Marx, dime-store style, hard polystyrene truck with two clip-in
telegraph poles on the roof!
That's it . . . it's a Marx, dime-store style, hard polystyrene truck with two clip-in
telegraph poles on the roof!
You want more? . . . I was saving this to
compare with the Merit telegraph
poles, but they're different, the ones I think might be copies are the Lone Star Trebble-O Trains ones in
sub-N-gauge, but they're in storage, so the comparison can wait a year or two
and these images can sod-off out of Picasa
and go to the Marx dongle! Also -
what's with the hole in the roof? Almost like it's been designed for action
figures!
Interesting you should make this post as I was just inventorying my model railroad gear and came across two brands of poles. I will make a post or two on these 1/87 poles.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see that Jan - back in the day (when a model railway layout was nailed to a board painted with household emulsion!) they all had holes or these little side-cut-outs for picture-frame tacks and it's hard to work out who copied who, who was influenced by who and who was doing their own thing!
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