Hi all:
One of the problems was availability in the '60s. I remember ordering
one diesel set from Enhorning, waiting about 3 months for something that
was supposedly immediately available, then writing and finding out they
were having production problems, and after something like 6 months I
decided to cancel my order. Never did get the diesel, but most of my s
gauge was in storage by that time.
Rance Velapoldi (Tranby, Norway)
Thomas Baker wrote:
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> Speaking of the history of S scale, I remember as a kid going through
> old bound volumes of MR in the Minneapolis Public Library on Hennepin
> Avenue. I recall the ads for Cleveland Models that sometimes showed a
> PRR 0-6-0 and other times a CGW 4-6-0. I also recall seeing an ad for
> an ALCO S-1 or S-2, possibly Miller Models.
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> Not very many of the CGW Ten Wheelers show up on E-Bay. I recall
> having seen two ads for said model in the last ten years, but perhaps
> I missed some. Even more puzzling is the paucity of Enhorning F units.
> I recall seeing them on display in the old All-Nation Hobby Shop in
> downtown Chicago. I recall seeing such units as late as the Seventies.
> At the time I was in Lionel O but wearied of the collector fetishes
> displayed by people at shows. I also wearied of every box car
> beginning with the number 6464, yeah right! Sold the stuff and risked
> all by going into S. I still have nor egrets about the decision.
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> If the Enhorning F units were the mainstay of diesel power, then I
> wonder why so few show up on Ebay. In an old S-Gauge Herald I also
> recall an ad inside the front cover touting the availability in way
> more road names than Lionel ever thought of offering back then. I
> recall WP UP SP RI[freight] MKT, GN, PRR, NYC, and quite a few others.
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> Tom
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