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Posted - October 22 2016 : 10:26:52 AM
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taken from the miniature railroading magazine january 1939
 august 1939
 december 1939
 april-may 1940
catfordken if you cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel,try turning around
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Posted - October 22 2016 : 10:29:52 AM
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same magazine but these are from inner pages
 october 1940
 november 1940
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Posted - October 22 2016 : 12:08:30 PM
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Posted - October 22 2016 : 12:08:48 PM
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And so it begins.
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Posted - October 22 2016 : 2:08:23 PM
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so what begins am puzzled
catfordken if you cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel,try turning around
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Posted - October 22 2016 : 2:23:37 PM
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| Nice job finding and scanning these. Thanks for helping to preserve history.
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Posted - October 22 2016 : 2:33:23 PM
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that's why i posted em love a bit of history,more so if it helps date something you have,ken
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Posted - October 22 2016 : 9:16:31 PM
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A piece of the "true cross," my dear Catford. The genesis of the slippery slope.
That square motor looks to be like an MU2, of which I have recently become quite fond of.
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Posted - October 26 2016 : 6:20:47 PM
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Love these old ads, pretty sure I have that catalog mentioned in the first ad somewhere back home
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Posted - October 26 2016 : 11:05:48 PM
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That lower motor design was evidently quite successful, seeing as the ones in locos from decades later are basically the same
Feedback-hungry attention w****
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