My mantelpiece center piece is a photo of my dad's last loco, Southern mikado #4526, that he fired in 1944. (I acquired it from Southern museum, so won't photo and post due to copyright questions). He was about to become an engineer when WWII intervened. Model centerpieces would include bashed steam dummy, steam coach, incomplete McKeen car ( in progress), and a number of scratched and bashed grain elevator models, and a scratched Great Western (think #90), sugar beet plant.
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