You guys are not looking. Those Chicago contest models are a case in point - Louis Bartig held some sort of record for being the world's best model train builder, but now he has some competition - there is a Rock Island Northern and a couple of SP steamers that showed up this year, and their builder is said to rival Louis' capabilities. Still searching for who the builder is, but one rumor is a guy named George, and another possibility is Bill Heaton. I don't know this group - their capabilities are way beyond mine - but I admire their craftsmanship.
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