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Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Rex: I like your idea of a "train station mail box". On the "front end" (closest to Mr. Mailman) have a significant portion of the station as an RPO office.
Brent: That sounded very cool. Very cool indeed! Rex: Something along Brent's line of thought would be the talk of the town. Maybe something along the line of a "Goose?" but with RPO markings? I'll start with a web wide pix search tonight and post any that might have possibilities.
Tom Trigg
Rex: Here a some that I found. A few are in line of what you were talking, some are just for the funny bone.
This guy sells a unique set of mailboxes. Artistic Mailbox Creations
http://www.artisticmailboxcreations.biz/prod01.htm
Someone's photo collection of unique mailboxes.
http://www.walksydneystreets.net/surprises_mailboxes01.htm
A prototype to emulate.
http://www.pueblorailway.org/Assets/ROSTER/GN%20Express%20Box.htm
Got a junk motorcycle?
http://www.vft.org/Sprint/000MailBoxSptint.jpg
Got an old lighthouse?
http://knobshingesandmore.com/home-decorating-blog/
A camera?
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e291/taamme/35_mm_camera_mailbox_3.jpg
The first site; (Artistic Mailbox Creations) has some that you could easily modify to fill your needs.
SWMBO has demanded her input, and I tend to agree! You already have the prototype on your GRR. The TIPPLE! Just build it bigger!
OR - your watertowertank?
Just an after thought: Go to Home Depot grab a chunk of 6 inch black plastic sewer pipe (boiler) and a few pieces of smaller PVC (sand tower, smoke stack etc.), a chunk of thin flat steel (wheels and drive rods), a thick chunk of lexan (cab and tender sides), and build one of these.
get the idea?
a few dimensions for sizing things up.
It would not be hard to duplicate something like this -
-Brian
I ran across this (dated 1935!) -
larger image -
Rex in Pinetop wrote: Tom, Neat ideas! That guy in the first link has some mighty big prices. I think I could gin something up for under $10.Brent, The idea of carrying the mail back to the house is growing on me. Right now I'm thinking "high-line logging" with a cable running from the front porch to the mailbox by the street. Great ideas. Keep them coming. I'm keeping my chief-of-staff posted. She will most likely make the final decision.Rex
Brent, The idea of carrying the mail back to the house is growing on me. Right now I'm thinking "high-line logging" with a cable running from the front porch to the mailbox by the street.
Great ideas. Keep them coming. I'm keeping my chief-of-staff posted. She will most likely make the final decision.
Rex
Rex: this has been one of the most "fun" postings in a while. Yes, he does have some rather "TALL" price tags. I'm most confident in your abilities to fabricate something more economical. Brent's idea is really interesting. His concept could easily be adapted to having a hand operated "windlass" to move the "train-mail-box" to and from the roadway. It should not be too hard to adapt a rail system much like a roller coaster with primary wheels on top of the rail and "safety wheels" under the rails. I see you have learned the less well, about the three women in a man's life who are classified as "She Who Must Be Obeyed", first there is "Mom", then the "Girlfriend" and later comes the "Wife".
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