As I recall the flap over royalties from railroad heralds on toy trains started with Union Pacific, and yes, great credit is due to Mike Wolf of MTH for straightening it out to everyone's satisfaction. The whole thing was such an embarassment I wouldn't be surprised if someone at UP lost their job over it, it certainly didn't make UP look good.
I can't help but think if Joshua Lionel Cowen was faced with the same situation he would have said...
"What? You don't like all the free advertising and publicity I'm giving you? OK boys, I'll tell you what. You wanna see your name on my trains from now on, I'm not gonna pay YOU, YOU'RE gonna pay ME!"
Kids that grow up on the streets of New York don't take any crap from anyone!
