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Stephen, I'll have to pull it out and compare the colors.  They're a close match, and of course there may be some color darkening because of age/light.

I've updated the initial post in the thread to include better subset diagrams for the 634/684 subset.  They were redrawn from images of subset interior schematic labels. 

Now, that's pretty nifty!

Maybe somebody moved in by now?

OMG, Now that's scarey.  You actually look dignified!

Who'd have thought someone that looks like a million bucks like that could be a phone collector?

Well, ok, here's one that's not too goofy.  On a steam train ride a week ago with my niece and her family.

Terry:

I could just see you talking to the Canadian customs officer trying to explain the rusty '52 Nash or the '53 De Soto that you would be trying to tow across the border.

There were some 20-something year-old guys wandering around the yard looking at the cars, and I overheard one say "I have never heard of a De Soto before, was that really a car?"

You want to super-size that order and have a couple of footed bath tubs and lawn mowers with those cars?

Sorry to say that all I got was a sore hand from knocking on the door. They claimed someone bought the place, but I was never able to get in contact with them 

Briny, I should have put a description in there, that trimline is orange 

I was going to suggest that you show up and offer to take down the wall phones and install modular wall jacks in their place so that they could put up what ever phones they wanted to use. Likely something without a DIAL!

Then I realized that this thread was from last year so what ever happened was ancient history already.

Terry

Bill:

Grab me a couple of old autos when you go back!

Terry