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p51 posted:

It's not train related, but I found this plate in antique store for very little money. It's from a small vessel of some kind, and 1942 dated.1001171434-1

Lee, I wonder whether the "1059" is the hull number?  If so, that might be traceable.  I've been researching photos and the whereabouts of Dravo tow boats and tug boats that were used by the Pennsylvania RR and the Union Barge Line during my Pittsburgh-focused layout era (1930s to 1964), and have found this shipbuildinghistory.com website to be useful for hull numbers and more.  No hit on your #1059 'though:

  http://shipbuildinghistory.com...rds/small/kneass.htm

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Just pulled the trigger on an outstanding sale item from Mr. Muffin's Trains. As usual, the pictures in the catalog do not do it justice. There have been several items I didn't buy only to have regrets when I saw it in person. Glad I got this.

Plans now are for runs @ two RC3R club displays, Trunk or Treat at two churches, and then Halloween at our house. Gonna run it like I stole it! This is going to look great on the Halloween display.

I just pulled the Halloween display out of storage. The scenery needs some touch-up, but in general it has held up very well. Now if I can just find the box with my Halloween cars and buildings. Not on the club trailer, not in the bonus room,....

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Another impulse buy that I can justify by stating it's a train I used to see in the flesh when they ran between Montreal and Toronto.  Most of the memorable sightings were of the black and white CN theme, when it took an 1 1/2 hours of bus travel just to go railfanning in downtown Toronto.  Matters little though as either paint scheme is totally out of place on my PW era layout.

Bruce

p51 posted:

It's not train related, but I found this plate in antique store for very little money. It's from a small vessel of some kind, and 1942 dated.1001171434-1

There is / was a George Washington Kneass Boat / Yacht works in San Francisco. Apparently they were quite the bodybuilders at one time. I could not tell if they are still active.

Nice find!

Sean

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