Bill, When I built Sunshine 57.2, I went through the same thought process you are going through. This won't answer your question conclusively but might be of limited help. The cars were built in

I am building one of the IC's single door single sheathed 40-ft boxcars, Sunshine #57.2. These cars were originally numbered 176000-176999 and renumbered 16000-16975 after WWII. I have several

It is nice to see the ladies getting more involved in the hobby.If my wife was still alive she would be excited,for the longest time she felt like the elephant in the room.All the meets and hobby shop

Fred, There is a Historical Society for the A&D. That's according to James King of Lynchburg, Virginia. James was an employee and last I know of was working for the local Kabota dealer as a

And, indeed, Al's photo has been approved. Mike Brock

Folks, I'm interested anything from the Atlantic & Danville(A&D) Rwy or the later Norfolk Franklin & Danville(NF&D). Looking for photos(b&w/color), slides, timetables, employee mag(chatterbox)

One of the cherished principles of the STMFC, and Prototype Rails, is to "check your ego at the door". (A search of the group archives suggests that this quote is due to Greg Martin.) Last year I

Hi Guys, Thanks for the warm welcome. Now just don't geek out on me, okay. Tim, That is just so annoying. The one thing I need for my manuscript is about another 250 photographs, as I have about

boxes, which are a drop-in replacement if you trim the top lip off the Kadee box. I used some conventional 58s with the spring plate, and I used the old style box with the "ears". Strangely enough

My roofwalk fell off just taking it out of the box. I just re-attached it with Cyanopoxy. Probably not the best but I got lucky. It's just as well that it falls off, since the supports on the

to operate them on a layout? I took a close look at the trucks and the couplers of my cars and I am wondering how they will perform. The centering springs of the Kadee clones are much thicker and

have to be worked out, to mutual satisfaction, by the Craftsman, and each Craftsman will choose differently. The fact that "this can work" is clearly evidenced by the flat cars recently advertized by

willing to do the quality of the castings he produces. Well at the risk of buttering up too much, Tom is also an excellent presenter. I don't go to a lot of clinics but I always try to make it

I feel the pain. I recently had some parts made. It was my idea, but other than that I had nothing to do with actually creating the part. I now own the entire production run, which will last me a

problem I have. I should have gone with the easier to spell underground" which was the other term people seemed to like IIRC. In addition we have some no-so-small up-and-comers like Fox

Like most of us, I've gone from having time and desire but no money, money and desire but no time, or money and desire and time but not enough knowledge or available material. I'm not surprised any

I was thinking the same thing, but I don't run in the Military circles at all, so I really don't have a feel for how many "serious" modelers there are, as compared to those of us in the market for

which too often was also overpriced, the food this year was excellent (excellent!) IMHO. I had kind of given up on the hotel food, so we didnt eat there at all, maybe next year I'll give it a try.

---------------- Ashley may have thought someone on the list would think "hiatus" is some kind of surgery. (that's the sort of vaudeville that deserves a salvo of Petaluma eggs) Scott

Bob, you beat me to it. I received my vents a couple days ago and planned to extol their merits here too. They are very, very nice. Jim [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]