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

I have had some interesting comments made about my models in RPM over the years. My first time ever (1995), I just happened to have a model of the exact same item as another guy - same number,

Marcelo Lordeiro wrote: "When I first try to show one of my models at a RPM meet (San Jose or Kansas City, do not remember) , I was told that I was at the wrong place, that I should go to the NMRA

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On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:40:16 -0300, Marcelo Lordeiro wrote I wonder who told you that? I was almost by myself monitoring the RPM room in KC in 1998 for a lot of the time - me, and Reg Neale, and I'm

When I first try to show one of my models at a RPM meet ( San Jose or Kansas City , do not remember ) , I was told that I was at the wrong place , that I should go to the NMRA contest. It was a 1940

Marty-- I have five or six bashed STMFC's and two bashed loco's that have all been awarded NMRA Merit Awards--but not in the eyes of that official, eh? Not to mention that NMRA's Master Builder Cars

This past January was my first schlep down I-95 to Cocoa Beach. As Mike notes, a heck of a lot of models. The fact that it wasn't a formal 'contest' with ribbons and best of breed awards etc

Harry Wong posted these photos from the National Train Show: http://www.pbase.com/tracktime/nts2011pix&page=1 It looks like a lot of new diesels and modern equipment to my untrained eye but there