Old News Worth Mentioning…
November 28th, 2007 in News by Dave
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My daily routine of maintaining OGaugeWatch was interrupted over the
past month or so as I was searching and eventually landing a new job. Some interesting news items broke during that time that didn’t hit OGaugeWatch as a result but are worth mentioning….
- After over 30 years in the business, Korber Models, maker of fine HO, O and G scale buildings, was sold to Kirk Mitchell, the owner of Just Trains of Delaware. The transaction closes on January 1, 2008. Also, Ernest Korber, the founder of Korber Models, passed away recently. My condolences to the Korber family.
- Lionel released the official instruction manual for their new Legacy Control system. You can view it here. Lionel also started shipping the long awaited Legacy equipped Big Boy locomotive, however, the included Legacy Control System will be sent separately at a later date as it is still under development.
- Atlas started producing a quarterly all scales catalog. The 4th quarter ‘07 catalog is available on-line and can be viewed here.
- There are several new posts on the Lionel centric Hi-Rail Times blog with one vaguely predicting more legal issues on the horizon for Lionel.
- The Williams Electric Trains website now features a landing page announcing Bachman’s acquisition of Williams along with a short list of FAQs.
- Lionel’s Harry Potter Hogwart’s Express train set is now available at your local train shop.
- The Model Train Journal forum has started a 3-Rail Scale forum for those who play with trains at a different level. 3-Rail Scale layouts would be considered to be scale to real life in every sense with the exception of the 3rd rail running down the center of the track. I would consider Norm Charbonneau’s layout to be a great example of 3-Rail Scale. Thanks for the tip Al.
- Ready Made Toys new 2-bay coal hopper sets have started shipping.
- Weaver Models released a Fall Sales Flyer that is available on-line here. Sale ends Nov. 30, 2007.
- The TCA Eastern Division released the statistics from the Oct. ‘07 York train on their home page. More than 14,500 people attended the meet.
- Golden Gate Depot’s new coaling tower has shipped. I recently got a good look at one at Just Trains of Delaware and it is a beauty.
Be well everyone and look for more frequent updates to OGaugeWatch as a settle back into my daily routine.
Dave
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