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I believe the place in NYC you are referring to was Madison Hardware. I have vague recollections of being there once and remember the shelves extended so high that the clerks needed ladders to reach a lot of them.

On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 12:12:05 -0400 (EDT), "igoldberg1" <igoldberg1@...> wrote:

AHC was down on East 23rd Street.? They are also long out of business.
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On 08/18/2020 12:07 PM Douglas Gosha via groups.io <dgosha@...> wrote:
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Don't you mean America's Hobby Center? AHC? They were the ones who had multiple-page ads in MR and RMC.
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In a message dated 8/18/2020 7:44:38 AM Central Standard Time, igoldberg1@... writes:
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I grew up in NY and remember that big hobby store.? It was on 5th Avenue and 32nd St.? Can't remember thername at the moment.? Tehy were based out of Newark NJ.? When I remember the name I will post it.
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On 08/18/2020 12:24 AM MIKE via groups.io <goldrod_1@...> wrote:
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They used the same scheme on many of the other car also. Atlas 2 bay hoppers/AHM 4 bay hoppers and Atlas covered hoppers/AHM covered hoppers. In those year years Atlas cars were easy to find at the local hobby shops, AHM was another story. Usually had to mail order the AHM cars from the east coast (being on the west coast it took forever). There was a large hobby shop in NYC, they ran 4 page ads in MR and MRC that seemed to have AHM and Bachmann n gauge items. Sometimes the J.J. Newberry's store would have a bin full of cars in toy section before Christmas. At a dollar a car, a guy fill up that new yard in no time.
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Michael
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On Monday, August 17, 2020, 01:44:06 PM PDT, learmoia <learmoia@...> wrote:
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Ahh.. On that note, I have come to realize there are reused schemes between the Atlas 40' Boxcar and the AHM Combo door Boxcar..?
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Also found that the first Model Power Cupola Caboose was the Roco A1G cupola caboose with some duplicated schemes (PRR.. Atlas Brown, Model Power Red)
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While the AHM Cupola caboose also had 2 body styles (neither one the 6 window Roco)? but had paint schemes duplicated across both body styles. (At least New Haven)
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On Mon, Aug 17, 2020, 15:26 MIKE via groups.io <goldrod_1= [email protected]> wrote:
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I will share all of my AHM data and photos. The cars were made by Roco at the same time they were making car for Atlas.
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Michael Bishop
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On Monday, August 17, 2020, 12:57:55 PM PDT, learmoia < learmoia@...> wrote:
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One thing that may expand conversation is to expand into N scale history (pre 1980?) vs focusing on Atlas 1st Generation..
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~Ian
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On Sun, Aug 16, 2020, 11:45 igoldberg1 < igoldberg1@...> wrote:
Has anyone produced a list ofthe protypes if any for all of the A1G cars?

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