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Surprisingly I did find a mention of it in an article John Olson wrote that introduced his Mescal Lines layout to readers of Model Railroader's January 1984 issue - the famous 50th anniversary of MR issue. In the section on the railroad's background story he notes that:
"We [JDL: 'We' as in the Mescal Lines RR] connect the eastern Sierra with such serious and hardworking slim-gauge roads as the Bad Water Western of Tom Daniel (in Western Arizona), the Pelican Bay Ry. & Navigation Co. of Paul Scoles (who models the Northern California sea coast) and, of course, the Fiddletown & Copperopolis Ry. of those great old Carl Fallberg cartoons (we're still looking for it on the map!)."
Maybe I shouldn't be too surprised by the mention as John Olson also had a module on display at the 1973 MRIA show. Olson and Daniel likely have a connection that goes way back.
I'll have to see if Railroad Model Craftsman has anything to say about the 1973 MRIA show. Stay tuned!
Tom Daniel has a website https://www.tomdaniel.com/85_kits/frm_85kits.html He appears to have had a long career in the hobby business. I think he painted at least some of the Walthers backdrops.
ReplyDeleteYes, that's true. I think he's best known for his model car kits though. I was quite surprised when I found out in the early 70s he published a few articles in Railroad Modeler. Thanks for the link! You're right about the backdrops. I was just finishing tomorrow's post about his laser cut HO structure kits and those backdrops - so, an interesting coincidence. I think I'll go ahead and push the post button and publish that one today :-) Thanks for you comment!
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