thanks for the input. neither picture was what i saw yesterday. the top of the grain car with the three funnels on the bottom looked like that mostly but what i say looked brand new. the bottom looked a lot like the fuel tanks on the diesel locomotives. two large half cylinders. they appeared to be bare aluminum. the sides also looked to be bare aluminum. the wheel carriages were blue. they sure looked new and the bottoms were like nothing i have ever seen before.

thanks again.

tom w

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.