Antique Strombecker Wooden Train Set - Four Locomotives Plus Eight Cars Japanese pottery Constant all the way around

Constant all the way around is a black design of triangles with lines through the centers

and I've gotten pretty choosy

just one tiny rough spot on his back

" Note: the height of the box is 2 inches due to the rise in the center

keeping an eye on things inside and out

Antique Strombecker Wooden Train Set - Four Locomotives Plus Eight Cars Japanese pottery Constant all the way aroundI've become pretty enamored of old wooden trucks and trains (in addition to everything else!), but it seems to me that anything that consumed such time, patience, and obvious passion on the part of its maker should be paid some respect and, hopefully, now find its way to a kindred spirit! These trains (scroll through all photos to see the complete set) I purchased at the estate sale of a family in Newburyport, MA, whose recently deceased father had