Hi, Mike: Thank you for setting up this forum. I have been a fan of AMT, KMT, etc., trains, especially the boxcars, since I discovered some in mint condition...
Arthur - I got drawn into this originally with the KRIS UPS car and the AMT aluminum passenger cars. Then I saw the cars they did for the TCA Midwest Division....
Rich - Hope you won't be disappointed but the Williams focus is really not on the modern production. It really is focused upon the products that Williams...
Hello all, it's good to see a group start up that includes Kusan trains. My mother worked for Kusan in Nashville, Tn back in the 50's. I was lucky to get quite...
I think early on, AMT built closer to scale dimensions than Lionel -- especially box cars. To answer your question specifically, yes they are O gauge three...
Jerry - Congrats on retirement. All that time for hobbies!<G> Can you share any photos of what you have? I am always a fan of photos not to mention layouts...
... Hello Jerry, A lady whose mother worked for Kusan, recently sold her train collection on ebay. She posted a picture of her at the factory with two other...
... From: Erney Alewine To: Kusan Group Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:36 AM Subject: Tooling Hi, just joined. I am primarily a whatever comes along collector,...
Jerry, Congrats, I too retired from the Bell System last year after 42 years with New York Tel, Bellcore and Telcordia. I have a few KMT boxcars; but my real ...
Mike, Thats fine by me. I have the Williams History book written by Greenberg and the Kusan/AMT book also and am very interested in the History of all Toy...
The box cars are sort of a compromise between the Lionel 6464 series and real scale cars. They have roughly the same level of detail as the lionel, but are a...
Tomoj, Yes AMT built them to O scale/gauge because Lionel didn't have a car that big. It took Lionel a couple of years to tool up for the 6464 boxcar after...
Bob: Aha!!! Another Bell Head heard from. I was hired on 2-23-70 (does anyone ever forget his NCSD?) by NYTelCo and divested to AT&T-IS on 1-1-84. Then laid...
Name is Jack Priller, cronologically 64 years old, but still a kid at heart. I am a.k.a. in some places as "Ye Olde Trolleynut" and I have been known to play...
Bob, Arthur, Jerry, I currently work for AT&T - I started in 1987 (at 34 years old, so I am now 54). I work in the AT&T portion of the old Bell Labs. I have...
Doug, Bob, Arthur, Jerry, Well, it seems we all know where our retirement went. Trains! Although not ATT, I know the circle. I started with Florida Telephone...
For many years I have been buying the Kris Box cars. One here, two there and you know the rest. That is what got me interested in this angle of our hobby. The...
Erney, and others: I am proposing a ten-minute get-together of the "Former Tip & Ring AMT/KMT/Kusan Train Collectors" at noon on Friday at York. Entrance by...
Arthur - Sounds like a great idea. Count me in. Please mention it a few more times as we get closer to York. Very best, Mike Spanier ... AMT/KMT/Kusan Train...
The Greenberg book is not only the best reference guide out there, it's the only one out there. I have two copies, one to read and one to read after the first...
actually no......... I am a school teacher who had trains in my youth; surrendered them to "growing up;" but am now re entering the hobby........ David Erney...
Just uploaded a few photos of one of the few pieces of Kusan I have in my collection. It's the Cannonball floor push around set. The bottom of the box shows a...
That I'll do, Mike. You do understand that we former Bell (and other telco) types have a language and culture all to our own. You may need a translator to...
Hello All, Nice to be part of the group. I also have the Greenburg book, and people have told me that some of the Auburn/American/AMT info is wrong. If anyone...
Thanks for posting. Nice looking layout too! Never saw the tank car, hopper car or flat car befor. Live and learn so they say. The die cast couplers with the...
Hey Arthur, I spent ½ of my 42 years in one CO Albemarle Rd, Brooklyn. I had the two Long Distance switches serving Brooklyn. Then on to Network Management at...
