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Here goes nothing, I am about to proclaim my ignorance that is all-encompassing in it's coverage of a subject that I have lived a part of my life as a driver. The International R-190's should be the late 50's The Whites is about the same time period. The new Athearn R Model Macks that are coming out date back to at least the 60's. I have driven some of these macks with a stamped build date of 1967 (Whew) Too bad they dont have Diamond Reos and Marions The Trailers such as the 30+ footers you see with the R-190's certianly fit the late 50's I think these lasted well into the 60's before ICC demanded airbrake systems in the early 70's because trailers were getting to be 40' then 45', 48 and finally 53. Each of the 4 trailer lengths are seperated 1970, 1980, 1990 (48') and about 1994 53' Ulrich I believe is a maker of tractor trailer models at one time, I have seen a few on ebay (regrets not buying them when oppertunity knocked) they focused on the 40's time period. I think there are alot of FSM Macks for the 20's floating about out there. 1918 was the end of ww1. And the birth of trucking as we know it today. It would take many years before paved roads and other improvements evolved. However, horse drawn teams, CASE Tractors fired by coal and early gasoline engines drove vehicles. I distinctly remember a late 30's mack tractor. It rode on wooden wheels driven by chain. The steering wheel was solid oak 2 inches thick. It was also an open cab. The steering wheel was about 4 feet across to gain mechanical advantage. The big and beefy owner struggled and poured sweat while trying to do a figure 8 that took up a great deal of room. I am pretty big myself but dont have the consitution needed to control one of these monsters. Alot of the ready to run truck models are very nice however I would like them to get down past the 60's and really look at the 50's, 40's and 30's because there is a demand for it. I have purchased a few of the R-190's tractor Trailers and other trucks to fill out the collection. It is my hope with specific models such as freight houses and such on the railroad I can give a impression of Truck/Rail cooperation.
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