I want to add my congratulations to Mike and his team for a great meet. I wasn't there last year, but have attended about 75% of them. Many improvements over the last few years. Opening the walls

I couldn’t attend this year but hopefully I will be able to attend next year. Keep in mind that we modelers who fly to the event are really limited to the number of models we can bring with us. I

If I had any criticism of the Chicagoland RPM this year, it would be the program, which a number of people folded lengthwise so it would go in a hip pocket. It could have been laid out and stapled

Thanks, Jared. I remember that following last year's event you made a comment that you were going to wait and see before signing up for 2016, to make sure it looked like it would be a value to

Mike, 330--That's great! The clinics were great. I might even do one next year. I wish I could have attended the Friends of the Freight Car dinner. Since this is the age of technology perhaps the

Mark Landgraf, responding to a for sale message from John Golden, writes: “John I would like to purchase the three RPC's that you are offering for $60 Mark Landgraf 3 Coral Berry

John I would like to purchase the three RPC's that you are offering for $60 Mark Landgraf 3 Coral Berry Circle Albany NY 12203 Please provide your address for me to send check Mark

Hello All, Over the last year I somehow managed to buy duplicate copies of RP Cyc 10, 19 and 29. All the copies are new/mint. I'd like to sell them in a group--$60 and I pay all the shipping and

The room we use for banquet dinners is advertised at 90. The hotel squeezed in 100 Friday night. I could have sold another 20 tickets if we had space since everyone seemed to be interested in the

I suggest it be madeclear that you can go to the presentation even if you do not attend the dinner. Alex Schneider I’ve gone to a few ‘dinners’ early on in yRPM days, but felt my money was

A few RPM Chicagoland images and notes have been posted to the Resin Car Works blog. Frank Hodina and the RCW minions enjoyed the event and talking with many fine modelers. We look forward to the next

This year's program continued the tradition of excellence of the previous decades. One adjustment that offers possibilities was holding the after dinner programs in a different room than the

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Based on the 300 printed programs that went out and about 20 leftover copies of the one-day Saturday programs (we had 50 printed) my estimate is 330 total attendance. Still waiting on the report from

Bob according the caption accompanying the photo on the website: WW #43 is the last of the Robert Richardson S&NY photos from the Denver Public Library’s Western History Collection. In this image,

I wanted to share these 3 photos of a Detroit and Mackinac boxcar with the group. I took these in 1971 at the Burlington Diesel House in Cicero Illinois. It looks like the build date is 10-37. Also

Tim is correct that the first tank in this photo is a "type 30" GATC build, 8,000 gallons. The second tank is a 1917-design GATC build with its distinctive cast knee bolster, insulated 8,000

Re attendance, I heard Mike say something over 250. Final numbers from Saturday had not been counted at that point. That is a significant increase over last year’s count. The vibes were also

Are there any serious prototype modelers who aren't, in some way, historians? We aren't all playing follow the leader here. If you're asking what percentage of the attendees was (were?) modelers, 90

What percent historians versus modelers?