Thumper
07-24-2014, 11:22 AM
One of my favorite groups from the 70's. I think I had all their 8-tracks! ;)
I'm getting ready to list (on eBay) one of those cast iron builder's plates I mentioned here before. It's from a steam locomotive built in 1942. The more info in the ad equals more $$$ ... so I try to research the things as much as possible. Price also depends on rarity, desirability, etc. etc. ... so every little bit helps.
Well, it seems this particular locomotive belonged to the Grand Trunk Western Railroad (it was scrapped in 1960). Grand Trunk Railroad??? That rang a bell! I Googled "Grand FUNK Railroad" and found this little tid-bit:
Grand Funk Railroad is an American blues rock band that was highly popular during the 1970s. Grand Funk Railroad toured to packed arenas worldwide. David Fricke of Rolling Stone magazine once said "You cannot talk about rock in the 1970's without talking about Grand Funk Railroad!" The band's name is a play on words of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, a railroad line that ran through the band's home town of Flint, Michigan.
Here's my plate and the locomotive it came off of:
3359 3360
Locomotive 6332, Class U-3-b, built by Schenectady-Alco February 1942, #69638, scrapped April 1960.
I'm getting ready to list (on eBay) one of those cast iron builder's plates I mentioned here before. It's from a steam locomotive built in 1942. The more info in the ad equals more $$$ ... so I try to research the things as much as possible. Price also depends on rarity, desirability, etc. etc. ... so every little bit helps.
Well, it seems this particular locomotive belonged to the Grand Trunk Western Railroad (it was scrapped in 1960). Grand Trunk Railroad??? That rang a bell! I Googled "Grand FUNK Railroad" and found this little tid-bit:
Grand Funk Railroad is an American blues rock band that was highly popular during the 1970s. Grand Funk Railroad toured to packed arenas worldwide. David Fricke of Rolling Stone magazine once said "You cannot talk about rock in the 1970's without talking about Grand Funk Railroad!" The band's name is a play on words of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, a railroad line that ran through the band's home town of Flint, Michigan.
Here's my plate and the locomotive it came off of:
3359 3360
Locomotive 6332, Class U-3-b, built by Schenectady-Alco February 1942, #69638, scrapped April 1960.