LIONEL POSTWAR #2551 CP BANFF (NATIONAL PARK ALBERTA, CA) OBSERVATION CAR W BOX

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LIONEL POSTWAR #2551 CP BANFF (NATIONAL PARK ALBERTA, CA) OBSERVATION CAR W BOX PLEASE BE SURE TO VIEW ALL NINE ( 9) PHOTOS!! This is a pretty rare original Lionel Postwa r, extrud ed aluminum , st ream li ned pass enger (observation) end car in C6 c ondition. There are some scra tches, nicks/dings and other w ear to metal and paint . most wear is to; roof , edges and corners. Overa ll, car is still very nice considering its age. The box is missing one inner flap a t o ne end . It a lso was at one time sealed with masking tape ( a single strand lengthw ise and one belly band). I removed teh tape carefully but there is still some residue. Box is still pretty solid and displays fairly nicely. The info b elow was excerpted from the Lionel Postwar Library... online at www postwar lionel dot com History The 2551 Canadian Pacific Banff Park Observation Passenger car is part of the 2551, 2552, 2553 and 2554 family of Canadian Pacific passenger cars. These passenger cars are arguably the most coveted passenger cars produced during Lionel's postwar era. Additionally, the Canadian Pacific set (# 2296W) was only available for a single year -- 1957 -- making this an extremely difficult -- almost rare -- set to locate. Beginning with the first postwar passenger car set -- the Madison cars -- and continuing up to 1955, all passenger cars carried read more