Re: Really, really 'first generation'...sort of...
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Link to a photo of an early Atlas switch.. these predate anything from snap trak line.. and Brass rail!
On Sun, May 26, 2019, 20:31 Douglas Gosha via Groups.Io <dgosha= [email protected]> wrote:
I imagine they didn't call them "Snap Switches" yet, then. Or did they even have a switch machine attached and were more like the "Custom Line"? of today?
Doug
In a message dated 5/26/2019 5:54:46 PM Central Standard Time, groups@... writes:
Gang,
As you know, I have been perusing the Model Railroader "75 Years" DVD in search of advertisements for, among other things, A1G equipment.
I've also been making my way through the MR issues chronologically.?? And I've come to the December 1947 issue, which contains what I believe to be the first advertisement of any kind from the Atlas Tool Company.?? No, it's not A1G, nor is it N Scale (what do you mean, "off topic"?).? It's an ad for "The Atlas Completely Assembled Turnout" in #4, #6, #8 (!) and WYE configurations.? All except the #8 had a list price of $2.25, the #8 was $2.50.?? Plugging that into the Inflation Calculator, I see that $2.25 is about $24.57 now.? Hmm...
Only about another 20 years or so until I get to a "real" A1G advertisement...
Cheers,
George (your list owner)
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