Rarity of Christmas Box Car

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I collect Christmas Box Cars and ran across something a couple of years ago I am curious about.  I have several Lionel 6-19903 1987 Christmas Box Cars and all of them are white except one.  In fact, all I have ever seen are white except this one.  I had asked Classic Toy Trains how rare they thought it was and they said there are color variations all the time and the car was worth about 30.00.

I don't mean to disagree with them, but if I can't find another car like it, I would assume that it is rare, no matter what it is worth.  I showed the car to some TCA buddies in the area, and they all agreed it looked original, was not dyed or painted, and could be something unique.  Has any one ever seen this color before?

Thanks