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HO MODEL TRAIN AUCTION
BRASS & OTHER HO PASSENGER AND FREIGHT EQUIPMENT
FROM WILLARD HARVEY ESTATE, CINCINNATI, OHIO,AND MASSACHUSETTS & MARYLAND ESTATES
10 a.m. SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2024
The Greenlaw Estate from Massachusetts:
Like New & Brand New In The Original Boxes:
Athearn Genesis, Numerous Of Which Are Tsunami 2 Sound Equipped. CP, UP, BNSF, CSX, Dec. For Maine Central. Prototypical Scale Trains In Original Boxes, Equipped W/Loksound, A Range Of RRs Represented. Never-Used Rolling Stock By Tangent, Walthers Mainline & Gold Line, Atlas, Kato. Athearn RTR Diesels & Rolling Stock.
The Collis Estate From Maryland:
Good Quantity Of Like New & Never Used BRASS MODEL TRAINS By Westside Model Company.
Baltimore & Ohio RR A Favorite Here, But Other Fine Models, As Well. A Selection Of Brass Freights & Cabooses. Overland Models. Tenshodo. Broadway Limited Models Equipped With Quantum Sound. Spectrum Engines & Passenger Equipment, OB. Proto 2000, Stewart Hobbies, AHM, Athearn, Rapido, Atlas, TM, Walthers Steam Locos & Tenders, Diesels And Switchers. Plenty Of Rolling Stock. Old Time Car Kits By Con-Cor, Silver Streak, LaBelle, C&BT, Ambroid, CRM & Mainline Models. Scenic & Structure Kits, As Well. All OB.
The Willard A. Harvey Estate:
To All Who Knew Him, Willard "Bill" Harvey Was A Tremendous Modeler, Avid Collector, And An Unfailingly Friendly And Good-Natured Man. The Breadth Of His Railroad Interest Is Obvious From The Contents Of His Collection Of HO Scale Models, Containing A Wonderful Variety Of High-Quality Equipment From Railroads Across The Country. Bill's Self-Described Phrase That He "Just Loved Trains!" Is More Than Evident As One Considers The Beautiful And Varied Models In His Collection.
Bill's First Love Was Surely Steam Locomotives. From The 1950s Through The 2000s, He Acquired Top-Quality Brass Models. Some Are New In The Box, Many Factory-Painted And Some Unpainted; Some Were Given Excellent Paint Jobs By Bill. This Outstanding Collection Includes Great Locomotives From (But Not Limited To) NKP, B&O, C&O, N&W, WM, CRR, NYC, PRR, NH, L&N, NC&St.L, CB&Q, MILW, GN, UP, SLSF, And D&RGW. In A Number Of Instances (Like NKP, C&O, And B&O), Bill's Locomotives In Both Number And Quality Make An Outstanding Collection For That Road Alone!
Equally Important To Bill Was His Passion For, And Knowledge Of, Passenger Equipment. When He Retired In The Early 1990s He Founded The Company NKP Car Sides With, As The Name Suggests, The Original Purpose Of Making High-Quality Extremely Accurate Car Sides For NKP Passenger Equipment. This Quickly Expanded Into Offerings For Car Sides From Railroads Across The Country. Bill Sold The Business In The Early 2000s, But Continued Building Passenger Cars, Both For Himself And For Many Customers, Into The 2010s. His Outstanding Modeling Skills Are Never Better Illustrated Than When Considering His Remarkable Passenger Equipment.
Similar To His Steam Locomotives, His Passenger Train Consists Represent The Postwar Offerings Of MANY Major American Railroads. In Addition To Cars He Built (Not Only Using His Own NKP Car Sides But Also Car Sides Made By Brass Car Sides And Laser Horizons), They Include Outstanding Brass And Plastic Models. Railroads And Consists Represented Include, But Again Are Not Limited To, B&O's Capitol & National Limiteds As Well As Secondary Trains; An Incredibly Complete Representation Of NKP Passenger Equipment; The NYC's Ohio State Limited; A Great C&O Collection; Streamlined Equipment From The ACL And SAL; Wonderful Equipment From The SOU (And L&N And N&W) Representing The Crescent Limited, Tennessean, And Southerner; GN's Empire Builder; UP's City Streamliners; SLSF/MKT's Texas Special; MILW Hiawatha Equipment; And D&RGW's Prospector And Rio Grande Zephyr. In Many Cases The Steam Locomotives Described Above Were Associated With A Specific Passenger Train, And Vice-Versa: For Instance, N&W J's And The Tennessean; C&O 4-6-4s And 4-8-4's And The George Washington; And GN And UP 4-8-4s And The Empire Builder And City Streamliners (Bill's Love Of Steam Was Such That He Often Exercised "Modeler's License" And Envisioned Postwar Streamliners Powered By Modern Steam Locomotives, In An Era When Most Were Dieselized).
In Addition To Steam Locomotives And Passenger Equipment, Bill Had Many High-Quality Diesels, Including Outstanding Brass As Well As Many Plastic Models. Once Again, Many Were Chosen To Power His Passenger Trains: E-Units, F-Units, And Alcos From Roads Like NH, NYC, B&O, SAL, ACL, SOU, GN, And D&RGW. Unsurprisingly, His NKP Diesel Roster Is Of Particular Note. His Interest Spanned Multiple Decades, From Prewar Cab Units To Modern Hood Diesels Of The Late 1990s.
His Freight Equipment Is Copious And Varied, Again Covering Many Decades. Of Particular Interest To Collectors Will Be His High-Quality Metal Freight Cars From The 1950s, Beautifully Painted And Decaled. Speaking Of The Latter, Bill Also Had A Large Supply Of Unused Quality Decals.
Bill Was A Modeler Of The Very First Rank, And His Lifetime Collection Offers Many Treasures!
Tribute Provided by Dr. Frederick Ripley
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