John Anderson (Cal Scale)

John S. Anderson
Born	John Schow Anderson 8 August 1925 Alameda County, California
Died	6 November 2000 Hayward, California
Nationality	American
Occupation	Design engineer and entrepreneur
Known for	Associated Brass Products, Inc.

John Schow Anderson (8 August 1925 Alameda County, California – 6 November 2000 Hayward, California) was a design engineer and entrepreneur in the model railroading industry.

Anderson was one of three co-founders of Associated Brass Products, Inc., a California corporation based in Pinedale, Fresno County, California.

Anderson attended schools in Berkeley, California. Upon graduation (age 18), he was drafted into the U.S. Army and sent into combat during World War II. He served in Special Forces under General Bernard Montgomery, behind the lines and in British uniform. He was eventually captured by the Germans. They cured his trench foot, healed his wounds and returned him to the American Forces. He remained in Bath, England, for the rest of the war and, according to his obituary, witnessed lights of Bath going back on V-E Day.

After the war, Anderson returned to Berkeley to study design engineering at California College of the Arts; whereupon, in January 1950, he graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Arts.

Shortly after graduating CCA, he settled in Medford, Oregon, where he developed the model railroad line for Red Ball Ltd.