I couldn't get to St. Louis this year. Was there a dealer who had some Stan Rydarowicz kits? There was one last year, but I lost track of who it was. Ron Merrick

I noticed a half dozen Rapido meat reefers on the shelf at Chuck's Depot in Marion, IL, too. I can't recall the paint and lettering schemes. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Bob A fine model thank you for sharing it. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Great photos, Dick. Thank you!!! -- Michael Gross Pasadena, CA

Thought I had some square styrene that would work. At a scale 2 1/2" square, looks waaay too big. What source did you have for small amounts of the stuff? Thx, RJ Dial Burlingame, Ca

I’m still traveling on my round about way back from the St. Louis RPM. In addition, to seeing 4014 this morning I stopped at both Lombard and Des Plaines Hobbies. Both have several of the Rapido

Bill, thanks for 2 things: A heads-up about that shaft being square! I recall posts about square shafts, and somehow still missed that I have one here! A heads-up about the Tangent brakewheels.

Model: SFRD 8423 At the recent Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society Convention in Pueblo, CO, Peter Aue of Germany showed me a number of custom-made details he is using to model a fifty-car

Thanks for the update, Ed. You have moved modeling forward and we are all grateful for your efforts not to mention all the superglue sales you caused! Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

Eric, No joy yet. I inquired with Gene Fusco about the project because I have been one who pushed for it, along with Al Hoffman. Both of us pushed & provided the necessary information for selfish

Group, Thanks for the insights from the Collinsville meet. On the Intermountain table, did they happen to have display models of the 1958 cuft covered hopper with the type 3 roof? These were

Great Eric Thanks for sharing Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Schoen trucks. David Thompson

Thanks for sharing Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

A very interesting car for that period especially but what are the trucks on it? At first I thought they might be some sort of Fox design but not after a second look. Thanks for posting

I have created a Flickr album with some additional photos that I took last weekend at the Collinsville RPM meet. I hope that they will supplement the others already

When I arrived at the airport in Pueblo, CO, last week for the Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society's annual convention I discovered this photo on a wall. The photo shows a scene from the

I've gotten my photos from Collinsville uploaded and captioned. More coverage of the show and less of the individual models, which seems to complement the photos already listed here. Take a look at

Friends, Back in June when I last ordered from Kadee there was a teaser on their web site saying a new type of car would be announced, I think, at the St. Louis RPM. I've been searching their site,

Aha! That hint and a quick search turned up an article in the February 1906 American Engineer and Railroad Journal, pp.