Recently on another forum someone posted a photo of the cover of the June 1949 Model Railroader. It's currently on sale on eBay. On the cover is a young man identified as Paul Reistrup of Sioux City, Iowa. Paul Reistrup of Amtrak, B&O, IC is from Sioux City, born in 1933. Is that Paul Reistrup and the young man on the MR cover the same person? Is anyone familiar with this?
Link to eBay listing:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/154417126633
tommy0421
To answer my own question-
It turns out Paul Reistrup is currently employed as Senior Advisor by AmeriStarRail. I knew it was a long shot, but I emailed AmeriStar to ask about the Model Railroader cover. This afternoon I received a reply. Yes, I was informed, the railroad industry Paul H. Reistrup and the boy on the June 1949 Model Railroader cover are "one and the same."
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