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coke railway shipping crate - 10/3/2007 12:04:42 AM    wonkapete   Posts: 261 Joined: 4/5/2007 From: Mobile, AL Status: offline After 15-20 yrs of searching, I finally obtained one of these!  It is a 1920s-30s Coca-Cola railway shipping crate.  Think about it.  Coke had to be transported someway before our interstate system was established.  It was transported via these heavy steel crates on trains, which held 72 bottles.  I first saw one of these at the Mobile, AL flea market right after it opened.  The guy wanted like $100 for it.  I went home and pooled all my money.  I was only about 15 yrs old then.  I scraped up the money and went back the next day.  It had been sold.  I was so disappointed.  I have always looked for one since and just now came across one.  What a great piece to have.  It's basically indestructible.  Post #: 1

RE: coke railway shipping crate - 10/3/2007 12:49:50 AM    capsoda Posts: 7917 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Very cool Jerry, very cool. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to wonkapete) Post #: 2

RE: coke railway shipping crate - 10/3/2007 1:19:42 AM    morbious_fod   Posts: 755 Joined: 3/4/2007 From: The backwoods of the backwoods, Virginia Status: offline Great item. Hey that's neat it's from Danville, VA. (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 3

RE: coke railway shipping crate - 10/3/2007 4:40:04 PM    Brains   Posts: 487 Joined: 9/2/2006 From: Hilliard/columbus ohio Status: offline if it's related to railroads then i like it, nice find  _____________________________ Let me know when the telegraph companies want their hemingray-42's back! bryan (in reply to morbious_fod) Post #: 4

RE: coke railway shipping crate - 10/3/2007 8:02:35 PM    madman   Posts: 4860 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline hey jerry, thanks for sharing never saw those before  mike (in reply to Brains) Post #: 5

RE: coke railway shipping crate - 10/4/2007 7:57:48 AM    cobaltbot Posts: 1693 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline That's a sweet find, especially with the second chance thing. _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to madman) Post #: 6

RE: coke railway shipping crate - 10/4/2007 10:19:20 AM    cowseatmaize Posts: 2135 Joined: 12/2/2004 From: Metro West, MA Status: offline I'm seeing a great coffee table with a Munsey book or others on it. _____________________________ My 10¢ worth (inflation) Eric If you love what your doing it might be illegal, so watch your back. (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 7

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