TYCO Brown Box – Catalog 1972-1973
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AHM 0-6-0 Steam Engine
0-6-0 Steam Engine Burlington No.5148-G 0-6-0 Steam Engine Hercules Power No.5148-F 0-6-0 Steam Engine Peabody No. 5148-H Saddle Tank 0-6-0 Steam Engine Burlington No.5148-G This 0-6-0 was first released by AHM in 1975. A 1977 advertisement from AHM includes this model and provides a $17.98 retail price. Origin markings on the underframe shows Hong Kong…...
AHM “Santa Fe” Class S-1 2-10-2 Steam Engine
2-10-2 “Santa Fe” Class S-1 Steam Engine Baltimore & Ohio No. 5099 No. 5099-B No. 5099-02 -1980 Release Listed as a new item carrying a May 1967 delivery date, AHM’s 2-10-2 “Santa Fe” Class S-1 steam engine was only produced in B&O; livery at started life with a $34.95 retail price. By 1977, this steam…...
Athearn 0-6-0 Switcher 1962
Above is a May 1962 ad promoting the introduction of Athearn’s 0-6-0 Steam Engine. The August 1962 Trade Topics column reviewing new products includes the Athearn 0-6-0 Switcher. The review states this is, “the best steam-type model to come from Athearn so far.” It is noted that Athearn refers to the model as a “USRA…...
ALCO Catalog – 1st Edition
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ALCO New Diesels 1967
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The ALCO’s are Coming – 1967
This ad in the March 1967 edition of Model Railroader magazine announced the coming of a new line of imported brass locomotives under the ALCO Models banner. This new addition to Tony Cook’s HO-Scale Trains Resource features a full color gallery of the many great ALCO Models releases. The site’s focus is on the KMT-Kumata…...
AHM Catalogs
AHM - Associated Hobby Manufacturers, has long been a revered name
among HO Scale model train enthusiasts. AHM's model train catalogs
Athearn Rolling Stock
Athearn’s production begins prior to what is found on this site and very successfully continues today beyond the scope of what I present. This site focuses upon Athearn from the mid 1960s to the early 1980s. The Athearn I knew growing up was the top of the line in HO-scale plastic trains. With the demise of Athearn’s…...
Athearn Catalogs
This section of the Athearn HO-Scale Trains Resource presents catalogs issued by Athearn. Though catalogs were common and annual publications for many hobby lines, Athearn’s catalog output in its “blue box” era is limited to a handful of years: 1957-1963. This reflects the period when Athearn actively competed in the ready to run train set…...