3535 AEC Security Car

Prodution:  1960 & 1961

History
The 3535 Security Car with Searchlight is an unusual-looking freight car and is based upon the imagination of Lionel designers -- it does not have a real-life counterpart. Lionel used components from several different older freight cars to construct the 3535 Security Car:

• Undecorated black 6511 flatcar.
• Vibromotor searchlight from the 3520 / 3620 searchlight cars -- last used in 1956.
• Cab from the 520 Electric Diesel -- last used in 1957 -- but updated with new lettering and graphics.
• Simulated twin gun assembly from the 6804 and 6809 military flatcars.

Collectors view the 3535 as part of Lionel's "Space & Military" series -- although it could be viewed as a flatcar, work-type caboose and/or a searchlight car. As with many of the items from the Space & Military series, there are delicate parts that are prone to damage due to improper handling or storage. For example, the guns and gun bracket are fragile and are easily broken -- sometimes missing altogether. In addition, the searchlight assembly is often lost. Locating a complete Security Car with original components is a difficult task as few have survived intact.

Features
The 3535 Security Car with Searchlight has the following standard features: unpainted red cab with white lettering, AAR trucks with two operating couplers, gray simulated guns on top of the cab and an undecorated black flatcar. The searchlight is functional and rotates.

Additional Detail, Photos & Box Information

Only Known Variation - Shown in first photo above - All are unpainted red with white letters, gray guns and a rotating searchlight.

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