{"product_id":"athearn-collectors-companion-paperback","title":"Athearn Collector's Companion - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrvin R. Athearn was a pioneer in model trains beginning in the late 1940s. He started in his garage putting together O Gauge metal car kits then expanded them to include HO Scale kits. Around the mid-1950s, as a result of the purchase of Globe models, he began producing the iconic F-7 A and B Units in molded plastic. Soon after that came a whole line of plastic freight cars and locomotives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur first book, The Standard Guide to Athearn Model Trains, documented the production of those models from the beginning of the plastic models through 1997. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Athearn Collector's Companion covers the original Guide, including models discovered since publication that book, plus all the kits produced until the end of production in October 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe original Guide contained approximately 4,000 entries; this book contains about 9,500. We believe you will enjoy the results of our labors as much as we have enjoyed documenting all these model kits...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51320615141599,"sku":"9798886545470","price":89.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/AAge6raTrX9798886545470.webp?v=1788380917","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/athearn-collectors-companion-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}