[Kevin WS]

Altomentis, I have started restoring the train as I would like to make it up. If you know of any other armored trains - from any period - please let me know!

In the meantime here is an interesting copy of a poster for chocolate, also showing an armored train from the period.

The poster is actually a bit weird as this is for Swiss chocolate but contains Afrikaans wording so it was definitely for the South African market.

Given the war and its outcome it is however hardly politically correct (!!) - saying as it does "Freedom!" and "Patience and Courage".

The incident shown is dated on the poster 4 days after the outbreak of the Boer War.

Logically it would have pointless to have produced these during the Boer War - remember the Afrikaans indicates it was for a South African (rather than a European) audience, - as no one then was wandering around the South African countryside amidst the strife purchasing chocolate!

And after the war, it would simply have been politically incorrect. I doubt the posters could even have been displayed!

Interesting!

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Thumb Dog - That is a great little model!

It is also pretty accurate for an armored train. I have stacks of literature and records on armored trains and I am going to check and see if I can find something close. Thank you for the image....