AMT was formally established in 1948 in Fort Wayne, Indiana by tool and die maker Jack Ferris. The company is famous for producing a large line of the most realistic 'O' gauge streamlined passenger cars made during the immediate postwar era. AMT also created and marketed a line of highly detailed near-scale models of eye-catching box cars that were decorated with authentic road names and paint schemes. The company was perhaps one of the most overlooked train makers of the late 1940's and early 1950's. Its legacy, however, ties into virtually every major producer of 'O' gauge trains in business today. While almost everyone has heard of manufacturersfrom this era such as American Flyer, Lionel, and Marx, American Model Toys was a fourth maker of toy trains in the late 1940's and early 1950's that while much smaller and unknown, was very innovative, and built quality products.Jack Ferris cut his teeth in model railroading early on. He started Scale Model Railways in 1929, a company dedica...
