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Remembering Dolgin’s

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 11:00:36 +0000

Growing up in Missouri, a lot of my Christmas gifts when I was young came from a catalog showroom called Dolgin’s. One of my earliest memories is going to Dolgin’s with my mom and aunt, who showed me some Tonka

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Need a load for your Marx plastic flatcar? Look to Tonka.

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 10 Nov 2013 20:41:42 +0000

In the late 1950s, Marx sold a flatcar, labeled #5545 and lettered for the CB&Q (Chicago, Burlington & Quincy), with a large black clip in the middle. Marx shipped it with a pair of miniature trailers. These frequently got separated

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This changes everything

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:19:34 +0000

I won't post specifics in order to protect him, but I became a father this week. This is my first, a son.

Don't expect any coherence in any of this. These are just some thoughts in the order they come to me.

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Tin litho buildings for a traditional pre-war train layout

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:00:49 +0000

It's time to come out of the closet. I'm sick of hi-rail.

Hi-rail, for the uninitiated, is the practice of "serious" model railroading in 1:48 or 1:64 scale using Lionel or American Flyer trains, respectively.

I find two things annoying about it: the snobbery and the price. If I'm gonna pay $100 for a train car, it'd better be older than me and it'd better still be worth that next week. But I found my way out.

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