lionel 6436-1 Vintage Hopper

Description

lionel 6436-1 Vintage Hopper. Condition is "Used. Se pictures for complete description. Box is fair.
The 6436 Lehigh Valley hopper has the longest production period of any postwar Lionel quad hopper. It was introduced in 1955, only a year after the initial introduction of the quad hopper. Although it was unavailable between 1958 and 1962, it was re-introduced in 1963 and ran through the end of postwar production in 1969.
The 6436 hopper has three distinct production runs. Each production run created a slightly different variation. To help identify each, Lionel assigned a different suffix.
Features
Standard features include: dual operating couplers on bar-end trucks up to 1958 and AAR trucks thereafter, a single brakewheel and for most 6436 hopper, a spreader bar. The earlier versions are known to have come with and without spreader bar holes on the sides of the hopper.