nickel - MTH reference: 11-70127                          
                    2016:   SCCX 157 - Lionel n ° 215-3 - Standard
gauge - MTH reference: 11-30201
                                N° 155 - Standard
gauge - MTH reference: 11-30227
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