Well folks here it is , the last day of 2021. Lets all hope that we get this pandemic finally behind us in 2022, so we can all get on with our lives - we sure all deserve it after the last 21 months dealing with this. Speaking of a long time, if I showed you todays freight car without telling you the story behind it, you would soon forget about it ( and you might still after the story!). This car is one of only a few pieces of modeling railroading items that remains from my collection from the late 70's - early 80's when I was a teenager. Most of the items were either lost when my parents moved a couple of times ( I was living on the other side of the country by then and the collection was in a couple of stored cardboard boxes at my parents place) in the late 80's early 90's and what items I did salvage, I sold off as a lot to a guy that I worked with, as I was no longer in the hobby then. There was nothing special , some Athearn locomotives and rolling stock (Blue box type back then) and some structures that were less than ideally put together ( my modeling skills were not that great back then). However it sure was nice to have held onto a couple of mementos from back then - I am glad I did. So the boxcar is a 50 foot Southern Pacific ( which was the line I modeled back then) with the addition of Kadee Couplers and Kato trucks ( both added a few years ago). I also gave it a light coat of Floquil grime to give it a dusty look - this was done when I upgraded the couplers and trucks. Like I said nothing special, but a subtle reminder of how far back my model railroading days go. Wishing everyone a happy New Years and all the best for 2022. Till next time...
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