I got this set rather by accident. I got the painted observation car as a kid and had wanted to get the matching cars for over fifty years. I didn't know there was an unpainted version of these cars so I got really excited when I won two #652 coaches on eBay. Imagine my disappointment when they didn't match my painted observation car! What did I do? What could I do? I had to complete this set. So the whole set came from eBay.
My books don't comment on this variation.
(Photo courtesy of an anonymous donor.)
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