Well BCSun fans, here it is a sunny but quite cold Sunday morning in central Texas but no one has posted yet. So I guess I will start this Sunday. Today I have a "train show mystery"...I went to my first train show in nearly 2 years yesterday and it was GREAT!! I came home with a bag of goodies, one of which I am posting here. Why the mystery? I cannot find this car in my Lionel listings, yet in very fine print it states..."built 1999 by Lionel" in very tiny letters under the car number. I have looked up the number on the car but its not the product number hence no joy in any listing. My 1999 catalog is not available so at the moment I am lost. Perhaps someone out there on the forum can help.
I thought at first it was one of the 6565 cars we discussed back in early December but as far as I can tell this car was never listed in the series. However, its construction details are very similar. Very heavy car body casting, die cast trucks with full suspension springs, and die cast frame. This guy is about 2x the weight of a normal modern Lionel box car. He is 10.5 " long hence about a 40-45 foot prototype. So anyway here is my Lionel (unknown number) Southern box car.
Best wishes for a good Holiday tomorrow
Don
