Circa 1925-1927 - No. 124 Refrigerator car above and below

Circa 1928 - Note the journal trucks with the open frame and a Mottled Gray door.

Circa 1925-27 - No. 125 Merchandise Car.

Circa 1927-28 with the red roof and open truss frame.

Salt Lake box car circa 1925-26

Circa 1925-1928 - Union Pacific with type C M-style trucks. Car below is probably later with red roof.

Similar comparison to the two Cotton Belt cars below.

Circa 1927-1928 - Cotton belt with red roof, open frame and type D M-style trucks.

Circa 1926 - St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad.

Circa 1925-1927 - No. 12580 Wabash with type C M-style trucks, open frame and red roof.

Circa 1925-1927 - No. 12581 MKT box car.

Circa 1927-1928 - No 12582 Frisco with type D M-style trucks, open frame and red roof.  Below is a similar variation Cotton Belt.

Circa 1927-28 - MKT boxcar.

Circa 1928-1930 - No. 124 Refrigerator car ... Many collectors will date these as only 1930, but we have documented original sets from late 1928 and 1929 that contained this car and others with the solid frame and snake pull couplers.

Circa 1928-1930 - One of the more common heralds in this variation, solid frame, type D, M-style trucks, snake pull couplers.

Circa 1928-1930 - No 12578 Union Pacific.

Circa 1928-1930 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Lines.

Circa 1928-1930 - Chicago Great Western boxcar

Circa 1928-1930 - No 12580 Wabash Railroad

Circa 1928-1930 - No 12579 Cotton Belt

Circa 1928-1930 - No12582 Frisco

Circa 1928-1930 - No 12584 Salt Lake Boxcar.

Here's a car reported to be Ives attempt to add brakewheels to the cars in 1929. The car is also unusual in that it has a Lionel frame with snake pulls but the trucks have no journals. Below is a close up of the brakewheel.

Another unusual car with red trucks, like those used on the Black Diamond. The trucks are held on by a gold cotter pin. We believe this is original as we've seen a couple passenger cars with these same trucks.