Description

This humorous freight car design has a historical basis in a real article printed by the Utah Enquirer in 1890 describing an experiment in planting sperm whales in the Great Salt Lake to build up an inland whale oil industry carried out by one James Whickham of England. Letters one car.

While sperm whales never reached Utah, urban legends and hoax reports circulate to this day – including the rumor that state code forbids whaling. This decal set was designed as a “what if” – what if Professor James Whickham was successful with his experiment and founded a thriving inland whale oil industry? Many privately owned freight cars of the period were lettered in extravagant “billboard” schemes advertising their wares and this one fits right in.

Note this product is the decal set only, car is not included.