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THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO OWN AN EXTREMELY RARE 1900s VINTAGE PASSENGER RAILROAD CAR TEXTURED AND COLORED GLASS CLERESTORY WINDOW FROM A BARNEY & SMITH RAILROAD CAR. THIS WINDOW RESIDED AT THE TOP OF THE WOODEN CAR AND COULD BE OPENED USING A SPECIAL LONG ROD.THIS WINDOW HAS A GOLD HUE WITH 4 INDIVIDUAL PANELS IN ONE 54″ LONG, 10 1/2″ HIGH WORK OF HISTORIC CRAFTSMANSHIP, THE GLASS HAS A UNIQUE TEXTURE. THE NUMBERS ON THE WINDOW REPRESENT WHICH CAR IT CAME FROM AND WHERE IT WAS PLACED IN THE CAR. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE CAST IRON HINGES AND 1 OF THE ORIGINAL SPRING ACTION LOCATORS THAT ANCHORED THE WINDOW TO THE CAR, ( SEE PICTURE NUMBER 6 ) ONE OF THE FOUR PANES WAS REPLACED WITH A CLEAR TEXTURED PANE MANY YEARS AGO. THE FINAL PICTURES ARE OF MY PERSONAL TRAIN CAR THAT I HAVE PUT BACK TOGETHER IN MY YARD, THIS WINDOW DID NOT COME FROM THIS CAR AS FAR AS I KNOW BUT IS A SIMILAR SIZE AND CONFIGURATION, MY CAR WAS SUPPOSEDLY ONE OF TWELVE CARS JAMES J HILL OF GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY FAME HAD MADE IN OHIO TO FERRY PEOPLE TO THE CLUB LAFAYETTE IN LAKE MINNETONKA MINNESOTA, THE CLUB BURNED TO THE GROUND IN 1929 AND THE CARS WERE RETIRED, MY CAR ENDED UP BOARDED UP BEHIND A CEMENT BLOCK PLANT IN KIMBALL MINNESOTA AND THE CAR THIS WINDOW CAME FROM WAS RESCUED FROM THE GREAT NORTHERN CAR SHOPS IN WAITE PARK MINNESOTA WHERE WOOD TRAIN CARS WERE DISMANTLED AND BURNED. ( MANY YEARS AGO) MANY OF THE WAITE PARK AND ST. CLOUD AREA HOUSES AND GARAGES WERE BUILT WITH THE FINEST DOUGLAS FUR THAT WAS RESCUED FROM THE DISMANTLED RAILROAD CARS.
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Category: Collectibles:Transportation:Railroadiana and Trains:Other Railroadiana
Location: Saint Cloud, Minnesota