I attended a regional convention where a physician was to be installed as an MMR. He was true to his profession and his oath by first attending to a convention-goer who took ill. As for workshop

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:56:14 -0400, Bill Schneider wrote Umm, yeah. Having dealt with no less than five different people with the MD after their names in the past 12 days, some with additional

Pierre wrote: Actually, that brings up a highly successful mistake I committed once. I was doing a concrete grain elevator (bashed from the Walthers kit), and wanted to get the dark horizontal bands

Bill Schneider wrote in response to Nelson Moyer: "You didn’t actually ask that, did you? “MMR” vs. “MD”.... I suspect that most on this list can make the distinction. If you can’t,

Nelson, You didn’t actually ask that, did you? “MMR” vs. “MD”.... I suspect that most on this list can make the distinction. If you can’t, contact me off list... Bill Schneider Sent:

Bob Witt wrote: "Only box cars with a circle T were suitable for Time-Saver Service no matter what logo was stenciled on the car." So you're telling us that Time-Saver Service consisted only of B&O

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