@Richizzle07 - Neat new stuff. Most of the plasticville and Lionel I have seen before but the "corn crib" (last photo) is a new one to me, is it plasticville? @Pingman - NP livery is just beautiful I have always loved it but have never connected with any significant trains with that as decoration. A B A is beautiful. Good luck with it. DMASSO - cool covered hoppers, Brach's candies especially their "Good and Plenty" is my wife's favorite candy - so I am going to have to be on the lookout for one of those hoppers. @carnerd3000 - I agree with Dallas, Amtrack may not have them but you do and they are neat!
So what might I have to offer on this (very) hot Sunday afternoon. Well as I might have said before, I cannot guarantee you will see this as "cool" but then again it only cost $5. I found that my imaginary brakemen on top of my cars were taking a terrible risk because I did not have any warning of an approaching overpass. SO....I have acquired a "Tell Tail" for my layout. It was listed as Marx and indeed my Marx reference lists a #313 "low clearance Tell-tail" with a chrome round pressed base. It even has a picture of this item, which is similar if not exactly what I have. So although it is not marked "Marx" I am going to assume that is what it is... here she is:
The "fingers" are a very stiff cardboard and the rest is all metal. The heavy wire support is bent at a rt angle and soldered into the bottom of the top of the dome of the base. The entire thing except the fingers is a moderately shiny sheet steel but not "chromed" in the automotive sense.
Well that's my "Cool" thing for today. Not much I suppose but hey for $5 what do you expect 
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Best wishes
Don
