Madison Hardware had made various custom paints out of Lionel Items such as Tank Cars, they made a few tank cars in different road names & they usually bring a very high price on ebay & auctions, this car is made very close to one of the Madison cars but at a much lower price, I have several of these cars listed on ebay all in different colors & road names!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!please check the store for other vintage & nice clean items ,also my other listings for other Custom cars along with Marx such as custom painted engines along with HO & O gauge Reading Company custom engines, cars & etc, some are weathered , please check my store for military cars, weathered cars , custom paints, HO engines , cars & etc ,!......****( DO NOT BELIEVE SHIPPING COSTS UNTIL YOU EMAIL WITH YOUR ZIP CODE & WE CAN GET A TRUE COST< EBAY SHIPPING COSTS ARE USUALLY VERY HIGH & NOT ACCURATE ) DO NOT PAY RIGHT AWAY( THE COST OF SHIPPING YOU SEE IS FOR OUR ZIP CODE AND WE NEED YOURS TO DETERMINE YOUR COST. YOUR COST IS DEPENDING ON YOUR ZIP CODE & PACKAGE SIZE) Please be patient and wait to pay until you receive an invoice from us ****We try to pack our things very carefully as if it were our own item. eBay allows seller and buyer 3 days to get in touch with each other. Multiple items can be combined for a lower postal rate. We would like your payment to be received 10 days of end of auction date or it will be relisted. We accept Paypal........Thank you for bidding