GDRP comment: Cliff Grandt's H&GD #5, built by John (side view); Dave Grandt's comment: "A interesting thing about the Combine is that it was the product of a…
GDRP comment: Around 1950, John Allen built this On3 combine for Bill Hoffman, a noted traction modeler who had built an HO version for John. Cliff later traded…
GDRP comment: Cliff Grandt's H&GD #5 (open top view); Dave Grandt's comment: "The name of Dad's Model RR was the Hardscrabble and Great Divide. Named after…
GDRP comment: A slightly different view of the previous photo "5open.jpg". (hi-res raw version)
GDRP comment: Around 1950, John Allen built this On3 combine for Bill Hoffman, a noted traction modeler who had built an HO version for John. Cliff later traded…
GDRP comment: This is clearly NOT the G&D, nor one of John's locos. My bet is that the loco is Jim Dechert's (no weathering, and I've never seen it before, nor…
GDRP comment: This is a trick photograph, taken by inserting a cutout of a photo of Cliff Grandt onto an On3 scale locomotive, owned by Cliff, circa 1951.…
GDRP comment: Cliff Grandt's On3 Heisler, in the May 1953 NMRA Bulletin and - The Book - on pages 50 and 51: GOOD DETAILS, as well as the bad, show up in…
GDRP comment: Another photo of Cliff's Heisler under construction. (hi-res raw version)
GDRP comment: Another photo of Cliff's Heisler under construction. (hi-res raw version)
GDRP comment: A car built by George Hook (proprietor of Central Valley Model Works) for P.D. George Co., photo by John Allen. The company is now known as…
GDRP comment: Notes on the back of the previous photo; note it is incorrectly named as " R .D. George", not " P .D. George". (hi-res raw version)
GDRP comment: Taylor and Son Foundry - JA photo of a Lionel layout, possibly Frank Taylor's (the editor of Model Railroader in the 1940s and author of several…
GDRP comment: Trio running Trains - John Allen, Earl Cochran, and Bill McClanahan, January 1951. Based on them all wearing "Ute Sort Line" hats, this is assumed…
GDRP comment: Not a John Allen photo, but is included here as the late Glenn Joesten (10/30/41 - 1/10/21) was a G&D operator and active participant in the…
GDRP comment: A round-robin letter to John from Whit Towers, dated November 5, 1961. (hi-res raw version)
GDRP comment: A July 24, 1962 letter to Bob (DuPont?). (hi-res raw version)
