Reply to "Origin of the term "hi-rail""

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@Tom Stoltz posted:
I thought Lewis Hertz coined it in his book, Riding the Tinplate Rails. Check with TCA.
https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...m-hi-rail-came-to-be
Tom Stoltz
in Maine

Tom,

This is a fantastic post. Not just for the Gargraves ad, but the entire newsletter itself. I just spent some time looking at the pictures of reader's layouts in it, and did some searching on the names. Lots of amazing family stories. Some good, (one of the layouts shown in Chicago was two blocks from where my dad grew up around the same time frame); some sad (the little boy, Gary, with the surprised look on his face passed away in 1964 at age 21).

Then the how to articles, such as making your own rotary coal dump. That was a fun and informative read.

Thanks for posing this!

12/4/2011:58 AM

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