Then there were efforts early on to try and get some type of organizational S group going before the NASG. At that time NMRA seemed to be a bigger influence in the modeling group at large but I have always felt like it struggled between O and HO. I remember when I asked around about S in the late 60's. I was pretty much just looked over to the guy behind me. Considering how I am i can understand why some one would want to do that though.
J. Rustermier --- In [email protected], Bill Roberts <bill@...> wrote: > > > > Posted by: "Rusty" thebrassbasher@... thebrassbasher > > Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:37 am (PDT) > > > > Do any of you remember just what and who this orignation was. It is in a > > logo printed on the upper left corner of Midgauge Models boxes in blue. > > Associated S Gauge Manufacturers appears to have been a short-lived trade > group from the late 1940s. > > I found full-page ads in several 1948 issues of Model Railroader magazine > that featured small ads from S scale manufacturers. They were very much like > the ads that appear today on the inside front cover of Railroad Model > Craftsman magazine. > > One of the ads listed the Associated S Gauge Manufacturers as a part of the > heading. It had an address at 20 N. Wacker Drive in Chicago. The only > supplier with a Chicago address was S-pikes Equipment Co. at 444 Civic Opera > Bldg. Perhaps there was a connection between the two. > > I skimmed the 1949 issues and found only one full-page ad early in the year. > In later issues ads from S suppliers appeared throughout the magazine. > Apparently the Associated S Gauge Manufacturers didn't last very long. > -- > Bill Roberts > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
