Linn H. Westcott ***

1913 - 1980

For over 46 years, Linn Westcott contributed to the hobby of model railroading.
Linn was editor of Model Railroader magazine for 16 years.
He began in 1934 and contributed over 100 feature articles,
many track plans, drawings, photographs and nearly 200 editorials.

The eight booklets that he published sold nearly 2 million copies
and influenced at least that number of eager young railfans.
In 1996 Linn H. Westcott was given the honor of being elected to
the "Pioneers of Model Railroading".

Linn attended Carleton College in Minnesota and married Harriet Kron in
1939 and had three children, Paul Arthur, Russell Linn and Jane Westcott.

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Source: Betty W. Acker, Historian, 2000
Our thanks to Samantha J. Westcott, granddaughter of Linn Westcott


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