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       Polar Express Conductor Announcement car
       By: Southbound#6 Date: January 2, 2022, 1:44 pm
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       I just purchase a Polar Express Conductor Announcement car
       6-83437 at a local hobby store. What attracted me to it was that
       the roof is black and the body is blue with no red paint by the
       windows and the words Polar Express has been omitted. Has anyone
       else seen or heard about this? Any info would be appreciated.
       Thank you and regards to all.
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       Re: Polar Express Conductor Announcement car
       By: Vince53 Date: January 4, 2022, 5:46 pm
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       Welcome aboard, Southbound!
       I can't find anything more specific than this: the car was
       advertised in the Lionel 2016 catalog, so you might have bought
       a used one.
       Posters on other forums complained about problems getting the
       announcements to work, and I wonder if a frustrated owner didn't
       simply repaint it.
       Have you considered going back to the store where you purchased
       it and ask the owner what the story is?
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       Re: Polar Express Conductor Announcement car
       By: Southbound#6 Date: January 5, 2022, 1:31 am
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       The packaging and car appears to be new. No signs of it being
       repainted. My guess is that during production they forgot to
       apply the red paint and the words "Polar Express". It works just
       fine. Hard to believe quality control let it slip by. Will ask
       the store if they have a guess on what happened. Thank you for
       your reply. Much appreciated.
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