question about CTT feburary 2010 issue

Classic Toy Trains Forum
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on page 18 there is a picture of Charles Madinger jr. standard gauge layout…can someone tell me what the blue car is… in the picture and who the model is made by? i want one for my layout thanks all!!

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It looks like a Tucker 48 “Torpedo” to me.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=tucker+48&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=TClRS6yBPZO6NqO33IsJ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBQQsAQwAA

Here’s one on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/TUCKER-1948-TORPEDO-SIGNATURE-SERIES-MODEL-1-43-BLUE_W0QQitemZ200426377302QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDiecast_Vehicles?hash=item2eaa57d056