PRR 40' PS-1 boxcar (Walthers/Mitchell's Family Store)

PRR 47013, BLT/NEW 2-54 X-48 (PRR Railfan.net), P-S Cushion Underframe
Walthers 40' PS-1 box car stock#932-3717 released in 1987 (Tony Cook's website), cushionized by the poster

page 51 of Oct. 1987 issue of MR magazine

The Pennsy introduced 20 40-foot PS-1 boxcars equipped with P-S Cushion Underframe in 1954, and Walthers commercialized 13 of them as HO scale models in 1987.

"Mitchell's," which is shown on the price tag, had the official name Mitchell's Family Store, was known for second-hand brass sales, and located in Wilmington, Delaware. Their advertisement in MR magazine was continued from the May 1971 issue to the November 2007 issue.

page 87 of Dec. 1973 issue of MR magazine

Town Square DelawareとMccrery & Harraによれば、創業者であるJohn "Jack" E. Mitchell, SRは、2018年10月18日に91歳で亡くなった。同氏はニューヨーク州イサカIthaca出身の陸軍航空隊に勤務したパイロットで、結婚後、ペンシルベニア州Phoenixvilleでミシンと掃除機の店を開いた。1953年に父親のRay Mitchellに頼まれてウィルミントンへ移り、両親や兄弟姉妹と共に、フェアファックスのショッピングセンター内にMitchell's VarietyとMitchell's Family Storeという店舗を起こした。そしてそれらはショッピングセンターの中心的なテナントとなるまでに成長するに至った。また若い頃よりモノを作ることが好きで、ボートやブラス機関車などの収集や製作を趣味とし、特技の木工は店舗の展示ケースを手掛けるほどだった。子孫が引き継いだMitchell's Trains, Toys, Hobbiesは、2008年10月に閉鎖された。なお、ホビー部門のマネージャーを務めた人物が同州ClaymontでDaug's Trains, Toys & Hobbiesを開いている。

According to Town Square Delaware and McCrery & Harra, the founder John "Jack" E. Mitchell, SR died at the age of 91 on October 18, 2018. He was a pilot working for the Army Air Corps from Ithaca, New York. After marriage, he opened a sewing and vacuum store in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. In 1953, he was asked by his father Ray Mitchell to move to Wilmington, and with his parents, brothers and sisters, opened stores called Mitchell's Variety and Mitchell's Family Store in Fairfax's Shopping Center. And they grew up to be the central tenant of the shopping center. He also likes making things from a young age, his hobbies were collecting and producing boats and brass locomotives, and made woodworking a special skill and made display cases for the store. Mitchell's Trains, Toys and Hobbies, which the descendants took over, were closed in October 2008. The manager of the hobby department operates Daug's Trains, Toys & Hobbies in Claymont, DE.