Sea Land Piggy Back build

[Jerry Barnes]

I had some Sea Land trailers in my convoys in Nam. Thought it would be fun to have one on a flatcar for my layout. Had the small grainy B&W pix I had taken in one of my convoys, found the others online. Found a trailer in eBay for it. Made a hollow wood box(to keep it light) and covered it with an an old aluminum printing plate I had scored lines and rivet patterns into. Metal duct tape sealed the edges, rivet patterns in it also. I have the decals designed, need to get them printed on laser decal paper. Have to design up some Trans Corps lettering for the flatcar(old Delton).

[eTraxx]

Jerry. Do you know anything about this photo? It shows Martha "Maggie" Raye in front of a truck. The truck became well known in the BanMeThout area in 1971.

[Jerry Barnes]

Looking on the internet, she was in Nam a lot. We ran convoys to Ban Me Thout, I never took one there though.
http://www.colonelmaggie.com/vets.htm

[Ray Dunakin]

That trailer looks great, Jerry!

[eTraxx]

Thanks Jerry. Yeah, that was the website I got the photo from. Yep. She was there a lot. On her death she was buried at the Fort Bragg Cemetery in Fayetteville, NC .. among "her boys". You can't beat that. She's the only female civilian so honored.

[Jerry Barnes]

Nice resting place for her. Thanks.