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Wm. K. Walthers, Inc., was officially founded in Milwaukee in 1932—though it started years earlier when seven-year-old William K. (Bill) Walthers got his first taste of the hobby with a small, wind-up toy train for Christmas. He continued with the hobby and eventually had an attic layout composed primarily of his scratch-built creations.
Not many U23Bs still exist, but a few shortline and regional railroads still use them in everyday service. The Georgia Central Railway was one of the last U23B holdouts, rostering almost all of the remaining ex Southern Railway (U.S.) high short hood U23Bs.
Walthers continued to make the Life-Like line of products, aimed at beginning hobbyists and the mass consumer market, up until the 2010s. The Life-Like train sets were discontinued in 2016, along with many of the stand-alone products, although currently building kits and grass mats are still sold under the Life-Like name.
The site also provides printable coupons for local businesses and groceries, daily deal aggregation and product recommendations. CouponCabin was founded in Chicago , Illinois, in March 2003 by Chicago entrepreneur Scott Kluth, a former employee of Sears . [ 1 ]
This page lists the most relevant model railway scale standards in the world. Most standards are regional, but some have followers in other parts of the world outside their native region, most notably NEM and NMRA.
MTH has also traded lawsuits with Quantum Sound Industries, whose technology is used to add electronic sound to model locomotives from various manufacturers.MTH's critics also say the company patented some elements of DCC, which was supposed to be an unencumbered open standard.
The size and logistical benefits of the circus train enabled rapid expansion of circus acts. As acts grew, trains became longer, and the rolling stock became more specialized. Barnum, Coup, and Castello's first train in 1872 was 1,200 feet (370 m) long, and used leased cars that were no more than 30 feet (9.1 m) long.