Big Blue has inspired some purchases

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Well, one of those Reading boxcars was not just a boxcar.  It was an infamous Tyco "Electronic Sound of Steam in 50' box car".  In the age prior to DCC and sound controllers, Tyco had a boxcar with a 9-volt battery in it to make a "chug" sound each time one of the wheel sets on the boxcar made a rotation.  Faster you pull it, the more frequent you hear the chug.  I think they were all Baltimore and Ohio boxcars, but this one has Reading paint.  Inside's blue though, which is a puzzler.

   

As I alluded to in the last post, I probably paid a little more than I wanted for this box of stuff, so to recoup some of my hard earned scheckels, I put this vintage piece up for sale on ebay here: HO ELECTRONIC "SOUND OF STEAM IN 50-foot" BOXCAR TYCO 957, READING body | eBay