article “Adding trucks to the layout,” in the November, 2013 RMC. In the late 1940’s and earlier, telephone service personnel were encouraged or even re- quired to keep their trucks at home in the Adirondack Mountain area of New York State. This was probably to expe- dite service calls.
truck. It was a closed panel truck, with the interior
I had a neighbor who had such a filled with shelves and
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Musical chairs I enjoyed Keith Wills article, “Musical Chairs” in the COLLECTOR CONSIST col- umn in the October, 2013 issue. Howev- er, I was surprised in the article that he didn’t mention the Famous Models Co., FAMCO GG1 that was manufactured in Baldwin, Long Island. I was from Baldwin and on leave from the Navy in 1946. At that time, I purchased one. My model would be crude by today’s standards, but No. 4910 in its livery of Tuscan Red and five gold strips still runs to this day. Living in Halathorpe, Maryland the
past 67 years and just two blocks from the Pennsylvania Railroad–now Am- trak–New York to Washington main- line, I have fond memories of railfan- ning the GG1. Now that Bachmann is producing the GG1 in HO, it is a must have for my layout.
E.A. LIND via e-mail
Trucks on a layout I have a small footnote to Bill Gill’s
compartments holding an array of small repair parts. Coils of wire and larger items were kept in the exterior compartments or on the truck floor. This neighbor’s truck was kept spot- less. I remember it being washed in his driveway. There was a ladder on the side, but nothing on the top as it fit in his garage.
The exterior compartment
latches were chromed, and resembled the door handles (horizontal, pivoted at one end). There was more lettering on the truck, but it eludes my memory as to its exactness. Possibly there was a number and a “Bell System” under the symbol on the door.
JAY BARNUM Goffstown, NH
Removeable flat car loads A couple of comments on the open load article (RMC, Dec. 2013). We have literally dozens of open loads on the Great White North and we have tried everything. I stick to the car replace- ment move between sessions for the complicated loads. The damage factor is minimal. We have pipe, steel, rail, rerod, lumber, etc.–all loads that are removable for flats and gondolas. The only drawback is that they pretty well have to go back on the same car or one exactly the same. I have found that even a little flash or paint in a stake pocket can be a problem to a good fit. Regarding the tie-downs on the trac-
tors, in the era modeled it was heavy soft wire that was easy to bend. It was run from the tie-down point through the wheels or around a solid point a few times then twisted with a tie-down
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