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1978 - Lionel Listed By Year
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| Item Released: 1978 | Year Released | Year Retired | Part Number | Category | Right Now on eBay | |
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| AC Transformer | 1978 | 1979 | 6-4870 | Transformer | 0 | |
| Alice In Wonderland Hi-Cube Boxcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9670 | Boxcar - Hi-Cube Boxcar | 10 | |
| Amtrak Budd RDC-1 Passenger Dummy Unit | 1978 | 1980 | 6-8869 | Passenger Car | 5 | |
| Amtrak Budd RDC-1 Passenger Dummy Unit | 1978 | 1980 | 6-8870 | Passenger Car | 4 | |
| Amtrak Budd RDC-4 Baggage Dummy Unit | 1978 | 1980 | 6-8871 | Baggage Car | 4 | |
| Amtrak Budd RDC-4 Baggage/Mail Car | 1978 | 1980 | 6-8868 | Baggage Car | 8 | |
| Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 0-4-0 Locomotive | 1978 | 1978 | 6-8803 | Locomotive | 19 | |
| Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 3-Tier Auto Carrier | 1978 | 1980 | 6-9281 | Auto Carrier - 3-Tier Auto Carrier | 14 | |
| Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe ALCO Diesel A Unit | 1978 | 1979 | 6-8861 | Diesel | 0 | |
| Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe ALCO Diesel B Unit | 1978 | 1979 | 6-8862 | Diesel | 2 | |
| Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Bay Window Caboose | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9274 | Caboose - Bay Window Caboose | 12 | |
| Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Double Diesel Set | 1978 | 1979 | 6-1864 | Diesel | 2 | |
| Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Log Dump Car | 1978 | 1983 | 6-9310 | Dump Car | 20 | |
| Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe SD18 Diesel | 1978 | 1979 | 6-8872 | Diesel | 4 | |
| Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe SD18 Diesel Dummy Unit | 1978 | 1979 | 6-8873 | Diesel | 2 | |
| Atlantic & Pacific Reefer | 1978 | 1979 | 6-9875 | Reefer | 4 | |
| Bambi Hi-Cube Boxcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9669 | Boxcar - Hi-Cube Boxcar | 15 | |
| Barrel Loader Kit | 1978 | 1978 | 6-2722 | Kits | 3 | |
| Blue Comet "Barnard" Baggage Car | 1978 | 1980 | 6-9536 | Baggage Car | 10 | |
| Blue Comet "Faye" Passenger Car | 1978 | 1980 | 6-9538 | Passenger Car | 12 | |
| Blue Comet "Halley" Combination Car | 1978 | 1980 | 6-9537 | Combination Car | 11 | |
| Blue Comet "Tempel" Observation Car | 1978 | 1980 | 6-9540 | Observation Car | 1 | |
| Blue Comet "Westphal" Passenger Car | 1978 | 1980 | 6-9539 | Passenger Car | 9 | |
| Blue Comet 4-6-4 Locomotive | 1978 | 1980 | 6-8801 | Locomotive | 4 | |
| Boston Hi-Cube Boxcar (TCA 1978) | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9611 | Boxcar - Hi-Cube Boxcar | 47 | |
| Camaro Daytona | 1978 | 1978 | 3-6813 | Power Passers | 0 | |
| Camaro Rally | 1978 | 1978 | 3-6815 | Power Passers | 0 | |
| Camaro Z-28 | 1978 | 1978 | 3-6814 | Power Passers | 0 | |
| Canadian Pacific Rail Boxcar | 1978 | 1979 | 6-9729 | Boxcar | 3 | |
| Canadian Pacific Rail GP9 Diesel | 1978 | 1979 | 6-8854 | Diesel | 2 | |
| Canadian Pacific Rail Sp-Type Caboose | 1978 | 1979 | 6-9057 | Caboose | 3 | |
| Central Vermont Reefer | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9876 | Reefer | 13 | |
| Chattahoochee Industrial Boxcar | 1978 | 1979 | 6-9405 | Boxcar | 49 | |
| Chesapeake Flyer Set | 1978 | 1979 | 6-1865 | Set | 1 | |
| Chessie Hopper | 1978 | 1980 | 6-9038 | Hopper | 5 | |
| Cities Service One Dome Tank Car | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9277 | Tank Car - One Dome Tank Car | 4 | |
| Complete Service Manual For Lionel Trains | 1978 | Book | 34 | |||
| Conrail Boxcar | 1978 | 1982 | 6-9035 | Boxcar | 30 | |
| Conrail Boxcar | 1978 | 1980 | 6-9037 | Boxcar | 16 | |
| Conrail Boxcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9400 | Boxcar | 28 | |
| Conrail Rectifier Electric Locomotive | 1978 | 1982 | 6-8859 | Locomotive | 6 | |
| Conrail Searchlight Car | 1978 | 1983 | 6-9312 | Searchlight Car | 24 | |
| Denver & Rio Grande Western Boxcar | 1978 | 1979 | 6-9406 | Boxcar | 44 | |
| Detroit & Mackinac Covered Hopper (TCA 1978) | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9119 | Hopper - 4-Bay Covered Hopper | 23 | |
| Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Hopper | 1978 | 1982 | 6-9018 | Hopper - 2-Bay Hopper | 3 | |
| El Producto Boxcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-7711 | Boxcar | 2 | |
| Erie-Lackawanna Boxcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9726 | Boxcar | 25 | |
| Fantasia Hi-Cube Boxcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9671 | Boxcar - Hi-Cube Boxcar | 12 | |
| Flatcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9019 | Flatcar | 1 | |
| Great Northern Auto Carrier, 3-Tier | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9216 | Auto Carrier - 3-Tier Auto Carrier | 8 | |
| Great Northern Boxcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9401 | Boxcar | 26 | |
| Great Northern Piggyback Flatcar With Trailers | 1978 | 1982 | 6-9282 | Flatcar | 17 | |
| Great Plains Express Set | 1978 | 1979 | 6-1866 | Freight Set | 3 | |
| Hollywood Hi-Cube Boxcar (TTOS 1978) | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9678 | Boxcar - Hi-Cube Boxcar | 38 | |
| Illinois Central Gulf Covered Quad Hopper | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9264 | Hopper - 4-Bay Covered Hopper | 4 | |
| JC Penney Logging Empire Set | 1978 | 1978 | 6-1892 | Set | 0 | |
| Lackawanna Phoebe Snow Boxcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9411 | Boxcar | 5 | |
| Life Savers One Dome Tank Car | 1978 | 1979 | 6-9278 | Tank Car - One Dome Tank Car | 21 | |
| Lionel 1978 Big Scale Trains And Accessories Catalog | 1978 | 1978 | Catalog | 72 | ||
| Lionel Lines 4-4-2 Locomotive | 1978 | 1981 | 6-8800 | Locomotive | 15 | |
| Lionel Lines Circus Stock Car | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9408 | Stock Car | 49 | |
| Lionel Lines Sp-Type Caboose | 1978 | 1983 | 6-9058 | Caboose | 6 | |
| Magnolia Three Dome Tank Car | 1978 | 1979 | 6-9279 | Tank Car - Three Dome Tank Car | 44 | |
| Mail Pouch Boxcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-7710 | Boxcar | 9 | |
| Mickey Mouse 50Th Anniversary Hi-Cube Boxcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9672 | Boxcar - Hi-Cube Boxcar | 10 | |
| Miller Lite Beer Reefer | 1978 | 1979 | 6-9874 | Reefer | 1 | |
| Milwaukee Road Bay Window Caboose | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9269 | Caboose - Bay Window Caboose | 6 | |
| Milwaukee Road Limited Set | 1978 | 1978 | 6-1867 | Set | 4 | |
| Milwaukee Road SD18 Diesel | 1978 | 1978 | 6-8855 | Diesel | 6 | |
| Minneapolis & St. Louis Bay Window Caboose | 1978 | 1979 | 6-9271 | Caboose - Bay Window Caboose | 30 | |
| Minneapolis & St. Louis Covered Quad Hopper | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9213 | Hopper - 4-Bay Hopper | 16 | |
| Minneapolis & St. Louis GP9 Diesel | 1978 | 1978 | 6-8866 | Diesel | 16 | |
| Minneapolis & St. Louis GP9 Diesel Dummy Unit | 1978 | 1978 | 6-8867 | Diesel | 4 | |
| Minneapolis & St. Louis Set | 1978 | 1978 | 6-1868 | Freight Set | 4 | |
| Mobilgas One Dome Tank Car | 1978 | 1980 | 6-9039 | Tank Car - One Dome Tank Car | 6 | |
| Mobilgas One Dome Tank Car (LCCA 1978) | 1978 | 1981 | 6-9036 | Tank Car - One Dome Tank Car | 29 | |
| Mustang Can-Am | 1978 | 1978 | 3-6804 | Power Passers | 0 | |
| Mustang GT | 1978 | 1978 | 3-6803 | Power Passers | 0 | |
| Mustang Pony | 1978 | 1978 | 3-6805 | Power Passers | 0 | |
| New Haven Bay Window Caboose | 1978 | 1980 | 6-9272 | Caboose - Bay Window Caboose | 20 | |
| New Haven F3 Diesel B Unit | 1978 | 1978 | 6-8864 | Diesel | 9 | |
| New Haven F3 Dummy A | 1978 | 1978 | 6-8852 | F3 Unit | 1 | |
| Nickel Plate Road Boxcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9404 | Boxcar | 30 | |
| Northern Pacific N5C Caboose | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9270 | Caboose - N5C Caboose | 7 | |
| Northern Pacific U36B Diesel | 1978 | 1980 | 6-8857 | Diesel | 4 | |
| Northern Pacific U36B Diesel Dummy Unit | 1978 | 1980 | 6-8858 | Diesel | 4 | |
| O27 Manual Switches 3 Pair | 1978 | 1985 | 6-5090 | Switch | 0 | |
| O27 Remote Switches 3 Pair | 1978 | 1983 | 6-5193 | Switch | 0 | |
| Operating Log Mill Kit | 1978 | 1978 | 6-2721 | Kits | 0 | |
| Operating Semaphore | 1978 | 1982 | 6-2151 | Semaphore | 11 | |
| Peabody Quad Hopper | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9276 | Hopper - 4-Bay Hopper | 7 | |
| Penn Central GG1 Electric Locomotive | 1978 | 1979 | 6-8850 | Locomotive | 8 | |
| Pinocchio Hi-Cube Boxcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9666 | Boxcar - Hi-Cube Boxcar | 5 | |
| Pluto Hi-Cube Boxcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9668 | Boxcar - Hi-Cube Boxcar | 6 | |
| Ralston Purina Reefer | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9873 | Reefer | 17 | |
| Republic Steel Gondola With Canisters | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9055 | Gondola | 11 | |
| Rock Island Nw2 Switcher | 1978 | 1979 | 6-8860 | Switcher | 0 | |
| Salem Boxcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-7709 | Boxcar | 7 | |
| Seaboard Coast Line Boxcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9403 | Boxcar | 38 | |
| Season's Greetings Boxcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-7814 | Boxcar | 0 | |
| Snow White Hi-Cube Boxcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9667 | Boxcar - Hi-Cube Boxcar | 6 | |
| Southern Bay Window Caboose | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9273 | Caboose - Bay Window Caboose | 4 | |
| Sunoco Three Dome Tank Car | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9138 | Tank Car - Three Dome Tank Car | 18 | |
| Super Crash 100 | 1978 | 1978 | 3-3805 | Power Passers | 0 | |
| Super Crash 200 | 1978 | 1978 | 3-3810 | Power Passers | 0 | |
| Super Crash 300 | 1978 | 1978 | 3-3815 | Power Passers | 0 | |
| Susquehanna Boxcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9402 | Boxcar | 18 | |
| Toy Fair 1978 Boxcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-7815 | Boxcar | 4 | |
| Toys R Us Boxcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9049 | Boxcar | 0 | |
| Toys R Us Logging Empire Set | 1978 | 1978 | 6-1893 | Set | 0 | |
| Trailer Train Flatcar | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9014 | Flatcar | 0 | |
| Trainmaster Transformer | 1978 | 1979 | 6-4651 | Transformer | 17 | |
| Union Pacific Coal Dump Car | 1978 | 1982 | 6-9311 | Dump Car | 9 | |
| Union Pacific Stock Car | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9407 | Stock Car | 28 | |
| Union Pacific Stock Car (LCCA 1978) | 1978 | 1978 | 6-9728 | Stock Car | 30 | |
| Wabash Gondola With Canisters | 1978 | 1982 | 6-9017 | Gondola | 9 | |
| Workin' On The Railroad Logging Empire Set | 1978 | 1978 | 6-1862 | Set | 7 | |
| Workin' On The Railroad Timberline Set | 1978 | 1978 | 6-1860 | Set | 3 | |
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