In the mid-1950s, Lester Friend and Friends Models developed a 1-1/2" scale early American 4-4-0, a model of the Pennsylvania Railroad's "Tiger". The prototype was built by Lester Friend in the mid-50s and it operated on his private estate in Beverly, Massachusetts until his death in 1962.
Friends Yankee Shop Models will consider producing "rough castings" for this design if there is sufficient interest in its return. If interested in this design's return, please make your desires known to me.
The Friends Models 1-1/2" Scale TIGER, seen here in Boxford, Massachusetts in June, 2006. This is the actual locomotive that was built by Lester Friend in the 1950s.
