Robert S. Butler posted:Fair enough Chris. Here's some of my favorite "goods wagons" although they are fantasy...to a point. They are KBN and are part of a series of larger 8 wheel freights. Besides the attractive lithography what makes them even more interesting is their nod to the real world. Each of the boxcars has reporting marks for different German cities and the cities correspond to what the cars are representing.
For example - the Banana Wagen - neat litho and ...
reporting marks fro Bremen
...so what does Bremen have to do with bananas? Easy - Bremen was/is a major seaport and a seaport is where could expect to see imported goods such as Bananas.
The Kuhlwagen
with reporting marks from Augsburg
...and it is plenty cool in Augsburg particularly in the winter.
Then there is the California Frucht Transport
with reporting marks from Berlin
Why Berlin? Well, Berlin was/is the capital and it always had a large population of people with money...the kind of people who could afford to purchase exotic fruit imports from California.
Munich Milk Wagen
Nuremberg Baggage car
Hamburg Int'l Express Wagen
4-wheel Union Dortmund boxcar
