Company houses

[NW Modeling List]

Your friend can't be right.   Jim Nichols

NW Modeling List wrote:


>I know this is a little different for a topic, but I am looking for some

>information.  I recently built a coal mining facility complete with several

>company houses and a company store.  My question is:  When did automobiles

>start to show up owned by company house residents?  A friend of mine said

>they did not have cars before the late fifties or early sixties.  I have

>seen pictures of company houses with cars at a much earlier date.  Since I'm

>modelling the N&W in the mid-to-late fifties, I would like to have cars and

>trucks but would like to be somewhat accurate.

>Thanks for any insight,

>Ron K.

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