It was a one of a kind hand painted test sample or prototype. Jim & Debbie Flynn originally planned on acquiring the Marx plastic molds for their new business and had made a lot of prototypes using original Marx plastic pieces. The deal for the molds never materialized so they ended up going into the tinplate business instead.
Steve
Originally Posted by matt b:
Jim, do you have any more info on the white WC loco. I do a search of that loco every week or so and didn't run across that auction. Actually looks pretty good in white.