Serenska posted:Yes, I have a 6468 B&O Automobile boxcar which someone altered by painting the roof and ends white. Curiously, they missed one panel near the end on the roof. My mother bought it used as a Christmas gift when I was 9-10 from a disreputable local Lionel dealer/service station.
A few years after that, another local dealer/service station had a layout photo contest and I submitted some black and white photos of my layout. We got a phone call at 8 o'clock at night a few nights later. They had been reviewing the photos to pick winners and noticed the altered 6468 car and were calling to ask what it was and where we got it. In the black and white photos, they couldn't tell whether it was a rare factory variation or a repaint. As soon as we told them who sold it to us, they knew the score.
That was when I learned I had altered goods. I still have that car. Some other day, I'll tell you some of the other things this guy did.
Steven J. Serenska
That's a pretty neat story, You'll have to post a picture of that car sometime.
*edit for typo
