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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

It's hard to believe how many model railroad were in once in Manhattan.? I have been reading chronologically through the Model Railroader DVD and the "Directory of Approved Model Dealers" was pretty

I guess I could have looked up the AHC address. I still have boxes from when I ordered stuff from them in the sixties. Doug

AHC was down on East 23rd Street. They are also long out of business. Ira

Don't you mean America's Hobby Center? AHC? They were the ones who had multiple-page ads in MR and RMC. Doug

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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

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

Ahh.. On that note, I have come to realize there are reused schemes between the Atlas 40' Boxcar and the AHM Combo door Boxcar.. Also found that the first Model Power Cupola Caboose was the Roco

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. Michael Bishop

One thing that may expand conversation is to expand into N scale history (pre 1980?) vs focusing on Atlas 1st Generation.. ~Ian

Has anyone produced a list ofthe protypes if any for all of the A1G cars? Ira

Guys Even though I've all but dropped out of trains/ railroading now, and considering I shoud recoup lost $$$ by selling off chunks of 'the collection' and pay off the darn cc... I still enjoy a good

Well they no doubt ripped off somebodies 'model art' works ... d

The following attachment is an old Timken ad from the 1950's almost look like it could have been an Atlas Ad.

George,?? ? ? We sure grew up during a time where advertising a business was still a thing.?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? RickSent from Yahoo Mail on Android

Gang, While researching "other stuff" on the site RailcarPhotos.com, I came across an image of the Jack Frost Cane Sugar covered hopper which was an A1G release (and updated later by Atlas). You may

Over on Flickr there are a series of photos of helium tank cars built by American Car and Foundry.? Here's the first of that

The following E-Bay seller has seven Atlas car kits for sale. They look to be unbuilt and in very good condition. I have no connection with this sale, just passing the find along to the

Mike asked, "Were you able to put a manu date on the #3011 Vinegar car?" I don't think we can do better than a range on the manufacture of any of the A1G line.? We can usually get close on when a