642 QUESTION

The only odd variation listed is a semi-gloss medium brown painted body on a black plastic shell. The dimensional data is shifted farther right then normal with the start of the data supposedly lining up under the 6 of the 642. The $104 car does not start exactly under the 6 but is further right than your version. Ditto for the rest of the lettering as it all appears shifted to the right. The version is listed as NRS, no reported sales, with no value listed. It is questionable as to whether the top version meets the criteria for the NRS version as it appears the entire mask may have been shifted. Variations are an odd collectable and some will pay extra for a particular version.

Rich

I retrived two of my 642's from a storage box this afternoon. I just picked two at random, both with the OB. I have 10 of them, purchased based only on condition. Both of these two have the Silver Meteor and the data stampings in the same location as the $104 car. One has the round Seaboard stamping in the same location as the $104 car, has the 2 spring trucks and is a standard dark Tuscan, it matches the color of the 613 GN it is coupled to. The second one has the round Seaboard stamping 1/4 further to the left like the $12 car, only a bit further. This car has the 3 spring trucks and is several shades lighter in color. It is an exact match to the color on a 633T boxcar I have next to it. It seems like there are multiple variations in paint color, stamping locations and trucks. I have never seen one priced at $104. I paid between $12 and $30.