I don't think I could last through 19 days of RPM meet. (GRIN) Chuck Peck

They need to organize their own RPM Tony Bill Welch

My previous post inadvertently became a bit confusing. Due to internet time warp, it appeared after Tony's reconsidered post, so perhaps appearing that I disagreed with that.. To be clear, I concur

I know that Terry Wegmann died in 2011, but is there anyone with a supply of the parts he made to convert a Tichy R-40-2 into an R-30-16 or any other of his parts. Does anyone still make the parts

Gents, Those of you that have seen these cars can give an opinion. How different are they from the Trix/Marklin cars that modeled the same prototype? Can anyone compare the two in photos? Thank

Bill, I'm not sure I can block out almost 3 weeks. That's some RPM! I assume you meant 20th and 21st of April 2018. Brian J. Carlson

They couldn’t get new cabooses fast enough. -Jeff

Greg, You asked, “I wonder how long they lasted before going into MW services? Beautiful example of a rebuild.” The caboose in question was built as a

Bill, Which historical societies will be represented? Craig Strickland Several Southeastern RR Historical Societies are collaborating to organizewhat hopefully will become an annual "Coal

Hey! What about western Colorado coal? even Illinois and Arkansas coal? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

I have received several of these cars, and in my own opinion they are really excellent. I have posted a short review to my blog, with a couple of photos to show the look. Boy, have we needed these! If

Several Southeastern RR Historical Societies are collaborating to organize what hopefully will become an annual "Coal Country RPM" beginning next year. The first one is planned for Roanoke, VA April

Tony, Good catch - although in the pictures I've just checked it looks like there might have been a sort of "double end sill" ... there is a lighter structure but definitely something I'd call a

I would beg to differ on this point. The roof would have to have been entirely rebuilt to "tack" the platforms on the end. If you look at the upper corner end of the roof, you can still see

Bill Keene writes: “The OS is OS X Yosemite, version 10.10.5. The e-mail software is Apple’s Mail, version 8.2 (2104). I set the insertion point within the body of the message and clicked on

Tony, I respectfully disagree. Note that the bolsters are only a couple feet inboard from the ends of the carbody, and the outer wheels are under the platform. I think the side sills have been cut

I wrote: More careful examination of the original A-40-1 car body makes me reverse the above judgement. The end porches are cut into the original car body, and the end sill is indeed at the end

The information below is from the Railway & LocomotiveHistorical Society/Southern California Chapter's Rail Giant's website (http://www.railgiants.org/index.htm). This particular car was

Ray mentions the need for a thin cross section end for the NKP rebuild. Find someone who resin casts; an occasional hobbyist caster will do. Make an end to your satisfaction, glue it to a mold box,

Hi guys, The Nickel Plate also had two groups of cabooses built from Accurail's 36-footers. 37 "rider cars" with no vestibules, and 57 true cabooses. The NKPHTS issued a resin model of the rider