Large-scale Carved and Painted Boston and Maine Railroad Set

Description:

Large-scale Carved and Painted Boston and Maine Railroad Set, constructed by John Oliver Stacey (1880-1924),Fitchburg, Massachusetts, c. 1907, carefully constructed and detailed wooden set includes locomotive and tender, two boxcars, a cattle car, a flatcar, a gondola, a caboose, and approximately twelve feet of wooden track, the locomotive marked in white paint on the side of the cabin "BOSTON. MAINE" and the tender marked in white paint "1907," locomotive lg. 29 in.
Estimate $600-800

there is a box car that appears to have been repaired at some point. In addition each car has two wheeltrucks associated with it. The train is displayed on those trucks, but the trucks are not attached to the train cars.



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