grande man
Bonafied Grande Nut
I was flipping thru the Feb 06 issue of Model Railroader when I saw an article by Michael Gross called "More than Bells and Whistles". It's about adding period music to enhance the time theme of your RR. That brought to mind something I'd thought about before. On my birthday, my Mom sent me a small book called "1965 Remember When... A Nostalgic Look Back in Time". From a model railroaders perspective, these are great little books for setting the mood on a time themed layout. For example, did you know that in 1965 (our RR era), Joe Nameth inked his first pro contract for $427K for three years? That the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show? That Chervrolet was pimping the Corvair? That Batman, Hogan's Heros and The Andy Griffith Show were tops on TV? That the St Louis Arch was completed? That the average American income was $6469.00? That the average price of a new car was $2614.00 (kinda puts those auto racks in perspective )? There's much more info such as top song and movies, sports trivia, period advertising, etc.
This little book is packed full of cool info on our RR's era. They are available cheap for most years. I've seen them for sale at Cracker Barrel Restuarants.
I love historical info like this. Does anyone else see how this can make model railroading more fun?
This little book is packed full of cool info on our RR's era. They are available cheap for most years. I've seen them for sale at Cracker Barrel Restuarants.
I love historical info like this. Does anyone else see how this can make model railroading more fun?