....I'm back to digging....but while extracting some dead plants from the yard I found this key:
And this morning for no particular reason we started to scrape away all of the rust and dirt off of the train I found last summer. It reads: Pennsylvania RR Co Washington 44
If anyone has any idea how I can try to narrow down a year for it, please let me know!
It's not an exact match, but the closest I could find to it online....this is the sort of thing that will drive me insane until I figure it out. All you train collectors, put me out of my misery...please.