Information On Vintage Train

[ckeath2299]

Hi I was going to post this in the toys section, but that section seems not to get many hits. So figured I'd try here seeing there is a lot of knowledgeable people who come on the forum. I am just trying to figure out more on a item. I got a box full of vintage shells for locomotives.  The ones that are interesting are metal and more than likely O scale and made by Atwater Models. I cannot find any on ebay or much about them only that around 1950 they got bought by Allnation, I believe. These are marked Atwater Models. So just seeing if anyone else can pull p any more information and maybe help determine a value. Ill try to get a pocture up but at the moment camera is on the fritz.

[maxine*j]

I assume you found these:


http://www.tcawestern.org/an.htm

http://www.tcawestern.org/gmc.htm

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/topic/atwater-models-all-nation


They're all rather dense, but all seem to include a lot of info about Atwater castings.  When I use my "find" function, I get many references to Atwater throughout.

[maxine*j]

Oops.  Left one link out.  Scroll to Page 9 of this magazine, where therre's much info, Atwater ads, pictures of Atwater boxes, etc.:

http://oscaleresource.com/Public/OSR_Magazine/2013/November_December_2013.pdf

[cjk79]

I did see those pages. Seems to not be a whole lot of info out there. Thank you for the help so far.

[cjk79]

I didnt see this page and thank you. It helps to date the piece more to 1947.