Posted 6 months ago
fortapache
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This is a rather nice Tyco car. It has some nice details such as the wire rails and simulated passengers in the windows. These were wooden cars in real life from the days when there were huge train accidents because the train cars would splinter.
This one is a combine car. Not sure if it is passenger/RPO or passenger/baggage. I am thinking passenger/baggage.
As the much larger locomotives came into use around 1900 these smaller cars fell into to disuse. Plus many of the locomotives could reach speeds of 100 MPH and the cars needed to be much heavier.
I have a few more of these old timers to post along with a locomotive.







