LGB # 46913 CAMPBELL'S SOUP 100th ANNIVERSARY - STEEL FREIGHT CAR- WITH BOX

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LGB # 46913 CAMPBELL'S SOUP 100th ANNIVERSARY STEEL FREIGHT CAR - WITH BOXTHIS LGB G SCALE CAMPBELL'S SOUP 100th ANNIVERSARY STEEL BOXCAR IS FROM A LIFELONG TRAIN COLLECTION OF MY FATHERS.HE WAS AN AVID RAILROAD ENTHUSIAST;....... BEGINNING AS A CHILD, WATCHING THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVES IN CHICAGO.HE WORE MANY HATS DURING HIS LIFETIME;.....WWII NAVY AIRMAN, NEWS PAPER PHOTOGRAPHER, AERIAL & COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER,FATHER OF 5, GENTLEMAN FARMER, LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL COACH, 25 YEAR AMERICAN LEGION COMMANDER,....... PREWAR AND POSTWAR LIONEL ENGINEER;..... BUT I THINK THE HAT HE LIKED TO WEAR THE MOST WAS THAT OF G SCALE ENGINEER!!!! HE LOVED THE LARGE TRAINS!!, AND CONTINUED GOING TO HIS FAVORITE HOBBY AND TRAIN SHOPS WELL INTO HIS LATE EIGHTIES!!HE ALWAYS THOUGHT HE WAS SNEAKING A NEW CAR INTO THE HOUSE; UNDER MY 'MOTHERS NOSE', WHETHER IT WAS DAYS, WEEKS, OR MONTH'SLATER; OR EVEN IF A PARTICULAR CAR WOULD EVEN SEE AN OPERATING TRACK; SHE WOULD POINT OUT HOW BEAUTIFUL THE CAR WAS,AND ASK IF SHE WOULD HAVE EVER " SEEN THAT ONE BEFORE? ". ALWAYS GOING TO THE NEW CAR IN THE LINE!I THINK MY MOTHERS INVENTORY OF MY FATHERS TRAINS WAS BETTER THAN HIS OWN!!!THIS BOX CAR HAS BEEN SITTING ON A TRACK, ON DISPLAY, IN HIS TRAIN ROOM SINCE HE PURCHASED IT NEW. NON SMOKING HOME.IT HAS SEEN VERY LITTLE USE.IT IS MISSING THE REAR BRAKE PLATFORM. I read more

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