News column - 1
December 2014:
The latest model railroad products, news & events
by Richard Bale and Jeff Shultz
Tony Thompson receives prestigious
Dunscomb Award
The Southern Pacific Historical &
Technical Society (SPH&TS) has pre-
sented its Guy L. Dunscomb Award to
Tony Thompson. The award is for “out-
standing achievement towards the pres-
ervation of the history of the Southern
Pacific Railroad and its subsidiaries.” The
presentation was made at the Society’s
annual convention held recently in San
Luis Obispo, CA.
Tony has authored a five-volume series of books covering all of
the freight cars of the Southern Pacific, as well as co-authoring
the groundbreaking history, “Pacific Fruit Express,” the book
many consider a cornerstone of the concept of prototype rail-
road modeling.
