John-NYBW My guess is a younger Linn Westcott. The layout looks similar to other pictures I've seen of his layout.
My guess is a younger Linn Westcott. The layout looks similar to other pictures I've seen of his layout.
The MR cover that kevin posted is indeed Linn Westcott's HO layout, but the guy in the photo is I believe Gordon Odegard. That interesting throttle in the photo was written up in that issue and if memory serves what looks like a steel cover for it is in fact highly gloss painted masonite!
Dave Nelson
John-NYBWI think Frary put out his first scenery book in the late 1980s or early 1990s. I hadn't heard of him prior to that.
You are correct, I had to go dig out the book and look. The style of the B&W photgraphy makes it look older.
Mike.
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cuyamaStill pretty sure that the OP is thinking of the cover of the Kalmbach McClanahan scenery that book I posted way up the thread ...
Well, this is what I was responding to:
"There was a well-known scenery guy who had his picture on MR's cover in the late 50's or early 60's holding a loco and next to a layout tunnel, IIRC. I can't find the mag;"
That's a quote from post number 1, way at the top. Nothing there about a scenery BOOK nor men's HATS that I can see.
If the dispatcher is going to switch trains around, I think there's some sort of form for that.
rrebell John-NYBW SeeYou190 It seems fellows were still wearing dress shirts and ties to play with trains as late as August, 1968. -Kevin If you look at pictures from the 1950s, men would wear suits and ties to ballgames. There was even an episode of Leave it to Beaver where Beaver had to put on a coat and tie to go to a game. If you saw men getting off a plane, almost all of them would have coat and tie. Then we have Ozzie Nelson who seemingly never left the house but always had on a sweater and tie. We once had a culture where many men wouldn't think of being seen in public without a coat and tie. Thank goodness those days are over. I retired in 2001 and the day I did, I took a scissors and cut up every tie I owned and have never donned one of those dreadful things since. There isn't an event important enough to get me to wear one of those again. If they try to put one on me when I'm in the casket, I'm going to get up and leave. Funny, I never wore fancy clothes since I was a little kid except a dress shirt and maybe on occasion dress pants, wore tennis shoes my entire adult life, then I discoved zip up ties and I use them with a dress shirt when I want to go fancy.
John-NYBW SeeYou190 It seems fellows were still wearing dress shirts and ties to play with trains as late as August, 1968. -Kevin If you look at pictures from the 1950s, men would wear suits and ties to ballgames. There was even an episode of Leave it to Beaver where Beaver had to put on a coat and tie to go to a game. If you saw men getting off a plane, almost all of them would have coat and tie. Then we have Ozzie Nelson who seemingly never left the house but always had on a sweater and tie. We once had a culture where many men wouldn't think of being seen in public without a coat and tie. Thank goodness those days are over. I retired in 2001 and the day I did, I took a scissors and cut up every tie I owned and have never donned one of those dreadful things since. There isn't an event important enough to get me to wear one of those again. If they try to put one on me when I'm in the casket, I'm going to get up and leave.
SeeYou190 It seems fellows were still wearing dress shirts and ties to play with trains as late as August, 1968. -Kevin
It seems fellows were still wearing dress shirts and ties to play with trains as late as August, 1968.
-Kevin
If you look at pictures from the 1950s, men would wear suits and ties to ballgames. There was even an episode of Leave it to Beaver where Beaver had to put on a coat and tie to go to a game. If you saw men getting off a plane, almost all of them would have coat and tie. Then we have Ozzie Nelson who seemingly never left the house but always had on a sweater and tie. We once had a culture where many men wouldn't think of being seen in public without a coat and tie. Thank goodness those days are over. I retired in 2001 and the day I did, I took a scissors and cut up every tie I owned and have never donned one of those dreadful things since. There isn't an event important enough to get me to wear one of those again. If they try to put one on me when I'm in the casket, I'm going to get up and leave.
Funny, I never wore fancy clothes since I was a little kid except a dress shirt and maybe on occasion dress pants, wore tennis shoes my entire adult life, then I discoved zip up ties and I use them with a dress shirt when I want to go fancy.
Consider yourself lucky.
I don't know who created the necktie but I hope they hanged him with it. I'll never understand why it became a mandatory accessory for men. If people like wearing them, fine. Why require other people to wear them? What purpose do they serve? Is it to ward off evil spirits? Vampires?
dknelsonThe MR cover that kevin posted is indeed Linn Westcott's HO layout, but the guy in the photo is I believe Gordon Odegard. That interesting throttle in the photo was written up in that issue
From "Off The Train Wire" in that issue, it is Linn Westcott's Sunset Railway.
However, the "half-size model of a prototype brake stand that actually works like the real thing" is being operated by "inventor and modelbuilder Dennis Blunt".
John-NYBW rrebell John-NYBW SeeYou190 It seems fellows were still wearing dress shirts and ties to play with trains as late as August, 1968. -Kevin If you look at pictures from the 1950s, men would wear suits and ties to ballgames. There was even an episode of Leave it to Beaver where Beaver had to put on a coat and tie to go to a game. If you saw men getting off a plane, almost all of them would have coat and tie. Then we have Ozzie Nelson who seemingly never left the house but always had on a sweater and tie. We once had a culture where many men wouldn't think of being seen in public without a coat and tie. Thank goodness those days are over. I retired in 2001 and the day I did, I took a scissors and cut up every tie I owned and have never donned one of those dreadful things since. There isn't an event important enough to get me to wear one of those again. If they try to put one on me when I'm in the casket, I'm going to get up and leave. Funny, I never wore fancy clothes since I was a little kid except a dress shirt and maybe on occasion dress pants, wore tennis shoes my entire adult life, then I discoved zip up ties and I use them with a dress shirt when I want to go fancy. Consider yourself lucky. I don't know who created the necktie but I hope they hanged him with it. I'll never understand why it became a mandatory accessory for men. If people like wearing them, fine. Why require other people to wear them? What purpose do they serve? Is it to ward off evil spirits? Vampires?
Since retiring 12 years ago, I have only worn a tie 3 times - 1 wedding and 2 funerals. Last year I gave away all my dress shirts and pants, so I doubt I'll ever wear a tie again. And good riddance to them.
Nevermind the hats and ties. Read some of the material lists in some of the old articles. Asbestos, lead paint, lead and we can't forget filling our basements with that oily smoke from our Lionel trains. My mom would be mad. The whole house would smell like burnt oil like an old V8 with leaking valve covers. No wonder I took up smoking.
The good old days.
Pete.
The guy was McClanahan, and I bought a brass 4-8-4 painted by him at the "Tracks in the Sand" show, IIRC Miami 2002. I am aging, and if there is anyone who has a special attachment to his work, let me know. Photos on "brass collectors.io"
wrench567Read some of the material lists in some of the old articles. Asbestos, lead paint, lead and we can't forget filling our basements with that oily smoke from our Lionel trains.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
hdtvnut There was a well-known scenery guy who had his picture on MR's cover in the late 50's or early 60's holding a loco and next to a layout tunnel, IIRC. I can't find the mag; does anybody know who he was? Thanks.
There was a well-known scenery guy who had his picture on MR's cover in the late 50's or early 60's holding a loco and next to a layout tunnel, IIRC. I can't find the mag; does anybody know who he was? Thanks.
As Cuyama mentioned in his post with the cover pic, there were other runs of the book that had a slightly different photo. There's one where he leaning into the layout with his hand reaching for an engine:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51jPDMuG3TL._SX373_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
I got to visit Bill McClanahan's layout as a high school kid in the late 60's.
Didn't realize at the time that he was among the icons of the MRR hobby.
Jim