I ran across this comment from the Nov. 3, 2014 issue of "Free Rails" ...
"The two outstanding O scale modelers were Bill Hoffman. and Bill Clouser. Hoffman was on the West coast and built a model of near every car that the Sacramento Northern had. Not every class, every CAR! Worked in wood."
From Model Railroader magazine:
"W. G. Hoffmann - Absolutely magnificent Sacramento Northern and Pacific Electric rolling stock, scratchbuilt virtually board for board and bolt for bolt. He took Best of Show in at least one of the old Model Railroader annual competitiions." (1948)
Another comment from a reader of Model Railroader magazine---
"I'm not checking my sources before posting here, but I believe that Bill Hoffman has habitually won first place in the NMRA Nationals for traction models, and passenger equipment. Year after year. If I'm not mistaken, one year he had first place models in something like four or five categories."
And so it goes ....
KRK
