"Nickle" Plate Road Caboose, Old Folk Art Model Train Car German history I especially like how the

I especially like how the branches wrap the curves of the vessel in this version

1 1/2" across at ferrule

The surface of this piece is beautifully weathered to smoothness

and this Janus faced piece is literally double-sided

I am pretty certain this was made by Weller

"Nickle" Plate Road Caboose, Old Folk Art Model Train Car German history I especially like how theOften I feel like a child looking at things; there is so much I don't know, I often just invent my own stories. In this case, I didn't know there was actually a "Nicke Plate Road" railroad (a nickname for the the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, founded in 1887, which served parts of the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri), I just liked the idea of a humble folk art train car with a humble name (rather