@Don McErlean I didn’t realize that the 1708 was that scarce- just knew that the 1708 and the 1709 Box car were harder to find then the gondola and caboose. I believe I paid less for it than the Box car and within $10 of what I paid for the other two- end of a train show Steel for $40 I guess!! Both ladders and all but one journal are intact.
ok, @Robert S. Butler what’s the story on your Millenium power car?!?! THe noticeable differences between yours and mine are the two axles/4 wheels vs 2 axle/4 wheel trucks, the door on the Box car is completely different: Orange with stripes vs Yellow, “NH” at the bottom vs the Y2K script, no port hole windows, and it has “7691” on it- does that match the number on the car?
Then we have the insides- while those look like gold bars and I do agree that toy trains are priceless- I believe it may actually be a different play on a post Y2K world- instead of it being hoarded gold- it might be something “darker” and in line with the theme of “power”. It obviously isn’t referring to carats(abbreviated ct and representing the weight of gold- I’ll get to Karats after this spiel ha). I believe they may represent some type of power source measured in Kilotons, i.e. explosives or something that yields 24 Kilotons(for comparison the bomb dropped on Hiroshima was 15 KT). I actually counted the number of blocks in your car, I noticed 23 on the side shown which would equal 1080 KT(1.08 megatons). That said, the “KT” is next to the 24, no spacing, which is the proper way to indicate Karats of gold(Karats representing purity)- in your car the number is right next to the unit of measurement. On the other hand, 24 Karats should be expressed with a lowercase t- as in “24Kt” and 24 Kilotons would be written as “24 KT” with a space but both capital as they are in your car. What to do what to do!!
Regardless, both of the above mentioned ideas fit the post Y2K apocalypse world, and it’s really cool to know that there’s another Mobile Power Unit out there! look forward to hearing the backstory!!
