Frank Titman's Passing

How sad.  Frank was a pioneer in S.
I "accidentally" talked with him on the phone once, looking for Lehigh Models.
Glad I did, learning afterward of his legendary modeling.

We've indeed lost one of the "Greats" in S with Frank's passing.

 

Rusty

I first "met" Frank when I corresponded to him as an 8 year old who had a question about an article in S GAUGE HERALD. Frank took the time to write a cogent and inspiring letter to me.

I wrote to him several more times in the pre-internet era when I had questions about assembling his building and rolling stock kits and he answered my "stupid" questions promptly and gave me lots of helpful hints. I always thought of those models as having a little bit of Frank on my layout, and they really helped me perfect my modeling skills.

Most inspriational were his articles about conversions of the "lowly" AF Atlantics into respectable scale locomotives and of basket case AF offset Hoppers into ribsided hoppers (which were, at the time, unavailable in S). Frank showed all of us how we could, without too much difficulty, make a real model railroad out of the dearth of what was available in S Gauge in the 1970's.

I will truly miss him.

Little Tommy

Roy thank you for the notice, I never knew Frank but read everything I could find on his work.

 

Even as a tinplater/hirailer I feel I was influenced. As Rusty said a true legend. Would S be the same without people like Frank.

 

Cal