"Nickle" Plate Road Caboose, Old Folk Art Model Train Car German history 1 1/2" across at ferrule

1 1/2" across at ferrule

I am pretty certain this was made by Weller

used for hand-spinning yarn

with a 7/8" diameter

Other than that he is in truly excellent shape

"Nickle" Plate Road Caboose, Old Folk Art Model Train Car German history 1 1/2" across at ferruleOften I feel like a child looking at things; there is so much I don't know, I often just invent my own stories. In this case, I didn't know there was actually a "Nicke Plate Road" railroad (a nickname for the the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, founded in 1887, which served parts of the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri), I just liked the idea of a humble folk art train car with a humble name (rather