Old OGR items found UPDATE...

The things you find when you start cleaning under the layout!

John

Hi John,

I don't recall the mini-screwdrivers but I've got the badge holder from the Myron Biggar/Barbara Saslo days, too. I used to use it at York until Eastern TCA came out with their $2 badge holders [now $3; still a bargain]. I find the strap around the neck was more convenient to me than the clip on the OGR badge holder, otherwise I'd still be using it.

Thanks for the memory.

Chris

An old pin from some long-forgotten promotion:

What a grin to see these old OGR promotional goodies. I still use both my red and white screwdrivers. Down to my last unbroken pair though...drat

I will see if I can post more OGR promotional  stuff...you never know!

Ed Boyle

I still have both the button and the badge holder.

I still use the badge holder and use it at since I'm not a TCA member; I've clipped onto a neck strap. I received mine when given out at a K-Line self Toy Fair in Newark NJ.

Redball 342

I'd forgotten about the buttons, Pingman. I've got one of the red ones, too. And somewhere here at home there's one -- I think it's white -- that says "family" or "family member" on it that my wife, Kathie, used to wear at York.

Of course, I've still got, and still wear, my gray OGR polo shirt with my Forum name on it. That's also from the Biggar/Saslo days. I usually see a couple of other Forum old-timers wearing them at York meets.

Chris

Still have a button and the badge holder.....like Chris, I’ve graduated to the Eastern Division holder.....wish I could find my screwdriver!

Peter

I wanted to thank all for their great replies and likes.

Pingman, I never knew about the OGR pins.

Redball342, Chris R, I used to wear my badge holder on a lanyard too.

Putnam Division, the little screwdrivers are the best thing ever.

Ed Boyle, my red driver is showing signs of cracking. PLEASE consider a commemerative re- issue of these most useful tools. A new generation of train enthusiasts will thank OGR.

And my wonderful wife is totally correct...I never throw anything away!

John

One of those buttons could become  a sign on an O Scale building where an OGR office could be on your layout.  

Great thread....might consider putting this one as a featured topic since this is OGR's 50th!!  Myron presented me during our 50th celebration at the NJHR layout with a complete set of the OGR rolling stock which was produced years ago!!  If any of you have those, post some pictures.  I am saving my pics for an upcoming Publisher's Corner in the magazine....

My screwdriver showed up in a photo a while back and I also have a polo shirt.

Alan, I am honored by your comments. I am a history enthusiast and OGR history is the best. I look forward to the spread about the comemerative OGR cars. PLEASE re-issue the screwdriver set😁

Franktrain, your red driver looks in mint condition!

My screwdriver set is still in pretty good shape but, need a drop of glue every now and then to keep the screwdrivers from sliding in the plastic.  🤓

Hi Alan et al.

Regarding the OGR rolling stock, I've got a tank car (though I'm not sure where among my piles of boxes it is at the moment--if you saw my basement and garage you'd understand ). I've also got a couple of MTH's boxcars commemorating OGR's bus trips from York to, among other sites, MTH's headquarters; Weaver's plant, including Bob Weaver's personal layout; and Tony Lash's layout at Consolidated Waste Inc. Those were GREAT trips; I'm glad my wife and I got to share visits to those places--especially since some of them are gone now--with other OGR fans.

Indeed this is a terrific thread, bringing back some fabulous memories of OGR times past.

Chris

Did the OSR magazine promote trade marked items too?

Charlie

I still have both of my OGR screwdrivers and they are in excellent condition. Myron handed them to me at Yonkers Raceway (Yonkers, NY) probably in the 1990's when there was a train show there. I believe it was a Greenberg's show.

Tom 

Wow Tom, great story. It's fun to have little items that remind us of memorable events.

My screwdriver set has seen heavy use. Well made...none finer!

John

I use my OGR badge holder at York tucked in the front clear pocket of my TCA badge holder. I just took off the clip and it slides right in. 

Along with a few OGR field trip freight cars, I have a pair of the OGR Miller Engineering signs they handed out after the grandstand forum meeting at York several years ago. 

Probably not quite as old, but printing is nearly gone after daily use and dishwashing.