LIONEL AUTOMATIC REFRIGERATED MILK CAR No 3482 PLATFORM 3462P 5 MILK CANS

Car and platform are in great condition.

Last used in 1992, where it properly operated.

Correct bar end trucks.

Platform is stamped 3462P.  Minimal wear, and the silver horizontal platform is bright and shiny.

Has 5 milk cans w/ magnets on the bottom.

The refrigerated car is Variation B.

Box is for the 3472 Operating Car, and the flaps are missing on one side.

The Automatic Refrigerated Milk Car No. 3482 replaced the No. 3472 in the Lionel line in 1954, and was in production one additional year, until the release of the No. 3662 in 1955. There are several notable changes between this car and the previously available No. 3472. The most noticeable of these is the fact that the doors were made out of WHITE plastic instead of aluminum. Lionel also changed the operating mechanism to a pneumatic plunger, and the trucks are bar-end instead of staple-end.

There are two variations:

Variation A: Early 1954 issues still had the No. "3472" in small writting under the data to the right. This car is the more difficult variation to find.

Variation B: Has the correct number "3482" shown on the right.

Variation C: Same as Variation B except had the old unloading mechanism.