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his month we will start with a short commentary by historian and modeler Keith Kohlmann,


whose article on the J. I. Case tractor plant is on pages 72-79 of this issue. Such “industry studies” have been a


part of RMC for decades. Though there were precursors—and some informa- tion about an industry often was or is part of a construction article—the genre started here with subjects like a look at potato shipping by rail (a Jim Boyd article in the late 1970’s), “dig- ging coal” (Tony Koester, Jim and oth- er modelers around the same time, more of a thread of articles than an or- ganized series), and then came Chuck Yungkurth’s pioneering four-parter on Pennsylvania’s anthracite country in the March through June, 1982, issues. This is the one that set the standard


and pattern for most of what followed. It was and remains a landmark. It was the first “modern” industry series of this type in that it combined scholarship, in- dustrial and historical photography and modeling applications, and it was spread over enough issues to give it the space needed to do a good job in print.


ERIE LACKAWANNA VOLUME 7:


Why tractor history?


amples are good. Without passing any- one over, I will only say that others have joined the fray over the past sev- eral years and their work is appreciat- ed. Recently industry studies include Doug Harding’s writing on stockyards and slaughterhouses and David Lei- der’s discussion on how the pickle in- dustry and railroading were related, published in last month’s issue. This leads us to David Lambert and


his immensely popular and valuable “Front of the Layout Vignettes,” which has been the flagbearer in this area for the past few years. As you might imag- ine, these articles require time to pre- pare. David has been doing just that and the series will return shortly. As you might guess, we at RMC real-


ly like the “FOLV” series and the in- dustry studies, and we are excited about seeing the next ones on these pages. That said, the door is open for more articles of this type. There is no sense knowing anything if you do not share it. Is it your turn next?—BILL S.


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he tractor plants in Racine, Wis- consin, are of special interest to model railroaders and industrial


historians because of the intense con- centration of production facilities and the related railroad operations that reached every part of the North Ameri- can railroad network. New gasoline tractors and tractor-


drawn implements streamed out of the J.I. Case, Wallis and the Massey-Har- ris manufacturing plants in Racine at


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