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• Chance Manufacturing Company
• Eagle Locomotive Works (Cagney Steam Train)
• Miniature Train and Railroad Company
• National Amusement Device Company
• Ottaway Amusement Company

Chance Manufacturing Company

An ad for the popular C P Huntington replica, an internal combustion locomotive introduced by Chance Manufacturing in 1960. The original C P Huntington, an unusual 4-2-0T, bought by the Central Pacific Railroad in 1863, is preserved at the California State Railroad Museum. From Billboard, 10-October-1960. "Known to be a scene stealer and train robbin' crowd pleaser."

A Chance Manufacturing ad for a handcar ride. From Billboard, 10-October-1960. "Pump Awhile * Coast a Mile."

An ad for the Aerotrain. It says the train is patterened after the "GM Aerojet," but they mean the "Aerotrain," a streamliner introduced by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in the 1950s. From Billboard, 31-October-1960.

An ad for the Ottaway B-14 Rocketliner, built by Chance Manufacturing. From Billboard, 21-November-1960.

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Eagle Locomotive Works (Cagney Steam Train)

An ad for Cagney-type locomotives built by the new Eagle Locomotive Works in South River, New Jersey. From Billboard, 11-April-1960. "The Famous Cagney Steam Train."

An article in the 25-July-1960 Billboard, "Firm Builds Cagneys Again; Originals Ran in 1894-1926," describes how the new Eagle Locomotive Works had hired Robert Parr, who had worked for the Cagney family since 1905, to make new Cagneys. "Parr had the machinery and also a 1924 model train on permanent loan from the owner, Mrs Charles Cagney..." The company was established on the grounds of the Pine Creek Railroad. I have read that they did not sell any of these locomotives, but they did rebuild old locomotives for other park trains.

Another ad for Cagney-type locomotives built by the new Eagle Locomotive Works in South River, New Jersey. From Billboard, 27-June-1960. The ad also offers a 3-foot gauge Porter.

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Miniature Train and Railroad Company

An ad for the Miniature Train and Railroad Company from Billboard, 18-September-1948. "Get the Best."

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National Amusement Devices Company

An ad for Dayton, Ohio's National Amusement Devices Company from Billboard, 29-March-1947. "Unsurpassed Aristocrat of Miniature Trains." It says the Century Flyer is the "largest miniature train built."

An ad for Dayton, Ohio's National Amusement Devices Company from Billboard, 08-July-1950. It shows a Century Flyer at Spangler Park in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, painted to represent the Pennsylvania Railroad's Trail Blazer, which ran from New York to Chicago, via Pittsburgh.

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Ottaway Amusement Company

An ad for the Ottaway Amusement Company from Billboard, 18-September-1948. "You need a steam train to make real money."

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