- 10 August 2022: Thanks to site visitor Todd M. Sholtis, a photo of the super-rare bus pier extensions has
been added, along with a Faller Bus System Mailer.
- 15 February 2020: Thanks to an eagle-eyed site visitor, information about the Hell's Gate Bridge has
been updated
- 31 January 2020: At long, long last, I have found the original box art for Faller's Ramsey Junction Kit,
providing proof positive it was not only made by Faller, but also released by them
- 17 May 2019: James Ehrman was kind enough to point out an error I'd made in the Marketing & Catalogs
chapter: the article by Wayne C. Leckey appeared in Popular Mechanics, not Popular Science; James also shared a page from the
1969 Sears Wish Book showing two P.S.T. Special Sets
- 5 July 2018: Thanks to Bob Williams, several new versions of Aurora's PST catalogs are now online:
four 1968 catalogs, and two 1969 catalogs—which helped clear up some mysteries about certain
bus sets accessories and added 18 never-released passenger cars; also added an
ATI Dealer Letter and their Train Sets Order Form
- 12 June 2018: Introducing Bob Williams, Super Collector!
- 1 June 2018: Given the strong likelihood that many of the new Canadian freight cars found in the
Canadian freight sets were not genuine Postage Stamp releases, I've split them off and created a new page
just for them
- 30 May 2018: Thanks to Bob Williams, new photos of locomotive and rolling
stock packaging
- 27 May 2018: After discussing Canadian products with Bob Williams, we've come to the conclusion that there probably weren't any
1967 sets. So, I've rolled everything into one page, with loads of caveats.
- 25 May 2018: Thanks to Bob Williams, loads of new stuff: several Canadian sets; a
little-known version of the foam layout; a packaging variation on the front and rear
loco truck assemblies; and a Santa Fe replacement shell
- 22 May 2018: Thanks to Bob Williams, you can see how train sets might have looked; also, a
Pacific in Aurora packaging, an oddball Cannonball set, a
New Haven Donkey set, and a variation in the RCA Promotional Set
- 21 May 2018: Added a new section about the Aurora-Tomy connection in the Train Sets chapter, with
new pages for the Aurora-Tomy 1986 Catalog and the Bullet Train Set #2
- 20 May 2018: Thanks to Bob Williams, loads of new oddball stuff: a press release in Playthings
magazine (which led to a revelation about Aurora's ad agency, now featured under the Television heading in the Marketing & Catalogs
chapter); an interesting packaging variation for the P.S.T. Special Set 4709; new Rail
Masters items including Aurora's Wall-Pak, train set packaging and
rolling stock order form; more shipping cartons for the Nabisco Employee Offer;
and an interesting bit of information about shrink wrapping (scroll down)
- 18 May 2018: Received a wonderful email message
- 7 May 2018: Added the Minitrix Push-Along catalog and the
Trix 1964 catalog
- 5 May 2018: Thanks to Bob Williams, the rare wire assortment has been added
- 1 May 2018: Discovered an Arnold catalog page that confirms Rapido 200 was 1:200; had
to revise Beginnings & Introductions once again
- 29 April 2018: Found a video of the original Faller bus demo layout; also found
Ramsey Junction in a Dutch Faller catalog, of all places
- 27 April 2018: Added the American Tortoise train set service manual;
added samples of early promotional materials for Atlas, Bachmann, Lima
and Rivarossi, which meant revising Beginnings & Introductions; and I found a page of
train set name copyrights as well as another Canadian train set
- 26 April 2018: Thanks to Bob Williams, an ultra-ultra-rare Aurora Authorized Train Service Station Kit
has been added
- 25 April 2018: Added a brief Roco company profile, since they made Trix's (and hence Aurora's) freight cars
- 20 April 2018: Thanks to Bob Williams, the Shell Chemicals Canada promotional set page has
been greatly expanded; also, I found another magazine article featuring Postage Stamp Trains, and I found a
new ad—sort of
- 18 April 2018: Thanks to Bob Williams, added a page on demo layouts; also found a color
version of the television spot
- 17 April 2018: Thanks to Bob Williams, nearly all of the service parts have photos, and many of them
also have images of full cards
- 16 April 2018: Thanks to Bob Williams, added a new advertisement
- 15 April 2018: Created a new page about 50 year old toy trains
- 7 April 2018: Reworked Beginnings & Introductions with more information and images
- 6 April 2018: Thanks to Bob Williams, added a Rail Masters advertisement
- 5 April 2018: Thanks to Bob Williams, the Marketing & Catalogs page has been substantially
reworked, with new ads and other materials; the Train Sets page has been revised again with new information;
13 new dealer order sheets and the Nabisco Employee Offer have been added;
the promotional layout page was expanded; plus, I've tweaked Beginnings & Introductions
- 3 April 2018: Thanks to Bob Williams, a chapter about Postage Stamp Trains written by Thomas Graham
from an unpublished book has been added; also added more service parts, added
Rail Masters rolling stock, and added a highly unusual Little Donkey Train Set
from American Tortoise
- 2 April 2018: Thanks to Bob Williams, all of the P.S.T. Special Sets are complete; also added interesting
new images to 4414-200, rolling stock packaging and Rail Masters
- 1 April 2018: Added new advertising for American Tortoise
- 31 March 2018: Thanks to Bob Williams, I've added two promotional train sets, and also
continued building the American Tortoise page
- 30 March 2018: Found yet more information on American Tortoise
- 29 March 2018: The Beginnings & Introductions section was expanded, and a new
Arnold catalog was added; thanks to Bob Williams, the Canadian train set,
bus system set, promotional layout and Rail Masters pages have been updated;
the train sets section has been revised with new information; and a new page has been added for special oil
- 28 March 2018: Continued expanding the page on American Tortoise
- 27 March 2018: First of the major updates is train set 4760 Mighty Mammoth
- 26 March 2018: Aurora Postage Stamp collector Bob Williams has a massive amount of new information to share; look for many
significant additions and revisions in the coming months (some revisions are already under way)
- 23 March 2018: Learned some more about American Tortoise
- 21 March 2018: Added images of the flex track box
- 12 March 2018: Look for a mention of this website in the April 2018: issue of Model Railroad News ("From the Archive," page 90)
- 5 March 2018: Just learned that the ore car had an alternate catalog number; also added a list of
all catalog numbers
- 19 February 2018: Thanks to Doug for additional information about power packs and the
"2 Months and 3 Weeks Later" advertisement
- 22 January 2018: Updated Bookshelf Boxes with more photos and information
- 8 January 2018: Found a second version of instructions for relays 4991 and 4992
- 26 December 2017: Expanded the Resources page with some new links
- 5 December 2017: Found a 4751 P.S.T. Special Set
- 26 November 2017: Added several new freight car photos to the rolling stock pages
- 21 November 2017: Added significant new information on Canadian freight sets
- 18 November 2017: Expanded the pages for track and electrical accessories
- 16 November 2017: Improved the navigation for catalogs and manuals
- 5 November 2017: Expanded the Bus Sets and Accessories section.
- 19 October 2017: found a new print ad
- 6 October 2017: added new information on Faller's bus system
- 15 September 2017: added new information on Faller's structure kits
- 7 July 2017: added prototype information to the rolling stock pages
- 2 July 2017: updated Buildings and Bridges with a never-released kit
- 22 June 2017: website launched
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