LIONEL 2331 VIRGINIAN FM TRAIN MASTER DIESEL, 55-58 VARIATION (A) BLACK AND YELLOW STRIPES, GRAY MOLD, 55 2620 Has a SILVER brake stand

Has a SILVER brake stand and came with bar-end trucks

Equipped with Type 3A electronic coil couplers with no stake marks

There were no ladders and it usually came without a smoke stack and battery boxes

1950 production

The tender has blackened hand rails on the deck and "LIONEL LINES" lettering is colored "WHITE" instead of the more common SILVER that is found on early post-war tenders

LIONEL 2331 VIRGINIAN FM TRAIN MASTER DIESEL, 55-58 VARIATION (A) BLACK AND YELLOW STRIPES, GRAY MOLD, 55 2620 Has a SILVER brake standThe Lionel Virginian Fairbanks Morse Trainmaster No. 2331 would be available from 1955 until 1958. The lettering on this engine is rubber stamped and it is the only one of this type of diesel that Lionel did not put their production number on the sides. This diesel was equipped with Magnetraction, interior lights at both ends, dual vertical worm drive motors, horn, three position directional unit that is adjustable from the bottom, and operating disc