I finally got this Train car!!!

Patience paid off and I finally got this fantastic train car!
#train #modeltrains #hoscale

[@ladytrainwatcher4475]

Glad to see you got something you had on your special list. Good background info.

[@MyLifesTracks]

I just got another special boxcar that I’ve been wanting since I was 12! I’ll make a video of that soon.

[@mistertoy1]

Yes the X30 did in fact make it into Penn Central. It was numbered 185000, and a photo of it exists "whitelined" on the dead line in PC green, after it got retired. Unfortunately I don't know what the car's assigned service was.

[@MyLifesTracks]

Thank you for the information! Do you know when it was scrapped?

[@PappysPotluck]

Thats a beauty, so maybe.. kinda a predecessor to the auto parts cars we see running around now.. that cool you found one, I hope you get to build your dream layout

[@MyLifesTracks]

There are days I feel like the dream layout isn’t possible, but I’m always hopefully! 😊

[@fbrailroad4628]

Mark, I'm glad you got a car on your wish list. Passions paid off. That is a great looking box car.

[@MyLifesTracks]

@@fbrailroad4628 Thank you. I’ll be making a video soon of a car I’ve wanted since I was 12! It only took over 40 years to get it! 😄

[@MyFingerLakesRailwayLayout]

Man you're building an awesome collection. I've seen photos online of them loading the fire engines in these cars. I may have mentioned before, my great-grandfather Robert Thompson Fudge worked for American LaFrance for many years in Elmira NY. He died in 1931. I believe he had a part in the invention of the quick-connect hose couplings. I'm gonna love to see this on your dream layout. Thanks for sharing!

[@MyLifesTracks]

@@MyFingerLakesRailwayLayout That is so cool you have relative that worked for American LeFrance. As a kid I loved seeing the Horseheads fire trucks and I believe they were all American LaFrance. I wonder if you ever came across this when you lived in NY. There was a blue truck that was made by the VFW (I think) but guys from American LaFrance may have helped build it? It looked like a steam locomotive. It was always in parades in Horseheads in the 70’s. I came across it about 20 years ago in Elmira at a place that sold small farm tractors. That place is now gone and I have no idea where it went. I hope it’s still around. I love that thing as a kid.

[@MyFingerLakesRailwayLayout]

@@MyLifesTracks I have no memory of that blue truck steam loco, I wish I did.I wonder if the Chemung County historical society might be able to help?

[@ModelingSteelinHO]

That's a cool freight car. I had no idea it existed or it's unique use. Glad for you got it.

[@MyLifesTracks]

I love unique rail cars or one offs. I would love to get an Ingalls S-4 locomotive in HO. Only 1 existed in real life and you can only get it in brass in HO.

[@ModelingSteelinHO]

@@MyLifesTracks Had to look that locomotive up too. Never heard of it either. I like the weird odd ball railroad stuff too. The weirder the better. Ingalls S-4 fits that ,lol. Thanks Fren for sharing /enlightenment of said odd stuff.

[@rickpalo1]

Really cool find, very impressive! My favorite RR is the PRR .Keep up the good work!

[@MyLifesTracks]

@@rickpalo1 Thank you. Too bad this car isn’t still around. It seems the PRR had so many unique pieces that didn’t survive.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Nice find and pickup there Mark! (Dave).

[@MyLifesTracks]

@@StormySkyRailProductions Thank you. I like unusual train cars and the fact this car spent time where I was born is really coo to me!

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

@@MyLifesTracks Your very welcome and yes sound very cool.

[@TheyCallHimDietSeth]

That’s such a cool boxcar with such a great history! I’m so glad you were finally able to get your hands on one!!

[@MyLifesTracks]

@@TheyCallHimDietSeth I just thought of something. A reproduction of this car in Elmira would be the perfect size to hold my collection and layout. Another one of my crazy ideas! 😊

[@TheyCallHimDietSeth]

@@MyLifesTracks Let's do it! You'll have to pony up some cash, though!

[@BoxcarJerry]

Wow thats a beauty. Pretty cool story too. Did the PC version go to Elmera as well?

[@MyLifesTracks]

I’m not sure if the PC went to Elmira. I remember seeing black locomotives that had PC on them as a kid. The Elmira plant closed in 1985, so I would say there was a good chance the PC paint scheme came to Elmira.

[@4everdc302]

Brass... Pardon me, but do you have any Grey Poupon😅jk Super nice Mark👍🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲🙋

[@MyLifesTracks]

That’s right, I keep Grey Poupon in my Kia!😄 Most of my brass pieces I got cheap. The two brass, non-running, steam locomotives I have cost $5 apiece from a shop that was closing. I have a brass caboose that got for $30 from a friend of mine. I got a 11 car brass Pennsylvania railroad passenger cars set from an Antique shop for hundred dollars! I usually don’t even look that close at brass stuff at train shows due to cost. When I was little and went to train shops I always thought who would want a gold color train? Athearn blue box is more realistic!🤣