This is the first one of these that I have seen in my 30+ years of train collecting. I\'m sure a lot of them were made, but I guess they broke easily. This one has a split in the wood, but has not broken all the way off, and has been wrapped. All wood with a metal piece in the middle. Missing the string between the 2 notched ends on whichthe orders were attached but any string can be attached. 6 feet long. I have shown 2 pictures of these kind ofsticks being used. There was also a hoop version used in the same manner. Local pickup available in Kirkwood, Mo. a suburb of St. Louis. I will hold it in case you need more time to schedule pickup.

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