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taken from the miniature railroading magazine
january 1939

august 1939

december 1939

april-may 1940

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same magazine but these are from inner pages

october 1940

november 1940

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And so it begins.
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so what begins am puzzled
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Nice job finding and scanning these. Thanks for helping to preserve history.
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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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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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Love these old ads, pretty sure I have that catalog mentioned in the first ad somewhere back home
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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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