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Originally Posted by chesterakl
Huh, I didn't know HO scale has been around that long. I guess I always assumed it was mostly Lionel's O until the mid 60's - but I've never really looked into the history of the scales.
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I "think" HO was "invented" pre WWII.
My Uncle needed a hobby to "calm his nerves" ( after a bit of shell shock ) when he got out of WWII. He was on the front lines in Europe. He has since passed on, and I inherited much of his rolling stock, all post WWII, but just by a few years on some of it.
And yes... the dynamic brakes on modern diesels are like the regen in our cars... or should we say our cars are like the trains? They came first!
