Here we go ... another historical tidbit from my pile of old magazines. This
is the text of the Miller ad from the January, 1946 Model Railroader.
MILLER MOTERS
For Your "S" Gauge Diesels, Interurbans, Trolley Cars!
Powerful direct-drive per-mag motors mounted in fully sprung truck frames.
They coast freely for there are no gears to drag. Compact. Self-contained.
Mount below floor board by a single screw. Available shortly in 4 and 6 wheel
models at a price you will be glad to pay. (To be made in O and HO also.)
The ROBERT L. MILLER Laboratory
Valparaiso, Indiana
Does anybody know if they were ever made in the other scales?
The same issue refers to the Lima Model Railroad Club and the club road "built
to 3/16" scale, complete with scenery, buildings and a large yard of rolling
stock is owned and operated by Dolly Gray and Pat Patterson of Detroit."
This is rather confusing to me, but perhaps some of you will be able to explain
this reference.
Meanwhile, "Dr. Charles H. Johnson ... St. Louis, Mo., has gone all out for S
gauge and spends most of his spare hours on a double-track main line in the
basement. Two UP Northern and two free lance Pacific type locomotives furnish
the motive power. Only two freight cars are rolling but the bodies and trucks
for 33 more are assembled and awaiting the finishing touches. Passenger
equipment consists of nine converted Gilbert Pullmans, which in spite of their
weight can be handled in a nine-caar train by either of hte Northerns. C.H.
welcomes visitors but, being a busy doctor, suggests they call his office in
the afternoon for an appointment."
These are the very first references I have found in the model railroad press of
American S scale layouts. Do they ring a bell with any of you?
regards ... pqr
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