trainguyrom"Finally, in 1976 a Japanese typewriter manufacturer, Astor, produced a magnificent live steam gauge 1 Schools class locomotive which for all the world reflected how Bing might have made gauge 1 locomotives has the firm survived to the 1970s"
From page 45 (pages 42-44 all contain photos) of The World of Model Trains, ISBN 0-89009-218-4
This #train #book contains absolutely lovely photos and scans of old catalogues from the earliest days of #modelrailways as well as a really complete history of the #modelrailroading #hobby