STANDARD GAUGE UNIQUE DEPRESSED CENTER LOAD CARRIER NEVER PRODUCED??LIONEL??

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I PESONALLY OBTAINED THIS ONE OF A KIND DEPRESSED CENTER LOAD CARRIER FROM AN OLD TIMER BACK IN THE 70'S-80'S WHO ONCE IN A BLUE MOON WOULD FREQUENT THE GLEN ISLAND CASINO TRAIN SHOW IN NEW ROCHELLE NEW YORK..HE WOULD SHOW UP WITH SOME UNUSUAL WARES FROM TIME TO TIME AND IF YOU SHOWED HIM SOME RESPECT AND DID NOT ACT LIKE A CLOWN YOU COULD BEFRIEND AND ENGAGE  HIM IN SOME INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS...  AND... HE WOULD SHARE A STORY OR TWO ABOUT RIDING THE TINPLATE RAILS ..YOU COULD ALSO BE BLESSED WITH THE HONOR OF LEAVING THAT TRAIN SHOW SOMETIMES WITH SOMETHING TO ENHANCE YOUR PERSONAL COLLECTION AND REMEMBER HIM BY.....HE HAD SOME REAL ODDITIES AND THOSE WHO CAN FIGURE OUT WHO I AM TALKING ABOUT WILL AGREE TO THAT FACT HERE AND NOW..I HAVE HAD THIS FOR OVER 50 YEARS ..THIS GENTLEMEN REPRESENTED TO ME THAT HE GOT IT FROM A FRIEND WHO WORKED FOR LIONEL BACK IN THE 40'S ..IT WAS ABOUT TO BE DISCARDED AND THROWN AWAY IN A DUMPSTER..(AND YES QUITE A LOT OF STUFF BACK THEN WOUND UP IN DUMPSTERS AROUND THE LIONEL FACTORY)..I PUT A LIONEL 1/34TH SCALE VEHICLE ON IT SO YOU COULD JUDGE ITS ELONGATED SIZE..THIS DEPRESSED CENTER LOAD CARRIER CAN CARRY JUST ABOUT ANYTHING WITH ITS BOZO SIZED TRUCKS AND LONG DECK WITH TIE DOWNS AND VARIOUS METAL BRACES..MANY DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS CAN BE APPLIED FOR CARRYING ANY LOAD ..SEE THE CLOSEUPS ON THE DECK.. LONG PIPES, CABLE REELS, TIMBER, OR ANY VEHICLE..IT HAS BRAKE WHEELS AND A VERY DETAILED UNDERFRAME MADE FROM ROUGH MOCKED UP WOOD RIGHT OFF THE DRAWING BOARD OR ARTISTS RENDERING..IT HAS LIONEL LATCH COUPLERS AND OTHER LIONEL COMPLIMENTS ..THE TRUCKS ARE VERY EARLY PERIOD..SORRY TO SAY IT  NEVER WENT INTO PRODUCTION BY IVES OR LIONEL FOR THERE STANDARD GAUGE LINE ...IT MEASURES ...18" LONG AROUND 20" COUNTING THE LATCH COUPLERS ..THE DECK IS 3 1/2 INCHED WIDE...SO THIS LOAD CARRIER FALLS IN THE LEAGUE OF WHO REALLY NOWS HOW THIS CAME ABOUT..COULD HAVE BEEN A FEW EMPLOYEES PUT IT TOGETHER THREW SOME QUICK DECALS AND A NUMBER ON IT (WHICH WERE PROBALY CUT OUT OF A MAGAZINE ) AND PRESENTED IT TO JOSH AND THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION AND THEY ELECTED TO GO TO PASSVILLE AND THUMBED IT DOWN..ITS A VERY INTERESTING ITEM FOR DISPLAY OR TO BE PART OF A REAL  LIONEL LAYOUT WORK TRAIN PICTURE IT WITH YOUR LOAD ON IT AND A 219 CRANE BEHIND IT..FREE SHIPPING THIS EBAY AUCTION ..MY STARTING PRICE ON THIS EBAY AUCTION REFLECTS THE FACT THAT IT IS NOT YOUR EVERYDAY DEPRESSED CENTER LOAD CARRIER...AND A PRETTY REMARKABLE SCRATCHBUILT JOB FROM WAY BACK WHEN..PEARL IN PICTURE 7 SUGGESTS YOU PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT ON THIS AUCTION..