Stock Certificates

[N Gauger]

Oh Man - great Stuff!!!

[Bill Nelson]

I am finally looking beyond the logging mining and Industrial section at Zealot, and found this thread.

This certificate is for the State Line Railroad, a narrow gauge operation that feeds iron ore and logs to my DG, CC, & W RR

When this cerificate was drawn (back in the dawn of time , before computers were found in the household), at that time, The State line RR was wholly imaginary, as a narrow gauge RR partly owned by my RR and Mack Montgomery's M, C, & E. The M C & E has reverted to the M & N G, and the State Line Railroad now exists up on top of Iron mountain

Bill Nelson

[gbwdude]

With all my spare time in Afghanistan, I'm surprised I never thunk about making stock certificates. However I did make some other ephemera of interest, such as a date-accurate calendar from 1940, custom waybills with the railroad's logo, and letterhead. Somewhere down the line, I'd love to have a Zippo engraved with the WRRy's logo on it.

I'll have to get on that sometime...

Tyler

Wow, did they really have a picture of a woman posted on it. I know that was popular back then. It may seem politically correct, but it never bothered me!

[gbwdude]

I haven't found any railroad calendars that had pin ups on them, it was mostly gas stations and feed mills that I found had pin ups on. But it's my railroad and I'm calling the shots on this one .

In the works is also a rulebook for the WRRy. I'm taking guidelines from a Milwaukee Road and Green Bay and Western rulebook as well as ideas from a fellow model railroaders rulebook who models the 1890's. It's been a while since I've touched that but since I don't have a layout of my own it really isn't a priority. So for now, I'll paint and decal my rolling stock and tinker with my lokies to get them in top running shape.

Tyler

[Doctor G]

Tyler,

Very nice paper work you put together. Very authentic. Your waybills are already ready for an operating session!!!

I like the realistic and historically accurate job you did right down to the three digit phone number in Merrick......very nice.

Dr Tom

[Bill Nelson]

Tyler,

I really like the photo under your handle, a strange creation for sure.


I'm not making any waybills, That would get way too complicated on a RR the size of mine; I do not be want'ng to try to read car numbers on Ho cars ever.. I want to build a control panel, either for my new rr design, or a temporary one for Crooked Creek, State Line, and Gegokayoosa.


then I need to clan up the track, and set up the tabs for crooked creek so I will have switching to do. with 19 delivery locations in Crooked Creek, I should be able to play well until Montgomery furnace . I have the track pushed down to . I may try to clean up the mountain one more time, so we can run log trains and ore trains down the mountain. If we can make Bob switch Terrapin, he might be in favor of tearing my mountain down.

[gbwdude]

Bill,

The profile picture I found somewhere on the internet, it's one of Walthers/Life Like's USRA 0-6-0's that they photoshopped. It was strange, so I hit save and now it's my profile picture for now.

Now I haven't been around for one of your operating sessions, I've only heard horror stories. I would be more than happy to help clean track and whatever else in order for one to happen.

Tyler