Well guys, last week I was late on Monday (7 pm) and so to make up for it, today I am going to be early (7 pm Sunday!). Wife has an early medical appointment in Ft. Worth tomorrow, 108 miles one way so its up with "the chickens" to get her to where she needs to be...
Anyway, I have another boxcar today to support "Midwest Monday". This one from the "Cotton Belt" route (St.Louis & Southwestern). This RR went right through Waco, Texas (where I live) on part of its more southern main line. In fact the main road that runs about 2 miles from our house is named "The Cotton Belt Parkway" from years past. Cotton used to be a big business in Waco, in fact we still have the "Cotton Queen Ball " and crown one of our young ladies, the Cotton Queen (today its a big charity event).
This is a Marx 6" car from 1940. I am showing the cobalt blue one, but they also came in Brown, Orange, Crimson, and Yellow as well. Mr. Marx was never one to not use up his tooling and make cars available in whatever colors you liked.
Well have a good week, best wishes from this early poster.
Don
