Why doesn Walthers include era specific information relating to the products in their reference books?
Walthers tries to include helpful product ‘era’ information in its reference books and printed materials as much as possible. We also encourage our vendors to do the same. Please keep in mind, however, that it may be difficult at times to provide ‘era specific’ information. Heavyweight passenger cars and automobiles are two examples of products that are sometimes difficult to categorize by era. While most steel heavyweights were built in the 1920’s and were used in regular revenue service into the 1950’s and occasionally into the 60’s, many of these cars found useful, extended lives in maintenance-of-way (MOW) service. Moreover, many classic antique autos are lovingly restored each year by collectors everywhere.
