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It wants to have a plot (giving it benefit of the doubt here), but the whole thing just feels like a chain of events.\n\nBasically, a girl meets and befriends an old dragon ...but was the experience really real?\n\nThe Railway Dragon (link tested 05/10/2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzGTr-Rxfts\n\n...And hardly a spoiler, but the dragon was actually real, as the sequel (of sorts) for TRRD ('The Birthday Dragon', 1992) testifies,\n\nThe Birthday Dragon (link tested 05/10/2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv_bJxReL2g\n\n'The Birthday Dragon' at least makes more of an effort towards having a plot, though what we get is (at best) slapdash and uninspired. Oh, yeah, this special has villains (two, washed-up circus clowns), but they may as well not be here. :P\n\nBoth specials together (link tested 05/10/2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz7-AFMpz5Q\n\nPencil...\n\nThe featured pencil is an 'Official' railway pencil from Dixon's. Specifically, the pencil refers to the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (C St P M&O RR RY) railway. :3\n\nThis particular pencil has a story. I discovered it on eBay while meandering through listings. Generally, I search under specific keywords, but this time I broadened my horizons a bit.\nIn doing so I found the listing for this pencil ...well, I kinda did. The listing was for a pencil LIKE this one. The price had been reduced, albeit, I still thought it rather overpriced given the deterioration of its paint.\n\nYet, I was in need of a railroad pencil to feature with TRRD (which I'd been neglecting for ages now).\nI decided to send an offer---yeah, the price had been reduced already, but why not try my luck?\nAfter the events of the day, I thought to check to see if my offer had been accepted. No luck; I sighed and bought the pencil outright. ^^\n\nWhenever I buy a single pencil from a seller I'm unfamiliar with, I make it a point to DM them about how I want the pencil shipped (A recent purchase arrived snapped, as it was just thrown into an envelope).\nI must have said something the seller liked; they replied,\n\n\"Hi, I will ship in a box or larger tube, I'm going to give you an extra one along with it (the same pencil)\"\n\nWhat a happy surprise! :D\n\nAs it turned out, the box arrived (exceptionally well-packed), but there were not two, but FOUR pencils within! Even better, the four were not identical, as three of the four pencils were of different grades: 1, 2 and 3 respectively (two were 1 grade).\n\nThese are they: https://sta.sh/01j5e5oujr3s\n\nEach of the four had identical font and lettering, and upon first glance appeared to be of the same color. Closer inspection under an LED light revealed that two of the pencils (the bottom two) were a deep, blood-red color (the top two seem to be of a very dark brown).\nThe brown pencils (of which the featured is one) had Dixon's 'crucible' logo stamped on their obverse sides, with the maker's name; the red ones were stamped with the maker's name, but not with the crucible.\n\nThis is both interesting and helps date the pencils.\n\nThe crucible logo was dropped sometime around the end of the 1910s or the early 1920s. Moreover, that these pencils feature number grades (ie, 1,2 and 3) rather than B, HB and H) affirms these to be from the early 20th century, just after letter grading fell out of fashion in the US.\nSo, though these pencils are very similar, they are of slightly different vintages, with subtle variations to show for it (the brown pencils being slightly earlier than the red ones).\n\nThe featured (brown) pencil has nearly perfect printing: the lettering is bright, crisp and easy to read (unlike the one showcased in the listing).\nThe pencil went straight into an archival, acid free Clear Bag where it will remain for as long as I have it (taken out only briefly to feature with this card).\nSuffice it to say, I didn't use any of these RR pencils to draw this card. ^^\nTRRD was drawn via my trusty 'Zephyr' from Wallace Pencil Co., and was delineated via a Mitsu-Bishi 'Hi-Uni' pencil. :3\n\nAs a thank-you to the seller, I link to their eBay store (I do not profit from any sales): https://www.ebay.com/str/ahpwashington\n\nThey've a fine assortment of vintage and antique merch. :3", "description_bbcode_parsed": "Today's ACO subject is Dragon or The Dragon, from Lacewood Production's 1989 animated special: 'The Railway Dragon' (TRRD).

TRRD is ...kinda pointless? It wants to have a plot (giving it benefit of the doubt here), but the whole thing just feels like a chain of events.

Basically, a girl meets and befriends an old dragon ...but was the experience really real?

The Railway Dragon (link tested 05/10/2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzGTr-Rxfts

...And hardly a spoiler, but the dragon was actually real, as the sequel (of sorts) for TRRD ('The Birthday Dragon', 1992) testifies,

The Birthday Dragon (link tested 05/10/2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv_bJxReL2g

'The Birthday Dragon' at least makes more of an effort towards having a plot, though what we get is (at best) slapdash and uninspired. Oh, yeah, this special has villains (two, washed-up circus clowns), but they may as well not be here. :P

Both specials together (link tested 05/10/2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz7-AFMpz5Q

Pencil...

The featured pencil is an 'Official' railway pencil from Dixon's. Specifically, the pencil refers to the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (C St P M&O RR RY) railway. :3

This particular pencil has a story. I discovered it on eBay while meandering through listings. Generally, I search under specific keywords, but this time I broadened my horizons a bit.
In doing so I found the listing for this pencil ...well, I kinda did. The listing was for a pencil LIKE this one. The price had been reduced, albeit, I still thought it rather overpriced given the deterioration of its paint.

Yet, I was in need of a railroad pencil to feature with TRRD (which I'd been neglecting for ages now).
I decided to send an offer---yeah, the price had been reduced already, but why not try my luck?
After the events of the day, I thought to check to see if my offer had been accepted. No luck; I sighed and bought the pencil outright. ^^

Whenever I buy a single pencil from a seller I'm unfamiliar with, I make it a point to DM them about how I want the pencil shipped (A recent purchase arrived snapped, as it was just thrown into an envelope).
I must have said something the seller liked; they replied,

"Hi, I will ship in a box or larger tube, I'm going to give you an extra one along with it (the same pencil)"

What a happy surprise! :D

As it turned out, the box arrived (exceptionally well-packed), but there were not two, but FOUR pencils within! Even better, the four were not identical, as three of the four pencils were of different grades: 1, 2 and 3 respectively (two were 1 grade).

These are they: https://sta.sh/01j5e5oujr3s

Each of the four had identical font and lettering, and upon first glance appeared to be of the same color. Closer inspection under an LED light revealed that two of the pencils (the bottom two) were a deep, blood-red color (the top two seem to be  of a very dark brown).
The brown pencils (of which the featured is one) had Dixon's 'crucible' logo stamped on their obverse sides, with the maker's name; the red ones were stamped with the maker's name, but not with the crucible.

This is both interesting and helps date the pencils.

The crucible logo was dropped sometime around the end of the 1910s or the early 1920s. Moreover, that these pencils feature number grades (ie, 1,2 and 3) rather than B, HB and H) affirms these to be from the early 20th century, just after letter grading fell out of fashion in the US.
So, though these pencils are very similar, they are of slightly different vintages, with subtle variations to show for it (the brown pencils being slightly earlier than the red ones).

The featured (brown) pencil has nearly perfect printing: the lettering is bright, crisp and easy to read (unlike the one showcased in the listing).
The pencil went straight into an archival, acid free Clear Bag where it will remain for as long as I have it (taken out only briefly to feature with this card).
Suffice it to say, I didn't use any of these RR pencils to draw this card. ^^
TRRD was drawn via my trusty 'Zephyr' from Wallace Pencil Co., and was delineated via a Mitsu-Bishi 'Hi-Uni' pencil. :3

As a thank-you to the seller, I link to their eBay store (I do not profit from any sales): https://www.ebay.com/str/ahpwashington

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