6464-25 Great Northern

Production: 1953 & 1954

History
The 6464-25 Great Northern box car was one of four 6464-style box cars offered by Lionel in 1953. The 6464-style box cars were a new offering and production of these box cars allowed Lionel to market a realistic and almost scale-like box car never previously seen in the Lionel family. The 6464-style box cars were an immediate success and remained in the Lionel catalogue up until the final year of postwar production, 1969. Even today, 6464-style box cars remain a favorite of collectors and operators.

The 6464-25 Great Northern was available in two catalogued freight sets, one in 1953 and a second one in 1954 as well as being available as a separate sale box car. Although this is a fairly common freight car, the orange paint on the body tends to chip and clean quality cars are becoming harder to find.

Features
The 6464-25 Great Northern included the following standard features: orange painted body with white lettering, single block sliding doors, bar-end trucks with two operating couplers plus a single brakewheel.

Note that Lionel catalogued this box car as 6464-25, however only the number 6464 appears on each side. 

Additional Detail, Photos & Box Information
The common version of the 6464-25 box car is painted a flat orange. There is another version which is painted glossy orange.

Flat Orange - Shown in first photo above - The common version.
Glossy Orange - A uncommon variation.

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