Wow. I leave the computer for a little while... I guess there was a lot of pent-up feelings about the NMRA. I have not read the thread emails yet. 84 emails; 9 people who spoke out 3 or more times

Bill Welchl wrote: Indeed you did, Bill. But it proves . . . nothing (about schedule). Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Bill, They have been actively advertising these cars in the model press to generate reservations. Hopefully they will have corrected the short coming of the pilot models. Tom Olsen 7 Boundary Road,

departments fancy paint clean general The B&O for one did not. Their LCL service was the "Time-Saver Service" and they did have a limited number of box cars painted in the famous blue with orange

Hi Denny, How does your rant relate to the tin star conferred upon you by the medical school you attended and the initials behind your name at the bottom of your email? What's the difference

Most, i.e. most all of the fine modelers that I know, and have known, earn their high respect the old fashioned way by the quality of their modeling and their models, not by the winning of a bestowed

Paul Catapano asked: "GENERALLY did railroads assign cars to LCL service semi-permanently?" Yes, but the numbers were never as large as the railroad marketing departments have led many to believe. 

Several ways. Enter in an NMRA contest, score the require number of points (87.5) Arrange for it to be judged just for the Merit Award and not the contest, can be done by the same group that does

GENERALLY did railroads assign cars to LCL service semi-permanently? Were doors and or dock space reserved for LCL service at larger freight houses? Paul Catapano

Hi, Marcelo, You say: Now that's a plan. I look forward to seeing it. Mike Brock

That of course, doesn't align with the NMRA AP requirements, but I've lost interest in fighting with these guys about their own rules. I look at contest pretty much the same way-just like

Armand - I vaguely remember the boat but that must have been 45 years ago! It outshone every other entrant. Our only question was whether it could be used on a layout. - Al

I'm reminded of a layout tour in the mid-1960s in the Garden State Division. One guy was very nice and mild-mannered. Never tooted his own horn. When we got to his layout our jaws just dropped.

Bill Welchl wrote: Indeed you did, Bill. But it proves . . . nothing (about schedule). Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Andy, For years Bob Kosic and the members of Midwest Mod-U-Trak have set up and monitored (locking, unlocking and making sure that during the day and evening a watchful eye is always in the display

I would have sworn I saw an ad for these when thumbing through MR recently. Bill Welch

He was quite adamant about it - and even wrote an article he planned to send to the Regional newsletter outlining the cars certificate requirement. That hasn't shown up in print - perhaps the regional

Bill, the pilot model needed some retooling, though I wouldn't describe it as major retooling, and that is in the process of being done. By now, BLM has way too much invested in tooling to cancel

I hope to see you guys next year in Cocoa Beach and will bring the model. Marcelo Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 5:43 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: Re: [STMFC] Contests (was: NMRA

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:33:33 -0400, Craig Zeni wrote Hope to see you there again... this January I got to scratch Craig off the list of "people I've known on line for half my life but never met in