"Crazy Crystals" by the Crazy Water Co and Pluto Water from French Lick, wood-style orange-yellow  reefer boxcars sides printed on 4 cardstock for 2 cars with 2 different numbers, blank on back to glue onto balsa or basswood boxcars. If you don’t want to make your own cars, glue them onto existing cars with working trucks & couplers. Slightly longer than 4 inches long

Crazy Water came from a well in Mineral Springs, Texas, and got its name from the Crazy Woman Well, so-named because a "crazy woman" asked people to draw up a bucket of water for her and it seemed to have a positive effect on her dementia. Modern doctors say that the water does have a high lithium content so it could have been true.

The well was dug in 1881 and the Crazy Water Hotel in 1912 (now the Crazy Water Retirement Hotel). Mineral Springs and its healing water resorts attracted a number of celebrities over the years by train including Will Rogers, Tom Mix, Lyndon Johnson, Jean Harlow, Sam Goldwyn, Clark Gable, Helen Keller, Roy Rogers, Ronald Reagan, the Three Stooges, Minnie Pearl, Judy Garland, and many more.

Due to the weight of water, entrepreneurs developed ways to ship the minerals without the weight of the water. Water companies began condensing the water into crystals. The water was boiled until nothing but the minerals were left, and then it was packaged and shipped around the world. One box of the crystals contained minerals from approximately 40 gallons of water, and the lucky buyer could add the crystals to their own water and instantly have a cup of Mineral Wells mineral water. In 1884, the Gibson Company marketed crystals, condensed mineral water, salve, oils and soaps. It proved so popular that by 1893 twelve other companies were marketing their waters and related products as well. During the Great Depression the Crazy Water Company concentrated its energies into promoting the Crazy Water Crystals. The Crystals were found in drug stores all over the country. With a teaspoon of the Crazy Crystals and a glass of tap water, people could enjoy the healthful benefits of the Crazy Water at their own home. The Famous Mineral Water Company is the only remaining reminder of this long-past era where visitors flocked to Mineral Wells to sample the mineral waters. Their website is www.Famouswater.com

Competitor "Pluto Water" from French Lick, Indiana, had similar claims and their own boxcars too. It is the subject of a 2010 horror novel "So Cold The River" about a man who can't stop drinking it, even after a nightmare about a boxcar full of Pluto Water. Pluto Water was even an early user of product-placement in movies: Advertisements for Pluto Water were deliberately incorporated into key scenes of the Erich von Stroheim's "Greed." This would fit right in with any steam or diesel-era layout. Ends for both cars available in Tuscan red / brown

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