Book w/400 Photos 150 YEARS of TRAIN MODELS - First locomotive and train models
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150Years of Train Models BOOKS MAKE GREAT H OL ID AY G IF TS ! Ask Santa! This is a Brand NEW HARDBOUND BOOK—Not a Used Book! Book is sealed in shrinkwrap and mailed in a top-quality, durable container for protection from damage. This book is a history of the Model Railroad Hobby from its earliest years until the late 1970s: * The First Railroads* Early Toy & Scale Trains* Early Makers and What They Made* Over 400 Photos (b&w and Color) Patent models were among the very first locomotive and train models mode over 180 years ago. As railroads expanded, a demand grew for models of these fabulous, smoke belching locomotives.Wood and paper models were followed by lithographed tin pull toys and cast iron windups and then electric models.The scale model industry started small as men like Paul Egolf, Fred Icken, Rollin Lobaugh, Bill Walthers, Gordon Varney, Hugh Nason, and Howell Day began producing scale kits. Book includes the first railroads, early toy & scale trains, info on HIAA, MRIA, NMRA, TCA, TTOS & other associations, early makers and what they made and much more. Features over 400 photographs of pioneers, products, and layouts. Laminated HARDBOUND BOOK, 152 pages, 8.5”x11”, 400+ photographs including 15 pages of color photographs. “See Other Items” of this seller for additional books which may be of interest! We sell books--
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