When I was 5 my parents got me two steam trains and it had this tunnel with it.
It is cast out of cement and, I think, the top has real rocks. I used to sit on it. I'm wondering if this a 'home made' tunnel or, maybe, a very 'limited run' made by some entrepreneur. I'm guessing it was produced/made in the late 40's.
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Never have seen one. Really cool though
Coolest tunnel ever. The sitting-on-it part? Yow.
Look a lot like the styrofoam one made by Life Like. The portholes are squared off the the two peaks, in a little lower than the other.
From what I can tell this looks like a homemade piece. The interior is too rough looking and it seems there are left over finger tracings/tracks. People of that era were very resourceful and were quite accustomed to working with there hands. If they could make they would.
Nice solid tunnel though, could be used outdoors as well,
Don't drop it in your foot!
Very cool! Looks to be the size of a cinder block. What is the weight of that thing?
I'm guessing about the weight of a bowling ball.
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