I’ve been on the watch for Great Trains for a while now, encouraged by V. Smith’s great story at this link
http://www.mylargescale.com/Communi...ge/1/view/topic/postid/3579/Default.aspx#3579 .
I was lucky over the weekend with an Ebay win and have three passenger coaches on the way, but without trucks, wheels, and couplers. These cars are 1:32 scale and I’m hoping someone will suggest a source for trucks and which wheels might work best. I’ll go with Kadee’s for couplings.
And here’s a little more info about the recent Great Trains auctions. There were a number of car body shells (not the big double deckers) and F40PH shells. Many were just tops, some also included the base but without wheelsets. The seller told me that he sold these off for a friend. His friend acquired them from Ralph Brown, the late owner of the American Standard Car Company. The items recently sold may have been manufacturing left-overs that never hit retail stores.
There is a notice about Brown’s May 2007 death in October 2007 Garden Railways, page 12. The notice implies that Brown sold his business in the 1990s; it says he “sold most of the lines,” so maybe that means he just sold off the remaining stock. So there is mystery as to the molds, design rights, etc. But I am pleased to have a small stake in continuing the memories of Great Trains and appreciate any ideas/where I should be looking for some 1:32 scale trucks & wheels.
http://www.mylargescale.com/Communi...ge/1/view/topic/postid/3579/Default.aspx#3579 .
I was lucky over the weekend with an Ebay win and have three passenger coaches on the way, but without trucks, wheels, and couplers. These cars are 1:32 scale and I’m hoping someone will suggest a source for trucks and which wheels might work best. I’ll go with Kadee’s for couplings.
And here’s a little more info about the recent Great Trains auctions. There were a number of car body shells (not the big double deckers) and F40PH shells. Many were just tops, some also included the base but without wheelsets. The seller told me that he sold these off for a friend. His friend acquired them from Ralph Brown, the late owner of the American Standard Car Company. The items recently sold may have been manufacturing left-overs that never hit retail stores.
There is a notice about Brown’s May 2007 death in October 2007 Garden Railways, page 12. The notice implies that Brown sold his business in the 1990s; it says he “sold most of the lines,” so maybe that means he just sold off the remaining stock. So there is mystery as to the molds, design rights, etc. But I am pleased to have a small stake in continuing the memories of Great Trains and appreciate any ideas/where I should be looking for some 1:32 scale trucks & wheels.
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