Reply to "Best / Favorite Vintage Model Railroading Books Aimed at Boys"

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JTrains posted:
Although my son is only 3, I’ve started to buy a couple of vintage books from the 1940s/1950s that were written with boys as their audience ...

Virginia Lee Burton wrote and illustrated some classic stories that are fun and educational, many of them featuring train subjects. The stories that aren't directly train related often have illustrations with trains mixed into the story. Some of the titles are: Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel, Choo Choo, Maybelle the Cable Car, Katy and the Big Plow, The Little House. Following pic is from The Little House.

"Roundabout Train" is a fun kid's story. The 2-6-4 loco looks like Lionel influence.

Some previous discussion of this same subject:

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/t...s-train-books?page=2

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