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Old model railroad flyer

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  • From: Milwaukee WI (Fox Point)
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Posted by dknelson on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 7:54 PM
Henry the last time I was at the swap meet in DuPage I saw a guy selling a stack of these old pamphlets BUT -- he wanted a pretty penny for them, up to $5 each I think. As always value is in the eye of the beholder .....
Dave Nelson
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 11:53 AM
Thanks Dave. Any idea where I could find one of these for my collection. Mine has long since disappeared, but I'm sure someone out there might have one they're willing to part with.
Henry Wagner
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Posted by dknelson on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 7:52 AM
Greetings to Oostburg from Fox Point just south of you on I-43. Kalmbach has over the years published a large number of brochures like the one you mention and they usually had info on how to subscribe to Model Railroader. THe first one I got was back in the 1950s when my folks' church had a father/son night and got the free moviess from Kalmbach promoting model trains. They got a box of these pamphlets as part of the deal. To this day I can recite entire articles almost by heart -- and I learned other guys my age can too: Your Introduction To Scale Model Railroading
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Old model railroad flyer
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 1:57 PM
About 25 or 30 years ago (mid 70s) there was a scale model railroad flyer I picked up at rr show. I was a kid then and it got me interested more than just "playing with trains". I don't remember what it was titled, but I think it was a two color pamphlet (black and red), had black and white photos, maybe a dozen pages thick - more or less. Did Kalmbach publish such a thing promoting the hobby? Did someone else? Any clues about what the title was and where I might be able to find one would be helpful. I

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