What’s neat column - 3
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3-4: Penn Central X72-A started life as a Proto 1000 novelty
car lettered for Dick Tracy! The paint was stripped and all of
the cast details were scraped off. New ladders and details
from Branchline and Moloco, and scratchbuilt components,
were added for the ultimate “silk purse from a sow’s ear”.
The X72 and X72-A were general service boxcars the PC, and
subsequently Conrail, used for decades.
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MRH-Oct 2013
