U.S.A.: Retired bank clerk builds model railroads

Record ID: 1059105

  • Title: U.S.A.: Retired bank clerk builds model railroads
  • Date: 8th December 1975
  • Summary: LIKE THE REAL ONES...MODEL RAILROADS AND TOWNS TAKE TIME TO BUILD. EACH TRAIN CAR TAKES THREE HOURS TO ASSEMBLE. THE SET ISN'T COMPLETE...TRIGG WANTS TO ADD MORE TRAINS AND LANDSCAPING...INCLUDING AN ILLUMINATED FOUNTAIN. EVERYTHING HERE IS 1/87TH OF THE NORMAL SIZE...AND AT LEASE ACCORDING TO THE MODEL SCALE...THE TRAINS CAN RUN RASTER THAN A HUNDRED MILES AND HOUR. FROM KANSAS CITY, GLORIA STRICKLAND REPORTING. SOME PEOPLE NEVER OUTGROW MODEL TRAINS...65-YEARS-OLD JOHN TRIGG BEGAN BUILDING THIS SET MORE THAN A YEAR AGO. HE STARTED WITH ONE TRACK AND THREE CARS FROM HIS SON'S MODEL TRAIN SET AND HAS EXPANDED TO SEVEN TRACKS AND SEVEN ENGINES. MODEL TRAIN SYSTEMS AS COMPLEX AS THIS ONE OFTEN REQUIRE THE EXPERTISE OF ARCHITECTS, CARPENTERS AND ELECTRICIANS...BUT THE RETIRED BANK CLERK HAS BEEN THE ONLY ENGINEER FOR THIS RAILROAD. Initials REPORTER: Gloria Strickland WRITER: Kelley Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 22nd December 1975 12:00
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  • Location: Kansas City, Missouril
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  • Country: USA
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