Congratulations for staying the course. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Dennis Storzek <destorzek@...> Reply-To: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Date:

As far as Accurail is concerned, all our molding is still right here in Elburn, IL, USA. We did send some assembly work to China in the first decade of this century (anyone remember Accuready?) but

Charlie Vlk wrote: Gee, all this time I thought your list (Atlas, Athearn, Con-Cor, etc.) were legacies too. Tony Thompson tony@...

I pulled out the YMW Wabash 88200 series kit from the stash, and realized that the only color photo I have is the blurry photo of 88803 in a train. I can’t see the roof and underframe, so I don’t

Group, I plan on attending the St. Louis RPM this weekend and am really looking forward to it. There are a couple of things I would like to offer to the group since this will be in person. First, I

The second link is for PFE 15568. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of "Bob Chaparro via groups.io" <chiefbobbb@...> Reply-To:

True! Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Jim and Barbara van Gaasbeek <jvgbvg@...> Reply-To: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Date: Monday, July 26, 2021 at

Yes, but I can just see an American mold owner trying to get their molds back from a Chinese factory, especially in our current political conditions. Lots of lawyers and lots of years, with the

Photos: Warning Placards On PFE Reefers (1934) Photos from the Denver Public

Having hatches on an insulated car does not necessarily mean it's a refrigerator car. Insulated / ventilated box cars of the 1920's to 30's looked like refrigerator cars but were not. They sometimes

Having worked on transferring US manufacturing to China (against my wishes), ownership of the injection molds does not guarantee you can reclaim and transfer back out of the country. China, in general

Tony- Kadee and Micro-Trains are legacy Made in the U.S.A. businesses and God bless them for being able to keep them prospering. They were fortunate to be in places and circumstances outside of

Depends on who owns the molds, though. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Jim and Barbara van Gaasbeek <jvgbvg@...> Reply-To:

But the molds and other tooling for existing models are in China. May be hard to move that production. Jim van Gaasbeek Irvine, CA (BTW, and completely OT, it is raining here, in July!)

I do know that Vietnam is involved in production for some manufacturers. I think some are looking elsewhere due to the political situation with China. J. Stephen Sandifer

Lester, The only St. Louis Refrigerator Car RS reefers that I’m aware of were SLRX 10000-10399, built in 1922 by MDT with a lease arrangement from late 1949 to 1954. The Roger Hinman class number is

Lester I'm not sure what you are asking, but that model is a foobie. I have many images of SLRX cars on my hard drive, and none of them is an ice reefer. Like

Tony's comment about Kadee is very interesting. Would really like to see comments on this. Jerry Michels

Another reference article is Model Railroading, May 1991, pp.22-26 Tim O'Connor -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Underpriced and overproduced. I remember buying 6 packs of shrink wrapped P2K kits for $30 !! Almost everything they did was available dirt cheap for a while if you bought kits.