Well hello all tinplate fans...my latest acquisition is not that rare but in the US it is unique for sure. It is what they label in the UK as "Fibre Service"...I can only assume that it is carrying hay or feed for animals that has to be shipped from the fields where there crops are sown to the pasture where the cows are...at least that is my interpretation.
Here is my "new" Fibre Service Car from Hornby. Yes I am using the UK spelling of fiber which is "fibre" as that is how the car is described by Hornby.
This car, with the blue frame, was made between 1934-1938. It had a red frame before 1934 and a black frame after 1938. The fibre load is wood wool tied with red thread (the red color is faint but there). There was no postwar production for this fellow .
Here he is in my "Imaginary" agricultural train with a Hornby M1 Southern RR Milk Traffic Van from 1949-1954 and a Hornby LMS Cattle Van from the same period. So in my world, I now have all I need for my local cattle industry. I have a car to carry in / out my cows, a car to move the milk, and a car to provide the feed. What else does a Texas boy need !!
Here is my agricultural train again, this time from the front, showing the Hornby M3 Tank loco from 1939-1941. Clockwork power of course as was much of Hornby O gauge.
Well tinplaters...that is my story for this week. Have a great week everyone!
Don
