Ted S posted:I think the fellow's name might have been Bob Gale(?). I've seen a Reading T1 and a Big Boy that were both built by him, and powered by extended 2056-type parallel plate motors. Interesting, and unfortunately kind of a lost art when the major brands started tooling up new scale designs.
Yes, he lived in Horsham, Pa. In the very late '70s I stopped at his house. His wife greeted me at the door and if I recall, said he was ill at the time. I tried contacting him some time afterward, but cannot recall what how exchange went. I do know that train funds were scarce, in those days, so perhaps I just couldn't afford one of his pieces.
