"Nickle" Plate Road Caboose, Old Folk Art Model Train Car German history The surface of this piece

The surface of this piece is beautifully weathered to smoothness

gentle arch to the top of the cage

and this Janus faced piece is literally double-sided

Included in photos is sequential documentation of all blocks (photos numbered 1-6)

1 1/2" across at ferrule

"Nickle" Plate Road Caboose, Old Folk Art Model Train Car German history The surface of this pieceOften 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