Santa Fe Chess Set

I like it. There should be one with New York Central vs. Pennsylvania.

Cool!

 

In my younger and stupider days, I'd order one in a minute.  But, I don't play chess that much anymore. 

 

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/SANTA-F...;hash=item1e6e82b98f

 

Rusty

And what does not playing chess have to do with it?  It's a Warbonnet King for cryin' out loud.  You know what they say: "Paint a brick in Warbonnet and someone would buy it."  

 

Or in this case, a chess king . . . 

 

Of course, it would be sorta stupid to pay the $109 asking price plus $43 estimated shipping on the bay, given that one can buy it on Amazon, new, for just $78 plus $8 shipping. 

 

http://www.amazon.com/Santa-Fe...ss-Set/dp/B003OXTHWC

 

Amazon says my set arrives next Monday . . . . the wonders of one-click shopping.

 

(And I searched for Warbonnet bricks, too, but they didn't have any  :-) &nbsp.

 

 

I love trains, and I like a nice chess set....but my God is that hideous!

I do draw the line at warbonnet painted bricks...

 

Rusty

My wife made a lovely Warbonnet cake for my birthday once.  But I'd draw the line at a Warbonnet brick as well.

This got me thinking...

 

How about shaping and painting a lump of coal as a tribute to Lionel's 'Black Bonnet' scheme? 

Actually, it's pretty cool.  Came in a nice display case and the cardboard box around it even had a map of the ATSF system on the back.  

 

My favorite pieces are the Northern and its tender (# is 3781).

 

 

That's kind of an ugly set.  Speaking of Chess, funniest chess sight I ever witnessed was a couple of geezers in Washington Square park having a fist fight over a game.  Nobody got hurt, many folks got amused.

 

Pete

I think it would be very hard to take a game played with these pieces so seriously.  I admit, they are ugly in some ways, but quite interesting.  

 

Wish they made a Union Pacific set.

Now, about that warbonnet brick . . .