I recognize Dr. Johnson's name but that's all. Question-Did Miller ever come out with 6 wheel power trucks? I don't remember that one.
Chuck Porter ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Picur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "S Scale" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:00 PM Subject: S-Scale Modeling Those Miller trucks > 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 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________ > This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
