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Prewar car railing information

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Prewar car railing information
Posted by Tyimbo on Saturday, March 16, 2013 10:23 PM

Well this is my first post on this site.  I've been making hand rails for some prewar 804's and some Shell tanker cars. I was wondering what type of wire did Lionel use for these. I've used a mix of stainless steel welding wire and .71' music wire. I found while coat hangers bend nicely it seems to big.

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