Welcome to The Lionel trains Library – a website created to assist you in understanding differences in variations of engines, rolling stock, cabooses, passenger cars, and accessories sold by Lionel in the postwar era (1945-1969). Our objective is to construct a website that is robust, easy to use and informative as you learn about the products made by one of the most famous toy companies in the world during a glorious but challenging era.

We invite you to stroll down memory lane as you are rewarded with thousands of photos of the wonderful trains and accessories that you may have had as a kid – or wished you could have had when growing up.

Please note that the items described in the underlying pages are not available for sale. Please go to both of the websites shown below to view what is currently for sale by the authors . We also encourage you to e-mail us with feedback as to how close we are achieving our goal.

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395 Floodlight Tower

Production: 1949 - 1956

History
The 395 Floodlight Tower remains a popular accessory today, just as it was in the 1950's. Although it is a stationary accessory, it is illuminated and certainly looks impressive on any layout. Collectors and operators continue to pursue the several variations of this tower.

Features
The 395 Floodlight Tower includes the following standard features: stamped metal structure, metal ladder plus four lights in die-cast sockets on the top platform.

Additional Detail, Photos & Box Information

Yellow Steel Tower - The rarest variation, generally found with many paint chips. Pristine examples will command a steep premium in price.

Silver Steel Tower - Shown in the photo at the top of this page - Probably the most common version.

Red Steel Tower - Another rare variation.

Green Steel Tower - Hard to find. Less common than the silver steel or aluminum towers.

Unpainted Aluminum - Probably the second most common version to locate.

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