Akron Canton & Youngstown Railroad Forum

I have heard this complaint. For years, we have actively lobbied Atlas (and any other potential manufacturer) to make an H20-44 shell available, but nobody has stepped up to do it. Big Dawg proposes to use the old brass shell from Alco Products as the basis for the new shell. Those locomotives (and ...

Big Dawg Originals in a small company that produces superstructure shells and detail parts for model railroaders. They have been approached about producing a shell for the Fairbanks Morse H20-44 diesel, which would be correct for AC&Y 500-504. This HO shell would be designed to fit on the tried and ...

There has been interest shown in returning to our old practice of having annual Society meetings. We know there are quite a few individualss who would like to do this; but scheduling conflicts, work schedules, health issues, distance from Northern Ohio, and other similar issues prevent some of our l...

My copy arrived in today's mail, from Chuck Macklin, Bloomington, IL.
Now don't anybody bother me for a while. I have some reading to do!
Tom

Main Line Hobby Supply, in Blue Ridge Summit, PA got theirs either Wednesday or Thursday. By midday Friday they were sold out. They're ordering more. Scotch Plains, NJ (home of Morning Sun Books) is about 200 miles east of Blue Ridge Summit. If they're being posted from there, I expect the UPS or US...

The book has begun to appear at some hobby shops!

Thanks to Bob Lucas from all of us.

Without his tireless efforts, this would never have happened.

Tom D.

It'll be April, Tim. More than a month away. I'm anxiously awaiting the info too. I'm not sure whether I'll make it or not, but I'm making tentative plans.

Tom

For a proposed commercial modeling project, a photo of one of these cars is needed. These cars had an inside height of 9'11". The side door and the area around it are of particular interest. Please check your photo collections and let us know if you find anything. Thanks, folks!

A friend was at the train show at Springfield Massachusetts and reports that Atlas has announced a new run of F-M H16-44 diesels in their Master Series. The AC&Y paint scheme is not being offered this time, but modelers who missed these engines in the past may want to do some repainting. Liveries to...

If you contact Rich Yoder about this project, please tell him this is where you learned about the O scale Mather cars, and tell him you're an AC&YHS member.

Thanks.
Tom