Post #695595 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Oct 6, 2013 9:44 PM

Wow, I dig that sculpture in the last frame! That train (wreck) is a great example of urban archeology thru movies. Though there were several "Tiki trains" out there...

(from DC's great "Tiki Fun and Games" thread)

...this one most definitely looks like the one from the Newport Dunes resort:

Compare the trim and the Ku faces in the front of the wagons. I would peg those figures on the side to be O.A. carvings, but have never seen that particular style from them. Could they be the ones on the last wagon? And the siding looks different...maybe this was a different version of the same model?

Nice close up of Tiki-fondling !

I bet Chris Jepsen could tell us more about Newport Dunes...

http://auction.howardlowery.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=2177178

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2013-10-06 21:55 ]