This well known and longtime Milwaukee model RR supplier now has its third generation in the family left to run the business. Bruce J. Walthers, son of the late William K. Walthers who started the firm in 1932, died recently, on January 28, 2007.

http://www.walthers.com/exec/page/bruce_walthers

The longtime model importer and proprietor of Halls Hobby House in Dallas. A very pleasant lady, she was often present at major train shows and was almost a lone woman in the field. She died January 27, 2007, at age 97.

http://www.bobbyehallbook.com/