Price: Direct-current model with 21-pin plug, $174.95; with ESU LokSound V5 sound decoder, $289.95 Era: 1970 to 1975 (as decorated) Manufacturer: Atlas Model Railroad Co., 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, ...

Editor’s Note: Robert J. McCarthy Jr., a former Scotia resident and career journalist who now works at The Buffalo News, fondly remembers his family’s association with the American Locomotive Co.