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 #1540363  by BenH
 
Carl Loucks died in January 12, 2020 at home in Hampden, CT.

A few users of this forum will recall that for many years Carl was one of the largest dealers of railroad timetables in the U.S. His ads in Trains magazine ran with the simple headline "Carl Loucks... Selling Railroad Timetables"

Further details on these links:

Carleton F. Loucks (obituary)
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nhreg ... fhid=13048

"The View From/Madison; Collecting the Record Of the Nation's Trains"
The New York Times -- Sept. 26, 1999
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/26/nyre ... rains.html