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Reply to "Minton Cronkhite"

Hello all 

Minton , Lobaugh , and Pomona  were all working together for the 1939 Santa Fe exhibit at Treasure Island  in SF.  There appears to have been a "group" effort to put the big exhibits together ...   the Santa Fe 1939  layout had the AB pulling the Pomona cars .... it was a big hit ..... so naturally Santa Fe wanted the same set to run in Chicago on the premier "permanent" layout  ...

Model railroaders then as now fall into various camps .... the "latest and greatest" ...and the "what was then movement"....  Lobaugh was all about steamers and freight cars .... so instead of bringing out a diesel and streamlined cars ...he offered the Pomona line in his 1941 catalog .   

Pomona pieces are lovely period examples ...scaled to 17/64ths ... and have a commanding presence.  

Judging by the huge numbers of Pomona pieces "not"seen today  they may have been priced out of reach for the average modeler ... and or most folks wanted heavy weights and steam . 

To see one of  Minton engines from 1934 in motion please see link 

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...ite-engine-in-motion

 

Attached pages from 1941 Lobaugh  catalog ..and Pomona catalog .. during the few year they were made the diesel noses changed (improved)  a bit .. the war put the halt to all production early in 42 ....post war many other diesel and streamlined cars manufactures started up with various degrees of success... but Pomona seems to have vanished . 

T

Cheers Carey 122818103712281810391939 Treasure Island layoutMR 1939 

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