Friday, January 4, 2008

Transition Penn Line/Bowser HO scale 4-6-2 K-4 circa 1963...


While the box it came in was Bowser, the castings still bore the Penn Line name, making this a transition piece from when Penn Line was bought out by Bowser in 1963.

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AUGUST 1975 Bowser ad

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JANUARY 1952 Penn Line ad


Note the dandy chuffing on a pipe, definitely not influenced by today's smoking taboos. Many ads in the hobby magazines of the day were given graphics designed to appeal to the middle class professionals, doctors and engineers made up a large percentage of the photograph and article contributors.

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